Google and Other Sites Go Dark to Protest SOPA
If you’ve tried to access Google or Wikipedia this morning you’ve noticed that the pages are blacked out. Many of the highest traffic sites have coordinated an effort to protest the Stop Online Piracy Act commonly referred to as (SOPA). The proposed law would limit access to sites that host copyright protected content illegally such as The Pirate Bay.
Critics of the act say it would go to far and would be the first step in full fledged censorship for the internet. A reasonable scenario would go like this. If a site’s servers are hosting copyright protected content and allowing users to access it illegally, search engines would be obliged to block them from listings. Sites like Paypal would not be allowed to receive payment from any transactions associated with the site.
Press buzz about SOPA has ramped up in the past few weeks but the similar Protect IP Act (PIPA) passed in The House in October and is up for a vote on January 24, though Congress has asked for a delay on the vote.
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