Al Gore Comes Out Against SOPA/PIPA

Stage two of this whole SOPA initiative is telegraphed quietly within the Al Gore speech:<p>"As in all things, some compromise must be possible."<p>I've believed for quite some time that SOPA itself was never really seriously thought to be passable by anyone. Rather just an extreme first salvo to make the next set of oppressive measures seem like a reasonable compromise in comparison.

When I first saw the Al Gore headline I immediately thought of South Park and ManBearPig, but that made me think something like southpark (i.e a comedy that's not afraid to get a bit political) might be an excellent way to raise awareness of exactly this issue.<p>Shame the law will probably have passed by the time they make a new season.

I'm glad the subhead of the article made the joke we were all thinking as soon as we read the title on HN so none of us has to make it.<p>Too bad it sounds like there's no actual proof that he's talking about SOPA/PIPA, although it would be pretty hard to argue otherwise. If true would Gore be the most notable politician to come out against these acts? (As much as some of us might wish otherwise, it's not all that notable for Ron Paul to come out against it.)

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Trevor Strong of the Arrogant Worms thanked me for downloading their music. Of course downloading the music made me a big enough fan of theirs to drive 300 miles to see them in concert as well as buying several CDs there. I also introduced many people to their music.<p>Point being I think many artist are open(ish) about sharing music (for example). It does seem things like SOPA come from far larger groups like the RIAA.

He's to be commended for making SOPA's "unintended" consequences easy to understand for the masses. He essentially came up with the best argument as to why SOPA should not be passed (i.e. internet censorship in Tunis and Egypt at the height of the Arab Spring).

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Shouldn't creative people support SOPA?<p>Is SOPA really a war between creative people and analytical people?

I mean, he invented the internet what else do you expect? :-)