User blog:Kai-De-Avalon/SOPA: Just as bad as the Hype!

Hey all, I've spoken to some people I know here in the UK and most of thinking what can SOPA do really? They tried to shut down Napster and started a file share revolution right?

Unfortunately this is much much worse that everything that has come from the corporate world before. Instead of simply allowing organsiation to take down any illegally obtained or copyrighted material wherever they find it, SOPA will allow any corpartion to apply to have a website shut down for the ability to have copyrighted materials e.g. a music producing organisation could have youtube shut down if someone puts on a song they made on the site without their permission.

This means that the safe harbour laws which meant that companies could stop their products being illegally distributed but not prosecute where they were being distrubuted from will disappear. The equivalent of the police being able to arrest you if someone smokes pot in your house.

This also means that funimation could shut down this very wikia for including an images, quotes or videos of something that happens in our beloved One Piece on the site (eventhough I think that's against the rules anyway.

So if your in America fight the power! If your anywhere else spread the word and pray!

Kai