All the talk about SOPA on social media sites and the blackouts are working.
Eight sponsors of the SOPA and PIPA antipiracy bills have publicly withdrawn their support today (earlier today that number was three).
Today, Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and Protect IP Act (PIPA) are making headlines as websites have blacked out to protest against the proposed bills.
Wikipedia was among several websites that shut down Wednesday in protest of anti-piracy bills now in Congress that critics say could result in censorship.
“End Piracy”, “Not Liberty” and “Stop Online Piracy Act” are all trending topics on Twitter January 18th, the day of the blackout.
Here is a good article explaining what SOPA is:
http://www.pcworld.com/article/248298/sopa_and_pipa_just_the_facts.html
This tweet from @mouselink said it best:
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I know a lot of people are already pissed off with this SOPA and some also are disappointed as well…
Thanks for the information and update about this topic…
I’m not sure anyone really knows the implications of a bill like SOPA. The alarmists against claim it will shut down the internet, highly unlikely. The naive supporters think it will only impact intellectual property from being stolen and reproduced in countries like China. Clearly the impact is somewhere in between. Unfortunately it will be difficult, even with SOPA, to prevent foreign piracy.
If you thought SOPA was bad, just wait Until you meet ACTA.
ACTA had move forward in Europe despite protests.
Will look into this – thanks.