If you are addicted to the Internet for all your news, social media and entertainment, get yourself updated today. There will be a 24 shut down tomorrow from 8AM on as many ISPs, providers and web companies protest the Stop Online Piracy Act, also known as SOPA. Ironically, Wikipedia is using Twitter to warn the students to get their homework done early today because their service won't be available on Wednesday. They are requesting that we all use this time to contact Congress to voice opinions against the proposed legislation. Considering that the English edition of Wikipedia gets 25 million daily visitors worldwide, this could be a lot of attention.
The White House is also talking about SOPA, as well as related legislation such as the Protect Intellectual Property Act (PIPA) and the Online Protection and Digital Enforcement Act (OPEN), which would give the government and content companies more power to police the unlawful distribution of intellectual property but warns that to combat online piracy, we “must guard against the risk of online censorship of lawful activity and must not inhibit innovation by our dynamic businesses large and small.”
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