TONE...? SOPA...? PIPA...?

Now...before I begin this, please believe me when I say that I am a hardcore TVXQ fan that supports the five and an internet junkie in many (what may now be deemed as controversial/hypocritical) ways.  But today, I'm just going to explain certain things to you all.  Let's start with HoMin's first day of the TONE tour.  Actually I really have nothing much to say about it.  I haven't even looked at fancame or pics of the event.  All I know is that they did good.  They sang new songs...and probably sang some old ones.  I still wonder if they feel uncomfortable singing the old ones.  :x  I'm not so much as upset that they're touring.  JYJ has been touring alot too--but that's pretty much all they CAN do right now--so it's kind of equal.  But if they call it their 4th Asia tour or 5th Japanese tour, it makes me a bit sad.  Now, I may be now labelled as a hater for whichever side...but how can that be when my bias from the group is Changmin and my second favorite from the group is Jaejoong?  I miss my JaeMin moments.  You'd probably think that I have animosity against HoMin or JYJ.  Well, maybe?  I do think they all need a good slap...on the wrist.  Maybe a few of you would say that I may not be supporting them.  But I have 3 of their Japanese albums as well as three Korean albums.  I would eventually end up listening to fancams and stuff from months before....so I get around to it.  Who knows?  Maybe I'm desperate to see them as five again. 

Now, the next thing to talk about is this SOPA/PIPA bill that is being contemplated in Congress.  Today, people are protesting because it 'violates' our internet rights.  the bills are basically about trying to stop online piracy (illegal downloading of songs, movies, anime, manga, etc.).  If the bill passes, then the sites that cater to the things I put in parenthesis will most likely go away.  Obviously this is something I should be concerned about.......but I'm not.  Scratch that.  I am a little bit (because the sites that cater to my Kdramas and Jdramas may be at risk as well as YouTube) but I do think that illegal downloading is bad.  I admit that I do it, but it's because it is difficult to find albums from foreign artists here in the U.S.  We really should trade more with Japan and S. Korea (at least with music albums) so I can see TVXQ, KAT-TUN, Maaya Sakamoto, and other artists music on shelves here.  I do understand if manga sites shut down.  If I were a manga artist, and people were posting my manga online and not actually buying it, I'd be a little upset.  They've worked too hard!  >:(  The life of a manga-ka is difficult, folks!  Somehow, I think copyrighting is involved with these bills.  Eh...I was trying to see if there were pros and cons to this bill and try to see the good in it.  But if you want to know more, here is a news article from a local news station:  SOPA/PIPA Blackout.  And here's another from the Google page:  End Piracy, Not Liberty. 

Well, all I can say is this:  whatever happens will happen.  Peace.