RecQuery
18-Jan-12, 09:02
I'm going to guess most of you don't know what these are beyond the odd news story and possibly the Wikipedia blackout (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page) will raise awareness. Basically SOPA and PIPA are bills before the US congress to censor the Internet, they were pushed forward by $94 million in lobbying money from certain unsavoury interests in the US. They are in no way democratic.
Rupert Murdock is in favour of SOPA/PIPA and he's thrown his toys out the pram with regards to Google opposing it, so I expect a lot of the media in the UK to do their usualy hatchet job. So with that in mind I'm going to post some links. These links probably explain the situation better than I can:
How PIPA and SOPA Violate Free Speech and Innovation (https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2012/01/how-pipa-and-sopa-violate-white-house-principles-supporting-free-speech) (article)
Understanding SOPA (http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/interactive/2011/dec/23/sopa-stop-online-piracy-act) (video/animation) - this is a bit out of date as it was done back in mid December and the opposition was more than they expected, but it's the only UK view point I could find on it. Also has a couple of technical inaccuracies.
What's wrong with SOPA (http://www.eff.org/sites/default/files/One-Page-SOPA_0.pdf) (PDF)
List of companies and organisations against SOPA/PIPA (https://www.cdt.org/report/list-organizations-and-individuals-opposing-sopa) (article)
List of companies and organisations in favour of SOPA/PIPA (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xjisu18X6s7lPtAsIQg5Ol3KJjymPT2az1kasQVwGiw/preview?pli=1&sle=true&pli=1) (article)
PIPA breaks the Internet (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDX8Lyl16Qs&feature=youtu.be) (video)
WTF is SOPA (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhwuXNv8fJM) (video)
There we do, discuss and give opinions I suppose
Rupert Murdock is in favour of SOPA/PIPA and he's thrown his toys out the pram with regards to Google opposing it, so I expect a lot of the media in the UK to do their usualy hatchet job. So with that in mind I'm going to post some links. These links probably explain the situation better than I can:
How PIPA and SOPA Violate Free Speech and Innovation (https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2012/01/how-pipa-and-sopa-violate-white-house-principles-supporting-free-speech) (article)
Understanding SOPA (http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/interactive/2011/dec/23/sopa-stop-online-piracy-act) (video/animation) - this is a bit out of date as it was done back in mid December and the opposition was more than they expected, but it's the only UK view point I could find on it. Also has a couple of technical inaccuracies.
What's wrong with SOPA (http://www.eff.org/sites/default/files/One-Page-SOPA_0.pdf) (PDF)
List of companies and organisations against SOPA/PIPA (https://www.cdt.org/report/list-organizations-and-individuals-opposing-sopa) (article)
List of companies and organisations in favour of SOPA/PIPA (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1xjisu18X6s7lPtAsIQg5Ol3KJjymPT2az1kasQVwGiw/preview?pli=1&sle=true&pli=1) (article)
PIPA breaks the Internet (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDX8Lyl16Qs&feature=youtu.be) (video)
WTF is SOPA (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhwuXNv8fJM) (video)
There we do, discuss and give opinions I suppose