SOPA and PIPA

Hello everyone, today you probably have been surfing on google and realized that it had a big black censor bar over it. Or that Wikipedia has a funny page when you try to search something. Why? You may have heard about SOPA and PIPA the biggest online strike in internet's history. What it is? SOPA is short for the "Stop Online Piracy Act," and PIPA is an acronym for the "Protect IP Act." ("IP" stands for "intellectual property.")  They are two laws that may be passed by the Video and Music Industries that are efforts to stop copyright infringement committed by foreign web sites. But that's not the real problem. The problem is that they are so vague, that they could sue Google or Wikipedia! That's not right! What Google and Wikipedia have to say about this is that the internet is a free source to all, and a place to post ideas without the government watching too closely. It is a place for learning and for exploration. What wikipedia is doing about this, is not totally, but shutting down the informational part of their site. They are showing the government what would happen if that law passes. Google is using the Censor bar over it's logo. They didn't shut down any part of google (Thank GOODNESS! I can't imagine what I would do without google lol). Many people on Twitter are putting censors over their faces to help the cause. SOPA and PIPA are all over the news, and the internet. Here is some more information: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:SOPA_initiative/Learn_more/ and https://www.google.com/landing/takeaction/

I hope that cleared up a few questions. If I have anything wrong, please, comment bellow! I do not want to misguide people! :)


~Tayloro :)