The ostensible goal of these bills is to prevent rogue, foreign websites from infringing on copyrights in the US, and to punish those who break intellectual property laws by downloading pirated content. SOPA and PIPA are supported by the movie and music industries here in the US – specifically, the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) and the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). These organizations are widely known for overreaching to protect their intellectual property, filing excessive lawsuits aimed at illegal downloaders but often catching innocent people. Does anyon…
SOPA and PIPA: Bad Ideas
by | Jan 20, 2012 | Cape News, UPDATE | 2 comments
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Now we all have heard already about a few well known websites that have ”blacked out” today, in response to the two possible things that could possibly be passed in Congress. SOPA and PIPA. They will block many websites from being viewed (piracy and things like that). I want to know, what are you opinions about this? Is it a good idea, or a bad idea? Could it possibly lead to a revolution even? Thanks for your opinions in advance!
I’ve been seeing these acronyms all over social networking sites, search engines…the internet in general. I looked it up but I had no idea what the articles were saying. So can you guy please explain to me what SOPA and PIPA are in simple words and tell me why their so bad? Thanks!