A list of answers to frequently asked questions (FAQs) about the much-disputed anti-piracy legislation before the United States Congress has been published by CNET News. It also reported that some 4.5 million people signed the petition on Google during the blackout protest yesterday.
The debate is over a proposed bill in the House of Representatives called the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), and its Senate counterpart the Protect IP Act (PIPA). Yesterday thousands of websites went “dark” in protest against what opponents say are overly restrictive provisions in the bill (IPW, US Policy, 18 January 2012). This led to as many as 10 or more elected officials pulling back their support for the bill, according to reports.
The article on FAQs is here.
Ok, fair enough. Now it is time to also announce alternative listing of FAQ on SOPA. Otherwise, one may start assuming that there’s one IP Policy news channel taking sides…
Benny, good point. We’re open to other views on this – send them in!
Thanks, William. I see the following link as a starting point:
http://fightonlinetheft.com/content/resources
I do not possess the expertise to comment on the technical aspects of SOPA / PIPA. I read on Twitter and elsewhere some of the chest-thumping of the ‘free internet’ forces and think it naive their presuming the IP rights forces will just ‘get over it’ that their distribution models are obsolete. The ‘old IP economy’ in the USA may be worth about $100 billion per year and that does not just go away quietly.