Congress Postpones Two Internet Bills
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Google created a petition against these two bills
Zachary Ellis, Writer/Reporter
February 6, 2012
Filed under News
Congress postponed the plans to draft SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) on January20, 2012. PIPA (Protect IP Act) was postponed on January 18, 2012. The bills were ideas formed by representatives to prevent piracy and copyright infringement.
Freshman student Ryan Ivie said, “It’s a horrible bill that shouldn’t have been brought up.”
SOPA and PIPA could have removed website like YouTube or Wikipedia. Those that felt like a website was showing copyright infringement could ask for the websites to be removed. However, a single complaint could block the website.
Those that oppose the bills believe SOPA and PIPA go against freedom of speech. Google made a petition against these two bills that had seven million signatures. Wikipedia shut down their website for one day. According to Wikipedia 7,000 other websites shut down that day or posted something against SOPA and PIPA.
Brasher Middle College Systems Administrator Geoff Getty said, “In a nutshell, SOPA and PIPA would drastically change how copyright law is enforced, and would greatly expand the powers of the organizations that enforce them. SOPA is the bill in the US House of Representative; PIPA is in the US Senate.”
Those that support the bill claim it will protect jobs and prevent piracy. They also claim it will improve copyright enforcement.
Getty said, “Currently, both bills are ‘shelved indefinitely’ in the House and Senate. This means while they are not pushing to pass them now, they are keeping them an option to vote on at a later date.”
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