SOPA Impact Infographic

While SOPA and PROTECT-IP deserve to burn for all the obvious reasons, this ‘infographic’ is appalling. It’s rare to see propaganda as brazenly deceitful as the “self-censorship diagram” and “startup chart”.<p>Using fake data to scare the masses is beyond shameful — it’s exactly the kind of tactic employed by the RIAA and every other evil corporate lobby in existence. It’s like Batman trying to catch a bad guy by stealing his gun and shooting at him.<p>A legitimate cause deserves better.

Any system to erase all users ability to visit a Web site would be a breach of security. Someone could then shut down the entire internet. Every packet, byte and bit between any two points from a central location. Sounds like the plan maybe 6 months ago with the whole "internet off switch" legislation. The govt is just itching to put a shocky collar around tcp/IP. Its about gaining a foothold to tax the bytes between devices.<p>I demand that the freedom of bytes to travel down an internet connection should be as free as my freedom to shout any word I want from my front yard. A police officer may arrest me, fine. the officer stops the offending person, not the offending ideas.