After some of the internet being blacked out today, I thought of all the things that would disappear from the world wide web if PIPA or SOPA was ever passed.
1. Dance Routines that literally leave your jaw on the floor.
2. My Little Pony Videos that have been edited with Wu-Tang lyrics.
3. All the up and coming singers and musicians who cover other people's music. I would even miss the bad ones.
4. Replays of Boxing/UFC Pay-Per-Views.
5. Friend's post of that one song that you haven't heard in such a long time, which brings back such good memories.
6. Star Wars Fans' Videos.
7. Amazing pictures that are re-posted that incite emotion.
8. Introducing that one song/band that could change someone's life.
9. Your cute little kid getting down to some current pop song.
10. Replaying that wonderful throw by Alex Smith and catch by Vernon Davis.
Supposedly SOPA was tabled today and will be brought up again next month and PIPA will be brought to the forefront next week. Let's hope these items keep getting shut down.
The music industry wants to get back to the days when BSB and Nsync sold so many units that they didn't know what to do with the money. Through the current state of the internet, the independent music scene actually has a better chance of surviving and somehow being heard. The movie industry wants to go back to the Movie Theaters being the only place to watch their movies, but it's so much easier and cheaper to sit at home and stream it off your Netflix or even off YouTube.
It really isn't about "piracy". This is what happened to napster amplified to the Google power (pun intended). If SOPA or PIPA ever becomes law, you can say good bye to any of the blog and social media sites that we all use.
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