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It’s a great day when thousands of people — internet marketers, bloggers and casual internet users; big brands and little guys alike — visibly unite against government tyranny and oppression.

Amongst the flurry of tweets and Facebook status updates (and black box or “No SOPA” avatars) gracing my screen, along with links to sites on our side that include Google, Reddit, Wikipedia, Wired, WordPress and others, I can’t help but to feel proud that there’s such outrage over a complete piece of shit bill like SOPA.

You can’t really put a finger on who it hurts the most – business owners who rely on the internet, or internet users who have spent the last fifteen years of their lives using a comfortable online platform.

With the logic of the high school teacher who punishes the whole class because of one idiot jock, the good old US Gov’t considers a bill that will carry the same amount of logic: punish the innocent with the ruse of ending infringement. In the end, it gives Big Business a weapon to shut down their competitors (not as if they needed one, they already dominate SERPs with paid and organic ads).

Sites such as Google’s online petition and this video are making their rounds. Even Occupy Wall Street is protesting SOPA.

Thinking about SOPA makes you think about the details of every website you own. Will one image be seen as infringement, or even “confusingly similar” to something else, warranting your site to be taken down without warning or notice (or appeal?) and you, the webmaster, to be blacklisted? How will you survive when your earnings are cut off after you wake up to see a SOPA takedown notice on your largest affiliate site? These are real fears that come with this bill passing.

While I’m optimistic this day is not only historic and unforgettable but has already sent out a very strong, unified message — I also truly believe this bill will not get passed. At least, not as-is.

If it does get passed, then I truly do believe there is an Illuminati.