SOPA, the Stop Online Privacy Act  (HR3261) is a bill that is currently being considered by the US House of Representatives. SOPA and its companion Protect IP Senate bill (S.968 ) are well intended but badly drafted. If passed they have the potential to censor the Web, bankrupt web startups, stiffle innovation and severely disrupt social media and the Internet itself. Drafted and pushed by a group of large “old” media providers, SOPA and Protect IP have the laudable goal of stopping “online … Continue reading →