Sopa Act

            In a way, I understand why the bill was introduced. People want their work to be protected and if it were not than they would never be paid for the work they did. However, I still am against the Sopa Act.

            Although most people in my age or in my age group would be devastated if the government shut down all the websites (Google, Tumbler, Youtube, Wikipedia, Bing, Facebook, My space and more…) but I would be particularly devastated because as a student from another country, these websites help me develop many concepts needed to progress. When I first came to this country, I used the traditional encyclopedia and dictionaries to help me. But it was very time consuming, especially if I wanted to compare. Now I can do it instantly on my computer in help of various websites. Some of the websites have made it possible for me to connect with old friends back home in Korea. I never would have found me if it wasn’t for Facebook. Imagine you’re self-living somewhere else and needing some kind of social networking keep in touch with friends and family back home.  It has become my lifeline to Korea. And when I am there, I can keep in touch with my friends and teachers here in America. I can check the weather at home in Korea, and tease my father about weather being close to C degrees Fahrenheit. I can even see if it’s raining right on my street.

            Even though I do understand how the people feel about piracy and etc, I think this bill would send us back to the 1970s way of learning and going research. Talk to your parents about how that was.  

            I was very impressed that the protesting that was done around the world actually had an effect. Some legislators actually withdrew their support of the bill. Some people were even sponsors the bill and withdrew their support.