By Leo Koo and Chris Mendoza AP Government Mr. Lohman Period 4

PIPA The Protect IP Act (PIPA) is the precursor to the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) SOPA is the Protect IP Act with some additions

What is SOPA? SOPA is an attempt to extend the censorship powers of the United States to other countries SOPA aims to target internet piracy deriving from other countries (ie. thepiratebay.se)

How will censorship be enacted? Order internet providers to block access to websites with pirated content (ie. DNS filtering) Prevent search engine websites from directing users to websites with pirated content Shut down websites originating from foreign countries that contain pirated content

The Progress of SOPA SOPA is tabled by Representative Lamar Smith as a result of significant opposition demonstrated by the SOPA blackout day

Public Opinion and the President Given that most people use the internet nowadays, the public opinion is against SOPA The president is against piracy, however he doesn’t agree with SOPA

Media Coverage SOPA did not receive much media coverage in terms of news broadcasting The majority of the media coverage on SOPA was spread out through social networking websites such as Facebook, Reddit, Twitter, and YouTube

The two main interest groups supporting SOPA include the Recording Industry of Association of America (RIAA) and the Motion Picture Association of America The “Internet” is the core interest group in opposition to SOPA

Legal Issues of SOPA

Who does SOPA impact? Both small and large websites that have copyrighted material may be blocked if they don’t comply (ie. YouTube, Google, etc.) Hampers the freedom and privacy of internet users Beneficial to both the music and motion picture industry Protects the copyright of companies

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