http://lifehacker.com/5860205/all-about-sopa-the-bill-thats-going-to-cripple-your-internet
This SOPA or Stop Online Piracy Act is a bill introduced by representative Lamar S. Smith,if ever that this bill is implemented it will censor sites that allegedly "engage in, or facilatate" copyright infringement. Like the sites that we usually use such as facebook, google, wikipedia, and the like.This bill came out to snuff out piracy online to prevent those infringers from downloading or copying the content of their site.
But there are specific sites who vehemently oppose to on this bill like google,tmblr,facebook,and several sites because they don't just affect the small users but event very large companies with a large stake in the great things the internet and the modern technology have to offer.
What does SOPA means it is Stop Online Piracy Act it targeted any site that contributed to copyright infringement,even if it was simply facilitating the act by providing a tool that could be use for illegal purposes(regardless of the intention).
If this bill will be approved by the US government the most affected users are the poor students who actually rely on this tool of easy access learning. Students will no longer find ways to get information for their research works or assignment. There will be no easy access source aside from the internet what if the students don't have a book as reference it will be hard for them to get information if this bill will be implemented .
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