Sopa and Pipa Blocked Content

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SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) and PIPA (IP Protect Act) is legislation proposed last year by U.S. senators and high officials in order to protect copyrighted material such as internet videos, music, software and all digital goods from piracy.

SOPA and PIPA governs how virtual worlds should be according to them, and of course users. However, this law is not as simple as that, many things from this legislation will change the way the internet works today.

PIPA? what is it and who?

PIPA bill proposer is derived from Senators Patrick Leahy, Orrin Hatch, Chuck Grassley on May 12, 2011. PIPA is, originally a continuation of the bill Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act (COICA) in 2010, which passed by the House failed to U.S. Please note, that if the House U.S be passed into law PIPE official, then the company concerned and the government U.S entitled to perform all legal acts (legal according to the law) to impose sanctions against all websites (sites) are indicated to do things that endanger the intellectual property rights, whether it’s his intellectual property rights derived from U.S original or not.

SOPA? what is it and who?

While proponents of a bill that SOPA board members, Lamar Smith on October 26, 2011. The origin of this SOPA has similarities with the PIPE, the SOPA is a continuation of the bill PRO-IP Act in 2008, which also failed to become official law. If SOPA Act ​​officially became a legitimate, then the parties are very interested, in this case the U.S. government and the private companies have the power to make black list against anyone who violates IPR indicated.

Can we download what we need if this law applies?