Internet titans fight SOPA with full-page NY Times ad

We are turning into China. When will our government gain enough control to be happy? How much is enough? I there such a thing as enough? If anyone is for this it is because they feel as though they are loosing money without it.

They're fighting for control the the internet. The internet will become another tool by the elite to control the masses of the people. Look around. There's no "free press" anymore. A hand full of billionaires with an agenda control all the media and press in this country! Just look at what's happening and think for yourself!!

Do you see? WE will not lose our freedoms all at once but slowly over the years our rights will be reduced to none. They will tell us it is for our own good, it will make us safer, it will make us healthier, and so on and so on and. If we are weak we will submit. If we are lazy they will win. If we don not stay always vigilant then we will no longer be Americans, we will be mere citizens of the world. No different than those who have knelled before tyrants, dictators, and kings since the beginning of human history. Never knell to them, be an American and read "Why we need a third party" by J.L. Slough and "Science, Government, and Football" also by J.L. Slough.

Anything backed by the suits at RIAA is bad for America.

So Leonard Napolitano, director of computer sciences and information systems at Sandia Labs, which is the cybersecurity organization owned by the government handling infrastructure security for the nation, warned in a letter that the legislation is "unlikely to be effective" and will "negatively impact U.S. and global cybersecurity and Internet
functionality." If this isn't enough to toss the bill out the window, then what is? Goes to show how idiotic the politicians supporting this bill really are. If this legislation passes, I fear for the future of this country.

Once again, the masses must pay for the actions of a few...If the RIAA wants to prosecute those sites that are violating copyright law, fine, but let them find them and bear the cost of doing so. To expect internet service providers to censor their customers is ridiculous. And how are they going to handle the ones that originate out of the USA? Is blocking all access to non-USA sites next on the agenda? The internet was alot more enjoyable when only geeks were on it!

Do you think that the makers of buggy-whips were upset when Ford invented the car ? Of course, but innovation and progress drive this country. The old business model of the entertainment industry must change to reflect their Customers needs and wants, not be protected by the government, against the wishes of the consumer. What if the buggy whip industry had legislated cars to be illegal ... SOPA is just as shortsighted and asinine as being forced to buy pagers in a touch-screen phone market. If the entertainment industry has such a shortfall of leadership for the new century, perhaps the time has come for the consumer to look towards a new venue for their entertainment needs.

Unbelievable! What do we need to do to get our government out of our lives and to concentrate on the issues at hand. Our founding fathers must be shedding tears as the land of the free no longer exists as they had intended it to.

We will lose our freedoms and "patriots" will cheer it as it happens in the name of national unity.

It's all about the money, stop innovation on the internet in the name of protecting an industry by letting said industry dictate what's good and bad for us to have access to. And when someone comes in with something that threatens this industry - ooh, they're infringing on our copyrights, so let's shut em down. Just like the US steel industry files complaints about foreign companies undercutting steel prices to gain a foothold...

This is just the foot in the door. Those who have power cannot abide a resources as uncontrolled and unregulated as the internet. It disturbs their fantasies of control, and that is intolerable. These pieces of legislation must not be allowed to pass.

Of course the MPAA supports this bull****. Why can't they just keep away? No good will come of more government involvement with the web, absolutely none.

good luck censoring the ENTIRE internet :)

I don't even know any more if we have a government or a dictaorship.

Hmmm, if the government of the united states is on so much deaths and deficits, why they keep using taxpayers money for unnecessary passing the bills like "censorship on the net," to pass through? Maybe it's time to do an over haul and replace all of our entire govefnment officials including senators.

If they don't like pirating TV, music and others. They should not put it online.

Obviously it's not purposely trying to destroy the internet, but i think giving these Hollywood moguls too much power could unintentionally do so.

rotten libs ruined the internet

Its pretty much battle of the money, and Hollywood has tons of more money then these Internet titans to sweet talk congress into passing this stupid bill