This "stunt" has been solely designed to raise awareness and mobilize support. It doesn't take Google or Facebook blacking out their site to accomplish this - simply running a text link or a banner on their sites would go a long way towards helping a huge audience understand the heinous demands of the IP Lobby. By that same stroke, the more dramatic blackouts will also raise a lot of awareness. Despite the differing…
Yet another example of awful reporting. All the press coverage I see on SOPA calls this a battle between anti-privacy advocates and Internet supporters.
Wrong. This is a battle about whether we will allow a few large companies to let their commercial interests regulate Internet access for the entire US (and rest of world as a result).
I hope the Wikipedia, reddit and google education efforts finally explain the problems with SOPA to the public