Stop Online Piracy Act

For those of you who are aware of the Stop Online Piracy Act being debated in the US, you may skip this post. The only thing of interest to you may be this link to Wikipedia about the SOPA Initiative.

For the rest of you, and I hope there's no one in this category, you should at least be aware of SOPA. I do not understand all the implications of SOPA and its sister PIPA or how exactly they will work.

As I understand, if this bill passes, it will have serious effects on the Internet as we know. A lot of material are going to face forced censorship. A lot of information may be restricted, hidden from the rest of the world. It is like dropping a nuke to exterminate roaches in a city apartment. And more than a few roaches may actually survive the blast.

If you use the Internet, which I assume you do since you are probably reading this post from an Internet connection, you should at least be aware of this issue, even if your understanding is incomplete (like mine).

Here's the link again to where you can learn more from a much more reliable source than this post.