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<p>New page: The \\\'\\\'\\\'Stop Online Piracy Act\\\'\\\'\\\' (\\\'\\\'\\\'SOPA\\\'\\\'\\\') is a United States <a href="/wiki/index.php?title=Bill_%28proposed_law%29&amp;action=edit&amp;redlink=1" class="new" title="Bill (proposed law) (not yet written)">bill</a> introduced by [[United States House of Representatives|U....</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div><br /> The \\\'\\\'\\\'Stop Online Piracy Act\\\'\\\'\\\' (\\\'\\\'\\\'SOPA\\\'\\\'\\\') is a United States [[Bill (proposed law)|bill]] introduced by [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. Representative]] [[Lamar S. Smith]] (R-TX) to expand the ability of U.S. law enforcement to fight online trafficking in copyrighted [[intellectual property]] and [[Counterfeit consumer goods|counterfeit goods]]. Provisions include the requesting of court orders to bar [[online advertising|advertising]] networks and payment facilities from conducting business with infringing websites, and [[search engine]]s from linking to the sites, and court orders requiring [[Internet service provider]]s to block access to the sites. The law would expand existing criminal laws to include unauthorized [[streaming media|streaming]] of copyrighted content, imposing a maximum penalty of five years in prison. A similar bill in the [[United States Senate|U.S. Senate]] is titled the [[PROTECT IP Act]] (PIPA).<br /> <br /> Proponents of the legislation state it will protect the intellectual-property market and corresponding industry, jobs and revenue, and is necessary to bolster enforcement of [[copyright laws]], especially against foreign websites. Claiming flaws in present laws that do not cover foreign-owned and operated sites, and citing examples of \\\&quot;active promotion of rogue websites\\\&quot; by U.S. search engines, proponents assert stronger enforcement tools are needed.<br /> <br /> Opponents state the proposed legislation threatens free speech and innovation, and enables law enforcement to block access to entire [[internet domain]]s due to infringing content posted on a single [[blog]] or webpage. They have raised concerns that SOPA would bypass the \\\&quot;safe harbor\\\&quot; protections from liability presently afforded to Internet sites by the [[Digital Millennium Copyright Act]]. Library associations have expressed concerns that the legislation\\\'s emphasis on stronger copyright enforcement would expose libraries to prosecution. Other opponents state that requiring search engines to delete a domain name could begin a worldwide arms race of unprecedented [[Internet censorship|censorship of the Web]] and violates the [[First Amendment to the United States Constitution|First Amendment]].<br /> <br /> On January 18, 2012, the [[English Wikipedia]], [[Reddit]], and an estimated 7,000 other smaller websites coordinated a service blackout, or posted links and images in protest against SOPA and PIPA, in an effort to raise awareness. In excess of 160 million people viewed Wikipedia\\\'s banner. A number of other protest actions were organized, including petition drives, with [[Google]] stating it collected over 7 million signatures, boycotts of companies that support the legislation, and a rally held in New York City.<br /> <br /> In response to the protest actions, the [[Recording Industry Association of America]] (RIAA) stated, \\\&quot;It\\\'s a dangerous and troubling development when the platforms that serve as gateways to information intentionally skew the facts to incite their users and arm them with misinformation\\\&quot;, and \\\&quot;it\\\'s very difficult to counter the misinformation when the disseminators also own the platform.\\\&quot;<br /> <br /> The sites of several pro-SOPA organizations such as RIAA, CBS.com, and others were slowed or shut down with [[denial of service]] attacks started on January 19. Self-proclaimed members of the \\\&quot;[[hacktivist]]\\\&quot; group [[Anonymous (group)|Anonymous]] claimed responsibility and stated the attacks were a protest of both SOPA and the [[United States Department of Justice|United States Department of Justice\\\'s]] shutdown of [[Megaupload]] on that same day.&lt;ref name=\\\&quot;RTMegauploadDOS\\\&quot;/&gt;<br /> <br /> Opponents of the bill have proposed the [[Online Protection and Enforcement of Digital Trade Act]] (OPEN) as an alternative.&lt;ref name=Gruenwald&gt;url=http://www.nationaljournal.com/tech/critics-of-online-piracy-bills-release-their-own-draft-legislation-20111208&lt;/ref&gt;&lt;ref&gt;{{cite web|url=http://keepthewebopen.com/|title=OPEN: Online Protection</div>

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