At first glance, SOPA and PIPA are two very impressive bills because they can help the owners and producers of music, movies, books and anything with intellectual property to get the correct compensation for their effort. However, closer examination of the bill presents very daunting effects on the online community. The potential perils led to various types of online protests. One of the most popular types of protest was done by Wikipedia when their English version went offline for 24 hours.
The effect of SOPA and PIPA if enforced can be very devastating because almost anything can be considered as intellectual property. For example, a kid singing a song by Beyonce in YouTube could be sued for intellectual property infringement. A blog could be shut down simply because of a single post with incorrect attributes on a single picture. Any phrase or implication of illegal file sharing could also cause some legal problems.
SOPA and PIPA will practically curtail free speech and expression. Fortunately, the congress put a stop on the bill because of the overwhelming opposition of the online users. For now, people are safe online because their freedom is never curtailed in a virtual environment.
Copyrighting is a huge problem but SOPA and PIPA are not going to help at all! They will create problems and will change the whole world of internet! Everything will be scanned for copyrighting issues, personal email, posts on Facebook, blogs everything!!What about our personal privacy?
ReplyDeleteSincerely, SOUP becomes ridiculous.
ReplyDeleteCompanies don't change their business model simply too lazy to change and see their profits fall astronomical, month to month and go crazy with it.
They want to give us access only to the information, that they think people should have.