But why? Does anyone really believe that stopping illegal activity is a bad thing? Apparently so. The recent Internet protests basically stopped the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) from being passed in the United States House of Representatives. Whether you want to believe it or not, billions of dollars every year are lost as the result of theft of intellectual property.
There is an alarming double standard growing in the United States and frankly it is rather disgusting if you ask me. For crying out loud these “Occupy” people don’t even pay for permits like government makes the rest of us law abiding citizens do. We live in the age of entitlement.Īll you have to do is look around at the various “Occupy this” or “Occupy that” groups that pitch tents and live rent free for months right in the heart of a once thriving business district. Unfortunately, that doesn’t seem to matter much to those who believe they ought to be entitled to take, use, copy and distribute things that they legally do not own. According to the United States Chamber of Commerce “rogue web sites that steal America’s innovative and creative products attract more than 53 billion visits a year and threaten more than 19 million American jobs.” NY Times Letter, November 18, 2011.
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