What is the Internet from an Entrepreneur's point of view?

And what is the internet?
It is a way to buy food, shelter, clothing, transportation, and entertainment without leaving home. This is what it is from an entrepreneur's point of view.

And if SOPA and PIPA pass as is all this will end for all intents and purposes. And because the Internet started in the U.S. it has become the backbone of the Internet worldwide. I would say if SOPA and PIPA pass the world would move from "The Great Recession" to: "The 2nd Great Depression" or worse.