Yes and no.

Maddox is ahead of the movement. We are at a point with it where only tech people care, yet this will affect everyone.

My sister visited yesterday and she asked me with SOPA and PIPA were. She's completely technologically impaired. She doesn't know anything about computers.

Once I explained it to her she went off and said that the bill was completely bullshit. There's no way she's even aware of what things like ACTA even are, or that they even exist. For the average computer user who just uses Facebook, this things generally aren't a big deal.

However, SOPA and PIPA are far reaching enough to actually affect the average Facebook user. It's like the MPAA and RIAA keep pushing what they can get away with, and they've already reached the point where they are ready to affect the average Joe.

We've beaten SOPA this time, but Maddox is right, something will be back. We need to let the average person know that these kinds of laws exist and these kinds of bills are trying to get passed, so when the next one comes people are aware and we have more people to go out and take action.

My sister was pretty upset when I told her the government could just shut down sites like youtube because someone uploaded a video that only used a copyrighted song.

For over ten years the tech industry has been fighting the government sponsored tools paid for by the MPAA and RIAA. They've finally gotten greedy enough so that their zeal will affect the entire world. Not just tech people, and not just Americans, but the entire fabric of the internet.

We may have stopped SOPA and PIPA for now, but they'll be back. They'll be back in one form or another. If they get really desperate, they'll tack it on the end of a Bill to protect children from child porn. Doing so means there's no way to oppose it without looking like you're pro-child porn. Get ready for their next trick and be prepared. The MPAA and RIAA and mainstream media all want control of the internet, and they're not going to stop trying until one side has completely destroyed the other.