Big Brother's Attempt at Babysitting

The internet has flourished over the past decade because of its free nature that encourages all types of innovation that allows the internet to grow and expand upon itself. As a result, the internet has rapidly become a ubiquitous force within society as it began to cannibalize mediums and industries that once had consumers in a deadlock as more and more devices were manufactured that have the ability to connect society to the internet and more services were created to help consumers in terms of pricing and convenience. While such innovation has allowed a vast amount of start-up companies to grow and succeed, the open-free nature of the internet has also given birth to a virtual "dark side" of the internet; places where people can go to illegally steal movies, music, books, magazines, and even software if the have the technical savvy on how to implement the downloaded scripts into their OS of choice.

Needless to say, sites like these have put plenty of industries out of a vast amount of money and a countless amount of people out of jobs. As a result, these sites have generated a large amount of scrutiny from the government as these large corporations have begun to demand that certain actions take place, and thus bills like SOPA and PIPA were written into existence. These are the bills that will supposedly fight copyright infringement and will put and end to it by shutting down the sites that allow people to illegally download such content. However, as the bill is written right now, it has the potential to do far more damage than good, by killing the creative innovation that has propelled the internet to become such a ubiquitous worldwide phenomenon. This would allow government to regulate the internet which will cause the freedom of the internet to virtually disappear and a country that prides itself on freedom will be trying to impose its laws on countries that have no reason to follow them. 

Also, when it's all said and done, the bill would not even be able to stop the piracy because it seems that the people who wrote the bill don't truly understand how the internet works. People will find new ways and loopholes to bypass such regulation. So, what's the point Big Brother? Let us be.