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Opinion: Online Piracy Act seen as censorship threat

donal brown November 28, 2011

The Stop Online Piracy Act would bring China-style Internet censorship to the United States, argues Rebecca MacKinnon in an op-ed in The New York Times. MacKinnon said the bill before Congress, designed to protect intellectual property, would “inflict collateral damage on democratic discourse and dissent both at home and around the world.” -db From an op-ed in The New York Times, November 15, 2011, by Rebecca MacKinnon. Full story

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Opnion: The Stop Online Piracy Act would would adversely affect journalists

donal brown November 17, 2011

If passed in its present form, the Stop Online Piracy Act would subject articles to censorship in blocking articles from appearing on sites accused of piracy, writes Jessica Ray for 10,000 Words. Even if one site contained content deemed illegal, the entire site could be blocked. Internet innovation and creativity would also take a hit. -db From a commentary in 10,000 Words, November 16, 2011, by Jessica Roy. Full story  

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Sponsor of online piracy bill voices concerns over censorship issues

donal brown November 17, 2011

Chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, Rep. Lamar Smith R-Texas, expressed concerns over the scope of the Stop Online Piracy Act by saying that he was uncertain whether the Justice Department should be allowed to obtain court orders demanding that ISPs prevent users from visiting blacklisted websites, websites accused of infringing on intellectual property. Under intense fire from the technology sector, it now appears that the bill will be amended. -db From a commentary in

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Opinion: Internet community suffers double whammy over exclusion from House online piracy hearing

donal brown November 17, 2011

The webcast of the House Judiciary Committee’s hearing on the Stop Online Piracy Act or SOPA was of such poor quality that the Internet community was effectively shut out until the question and answer period. The community is also concerned that the committee is only asking one representative of the technology sector to testify. -db From a commentary for the Electronic Freedom Foundation, November 16, 2011, by Rainey Reitman. Full story

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Opinion: Congress copyright bill threat to whistleblowing and Internet

donal brown November 7, 2011

The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) under consideration in Congress could result in extensive Internet censorship and threaten the work of human rights advocates and whistleblowers, argues Trevor Timm, an Electronic Frontier Foundation lawyer. “[SOPA]threatens to transform copyright law, pushing Internet intermediaries—from Facebook to your ISP—to censor whole swaths of the Internet. SOPA could forever alter social networks, stifle innovation and creativity, and destroy jobs…” and even bring about the end of the Internet as

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