The Truth About SOPA: How the Corporate Lobby’s Argument Doesn’t Add Up

Don’t be fooled by its seemingly straightforward title: SOPA is one of the greatest challenges to a free and open web that we’ve ever faced. Ultimately, it’s a right step, but in the wrong direction. SOPA’s original intention was to protect intellectual property created by American artists, yet the result is something much different: an unfair restriction on many American websites, like YouTube and Reddit, that we’ve come to love.

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