The Stop Online Piracy Act is being debated in Congress. It’s supposed to protect copyright owners. But it also increases the government’s authority to act against "rogue" websites. It also allows private rights holders to cut off advertising and banking transactions to "rogue" sites and do so without court intervention. The bill leaves the definition of "rogue" vague and broad.
Wired offered this opinion by writer David Kravets: "We don’t dispute that rampant piracy of music, movies, software, and the sale of counterfeited drugs runs rampant on the internet. Clearly, the internet’s openness is often abused by many seeking a free ride." Kravets added, "But granting the rights holders the power to break the knees of sites they believe are infringing is equally ripe for abuse."
Kravets also offered this view: "The internet is in the midst of an innovation boom that’s only going to keep going thanks to amazing economies of scale, an open network and a light regulatory environment. Destroying that by creating an ineffective Great Firewall of Hollywood hardly seems like smart public policy."
Summarized from: http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/11/blacklist-bill-analysis/
Wired offered this opinion by writer David Kravets: "We don’t dispute that rampant piracy of music, movies, software, and the sale of counterfeited drugs runs rampant on the internet. Clearly, the internet’s openness is often abused by many seeking a free ride." Kravets added, "But granting the rights holders the power to break the knees of sites they believe are infringing is equally ripe for abuse."
Kravets also offered this view: "The internet is in the midst of an innovation boom that’s only going to keep going thanks to amazing economies of scale, an open network and a light regulatory environment. Destroying that by creating an ineffective Great Firewall of Hollywood hardly seems like smart public policy."
Summarized from: http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/11/blacklist-bill-analysis/
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