SOPA

[SayOw]

This past week we saw some online entities protesting the Stop Online Piracy Act like Facebook, Google and Wikipedia.

Yesterday Megaupload was taken down and the "war" has begun.

If SOPA passes you might as well unplug the internet because it will be essentially the complete opposite of what it was created to be...a (mostly) free, open source flow of information to anyone that wants to tap into it. SOPA will essentially allow Hollywood to take over the internet, regulate it and of course charge you for it ... all of which will likely line the pockets of your favorite politician that is in full support of this act.

My questions regarding this is, first, why can't the "complainers" (namely music and movie makers) come up with their own technologies to secure their products rather then call for censorship of the internet and then second, why doesn't the government advocate that route as well rather than advocate censorship? Instead, there is virtually no attempt being made to stop piracy by the industry and they are simply buying politicians to support their 'grander' vision of total control...