Most of you probably know about “SOPA” by now, it’s been a good month or so since this ridiculous 47-pages long law was written. The law hasn’t passed yet but has enough support behind it to make it a reality. SOPA is short for “STOP ONLINE PIRACY ACT”, and it is one of the most aggressive and destructive anti-piracy laws ever made.
First off, watch the video below:
I speak for a lot of angry internet users when I say this, this law is the end of the internet. I’m not saying piracy shouldn’t be stopped, but there are a million other ways to do it rather than pressing the D-Day switch and ending the way people communicate. This law can potentially close down Facebook, Youtube and a lot of countless other social media sites out there. Justin Bieber became famous because of Youtube, when he sung his favorite songs and made videos of himself, this law makes it a crime to even sing your favorite songs because the songs belong to a record label and you’re infringing their copyrights by doing so. Search engines like Google and Bing aren’t safe either, for they will need to remove each and every infringing domain from their index. Google Search could just as easily be shut down if they don’t comply. Think of having an internet connection without Google, it’s just not going to work.
Big names like Google, Mozilla, Facebook, Tumblr, Reddit and many others are speaking against SOPA. There are countless famous Youtubers who are against this law and are siding with the people to defend the integrity of the internet. Piracy websites need to be stopped one by one, by a more subtle and non-aggressive method. This law gives authorities the power to have websites shut down if they don’t comply within 5 days even if they are not hosted on US soil. There have been plenty of anti-piracy laws in the past like the DMCA etc. but none of them are as aggressive or dangerous as this one.
There’s a slight chance of this bill not passing, but looking at the power behind it it just isn’t clear. We will keep you updated with how this pans out.
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