When that great American statesman Thomas Jefferson said the price of freedom was eternal vigilance, he wasn't talking about protecting us from men armed with guns; like Edward Bulwer-Lytton after him, he realised the pen is mightier than the sword. The latest attempt to censor Americans is yet another wolf dressed in sheep's clothing, the
Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) H.R.3261 can be found
here, and as usual it makes confusing reading.
It may be that this vagueness will be fatal to passage in its current form, but someone is determined to see it pass into law, as can be seen from the
exposé of this
loaded consumer survey.
Two previous
Digital Journal articles about
SOPA can be found
here and
here. The ACLU doesn't think much of it either, and is especially critical of
its vagueness.
Check out the embedded video, and remember, protecting Americans and the rest of us from on-line piracy is the thin edge of the wedge.
Copyright is dead.
