We have collectively written thousands of articles educating about effects of SOPA. We have made phone calls and created special websites etc.<p>But, we are still on the same stream of funny cats and Lady Gaga. We may know the magnitude of effects of SOPA, but general public cannot gauge it, because they may very well misunderstand as, yet another "save whales", "drunk driving" campaign.<p>I think we can do better, when freedom is on the line.
Occupy Wall St. arguably didn't do much to affect Washington, or the regulations that affect the firms that protesters were blaming.<p>I'm not experienced in these matters, but it seems to me like a wiser alternative would be to found some kind of Tech Lobby that advocates for policies that benefit the internet in Congress and educates members of Congress about the internet.
What we need is more direct and visual support from the big internet players. Imagine if Google restricted all the YouTube videos for one day and simply stated "YouTube's future if SOPA passes". Or if Wikipedia blocked all their content for a day to make a stand.<p>Although very unlikely to actually happen, these actions would get the attention of the entire public and demonstrate the seriousness of the issue.