Why Style Collective

The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) is a United States bill proposed by U.S. Representative Lamar S. Smith (Republican) to expand the ability of U.S. law enforcement to fight online trafficking in copyrighted intellectual property and counterfeit goods.

In other words, SOPA is a step forward made by the institutions to censor and control the Internet, to restrict users’ freedom to share and exchange content.

The following video explains what SOPA is all about.

In case you want do something about it, here are a couple of links that could serve the purpose: voteforthenet.com/, and americancensorship.org.

I guess SOPA is, at the moment, just an American issue, and to sign the petitions you need to be an American citizen, but eyes open to everyone, in Italy things are not better, da noi ci pensa il deputato della Lega Nord Giovanni Fava (Leggi un articolo a riguardo).

Sopra un’immagine “rubata” dal blog di Todd James.