The Stop Online Piracy Act, or any of its many variations, something
WebProNews has discussed before, is finally meeting a great deal of resistance as various online movements, and the long-awaited push back from entities like Google, Facebook, and Mozilla have (finally?) decided to throw their own weight around.
Where do you stand concerning the Stop Online Piracy Act? Do you side with the web giants or the government? Does the power SOPA give to stop piracy go too far? Let us know what you think in the comments.
It looks like the American public
is also getting wise about the consequences of such a bill to pass,
as the SOPA acronym is currently the top Google Trend. One hopes this isn't a case of too little, too late. The resistance that's getting the most coverage has to do with the rebellious responses of a consortium of well-known — and powerful — web companies, all of which banded together to
create the following letter as their opening means of disagreement.
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