Thursday, 19. January 2012
Topic: COPYRIGHT - on January 19, 2012 at 11:05:00 AM CET
Internet SOPA/PIPA Revolt: Don’t Declare Victory Yet
There’s a bit of a dancing-in-the-street mentality online Wednesday in response to a widespread internet revolt against anti-piracy legislation that many believe goes too far fighting online copyright and trademark infringement.
Thousands of sites, big and small, went dark or altered themselves to protest the Protect IP Act in the Senate and the Stop Online Piracy Act in the House.
But by no sense of the imagination are these bills scuttled, despite Senate websites reportedly buckling under the weight of constituents weighing in against the measure.
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