Dear all,

Thank you for your comments and remarks to our plug-in.
First of all I'd like to stretch that this plugin was made in response to a court-ruling blocking the Piratebay in the Netherlands, but it is by no means solely meant for this purpose.

The court-ruling basically pointed out a vulnerability in the web which we'd like to mend. We are not in favor of pirating but we are against censorship. We think that there are better ways to ensure honest pay for honest work then blocking websites: not only a dumb solution but also highly ineffective as this plug-in shows.

For the same reason I think that people are protesting PIPA and SOPA: we understand what the laws are trying to address, but we just don't like the way they are going at it. Laws like these that don’t work where intended and cause harm and damage in other areas are bad laws. The OpenWeb is to important to brake with stupid laws defending only the interest of the publishing industry.

At any rate it remains to be seen what the effects of plug-ins like these have on the Open-Source community, but the way some people argue here makes it sound like the Pirates and Occupiers are the newest addition in the ever-growing list of wrong-doers on the internet like child-abusers, terrorists and hackers that stifle any discussion.

Almost any tool can be used for good and evil, but so far the Open Web as a tool has tilted very heavily to deliver on the Good side; if we want this to continue, we'll need to first make sure that their are laws protecting it and if that fails; tools to circumvent those laws, just like many already have to do today outside the US.