Why you should read this is because you should know what are you protesting and why?
Probably the largest online protest in history of Internet, many websites are blacked out today.
The reason is to protest the proposed U.S. legislation that threatens internet freedom: the Stop Internet Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Protect IP Act (PIPA). A quick update on this, some of the regular websites changed their skin to protest..
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The PROTECT IP Act (Preventing Real Online Threats to Economic Creativity and Theft of Intellectual Property Act of 2011), better known as PIPA was introduced into the Senate by Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT). The act’s goals were described by its sponsors as protecting intellectual property and punishing foreign sites who post copyrighted material. If a site was discovered doing so, the U.S. attorney general could order U.S. based Internet service providers, search engines, payment systems and advertising networks to suspend doing business with the website.
Pathetic..!!
Do you understand what above act will do ... It give the AG(Attorney General) of America power, because of which...
Probably the largest online protest in history of Internet, many websites are blacked out today.
The reason is to protest the proposed U.S. legislation that threatens internet freedom: the Stop Internet Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Protect IP Act (PIPA). A quick update on this, some of the regular websites changed their skin to protest..
Wikipedia
Wordpress
TechCrunch
I am no lawyer, i am a programmer, and if any programmer in my team would have written code like this rotten bill, i would fire him on spot. Honestly i haven't read the whole bill but some part of it which is scary ...For those who want to read it, here is the full text of the bill, as of Jan 15, 2012
The PROTECT IP Act (Preventing Real Online Threats to Economic Creativity and Theft of Intellectual Property Act of 2011), better known as PIPA was introduced into the Senate by Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT). The act’s goals were described by its sponsors as protecting intellectual property and punishing foreign sites who post copyrighted material. If a site was discovered doing so, the U.S. attorney general could order U.S. based Internet service providers, search engines, payment systems and advertising networks to suspend doing business with the website.
Pathetic..!!
Do you understand what above act will do ... It give the AG(Attorney General) of America power, because of which...
- Internet service providers will be required to block your access to the site (section 102(c)(2)(A)(i)) within five days.
- Search engines (Google, Yahoo, Bing, etc.) will be forced to remove all references to the offending sites from their indexes (section 102(c)(2)(B)).
- Ad providers (Google AdSense, Federated Media, etc.) will be required to stop providing ad service to the site.
- Payment providers (PayPal, Visa, etc.) will be required to terminate service to the site.
I hope u read SOPA and PIPA and understand it, and know why it is bad. I know it is bit difficult to read it and understand, but if you care of Internet and Freedom of it, you should also join and protest this act.
इन्कलाब झिंदाबाद !!!
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