I didnt see one of these threads so i thought i would start this topic to hear from you guys your views on these acts that are being forced through congress.
What is it?
"Two bills before Congress, known as the Protect IP Act (PIPA) in the Senate and the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) in the House, would censor the Web and impose harmful regulations on American business. Millions of Internet users and entrepreneurs already oppose SOPA and PIPA."
"The U.S. government could order the blocking of sites using methods similar to those employed by China. Among other things, search engines could be forced to delete entire websites from their search results."
Quote taken from the google information blog.
Google>click on google icon>BAM blog thingWant more information, check out this Youtube video, it explains a lot!
WTF is SOPA ? aka The American Government trying to ruin the internetWhat do I think?
Personally, i am against these two acts. Why? Because they wont work, and it will block Americans, as well as others who do not live in the states from getting information that could be very important (America has a large influence on the internet). They say it is for taking down rouge sites, but it will have far more dangerous and annoying outcomes. In the youtube video above, he basically gives a scenario that goes along the lines of "You get into a car accident. The car that hit you is a toyota so you sue the toyota company for hiting your car." This is true for the Sopa and Pipa acts. If these acts are put through congress, it will give the American government complete ruling over blocking websites because even just one of their users have posted copyright material. They dont blame the copyright poster, they will punish the whole community. This is not right. What type of sites will be affected by this? Well a few comonly known ones are Photobucket, Deviantart, Facebook, Twitter, TinyPic and many more!!! So America, dont take away my rights!!! Please, i think we have enough censorship as it is, dont block the internet!
This is why im against Sopa and Pipa. You dont have to agree with me, all im asking is what you guys think about it? Please before posting, understand a little bit of what these laws will do if they are passed. Thanks!