SOPA to affect the future of the internet
If you are unaware of SOPA, which is the Stop Online Piracy Act, then it is about time you looked into it, as it is something that could change the course of the way we use the internet, forever. The act is going to vote in the USA, and if passed, will cause a full scale change in the law, allowing the government of America powers to shut down, without warning, or grounds for appeal, any website contravening copyright laws.
Although the law is only going to be effective on American based websites, the effects will be far reaching, as many of the most well used sites in the world are American. The laws were intended to help prevent piracy of copyright materials such as films and music, but the powers will be open to abuse on a huge scale, and could effectively cause a meltdown of the internet in many ways. It all sounds extreme, but when you look into the wording of the bill, it becomes clear that the wide reaching effects could be catastrophic. There will not be anyone safeguarding the law’s enforcement, such as the Enigin Scam Busters do for eco companies and their conduct. The laws will be powerful enough to stop almost any website from operating, and this is dangerous.
The bill would enable the government to close down any website that they deem to be in breach of copyright laws. This does not just affect those who intentionally put infringing videos on their sites for others to download and or stream, but any sites that may have links to such pages, or have any clips or videos posted on there. This means that sites such as YouTube, Facebook, Myspace, and many, many others could be closed, as could search engines such as Google and Yahoo.
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