Sopa And Pipa Controversion - Poster And News

Global Internet users this week digegerkan action "blackout" Wikipedia, Reddit, WordPress, and others who opposed the 7000 page bill online antipembajakan.

The draft legislation is being discussed Congress of the United States (U.S.), it is a Deed of Termination of Online Piracy (Sopa) and Intellectual Property Protection Act (Pipe). Sopa is fiercely debated in the Parliament (House of Representative) and Pipes being discussed Senate.

Sopa and Pipe authorizing the U.S. Justice Department and the owner of any page content to prosecute accused of committing or facilitating piracy. Sopa also called for a number of search engines to block the problematic pages from their search results. Pipes and Sopa focus to fight online piracy, particularly piracy of movies, music, and other media.

The draft would be considered illegal lamanlaman which contains information about how to access blocked sites. But for his opponents, Sopa and Pipe will kill freedom in cyberspace. If Sopa and Pipes passed, the Internet is no longer a vehicle for knowledge for free. That's why thousands of pages take action to restrict access to websitemereka so that those users who have been able to enjoy the free content on it can also opposed Pipes and Sopa.

U.S. news portal, Politico, estimates that about 7,000 pages blackoutsejak action on Wednesday (18 / 1). Google does not shut down access to its search engine but the show of solidarity by placing a black box on top of its logo as a US-based users visiting its website. Pages of online marketing, Craigslist, asking its visitors to contact their representatives in Congress before moving to the home site.

Meanwhile, visitors Wikipediadibuat surprised to see a display page is black with white writing "Imagine a world without free knowledge". The Wikimedia Foundation that manages Wikipedia states, more than 8 million visitors in the U.S. to contact their representatives in Congress through these pages. Meanwhile, WordPress page aired a video that accused Sopa destructive of freedom on the internet and ask the user to add his name on a petition urging the U.S. Congress to stop the draft law, undangtersebut.

"The author of legislation does not seem to really understand how the internet works," said co-founder of WordPress Matt Mullenweg on the BBC. But, this weekend, blackout movement can smile with relief, because their actions seem to hear the U.S. Congress. "At the beginning of January 18 there are 80 members of Congress who support and 31 opponents of Sopa and Pipe.

Now (19 / 1), there are only 63 supporters and 122 opponents of the draft law, "said the report ProPublica, a nonprofit independent news agency. Unfortunately, there are more supporters in the Senate Pipe. Pipes in the Senate must have 60 supporters of a total of 100 member institutions in order to be approved, and as many as two-thirds majority (67 votes) to prevent U.S. President Barack Obama to issue a veto.

"In conditions like these Pipes can be approved," said ProPublica. ProPublica determine the proponents and opponents of Pipes and Sopa in Congress on whether the member is a sponsor or suggest it. By looking at these data, it can be known how many actually SopadanPipadiKongres supporters and opponents.

However, many members of Congress who did not explicitly say their attitude. With a reason to educate their constituents, many of which initially a supporter of then against it. "In total there are 63 support and 122 penentang.Di the Senate there are 37 supporters and 22 opponents. In the House there are 26 supporters and 100 opponents. Overall, members of Congress from the Democrats, there are 40 support and 55 opposed.

Meanwhile, the Republican Party, either in the Senate or House of Representatives, 22 supported and 67 opposed, "said ProPublica reports. California Senator from Democrats and Republicans alike support the Sopa and Pipe. This is apparently because of their close links with the entertainment industry based in negarabagiantersebut.Adapun, most members of the House of Representatives from California oppose it.

Another fact revealed by ProPublica is as many as 25 of 37 Senate who support the pipe and Sopa came from Democrats. "The opponent is usually a member of Congress who were younger, especially in the House. Obviously, parents do not understand the internet, "said the statement ProPublica. If the ratio of supporters and opponents remain as at present, Pipe will get 62 votes in the Senate and approved.

Nonetheless, Obama still has the authority to cancel the pipe by issuing a veto. However, Obama also could choose to support it. "Supporting Pipe degenerate drastis.Menurut OpenCongress.org calculations, there were 39 senators who worried about legislation that or does not support the pipeline," said analyst Hayley Tsukayama Internet at the Washington Post.
Battles of Two Giants
Pros and cons associated pipes and Sopa can be seen as a battle between two giants, film and music industry against Internet-based industries. Music and film industry wants Congress to combat piracy and content theft on the internet. While the major internet companies like Google and Facebook complained that the current draft will lead to censorship.

Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) called the blackout movement as irresponsible and a barrier protection of property rights intelektual.MPAA representing the film industry in Hollywood as a major supporter of Pipeline and Sopa.MPAA currently led by former Sen. Chris Dodd of Connecticut Democratic Party . Meanwhile, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce (USCC) called the rejection response to Sopa and pipe it too much.

"Supporters claim the draft was designed to block out the crime pages negeri.Mereka will consider their concerns to the contrary," said Steve Tepp, chairman of the board of intellectual property in the USCC, the Global Intellectual Property Center. "What remains are two reasons of commercial legislation can remove business models naughty pages."

Concerns that the pipe and Sopa will be a tool to censor the greater freedom on the Internet by the U.S. government action to close the page content sharing, Megaupload.com.Tidak just close, U.S. authorities also arrested and charged four executives Megaupload.com. Megaupload Ltd and other companies, investors Ltd., accused prosecutors in Virginia and charged with racketeering conspiracy, copyright infringement, and conspiracy to commit money laundering.

Detention of a person outside the continental U.S. is also increasing public suspicion about the coverage of Pipe and Sopa later. Lest Pipes and Sopa can be applied across national borders. If that occurs, then the perpetrators of piracy in Asian countries can also be captured, if the authorities in the country are willing to cooperate with the U.S. Government.

If Pipes and Sopa rejected the U.S. Congress, the Internet industry will celebrate the victory, while the music and film industry will find other ways to produce legislation that protects their interests. Music and film industry will mobilize all its resources to pass the pipe and Sopa so as to protect them.

Conversely, if Sopa and Pipe U.S. Congress approved and President Obama, hackerdi Internet industry and the world will not stay diam.Industri internet and various hacker groups are expected to proclaim global cyber war against the U.S. authorities. To deal with this cyber war, the U.S. government do not seem ready. That's proven by the collapse of the page FBI and U.S. Justice Department when they close Megaupload. com.