Of course, applying pressure to your representatives is just one way. If you have access to influential people, you should educate these and then see if you ca

Of course, applying pressure to your representatives is just one way. If you have access to influential people, you should educate these and then see if you can convince them to use their influence to visibly oppose this legislation. Another vector is the press. SOPA is a non-issue in the press. It needs to get higher up on the agenda. I regularly watch a few american newscasts and so far these issues have been absent. The anchors will gladly spend hours talking about silly, pointless bickering in congress, but will spend absolutely no time educating people on the issue that the prerequisites for a democracy are being eroded and being eroded rather quickly. As a side note: The Economist publishes a yearly "Democracy Index". Last year the title was "Democracy in retreat". This year it is "Democracy under stress". Things are not looking good for western democracies.