By now, you have undoubtedly heard about the Stop Online Piracy Act, or SOPA for short. If not, allow me to summarize: it is complete hogwash. The House of Representatives have the bill proposed to them, which would effectively destroy the internet as we know it. Any site with copyrighted material, as well as sites that even provide links to said material, face the imminent possibility of being disbanded for their "infractions." The likes of YouTube, Google, Reddit, 4Chan, Digg (the list goes on) would have their IPs banned and their companies dismantled. Even Blogger, the very site we operate our company from faces the chance of censorship due to the greed of men and women who are already worth millions of dollars.
However, there is some temporary good news: as of today, voting on the bill has been postponed until 2012 due to "House scheduling." They do not reference the more than 25,000 signatures received in two days from an online petition, staged on Whitehouse.gov. I myself am proud to say I was the 31,780th person to sign the petition. Folks, this is a serious issue with some possibly serious consequences, and should not be taken lightly. The very freedoms our countrymen have fought and died for over the years are being tarnished and tainted with little regard for care and worry.
Please, take the time to read and sign the petition. It literally takes five minutes of your time. Help out yourself and your people by taking a stand against SOPA. Thank you.
~L
