SOPA and PROTECT-IP are only the latest attempts, and even if the fuss we all make scares them away, mark my words, something similar will be back. First, let's be aware that market forces can be a bitch if you're on the wrong end of them.
Wikpedia will be going offline to protest the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) Wednesday, according to Co-Founder Jimmy Wales.
Trouble is, SOPA doesn't do that. The act would allow the government to go after and block websites and search engines that post or link protected content without permission. How it defines protected content is the problem.
A House subcommittee was slated to prepare the Stop Online Piracy Act, or SOPA, for a vote later this month; the Senate had planned a vote on the companion bill, PIPA (The Protect IP Act,) even sooner. Now, it appears both
I fully support the action below against SOPA and have added this censorship to my blog for today and tomorrow as a reminders of what SOPA effectively means. Enemies of freedom will always tell you that there is some trade-off between freedom and civil
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