To those unfamiliar, two days ago, the US Congress held a hearing concerning a bill called SOPA (Stop Internet Piracy Act). A bill that would give the US government ability to take down websites that the Justice Department determines to be dedicated to copyright infringment. Major supporters of the bill include the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the Motion Picture Association of America.
Contents of the bill can be read here:
http://www.opencongress.org/bill/112-h3261/show
Already, a lot of organizations have voiced opposition in the bill including Google, Mozilla, Facebook, and Tumblr.
A website opposed to the bill can be found here:
http://americancensorship.org/
Since a-m-v.org is a website dedicated to the creation of fan videos, I thought it would be relevant to mention it here. What are your guy's opinions on the subject matter? Do you like the government controlling content on the internet? Is the US federal government the ones to solve piracy and how should it be done? Should the same internet censorship systems in other countries be adapted by the US?
Personally, I don't think the bill will get far, considering a large number already oppose. But I also don't think this is the last attempt to enforce censorship in the US.








