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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 />
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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 \\\"active promotion of rogue websites\\\" by U.S. search engines, proponents assert stronger enforcement tools are needed.<br />
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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 \\\"safe harbor\\\" 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 />
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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 />
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In response to the protest actions, the [[Recording Industry Association of America]] (RIAA) stated, \\\"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\\\", and \\\"it\\\'s very difficult to counter the misinformation when the disseminators also own the platform.\\\"<br />
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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 \\\"[[hacktivist]]\\\" 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.<ref name=\\\"RTMegauploadDOS\\\"/><br />
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Opponents of the bill have proposed the [[Online Protection and Enforcement of Digital Trade Act]] (OPEN) as an alternative.<ref name=Gruenwald>url=http://www.nationaljournal.com/tech/critics-of-online-piracy-bills-release-their-own-draft-legislation-20111208</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://keepthewebopen.com/|title=OPEN: Online Protection</div>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 00:31:59 GMTForrest Carthewhttp://www.aalf.org/wiki/index.php?title=Talk:Stop_Online_Piracy_Act