If you haven't already noticed, many websites are using today to raise awareness of SOPA and PIPA, two very poorly designed bills currently in the US Senate and House. So I wanted to take a quick moment and voice my opinion about these bills.
THEY SUCK!
Let me put it in very simple terms. The idea behind these bills is simple, to reduce piracy. Whereas this is a good thing, these bills are the WRONG way to do it. Let's say someone uploads a video to youtube, and in the background of that video is a song playing. Someone like the RIAA could decide that this is violating their rights as the owner of that song and use these bills to take action. That action being to completely and totally block EVERYONE from any access to youtube. Instead of removing that one video, they now block the entire site. This is the same level of control used by the governments of China, Iran, and North Korea. Is that what we in the US have come to?
If these bills pass, websites will have no choice but to severely limit access to what people can post or say. Is this the level of censorship you want to see on the Internet? This is wrong and must be stopped.
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