Defend our freedom to share (or why SOPA is a bad idea)

I’d say beyond livelihoods, it also affects the development of our culture. The fact is, people sharing and adapting pre-existing content predates the Internet. It has been a key mover in helping to evolve our society, and societies through out the world. My fear with this kind of approach to protecting private property is how it ignores this history altogether, ironic given that the entertainment industry, which relies on stories that have been told again and again, is seemingly the prime mover of the approach behind these bills. SOPA/PIPA seeks to criminalize a human impulse that has made our world better, not worse.

Thanks again for the post.