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PROTECTIP ACTPreventing Real Online Threats to Economic Creativity and Theft of Intellectual Property Act of 2011
Presented by Vincent Feng and Roy Lin
A LITTLEABOUT PIPA
The PROTECT IP Act gives government authority and enforcement against rogue websites operated and registered overseas.
The bill was proposed on May 12th, 2011 by Senator Patrick Leahy and…
It gives government the power to BLOCK infringing domain names, SUE US based search engines for displaying links to infringing websites, and also DECLINE any payment to those rogue websites.
GOVERNMENTACTIONS
• Public Knowledge• Fight for the Future• Demand Progress
• Sponsored by Sen. Patrick Leahy (introduced 5/12/2011)
• Currently there are 31 Cosponsors
• Mozilla Corp.• Facebook• Yahoo!• Google• Wikipedia
• YouTube
1. 5/12/2011 Introduced in Senate
2. 5/26/2011 Assigned to the Senate Judiciary Committee
3. 1/23/2012 Cloture motion on the motion to proceed to S.968 withdrawn by unanimous consent in senate
• Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA)
• Viacom• Ford• Sony Entertainments
MAJOR ACTIONS
INTEREST GROUPS (OPPOSING)
SPONSORS
LOBBYISTS/CORPORATIONS OPPOSITIONS
HOWIT WORKS
LACK OF
INFORMATION!
The vast MAJORITY of the people debating on the bill has no idea what the bill does or how the internet even works!
WHAT COULDHAPPEN?
ANY user posting an infringing video can have the entire website be BLOCKED
YOUTUBE
Posting a copyrighted picture/video can have then entire website be BLOCKED
PERSONAL WEBSITES
Taking a copyrighted article can have your website TAKEN DOWN!
AS ARESULT…
People will be less likely to post content due to legal RISKS
LIMITING FREEDOM OF SPEECH
INTERNET INVESTMENTS
Reduce the amount of investment into the internet
DESTRUCTION OF INFORMATION
By censorship, millions of terabytes of FREE and easy-to-access information are lost and destroyed
PROTESTS
THOUSANDS of videos regarding SOPA and PIPA are uploaded by users
YOUTUBE
WIKIPEDIA
Blacked out Wikipedia on January 18th, 2012 causing 10 cosponsors to withdraw
FORUMS/OTHER WEBSITES
Websites like Reddit and other internet forums sparked one of the biggest internet censorship protest movement in history
HOW…?
“The easiest way to stop piracy is not by putting antipiracy technology to work. It’s by giving those people a service that’s better than what they’re receiving from the pirates.”
GABE NEWELL
CO-FOUNDER OF VALVE CORPORTAION
THANK YOUFOR WATCHING!
Vincent FengRoy Lin