The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and Protect Intellectual Property Act (PIPA) are two bills that are supposed to stop the pirating of media, you know, the kind of stuff you would download through torrent sites or P2P sharing.

That’s great ‘cuz stealing music and movies is against the law… but the language in these bills is universally considered to be so broad that these new laws would make practically every website on the internet a target for one-sided, no-questions-asked censorship. The U.S. government would be able to tell your ISP to *BLOCK YOU* from visiting websites that they believe are in violation of these vague and poorly defined laws. They could also do the same to search engines like Google.

I could go on, but I’d prefer that you get more informed analysis from places like CNN, ABC News, Wikipedia, BBC, and about 2.5 million other websites. You can also learn more about SOPA/PIPA from Clint, who reviews apps right here at IAR. And while you’re at it, you can also use this handy Wikipedia page to contact your congress representatives and tell them how you feel.

If you’re too lazy to read, then just watch this hilarious but educational video from The Oatmeal:

http://www.iphoneappreviews.net/contest

iPhone App Reviews.net is not a political blog and it never will be, but something special is happening out in those parks! And the protest sign below is just too good not to share… a greater truth has never been scrawled onto a piece of posterboard.

Apparently IE didn’t like a Facebook plugin I was using even though Firefox, Chrome, Safari, and Opera all thought it was just super.

C’mon folks, if you’re using IE pleeeease do yourself a favor and switch! Your life on the internet will be easier, I promise. Oh and btw:

Browsers. Are. Free. No really, they are!

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For the past few days IAR has gotten a bunch of review requests for iPhone 4 LED flashlights, apparently a booming market in the app store. Unfortunately, I don’t have the means to acquire Apple’s latest gadget, so I’m going to be giving away the promo codes in the comments for all you lucky iPhone 4 owners.

LED Flashlight, only for iPhone 4

The Flashlight App (For some reason, the iTunes Link Maker was screwing up on this one and wouldn’t give me the link. But rest assured, it’s a flashlight app.)

LED iLight

LED Light for iPhone4

App developers: Interested in getting some free promotion and word out about your app? If you’d like to participate in the free code giveaway then just head over here and drop some promo codes to share.