Tumblr's anti-censorship message generated 87,834 phone calls to representatives
SOPA is a big deal and US will be worse off for it beacuse US based companies will be put at a disadvantage ab-inito.<p>However, I think the people campaigning for opposition have failed to use 'normal' words to explain how it will affect the masses. For us here that have startups and are interested in these things, words like 'infringe copyright', 'safe-habour' etc make sense.<p>All  90% of the masses need to know is this: If you paste that funny clip you saw on MTV on your Facebook, MTV can shut down Facebook or sue you.<p>If you put that image you Googled on your blog, ALL your adsense money can be seized. If you Tweet it, you Twitter account can be closed.<p>When 'the masses' hear this, it would make no sense cos it doesn't. We should "dumb down" the message to get it accross to the 'mainstream' populace<p>I just wonder why the US legislature would want to deliberately cripple US's strength on the web.