The Stabcast is not designed to change your political point of view, we believe you should collect the facts yourself and make up your own mind.  The Stabcast supports local music and the Stop Online Piracy Act ‘s main goal is to protect the intellectual property rights of contend owners.  The internet allows local musicians to get their music out to the world.  The internet also allows the world to post music online so anyone can download it.  Local musicians depend the sales of their music to not only make more music (recording costs money) but also promote themselves.  Bands are split and want their music to be heard by many people, but most agree that they need sales to support recording more.  Even if you do not support the Stop Online Piracy Act, you should support local music and not pirate it.