[Isoc India Chennai] Re: {ISOC India Chennai Chapter} Internet Goes on Strike Today
- From: Sivasubramanian M <isolatedn@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: isocmadras@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, isocchennaiannounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 19 Jan 2012 14:37:42 +0530
An update on SOPA:
- INTERNET ON STRIKE TO STOP THE STOP ONLINE PIRACY ACT (SOPA)
http://isocindiachennai.org/?p=712
Sivasubramanian M
On Wed, Jan 18, 2012 at 6:46 PM, Sivasubramanian M <isolatedn@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> Hello
>
> The *Stop Online Piracy Act* (*SOPA*), also known as House Bill 3261 or H.R.
> 3261 <http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.uscongress/legislation.112hr3261>, is a
> bill<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_%28proposed_law%29>that was introduced
> in the United
> States House of
> Representatives<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives>on
> October 26, 2011. The bill, if made law, would expand the ability of
> U.S. law enforcement and
> copyright<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright>holders to fight online
> trafficking in copyrighted intellectual
> property <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intellectual_property> and counterfeit
> goods <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counterfeit_consumer_goods>.
>
> The originally proposed bill would allow the U.S. Department of
> Justice<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._Department_of_Justice>,
> as well as copyright holders, to seek court
> orders<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Court_order>against websites accused of
> enabling or facilitating copyright
> infringement <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright_infringement>.
> Depending on who makes the request, the court order could include barring
> online
> advertising <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online_advertising> networks
> and payment facilitators from doing business with the allegedly infringing
> website, barring search
> engines<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Search_engine>from linking to such
> sites, and requiring Internet
> service providers <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_service_provider>to
> block access to such sites. The bill would make unauthorized
> streaming <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streaming_media> of copyrighted
> content a crime, with a maximum penalty of five years in prison for ten
> such infringements within six months. The bill also gives immunity to
> Internet services that voluntarily take action against websites dedicated
> to infringement, while making liable for damages any copyright holder who
> knowingly misrepresents that a website is dedicated to infringement.
>
> A development such as this is extremely harmful to the Internet and would
> significantly alter the way Internet works. This could not possibly be
> construed as a US National issue. The implications of US decisions on
> Internet Policy stretches beyond its borders, worldwide. SOPA / PIPA seek
> intervention on sites that are non-US sites as well, and naturally US would
> do extended work on the basis of an ACT like this to cover the rest of the
> world with the 'wisdom' enshrined in the Act.
>
> As far as Internet is concerned, the issues are transnational. So, it is
> appropriate that we black out the Internet Society India Chennai for a day
> to join the WebSites worldwide taking part in the SOPA strike.
>
> http://isocindiachennai.org
>
> For more information about the SOPA strike, http://sopastrike.com/
>
>
> Sivasubramanian M
>
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