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BLACK MARCH
Thursday, March 1st 2012 to Saturday 31st March 2012

With the continuing campaigns for Internet-censoring litigation such as SOPA and PIPA, and the closure of sites such as Megaupload under allegations of ‘piracy’ and ‘conspiracy’ the time has come to take a stand against music, film and media companies’ lobbyists.

The only way is to hit them where it truly hurts.
Their profit margins.

March 2012 is the end of the 1st quarter in economic reports worldwide.

Do not buy a single record. Do not download a single song, legally or illegally. Do not go to see a single film in cinemas, or download a copy, Do not buy a DVD in the stores. Do not buy a videogame. Do not buy a single book or magazine.

Wait the 4 weeks to buy them in April: see the film later, etc. Holding out for just 4 weeks, maximum, will leave a gaping hole in media and entertainment companies’ profits for the 1st quarter, an economic hit which will in turn be observed by governments worldwide as stocks and shares will blip from a large enough loss of incomes.
This action can give a statement of intent:

 ”We will not tolerate the Media Industries’ lobbying for legistation which will censor the internet.”

I like this idea a lot, but I might recommend having some discretion with one’s blackout. There are some really intelligent companies, like Valve, who are wholeheartedly against SOPA and PIPA and have already intelligently articulated their viewpoint on the whole piracy issue. I live near Lawrence, which is a place bursting with local craftspeople and very small businesses— aka the type of people who have no pull with federal government and oftentimes can’t afford to lose a month of business. Do not needlessly punish companies which do not deserve your vitriol.

tl;dr: As a consumer, your biggest strength is your buying power. If you don’t like what a company is doing, stop forking over your cash, even if you like their product.

Agreed. I’m going to do this but I’m going to continue giving money to small businesses/independent workers/etc. 

Re-reblogging for the above comments.

can’t say the same for my family but i’m definitely going to be doing this

Can do :U

but is hurting the economy like that like
a good idea???????????????
i mean i dont buy much anyways so im sure i could easily do this but
u h

This seems like such a flawed protest, because if you’re considering boycotting all entertainment outlets, then you should just lodge yourself in the middle of a forest with the radio tuned only to NPR or PRI (even then, I don’t know if you’ll escape any of it). Entertainment companies have found ways to get money that doesn’t just involve selling movies and music (like, you know, ads). 

And yeah, we’re in an economic crisis. Europe is in danger of an economic collapse. I don’t really know if this kind of protest will have any effect on the economy.

But people really need to be reasonable. There are ways to take an offensive stance against bills like SOPA, and that is not throwing the silent treatment.