Congress is now in the final stages of reviewing the Stop Online Piracy Act. SOPA and its PROTECT IP act would give governments and corporations the power to take down entire websites over alledged infringing posts by users.

If Congress interferes with the architecture of the Internet by passing the deeply flawed SOPA, hundreds of thousands of jobs will be at risk. If SOPA becomes law, the government will have created America's first system for censoring the Internet.

Please take a few seconds to voice your concern and Help Stop American Censorship before it is too late!

Why this is important:

• JOBS: America desperately needs jobs. If Congress interferes with the architecture of the Internet by passing the deeply flawed Stop Online Piracy Act, hundreds of thousands of jobs will be at risk.
• CENSORSHIP: If the Stop Online Piracy Act becomes law, the government will have created America's first system for censoring the Internet. We cannot allow America to become like China where voices are censored without judicial oversight.
• SECURITY: Our government’s own cyber-security research center asserted that SOPA could harm US security. Pirates will use more unlawful means and it will be even harder for law enforcement to catch and punish the bad guys.

So Imagine:

• A Tripawds user posts a picture of their dog in a Jeep or other major brand vehicle with the logo showing.
• Or, we post a video taken while a song was playing on the radio.
• Or, a user unknowingly posts a funny copyrighted image in these forums.
• Or, another member posts a comforting poem they found to help comfort someone coping with loss.
• And this entire site gets shut down!
• Don't laugh, under SOPA this is all possible.

Read how you can help here.