SOPA

This page is about the Stop Online Piracy Act, also known as SOPA. SOPA is a bill that allows the //entertainment industry **shut down**// websites that contain their content, or even sites that //link// to their content. But for a better explanation, here's a [|video].

If allowed to continue, SOPA would have destroyed the internet, as it also allows the industry to attack even websites where the offending content is not from an American user. Therefore, even Canadians such as myself and my partners would be affected, as Youtube, Google, Smack Jeeves, (a webcomic website) Facebook, and many others would go down in online, animated flames. Megaupload, a website for filesharing, has already been slain. Fortunately, there were thousands of protests and SOPA was shelved along with PROTECT IP.