Written by Riley Stauffer
By now most have you encountered the angry tweets and countless online protests against this new "internet censorship law". To clear up any confusion, the correct name for this law is the Stop Online Piracy Act, which is also known as the PROTECT IP bill. Lobbying from Hollywood put $200 million in funds behind this bill, and if it is passed, it would enable the US government to blacklist any "rogue" websites that violate intellectual property laws. So, it makes sense why big names in the entertainment industry, like Disney and Time Warner, are doing everything they can to support this bill: currently, online piracy cheats them out of millions of dollars in revenue per year.
