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Forget what you've read. Forget the names of the companies, NGOs, etc that are supporting SOPA/PIPA. They are the smokescreen.
Think about it.
What revolutionary events took place in the spring of 2011? What made these events in the Middle East possible?
A free and open Internet.
Can we for a minute believe that an established and esteemed democratic Republic as that found in the United States would NOT be threatened by what it witnessed overseas? Can we for a minute believe that the Establishment did NOT start thinking of ways that it could control and limit the spread of ideas and content on the World Wide Web?
Come on. Everything the US government does is under false pretense. SOPA and PIPA are no different.
Megaupload.com is just the beginning. And they didn't even need a law to do it.
Think about it.
What revolutionary events took place in the spring of 2011? What made these events in the Middle East possible?
A free and open Internet.
Can we for a minute believe that an established and esteemed democratic Republic as that found in the United States would NOT be threatened by what it witnessed overseas? Can we for a minute believe that the Establishment did NOT start thinking of ways that it could control and limit the spread of ideas and content on the World Wide Web?
Come on. Everything the US government does is under false pretense. SOPA and PIPA are no different.
Megaupload.com is just the beginning. And they didn't even need a law to do it.