Will you vote for Obama if he signs SOPA into law?

[RI]

Not sure what the problem with SOPA is. So I might have to actually buy CDs now? Big deal. Also, "being taken to its logical conclusion" is scaremongering. It doesn't happen. Even if it did, losing Facebook would probably be good for humanity.

[RI]

If he signs it, it may be a good reason to vote for him.

Yes.

All the adolescent boys up in arms about this need to grow up. There is no inherent right to piracy. Anther person's intellectual property does not belong to you.

It is Youtube and Facebook's responsibility to ensure they are not hosting illegal content.

"There is no right to piracy" =/= "Let's give the government the right to shut down websites they don't like."

Pretty sure they can already do that...

[RI]

Truthfully, I couldn't care less about SOPA. I download plenty of music illegally, the vast majority of which I would never buy normally. I do buy music off of iTunes if I can't find it otherwise. Yet, this really doesn't matter to me very much. I've always assumed this was a house of cards that one day would end, so I'm not terribly attached to it. It may not be stealing per se, but it's certainly copyright infringement, and to expect that the holders of these copyrights would just roll over and let you walk all over them is naive and, ultimately, completely selfish.

What I really don't like is the perpetual whining, especially from libertarians and solibs, that every attempt to enforce laws is 'fascism' or 'authoritarianism', that the government is taking over everything, and that life as we know it is somehow going to end instantly. What hyperbolic, conspiratorial tripe. People are not out to get you; you are not that special. The government will not do what you fear so much because there would be a huge backlash and politicians want more than anything to be liked, and because there simply isn't the coordinated ability and will to shut down sites like YouTube or Facebook. The government is far too divided to accomplish something like that.