---
title: "Clay Shirky at TED on Why SOPA Is a Bad Idea"
description: "Clay Shirky stopped by the TED offices to chat about “Why SOPA is a bad idea.” 100% totally worth watching. Shirky offers a great explanation, with metaphors that help SOPA and PIPA make..."
url: https://www.boxcarmarketing.com/clay-shirky-at-ted-on-why-sopa-is-a-bad-idea/
date: 2012-01-21
modified: 2025-10-10
author: "Monique Sherrett"
categories: ["Harebrained Ideas"]
type: post
lang: en
---

# Clay Shirky at TED on Why SOPA Is a Bad Idea

Clay Shirky stopped by the TED offices to chat about “Why SOPA is a bad idea.” 100% totally worth watching. Shirky offers a great explanation, with metaphors that help SOPA and PIPA make sense, and a quick history of how we got into this copyright infringement debate with rights holders anyway.

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