The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) a.k.a. H.R. 3261, is a bill that was introduced on October 26, 2011 in the USHR. The Stop Online Piracy Act dramatically broadens the capacity of US law enforcement and copyright holders to fight online trafficking in copyrighted intellectual property and counterfeit goods.... Proponents of SOPA say that it does protect the intellectual property market and related industry, jobs and revenue, and is essential to reinforce and strengthen enforcement of copyright laws particularly against foreign websites. Opponents of the bill forcefully deem that the bill infringes on First Amendment rights, is effectively Internet censorship,... wtf? Plus in fact will completely and effectively hobble the Internet! And more importantly, opponents strongly believe SOPA will significantly frighten many important aspects of free speech.
To date, a large portion of the most important and innovative Internet industries and a very significant percentage of Internet users have shown robust public opposition to Internet-related legislation and SOPA is no exception. Publically argued by top Internet innovators such as Craig Newmark founder of Cragists List, Sergey Brin, co-founder of Google, Reid Hoffman, co-founder of LinkedIn and many other principal Internet industry leaders that SOPA puts the United States on a plane with the majority of tyrannical and oppressive nations in the world, They also firmly believe that SOPA will give the Feds excessive and unacceptable power and authority to censor the Web. (Check out the growing and updated list of impressive opponents. http://www.net-coalition.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Opposition_Dec16.pdf )
Please go to this site and do as many of the actions as you can. This bill has strong corporations behind it, but together we are stronger http://americancensorship.org/
