The legislation currently before Congress is the latest in an unfortunately long line of examples of Congress trying to fix something they don’t understand. It will lead to the inevitable result of producing a myriad of unintended consequences.
Don’t know what SOPA and PIPA do? Educate yourself. Take action. That is what the internet is here for. At least for now…
Here are some links:
Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page
Google: https://www.google.com/landing/takeaction/
https://www.google.com/landing/takeaction/sopa-pipa/
Web Ink Now: http://www.webinknow.com/2012/01/stop-sopa-silliness.html
Cato Institute: http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/the-internet-is-not-govs-to-regulate/Life Hacker: http://lifehacker.com/5860205/all-about-sopa-the-bill-thats-going-to-cripple-your-internet
Discovery News: http://news.discovery.com/tech/why-the-web-is-sick-of-sopa-120118.html
Protect Inovation: http://www.protectinnovation.com/
How Stuff Works: http://computer.howstuffworks.com/sopa.htm#mkcpgn=fb6
Mashable’s Lance Ulanoff: http://mashable.com/2012/01/18/sopa-dark-ages/
Mashable’s special coverage: http://mashable.com/follow/topics/stop-online-piracy-act/
Funniest link so far> The Oatmeal: http://theoatmeal.com/
MPAA’s statement, which is so out of touch on so many levels: http://mpaa.org/resources/c4c3712a-7b9f-4be8-bd70-25527d5dfad8.pdf