All About SOPA and PIPA
SOPA entered in the US House of Representatives and PIPA in the US Senate. Both SOPA and PIPA were initially designed to do to things. To make it possible for companies to block the domain names of websites, that are simply capable of or seem to encourage copyright, infringement.
The bills are commonly associated with media piracy but may also apply to counterfeit consumer goods and medication. The problem is that blocking the domain name isn't effective because you could still access it by its numeric IP address. Comcast could prevent its customers from accessing thepiratebay.org, although the underlying IP address would still be reachable.
The bills are commonly associated with media piracy but may also apply to counterfeit consumer goods and medication. The problem is that blocking the domain name isn't effective because you could still access it by its numeric IP address. Comcast could prevent its customers from accessing thepiratebay.org, although the underlying IP address would still be reachable.
What has happened to the bills?
SOPA sponsor Lamar Smith postponed his committee's hearing of the bill and says that "The committee remains committed to finding a solution to the problem of online piracy that protects American intellectual property and innovation ... The House Judiciary Committee will postpone consideration of the legislation until there is wider agreement on a solution." Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid postponed a planned January 24 vote on PIPA. But each indicated that work would press forward in refining the bills.
Supporters and non supporters of both bills
Supporters of the laws argue that they are needed to protect the intellectual property of owners of content. Opponents of the
laws argue that they endanger free speech and free expression by harmfully regulating the internet.The supporters for both the bills are movie companies, the Recording industry Association of America,Viacom ,Nike, L'Oreal, Disney Publishing, Random House, Cola Cola and other companies. The non supporters include apple and most internet browsers.
laws argue that they endanger free speech and free expression by harmfully regulating the internet.The supporters for both the bills are movie companies, the Recording industry Association of America,Viacom ,Nike, L'Oreal, Disney Publishing, Random House, Cola Cola and other companies. The non supporters include apple and most internet browsers.