Stopping SOPA: Online Piracy  

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Jenis: Article from Bulletin/Magazine
Dalam koleksi: The Economist (http://search.proquest.com/) vol. 402 no. 8768 (Jan. 2012), page 37.
Topik: Federal Legislation; Intellectual Property; Piracy; Politics; Electronic Commerce

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After this week a lot more people will know that SOPA stands for the Stop Online Piracy Act. Some 30m-40m of them, estimated Wikipedia's founder, Jimmy Wales, could have gone to the English-language version of his website on January 18th only to find it replaced by a dark, foreboding page headlined "Imagine a World Without Free Knowledge" and explaining SOPA's perils. A few other sites such as Reddit, a popular link-sharing service, shuttered themselves too, while Google blacked out its logo for American users, who number about 56m a day. The backlash against SOPA has taken the bill's supporters--media firms and others who want tougher protection for intellectual property--by surprise. The House of Representatives Judiciary Committee seemed to be hustling it through: the first hearing in November was stacked with friendly witnesses and just one opponent, from Google. But now it is getting bogged down. Even before blackout day, the White House had weighed in with criticisms; Eric Cantor, the House majority leader, was said to have promised not to hold a floor vote until there was consensus; and Lamar Smith and Patrick Leahy, respectively the sponsors of SOPA and its marginally milder Senate sibling, the PROTECT IP Act or PIPA, suggested cutting out one of the most controversial provisions pending further discussion.

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