SOPA!

I hadn't heard of SOPA before but now I know what SOPA is. SOPA means:  Some of the internet's most influential sites—Reddit and Wikipedia among them—are going dark to protest the much-maligned anti-piracy bill. But other than being a very bad thing, what is SOPA? SOPA stands for “stop the internet piracy act”.

I’m sure you’ve heard by now that SOPA is bad and would ruin the Internet, but have you actually read the bill? If not, it’s worth reading, for two reasons. First, if you are going to oppose a bill, you should know exactly what you’re opposing, not just the unknown principle behind it. Second, it’ll provide you with a valuable insight: that these bills are written in an attempt to obscure the truth.

There are actually two bills, the Stop Online Piracy Act, known as SOPA, in the House and sister legislation called the Protect IP [Intellectual Property] Act, or PIPA, in the Senate. Both are designed to tackle the problem of foreign-based websites that sell pirated movies, music and other products.

SOPA is really dangerous!