'SOPA turns anyone who runs a site into policeman'

Thousands of websites have joined the blackout in protest against the SOPA bill, as the controversial legislation is put to a vote in the US Congress. Participants range from giants like Wikipedia and Craigslist to tiny individual pages. The world's biggest online encyclopedia went on strike for 24 hours at midnight East Coast Time. Other majors like Reddit opted for a 12-hour blackout.

Lawmakers argue the bills will protect copyrighted material, but many, including http://www.demandprogress.org founder and executive director Aaron Swartz, believe it will change the rules for the Internet not just in the United States, but around the world.

"Under this bill, the rules totally change," Swartz told RT. "It makes everyone who runs a website into a policeman. And if they don't do their job of making sure nobody on their site uses it for anything that's even potentially illegal, the entire site could get shut down -- without even so much as a trial."

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[Gamersunitespeople]

America Land of the free...Are you fucking kidding me?

[zamlyn1990]

fight for freedom ! STOP SOPA

[KatyKatPokemonMLP]

SOPA MEANS LOSER IN SWEDISH!

[Dragoon Baby]

sopa is a enemy that wants to slave internet's freedom

[domantasrackovas]

USA is monster!

[DJGCInDaMix]

STOP SOPA/PIPA AND ACTA

[graalplayah]

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[joshua12345a]

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[gehjunior]

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[Armani Sr]

Lamar Smith is the Author of those BILLS…… research him and SPREAD THIS VIRAL. PLZ… this has much more to do with blackmail on the political spectrum, Lamar Smith is the CEO/Chairman of the board of Reps in the House of Congress. He keeps his moves silent and hurts many, he is BIG TIME invested and partnered with the private Prison industries nationwide and is connected Federally with the other top notch scumbags ripping off America and the world with the failed war on drugs.