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Sound Off: Do You Think SOPA Will Affect Your Relationship?

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What do you think of SOPA, the proposed Stop Online Piracy Act?
SOPA would restrict illegal downloads, including the most popular illegal downloads: pornography.

Wikipedia and several other websites are observing the "SOPA blackout" today in protest of two Internet piracy bills — the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Protect IP Act. The tech industry argues that these laws would pretty much censor the Internet, since they would punish companies for displaying links to sites that host illegal downloading of music, movies and TV shows. The bills are backed by major media companies, but the tech industry and many of those working in the digital media space worry that they will give media companies too much power over the web.

Since our minds are perpetually in the gutter over here, we're curious how SOPA would affect the porn industry. With many illegal-download porn sites out there, would you or your partner's use of it be restricted? Let us know what you think in the comments...

Read more about SOPA on The Daily Beast: Websites Go Dark To Protest Piracy Bills

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