Standing On Boxes

So, I’m not shutting down this blog for SOPA protest day, obviously. Looking at the traffic stats for this site, I don’t think I have a lot of influence to peddle. But if you’re curious about SOPA, click the little SOPA link in the upper right corner (assuming it shows up. Which it doesn’t on my iPad.)

A quick note –

Okay, so I write fan fiction. If SOPA/PIPA is ever enacted/becomes law (remotely possible that it or something like it will in the next few years), someone who doesn’t like that could get my blog/fic site shut down. Fan fiction is one of those copyright grey areas.

But online piracy? If you’ve been on the internet long enough (2 decades in my case) it’s impossible to not have downloaded something iffy. But Piracy – Not a huge fan. But the kill the messenger (aka internet) SOPA approach is not the answer. And it’s a slippery slope downhill to censorship from there. To say nothing of the emasculation of “due process” it would enshrine into our justice system, just so Hollywood (the so called Liberal Media Elite aka MPAA) can make MORE money.

What I am surprised at, is that the Republicans aren’t using this “Attack on our basic freedoms” by the MPAA and RIAA as a campaign point. Of course, that might be why the POTUS and Co. have come out against SOPA. They don’t want the “enemy” to go there first.