Online giants like Google, AOL and Wikipedia are taking a stand and urging viewers to contact congress and voice their objections to the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). Specifically, it's the opinion of these online giants that the proposed "SOPA cure is worse than the disease." Its their belief that SOPA or PIPA would give media giants with huge budgets the ability to shut down or cripple small sites and businesses that don't have the money for drawn out legal battles over copyrights.
I think the online powerhouses have a good point. In fact it reminds me of my last trip to China where the government takes a guiding hand in controlling what Internet viewers can see and what they can't. Would the result of SOPA be giving similar censorship powers to large U.S. media and government or squashing online piracy? Do your homework and let your representative in Congress know. SOPA should be an immediate concern for any online marketing company.
Since the birth of Napster and online file sharing, big media has been looking for a way to control the Internet channel and protect a huge revenue stream. If SOPA is indeed passed, it may be the ultimate act of piracy.
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