RateTea Opposes SOPA And PIPA Acts

Jan. 18, 2012 - PRLog -- RateTea, an interactive website and online community for rating and reviewing teas, and a comprehensive informational online resource on tea-related topics, announces its opposition to the SOPA and PIPA acts.

SOPA and PIPA:

SOPA stands for the Stop Online Piracy Act, and PIPA, the Protect Intellectual Property Act.  These two acts are recently-developed bills proposed in US Congress, supposedly with the intention of curbing online piracy and protecting intellectual property.  However, these bills have recently stirred up a storm of controversy, due to concern that they may have sweeping negative effects on a wide variety of websites, which has culminated in wide-scale blackouts in protest of them.

RateTea's opposition to SOPA and PIPA:

Official statement: http://ratetea.com/sopa-pipa.php

On the same day of Wikipedia's wide-scale blackout, RateTea has added a black banner to the header of their website, displayed on every page of the site, announcing their opposition to these acts.  RateTea has stopped short of a full blackout; the site is still fully available and fully functional, but the banner is prominently visible from every page and will remain so through the day.

RateTea's official statement urges people to visit Wikipedia's resources to learn more about these acts, and urges registered voters in the US to contact their representatives about them.

Visit the site:

http://ratetea.com

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RateTea is the web's authoritative resource on tea, a community where anyone can rate and review tea and herbal teas, with a database of teas classified by brand, style, and region, and articles on tea, health, sustainability, and related topics.