JE27 Personal, But Not Selfish

            My issue is about opposing Stopping Online Piracy Act and Protect IP Act. It is a new privacy that is going to be passed in USA. However it would affect everyone else in the world because the Internet does not really have a borderline. The intentions of the Acts were to protect intellectual properties and to stop infringing websites. However, it would create some latent impacts such as depriving the freedom of speech. Also, many websites could potentially be shut down. For example, Wikipedia, the website of knowledge, would have to ensure that the links below doesn't lead the users to an infringing website. Many of the useful sources may be deleted and we might not be able to search what we were looking for. Also, the browsers would also have to modify their search engine so it wouldn’t lead us to illegally launched websites. Furthermore, many videos on Youtube would be deleted. Even a child singing a song could become illegal.

            These Acts could create lots of problems. It takes away our freedom on the Internet. It expropriated our rights of sharing knowledge. It personally affected me. And I think it also has a huge effect on everyone else who is engaged in technological uses. In our English class, our teacher shared the files with us through Dropbox. However, Dropbox could be shut down after the laws are passed because it could be used to share illegal files such as music and movies. It is important to oppose the Acts because it