WTF is SOPA?

I'm getting an increasing number of questions relating to SOPA bill introduced in the House of Representatives on October 26, 2011. The subject is well outside of my domain, but John "TotalBiscuit" Bain, a UK law graduate, professional gaming commentator and journalist, has put together a great video on the subject.

I highly recommend that you take 22 minutes out of your day to listen to it.

Note: Activision are not on the list of supporters for SOPA, but EA is a supporter.

• http://www.reddit.com/r/technology/comments/ngd4r/i_work_in_news_this_is_how_...
• http://tinyurl.com/techdirtsopa
• http://reddit.com/r/sopa
• http://www.americancensorship.org
• http://tinyurl.com/universalcensors
• http://tinyurl.com/writetocongress
• http://www.avaaz.org/en/save_the_internet
• http://t.co/vIhyPU9z
• http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/12/sopa-vote-delayed/
• https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2011/12/free-speechs-weak-links-under-internet-...

It's worth noting that Representative Lamar Smith, the creator of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), has been consistently receiving donations averaging $50 000 from the TV/film/music industry for each of his re-election campaigns for the past ten years.

This, my US friends, are the reason why you should care about SOPA.

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