THE RISE AND FALL OF SOPA AND PIPABrian Mazurowski

SOPA SOPA would have allowed the government

to disable advertisements that had a hyperlink to illegal web sites, which would also prevent search engines such as Google from displaying these links.

In addition, the federal government would have also been able to order Internet service providers (ISPs) to block access to the websites.

Ultimately, SOPA would have also made unauthorized streaming of content a criminal activity. The maximum punishment would have been up to 5 years in prison (Hoban, 2012).

Lamar Seeligson Smith U.S. Representative (Republican) for Texas

RON WYDAN Democratic Senator from Oregon

Filibuster - Names on the petition 978,947.

PIPA The Protect IP Act (PIPA) was a bill that had similar characteristics to SOPA,

but was introduced to Senate approximately a month after SOPA (Hoban, 2012).

PIPA targeted mainly domain name system providers, financial companies, and advertisement networks, not companies that provide Internet connectivity.

OPEN Online Protection and Enforcement of Digital Trade Act (OPEN) as an

alternative.

Protect the rights of artists like SOPA and PROTECT IP, but differing from its rivals by not introducing new internet police powers or undermining calls for open internet in closed societies, and by protecting legitimate internet businesses, social media, legitimate websites and internet innovation.

OPEN seeks to stop transfers of money to foreign websites whose primary purpose is piracy or counterfeiting, whereas SOPA and PIPA also seek to require Internet providers and search engines to redirect users away from viewing the sites.

BACKLASH

MY OPINION

Let the Digital Millennium Copyright Act do its job