Think that SOPA/PIPA won't affect you? Sit back, and I will tell you the tale* of "The Project Manager Who Couldn't Get a SharePoint Report".
The star of this story is T., the project manager, but the story does not begin with her. It starts with J., the developer who needed a tiny, little snippet of vbscript...
9:00AM Anytown, USA
J: SOPA!!!...
<insert sound of snickering coworkers.>
9:30AM Anytown, USA
T: Good morning, J.
J: Ha!
T: What's wrong?
J: You know that SharePoint report you had me create?
T: Oh, yes. Management is very impressed by what you have done so far and is anxious to see the latest changes.
J: Well it won't be today.
T: Why not?
J: SOPA.
T: Sofa? You are sick on the sofa?
J: No, SOPA. The legislation in congress that threatens the free expression of ideas on the Internet including the snippet of code I need to finish this report.
T: SOPA!!!...
J: Yes...
T: Well, what can I do?
J: Educate yourself about SOPA & PIPA and then take action to prevent them. Google has a link on its homepage about the danger these bills pose to the Internet as we know it.
9:45AM Anytown, USA
T: This stuff is not right! Thanks for telling me about it. I'm going to send my representative a message right now.
J: Great! But you still aren't getting that report until tomorrow.
T: Curses.
*Although the names were changed, this actually did happen today during the SOPA/PIPA protest site blackouts. Imagine how much worse it could be if sites were permanently lost...
