User blog comment:Ḡwẵine Ḹٍٍkƨ Ĺiĸe Ͼềлȑềd/SOPA/@comment-4623180-20120119030452

Here's a simple rundown of what SOPA is trying to do:

"SOPA intends to shoot the messenger. It aims at holding publicly accessible websites responsible for publicly posted content.

How exactly it will affect things specifically remains to be seen. One can hope for a best case scenario, in which sites that exist mainly for pirating purposes are shut down, and random user copyright infringement is removed by site administrators.

However, anyone who understands how power corrupts can envision a future in which sites like Goggle, Facebook, and others with thousands of posts per second, could be destroyed simply because of a physical inability to do so. Or your grandma could get fined for posting a video of your family singing "Happy Birthday" (Yes, it's a copyrighted song.) over the cake she baked for you when you were four."