Many people simply believe that the government and these lobbyists are fighting for their interests, after all they are honest taxpayers that go to vote. Which in the case of SOPA/PIPA is simply not true and the world needs to know that this was a mixture of malevolence and incompetence.
And despite what some people on HN think about the power of lobbying with money, raising awareness is the most effective tool at our disposal. SOPA was stopped on tracks because the likes of Wikipedia and Google and dozens of others got the message out.
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I think it's good because it raises awareness.
Many people simply believe that the government and these lobbyists are fighting for their interests, after all they are honest taxpayers that go to vote. Which in the case of SOPA/PIPA is simply not true and the world needs to know that this was a mixture of malevolence and incompetence.
And despite what some people on HN think about the power of lobbying with money, raising awareness is the most effective tool at our disposal. SOPA was stopped on tracks because the likes of Wikipedia and Google and dozens of others got the message out.