In Review of "Why PIPA and SOPA Is Good and Needed"

The blog post Why PIPA and SOPA Is Good and Needed is posted on the blog called Smart Helping. The blog is created by Jason Varner and in his description he says his goals are to help and, "enlighten" people. Justin's post tells why the internet needs these two bills to pass and why he can justify them. Justin's blog states that the massive websites that are protesting SOPA and PIPA are only out to ensure, "their own survival". Justin also believes that the bills will help people with their own personal websites.

The blogs main message is to show people that SOPA and PIPA are actually going to do them some good. Making the internet less cluttered, helping people create and maintain their own websites, and to make the large companies start thinking about the majority of the people are the arguments made for this message. With the internet less cluttered Justin believes that it will be easier for people to find and access more reliable sources. Justin also suggests that if the major companies are held in check by these bills then they won't be able to overshadow smaller and less competitive websites. Justin tries to persuade people by saying these bills will take down large companies and help the little guy succeed online. The thing is if the little guy makes one mistake he'll have the same fate as the corporations.

I personally do not believe anything this post says about SOPA and PIPA. The wordings of the two bills are very vague and basically say that any website using any copyrighted material can be yanked in the blink of an eye. This would spell the end for many of the useful websites I use today. Wikipedia, Google, YouTube, could all be banished from the face of the planet. If something like this were to actually be passed it would be devastating to the internet. SOPA and PIPA are intended to stop online piracy, but pirates will find a way around this almost indefinitely. Even the small websites that this blog says would be benefited by the bills could be stripped from the internet for something they may not even know was copyrighted. The large corporations that this site would destroy are some of the sites that help me most. Google and Wikipedia have helped me more times than I can remember and YouTube for just plain fun when I'm bored. The internet just wouldn't be the same if these bills are allowed to pass.

I don't think anything anyone could tell me truthfully about SOPA and PIPA could persuade me to change my mind at this point. The only thing that can change my mind now is if the bills do pass and the internet is actually improved somehow. In that case I will admit to being wrong and embrace SOPA and PIPA, but in reality I think very few people see that coming. Hopefully the US congress will see what a joke this bill is and toss it in the trash.