What is SOPA(Stop online piracy act) and Why it should be opposed.( Infographic)

[Vehl]

Here are a couple of Info-graphics detailing the reasons people oppose SOPA. Many companies try to explain away SOPA as something that merely prevents people from illegally downloading content. However it gives the government and media companies overarching rights to not only censor your websites and posts, but also to block your access to information...and even read your email without permission. Furthermore SOPA will give its supporters the right to take down your website even without a court order.
For example, if a few people post Youtube video's containing copyrighted songs on DU, DU could be taken down!..even though it's no fault of DU.

If SOPA passes, it will be the end of the internet as we know it. In fact we will be a monitored and censored society no different from China.

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image credits
http://thenewcivilrightsmovement.com

BSA(Business Software Alliance) is one of the major groups supporting SOPA. It includes the following companies(based on their member list)
members of the BSA

Adobe
Apple
Autodesk
AVEVA
AVG
Bentley Systems
CA
CNC Software - Mastercam
Compuware
Corel
SolidWorks
Dassault Systèmes SolidWorks Corporation
Intel
Intuit
McAfee
Microsoft
Minitab
Progress Software
PTC
Quest Software
Rosetta Stone
Siemens PLM Software, Inc.
Sybase
Symantec
TechSmith
The MathWorks

http://www.bsa.org/country/BSA%20and%20Members/Our%20Members.aspx

Kaspersky is the only BSA member company that openly opposed the SOPA, and it left the BSA as a sign of protest.


We do not support illegal downloads. We merely want our first amendment rights protected.
Please oppose SOPA and keep the internet free.


PS: There is an Android app available for free, listing all the companies/products supporting SOPA. A DU member has created a thread on it. It could be found in the following link

An Android app that terrifies the politicians and corporations: Boycott SOPA
http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002145771

[FarLeftFist]

1. Great Post!

[Selatius]

2. SOPA is a bit like using a chainsaw when you need a scalpel for surgery.

Hamfisted attempts by the MPAA, RIAA, and other industrial trade groups that favor these kinds of controls should rightly be opposed and condemned for the sheer stupidity of their approach.

[Scuba]

3. K&R