Continuing our SOPA/PIPA education, social media sites aren’t the only ones hurt by the new legislation.  Businesses as a whole can be hurt due to the ease of implementation: You don’t even need evidence to have a site shut down, simply an allegation.

If we accept this law, hundreds of thousands of lawyers will suddenly appear out of the woodwork because almost any website can be accused of copyright infringement! This law will lead to major legalized extortion. The Internet business faces hard times — look at those who do not want to join SOPA: eBay, Facebook, AOL, Google, LinkedIn, Mozilla, Yahoo, Wikimedia, etc…

What the hell is SOPA? [infographic].