The Terrible, Horrible, No-Good, Very Bad Internet Censorship Bills

Careful— if some elected officials have their way, embedding that crazy Lady Gaga YouTube cover on your Facebook page could make you a felon.

It's a Bizarro World scenario that could actually happen under the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), a bill in discussion in the House that has sparked widespread outrage among technology industries, civil liberties organizations, and ordinary Internet users.

Both SOPA and its Senate-side cousin, the Protect IP Act (PIPA), are intended to protect the entertainment industry from piracy by cracking down on “rogue websites dedicated to infringing or counterfeit goods,â€