Sopa and Pipa

1)Sopa stands for Stop Online Piracy Act. This bill would allow copyright holders to seek court orders against websites accused of enabling or facilitating copyright infringement. This 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 a website.

2) Pipa stands for Protect IP Act. This bill is a lot similar to sopa but this bill defines infringement as distribution of illegal copies, counterfeit goods, or anti-digital rights management technology. This primarily as a means for engaging in, enabling, or facilitating the activities described. The bill says that it does not alter existing substantive trademark or copyright law.

3)They say that sopa is already shelved and probably dead, however it’s not it’s just simply withdrawn until either popular consensus supports it. They are also protesting Pipa because it’s the exact same thing as sopa except they have made some changes to it, but they both still represent the same thing.

4) Dear Mr. Paul

I'm writing this letter concerning the issue over Sopa and Pipa. I have to agree with them that this is very unfair to us because most people don't choose to use copyright, but because you have seen it you are punishing everybody for one person's mistake and that not right. If this act becomes law then we should not even have Internet to begin with. I think you should give us the benefit of the doubt and trust us plus this is taking away our first amendment right to express ourselves by protesting against something most people strongly believe in. So please think long and hard about what you are doing and how it will affect us.

Sincerely,

Brittany Brinegar