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Wednesday 18 January 2012

SOPA and PIPA for dummies

So, many of you may have heard of the names SOPA and PIPA by now. They are two bills from the US that have the power to change the internet, in a negative way.  Even if you're not a computer nerd or internet addict, you probably need to know what they are as they will 99% likely affect you somehow.


SOPA and PIPA
The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Protect IP Act (PIPA) are two bills that seem to have a purpose for a good cause, when in fact this may not be the case. They could in fact change the internet as we know it. How?


Well since they are planning to place a ban websites that include anything copyrighted, and that don't belong to them, many websites we know will die as a result of the bills. Their main attempt is to close down websites such as The Pirate Bay and weird Chinese movie streaming sites, but because of this, innocent websites will also die. Do you really want stripeytofu.blogspot.com to die just because it has a picture of SpongeBob?!




It also means that social websites like Facebook and Twitter would be directly affected, as it would mean all celebrity, branded and media-related stuff that are copyrighted, would have to be removed. Facebook users would have to limit themselves on what they can say on the website. No more talking about X Factor, no more linking YouTube videos and no more celebrity Facebook stalking.


But...

... the bills are likely not going to pass. Obama himself has already spoken out again SOPA, but it is not completely dead. Read the article about it here. So we don't need to worry any time soon. In any case, many famous websites (e.g. Wikipedia) are blacking out for 24 hours to protest against these bills. Even Mark Zuckerberg posted a status concerning this matter


I called this post SOPA and PIPA for dummies because, well, that's all I really understand from this so far!
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6 comments:

  1. ScatterrBrained18 January 2012 at 21:12

    thanks for clearing up the confusion! so many people are posting about SOPA and PIPA on facebook, when they don't truely know what it means and the affect that it would cause. if this bill were to come into action, our internet would be like if we were in north korea or china.. not good!

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    1. tofuboy18 January 2012 at 21:15

      Although I didn't really differentiate them two, that's basically the gist of it xD

      Omg that would be so bad! No more free movies >< I don't think they'll pass on the bills though, so phew!

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  2. Yan19 January 2012 at 12:38

    oh so thats what PIPA is!

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  3. Unknown3 February 2012 at 10:43

    Although I came here to read about SOPA/PIPA, the thing that caught my attention, on the first place, was FFX-II soundtrack you used... Just great...

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  4. tofuboy3 February 2012 at 23:55

    Aww thanks! May I ask how you found my blog? ^^

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  5. Unknown4 February 2012 at 07:03

    Accidentally via google searches for SOPA and PIPA laws...

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