the Leathermines

It is January 18th, 2012, and I am considering going dark for the day.  That passes easily, as the people who would search this website out would not be able to find it without Google.

For those in the Adult Entertainment industry, Protect I.P. is more insidious than S.O.P.A..  There are parts that, beside the potential of being shut down because of a wayward mention of a copywrited product or outward link, would make just about anything on this website a violation, and able to be summarily shut down without a call, an email or even a warrant.

I create erotica.  Some is gentle, some is hard core.  Protect I.P. would make it necessary to have everyone who comes to this little website to sign a virtual waiver each time, give personal information for each viewing and generally just make any try at having a bit of time alone with you and the computer laborious, not fun.  I do not like that Protect I.P. and S.O.P.A. both have restraints on content I create myself.  It is not just that it is adult in nature and of prurient interest.  Both bills have sections that would make the Adult Entertainment industry come under direct 'control' of people who seem to want to shut it down.

My content is mine.  I created it, I share it freely.  I would like to be able to make money from it, but it is the sharing that is more important from it.

If you want to continue to be able to have your erotica, porn, smut, wank papers, 8-pagers, etc., tell your representatives in Washington, D.C., that you do not want S.O.P.A. and Protect I.P. to go through.  You can tell them that you just want Google back.

Miss R from the Leathermines.