Internet blackout to protest SOPA

The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), also known as House Bill 3261 or H.R. 3261, is a bill that was introduced in the United States House of Representatives on October 26, 2011. The bill, if made law, would expand the ability of U.S. law enforcement and copyright holders to fight online trafficking in copyrighted intellectual property and counterfeit goods.

The originally proposed bill would allow the U.S. Department of Justice, as well as copyright holders, to seek court orders against websites accused of enabling or facilitating copyright infringement. Depending on who makes the request, the court order could include barring online advertising networks and payment facilitators from doing business with the allegedly infringing website, barring search engines from linking to such sites, and requiring Internet service providers to block access to such sites. The bill would make unauthorized streaming of copyrighted content a crime, with a maximum penalty of five years in prison for ten such infringements within six months. The bill also gives immunity to Internet services that voluntarily take action against websites dedicated to infringement, while making liable for damages any copyright holder who knowingly misrepresents that a website is dedicated to infringement.

A development such as this is extremely harmful to the Internet and would significantly alter the way Internet works. This could not possibly be construed as a US National issue. The implications of US decisions on Internet Policy stretches beyond its borders, worldwide. SOPA / PIPA seek intervention on sites that are non-US sites as well, and naturally US would do extended work on the basis of an ACT like this to cover the rest of the world with the 'wisdom' enshrined in the Act.

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