Surprised there isn't a thread on this already.
SOPA/PIPA are two bills which congress are trying to pass in America. There is widespread opposition of these bills because frankly they're a piece of shit.
If these pass it will be horrible news every website you go on today. Yeah, that's Youtube, Rapidshare, Facebook, Wikipedia. Even this site.
Recently Megaupload has been taken down in what I would only describe as a fucking joke. It is the general consensus that this is the long arm of American law telling all of those opposing SOPA to suck on their dicks.
Watch this video. It's a brief, detailed description of the matter and will give you a better idea than anything I post will.
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