Friday, 23. December 2011
Topic: COPYRIGHT - on December 23, 2011 at 11:48:00 AM CET
How SOPA's 'circumvention' ban could put a target on Tor
A little-noticed section of the Stop Online Piracy Act could make it illegal to distribute Tor and other software that can "circumvent" attempts by the U.S. government to block pirate Web sites.
The controversial Hollywood-backed copyright bill allows injunctions to be filed against "any" person, nonprofit organization, or company that distributes a "product or service" that can be used to circumvent or bypass blockades erected against alleged pirate Web sites such as ThePirateBay.org.
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