Is Copyright Being Used to Override Free Speech?

The Atlantic, on how

Congress is considering passing major legislation to change the definitions of online infringement. While supposedly aimed at foreign “rogue sites” like the Pirate Bay in Sweden, the legislation’s new definitions would alter the copyright safe-harbor and make platforms for user-generated speech — including Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube — liable for copyright infringement committed by users. These sites would have to adopt Big Brother technologies to monitor all their users’ activities in order to make sure no user is sharing the latest release from the Twilight series.