If all the talk about SOPA/PIPA hasn’t reached you, then I can only assume you haven’t been sitting in front of your computer for close to 8 hours a day like the rest of us.

Personally, I believe those 8 hours will be significantly less endurable if this bill gets passed, but there’s an endless amount of opinions posted on the internet and maybe you just want some facts because when you clicked on Google this morning, the internet giant had blacked out its iconic logo.  This got your attention.  You probably already tried to correct your knowledge fail by doing what we all do when we find ourselves ignorant on a topic: we go to Wikipedia.  But guess what? (Actually, though, there is at least one link working on Wikipedia today.)

You don’t need to be a tech nerd to want to know what’s up with the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and its counterpart the Protect IP Act (PIPA), so here are some links to help you understand SOPA/PIPA and today’s blackout.  After those links you’ll find a few to help you take action, if you so choose. …more