Stop SOPA and PIPA

I believe there are 4 things that should be private; politics, religion, finances and what happens behind closed doors.

However, on January 24 the Senate will begin voting on the SOPA act, the first of the acts that will censor the internet in the United States and impose strict regulations on the many music and film industries. 

There are currently two bills before Congress, known as the Protect IP Act (PIPA), which is currently in the Senate, and the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), which is currently in the House. 

At the end of this post there is a link that will lead you to a petition to sign. Your signature will represent that you are against SOPA and PIPA being passed. 

Why would the US do this?

The bills were introduced  into Congress on the grounds, when in place, it would strengthen protections against copyright infringement and intellectual property theft.

These Acts protects us right?

This is the first thought that came to my mind, being that I am against most acts of piracy. Well this act, after much research seems to do more harm than good. 

However, The bills would give the Justice Department the power to go after foreign websites that willfully commit or facilitate intellectual property theft.  

The government would also be able to force companies based in the US to end business with those sites. This would affect, Internet service providers, credit card companies and online advertisers from ever dealing with these sites. 

Stopping business between these US-based businesses and foreign websites severely affect the monies earned from these foreign sources used to help the US. 

And Remember...

There are anti piracy laws that are already in place that protect our copyrighted material, including the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). 

However, while the DMCA focuses on removing specific, unauthorized content from the Internet, SOPA and PIPA instead target sites that host unauthorized content which affects income brought in by American businesses. 

Here's the Link! Click here to show your support! 

Can't click? Copy and Paste this link into your browser https://www.google.com/landing/takeaction/ .

Remember, Live Healthy, and Protect Your Freedom!