Interview in review #5

One of the last interviews I did for this project was Josh Peiffer, a student at K-State double majoring in political science and history, that I knew through a couple classes I've had in the past with him. I didn't originally intend on actually interviewing Josh for my project but I ran into him one day and the conversation of SOPA was brought up and he had quite a bit to say about it. I didn't use a lot of the interview with Josh in my project but he was useful nonetheless. Here are a few things I got from the interview with Josh.

1. Josh helped walk me through the 80-plus page SOPA bill and really helped me to understand the logistics of the bill and the amount of help this did for me can't be overstated. 
2. Josh had a good understanding of history and politics, and was able to put both in perspective where most people are knowledgable of one or the other or none at all. 
3. The SOPA protests had nothing to do with partisanship or bias, like most political discussions now a days. 
4. The time it takes a bill to actually come into effect, especially with the Internet, the problem may have evolved by then. 
5. Its not the musicians necessarily fighting for anti-piracy laws but more likely the recording labels who make more money on music sales on the margin than musicians, while musicians make the majority of their money on concerts.
6. This is an issue that isn't going away anytime soon and more than likely we will see the government expand their regulation on the Internet.