Sorry brah's, I can't agree with anything that provides the ability to shut down sites like reddit/youtube/facebook. It's likely they won't be shut down simply because they're the biggest, but thousands of other sites could; and it would also hinder new start-ups.
It's also a violation of the first amendment:
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Originally Posted by Professor of Constitutional Law at Harvard
The notice-and-termination procedure of Section 103(a) runs afoul of the "prior restraint" doctrine, because it delegates to a private party the power to suppress speech without prior notice and a judicial hearing. This provision of the bill would give complaining parties the power to stop online advertisers and credit card processors from doing business with a website, merely by filing a unilateral notice accusing the site of being "dedicated to theft of U.S. property" ? even if no court has actually found any infringement. The immunity provisions in the bill create an overwhelming incentive for advertisers and payment processors to comply with such a request immediately upon receipt. The Supreme Court has made clear that "only a judicial determination in an adversary proceeding ensures the necessary sensitivity to freedom of expression [and] only a procedure requiring a judicial determination suffices to impose a valid final restraint." Freedman v. Maryland , 380 U.S. 51, 58 (1965). "[P]rior restraints on speech and publication are the most serious and the least tolerable infringement on First Amendment rights." Nebraska Press Assn. v. Stuart , 427 U.S. 539, 559 (1976).
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http://www.scribd.com/doc/75153093/T...SOPA-12-6-11-1
SOPA isn't about fighting piracy as much as it is about continuing the expansion of control big brother has over us.
This is an interesting video about SOPA if you can get past this guy's annoying face/voice:
https://youtube.com/watch?v=WJIuYgIvKsc
(In a nutshell, the companies lobbying millions for SOPA, are the same companies that helped largely facilitate the problem by distributing the file sharing apps).
It's that whole concept of creating problems in order to introduce solutions.
I'm not against SOPA as a whole, just a few of the key provisions. Your copyrighted material should be protected, but SOPA as it stands is excessive and contains too much power. I understand many who own copyrighted material here don't give a shit and just want to benefit from the bill itself because it directly affects business, and that's understandable, but I would personally like to see it revised.