bradhig wrote:Why would SOPA limit free speech. All know is that it's supposed to stop piracy.
Basically, SOPA would limit freedom of speech because anyone using the internet would be penalized for using anything that has a copyright attached to it in any form. For example, Disney could make a lawsuit against UltimateDisney.com for using Disney in it's title.
Fanfiction using any pre-existing character would be illegal, anyone's drawings of the Disney Princesses would be illegal, if I sang a pop song from Rihanna and posted it on youtube it would be illegal, if I mentioned a movie or song in my facebook status it'd be illegal, and so on.
It would also give the government the power to control what we see and what we do on the internet. Similar to modern Television, we only see what the government wants us to see. It would lead to all blogs, forums, and any other online outlet for our expression of opinion or where we can comment would be at risk.
In the end it's not just the raping of our freedom of speech, it's literally taking away our abilities to be ourselves on the interenet. It's taking away any freedom we have on the internet completely.
Simply put, SOPA and PIPA = Internet Armageddon.
As far as the "banning fanart" nonsense. I have never been forced to read or even come close to reading any fanart. Therefore, I cannot imagine why anyone would feel so opposed to them. If you read a bad one, that's your own damn fault. It's like blaming McDonalds for making you fat because you chose to eat it.
