Lukisod wrote:I can see a few things happening here if it goes through. One, a lot of big internet companies are going to move out of the states, which means a lot of money is going with them. Probably off to Sweden with them. Two, people who can offer work arounds for the censors are going to become very huge, very fast and make a mockery of the censorship. I also think there will be huge backlash against anyone on that list once peoples daily lives start to become affected and it will either the people will submit and mark the beginning of corporate lead America, or they'll have another revolution.

Just my crazy rambling predictions ^_^

This "SOPA" bill reminds me of the Prohibition Act of 1920. The idiots removed alcohol from the shelves, but almost all of congress, etc, drank alcohol, and removed it in 1933. If they follow up with this silly act, people can just upload copyrighted material onto government databases and have them shut down permanently. Which will ensue a complete melt down of the government, or parties thereof.

Honestly, they're going to ruin the world if they do this. Not only will innocent sites, like this one, be in trouble, but those sites who supply the nation/world with explicit materials will become F***ED. Excuse my French here, folks, but its true. WoW, Everquest, Starcraft, etc, will be gone. Our games will be reduced to nothing playable, because they've ALL copied it from somewhere at one time or another. If you were around when WoW first popped up, it looked like a cartoonish remake of Everquest. So that'll be gone in a heart beat when people realize this and file a suit against Wizards of the Coast.

Then there's webmd, and such sites, which is helpful, but if you've seen what goes on there, it has content from other sources. That will be gone, and I know several people, doctors, nurses, med students, even stay-at-home parents who actually use the site. They'll be screwed over, because its gone, and so will other sites much like webmd.

Don't think that your little world will be gone if this thing passes. We'll be stuck in the Dark Ages AGAIN, if this thing passes. Military sites will be gone, youtube, yahoo, google, wikipedia, FACEBOOK and MYSPACE WILL BE TAKEN OFF THE INTERNET! If all those other sites were none of your concern, then think about the two sites that are most frequented and are well liked hot spots for people who want to share and friend others on the web. All the while keeping track of their where abouts, etc. The police use Facebook and Myspace to track down people, what will happen if they're taken off the internet?

Excuse my French in this instance again. Sorry folks, but if this thing gets passed, you ain't seeing your friends on facebook, myspace, or where ever. All in all, we're fucked if this thing gets passed, and for what? So people in the government to feel "safer"? Gods. Sometimes I wish I WAS alive back in the Dark Ages, and NOT in this era.