FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) – Google, YouTube, Wikepdia and several other major websites are coming together to protest a controversial bill. It’s called SOPA and some people say if passed, it could very well shut down some of our favorite websites. “The devil is in the details. And a lot of the details kind of concern people,” IPFW Online Marketing Specialist John Kaufeld said. IPFW Social Media expert, John Kaufeld, has been researching the Stop Online Piracy Act for months. He says the bill has good intentions. The goal’s to protect peoples intellectual property from copyright infringement. But unnecessary details in the bill concern technologists like Kaufeld. “You have the representatives and the senators on one side saying ‘Well we just really want to accomplish this one thing. We’re trying to protect intellectual property.’ But the technologists on the other hand are saying ‘You know you’re going after a fly with a shotgun and dynamite.’” Kaufeld says most people don’t understand the implications of what SOPA would do. It could blackout sites for months while they investigate cases of infringement. In turn that could cause a company or business to shut down. If internet content service providers can’t be proactive about cracking down they could be closed down for good. “YouTube would pretty much have to dark because the bill puts a lot of the responsibilities onto providers onto internet service providers onto host companies.” Wikipedia and other sites are protesting against the bill Wednesday. They’ll be blacking out their sites for the day. Some will link web surfers to pages where they can protest against SOPA. “But I think the impact’s going to come from the people who then try to go to Wikipedia or try to go use Reddit, try to use one of these sites that are currently down.” Kaufeld says the bill’s a good idea but there may be a better way to stop piracy. “I don’t think this bill is going to be the way to do it. There are other bills working their way through right now that seek to accomplish the same end.” Wikipedia will shut down Wednesday. To put this into perspective it’s the fifth most viewed site in the world with more than 124 million views. Learn more about SOPA: bbc.co.uk/news/technology-16596577 money.cnn.com/2012/01/17/technology/sopa_explained/index.htm thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c112:H.R.3261: forbes.com/sites/johngaudiosi/2012/01/16/obama-says-so-long-sopa-killing-controversial-internet-piracy-legislation/