How to stop SOPA/PIPA

By now you must have heard about SOPA/PIPA, if not, here’s the skinny. The Stop Online Piracy Act and the Protection of Intellectual Property Act are two laws currently being considered by US law makers.

The aim of these two bills is to combat online piracy and help prevent the theft of intellectual property. Sounds like a noble cause, right? The only problem is that these bills have far reaching effects, effects that could destroy the right to information on the internet.

Kumi Naidoo, International Executive director of Greenpeace, had this to say about the bills. “In the history book of bad ideas, the concept of giving corporations the right to censor the Internet has to rank among the worst ever.”

Tags: online piracy, PIPA, SOPA