The Online News Association announced Thursday that it was adding it’s name to the growing opposition to the Stop Online Piracy ACT (SOPA). Poynter’s Tracie Powell reports on what journalists need to know about the Act now being debated in the U.S. House.
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The PROTECT IP Act would bring intellectual property laws to the 21st century and suspend services such as payment processing, advertisements and linking for these rogue websites. Intellectual property is no different than your physical property. It\’s property protected by the U.S. Constitution. In a society that protects the property rights of individuals, we cannot continue to tolerate such a blatant theft of economic and personal well being. The dangers are more than economic — they\’re physical and personal, too. Some consumers have suffered serious health problems after ordering from deceitful online pharmacies. Many others have fallen victim of identity theft or have had their computers compromised by malware from these sites.
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