This is a great explanation of how and why the Stop Online Piracy Act (H.R.3261) is going to do a lot of damage to the Internet:
And this is what you can do about it. Make waves. Talk to people. Tell your congresscritters to vote against it.
If you want to know more, you can read more about SOPA at Wikipedia, you can see its progress at GovTrack, and you can find out more about your representatives at places like Project Vote Smart and OpenSecrets.
I couldn’t agree more with this lady… I’m only 16 and I don’t know much about the judicial system- but I do know that if what you say is true, the Congressmen would be extremely hypocritical to pass this law.
I don’t like the fact that filesonic dot com (resolving to hong kong) is serving up my music catalog for free including the new stuff, with the torrents being linked at hotfilesearch dot com (resolving to florida), covered with pay per click ads and easily found on google. They are stealing my livelyhood.
STOP THE PIRATES NOW
I’ve got no problem with stopping the pirates, but please do it with proper judicial oversight, and do it carefully so as not to take down sites that don’t have it coming.