Politics & Government

Where Do You Stand on SOPA? [POLL]

What do you think of the proposed legislation?

 

An online protest of the SOPA and PIPA legislation started last week with Wikipedia blacking out its content, encouraging users to contact legislators on the two bills.

Now before both houses of Congress, SOPA and PIPA aim to curtail piracy and strengthen protection of intellectual property, but opposition says it's at the expense of the free distribution of information and is tantamount to censorship.

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The full text of the bills can be found online here.

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