I’m glad everyone is so concerned about SOPA/PIPA
However every day that bit tormenting sites exist money is taken out of my pocket. It is stolen in lost residuals which both contribute to my pension and health care, and are also paid directly to me as part of my compensation for my work. So after you are done posting your little black square on Facebook, or blacking out your tumblr or calling your Congressperson or whatever maybe you can devote some time to proposing a better solution. Anyone who mocks our elected officials for proposing what is apparently a bad solution is no better than those they call out absent a better answer.