The U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee will conduct a
hearing on the controversial copyright enforcement bill, the Stop Online
Piracy Act, on Wednesday, the committee has announced.
Introduced last month, the Stop Online Piracy Act, or SOPA, would allow U.S. law enforcement officials to seek court orders to stop domain-name registrars, online ad networks, search engines and payment processors from doing business with websites accused of enabling or facilitating copyright infringement. The bill would allow copyright holders to seek court orders to block the allegedly infringing sites if their efforts to get online advertising networks and payment processors to stop doing business with the sites fail.
A number of digital rights and tech trade groups have objected to the bill, with some critics saying it would allow copyright holders to target sites with user-generated content, including YouTube and Twitter. Although the bill is focused on foreign websites that sell pirated music and movies and counterfeit goods, some critics have said that broad language in the bill would allow copyright holders to target U.S. sites that don't take enough steps to limit copyright infringement by their users.
Supporters of SOPA include the Motion Picture Association of America, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the Better Business Bureau (BBB), the National Consumers League, the Fraternal Order of Police, the National Association of Attorneys General, the AFL-CIO and the Business Software Alliance.
http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/243659/house_hearing_on_stop_online_piracy_act_scheduled.html
Okay so we all know Piracy is a crime. But come on, once again big business is dictating what governments should do. Don't forget people a lot of websites are in the US so a lot will be closed down with the loss of more jobs. Bet these sites will just re-emerge in a country the the USA has no control over. There are certain things I cannot see on youtube because of where I live, censorship has started, freedom of speech is slowly being eradicated. When is this going to end...
Introduced last month, the Stop Online Piracy Act, or SOPA, would allow U.S. law enforcement officials to seek court orders to stop domain-name registrars, online ad networks, search engines and payment processors from doing business with websites accused of enabling or facilitating copyright infringement. The bill would allow copyright holders to seek court orders to block the allegedly infringing sites if their efforts to get online advertising networks and payment processors to stop doing business with the sites fail.
A number of digital rights and tech trade groups have objected to the bill, with some critics saying it would allow copyright holders to target sites with user-generated content, including YouTube and Twitter. Although the bill is focused on foreign websites that sell pirated music and movies and counterfeit goods, some critics have said that broad language in the bill would allow copyright holders to target U.S. sites that don't take enough steps to limit copyright infringement by their users.
Supporters of SOPA include the Motion Picture Association of America, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the Better Business Bureau (BBB), the National Consumers League, the Fraternal Order of Police, the National Association of Attorneys General, the AFL-CIO and the Business Software Alliance.
http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/243659/house_hearing_on_stop_online_piracy_act_scheduled.html
Okay so we all know Piracy is a crime. But come on, once again big business is dictating what governments should do. Don't forget people a lot of websites are in the US so a lot will be closed down with the loss of more jobs. Bet these sites will just re-emerge in a country the the USA has no control over. There are certain things I cannot see on youtube because of where I live, censorship has started, freedom of speech is slowly being eradicated. When is this going to end...