SOPA and PIPA

By the time you read this, you have already heard or discovered that Mozilla, reddit, Wikipedia, and many others sites are going dark today to raise awareness about Congress's highly regressive internet blocking legislation. The House's version, SOPA, is making headlines, but the Senate version, PIPA, is pretty much the same. I am not blacked out for two reasons. Since I am hosted on Discover's site, I cannot take the whole thing down, and it would not be appropriate for me to ask. But also, simply blacking out raises awareness but doesn't give information. I'm all about making sure people get good info, so below is a list of links where you'll find why so many people hate this legislation so much. - Google (!) - reddit (they also have this page with many links to help you take action) - Adam Savage at Popular Mechanics - Forbes (though it's ...