Opinion: SOPA is dangerous
An opinion by Donald McBrayer
The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) is being voted on in Congress on January 24th. It has the potential to seriously curtail freedom of information access in the name of corporate profit protection. It would be like ending all political debate by outlawing the First Amendment.
If knee-jerk laws like SOPA were administered in the early days of Napster such innovations as iTunes or Netflix would never have come into existence. The Internet is the most fantastic experiment in pure democratic expression in human history. It is an organic, unstoppable force of expression and ideas. It is reshaping the world. There are those who do not see the Internet’s potential, and fear it because of a perceived threat to their obsolete business models. SOPA will only promote archaic thinking, and prevent fruition of the human condition – it is dangerous.
Please research SOPA yourself while there is still a free Internet, then write your Congressman to express your opinion.
US Senators
Kirsten E. Gillibrand
478 Russell Senate Office Building
Washington DC 20510
(202) 224-4451
Charles E. Schumer
313 Hart Senate Office Building Washington DC 20510
(202) 224-6542
US Congressman
William Owens
104 Federal Building
Plattsburgh, NY 12901-9723
(518) 563-1406
Posted: January 18th, 2012 under General News.