Stop Piracy Law Online (Sopa), also known as House Bill 3261 or HR 3261, is a bill introduced in the United States House of Representatives on October 26, 2011, by the House of Representatives Judiciary Committee Chairman Lamar S. Smith (R-TX) and a bipartisan group of 12 initial co-sponsors. The bill, if made law, would expand the ability of U.S. law enforcement and copyright holders for the fight against online trading in copyright and intellectual property counterfeit goods Presented to the House Judiciary Committee, was based on the PRO-IP Act is the same. 2008 and the corresponding Senate bill, PROTECT IP Act.
The bill originally proposed would allow the U.S. Justice Department, as well as copyright holders, to seek a court order against sites accused of enabling or facilitating copyright infringement. Depending on who makes the request, court order could include restrictions on online advertising networks and payment facilitators from doing business with sites that allegedly violated, limiting the search engine from linking to the site, and requires Internet service providers to block access to these sites. The bill would make unauthorized streaming of copyrighted content crime, with a maximum penalty of five years in prison for ten violations within six months. The bill also provides immunity to Internet service who voluntarily take action against a site dedicated to the offense, while making each liable for losses copyright holder who intentionally misrepresented that a web site dedicated to the offense.
Supporters of the bill say it protects the intellectual and industrial property market as appropriate, jobs and incomes, and are needed to improve copyright enforcement, especially against foreign sites They cite examples such as Google's $ 500,000,000 settlement with the Department. Justice for his role in the scheme to target U.S. consumers by advertising illegally importing prescription drugs from Canadian pharmacies. Opponents say it violates the First Amendment, is Internet censorship, would cripple the Internet, and will threaten whistle-blowing and other action-free number to speak Opponents have started. protests, including a petition drive, boycott companies that support the legislation, and service cuts planned by the English Wikipedia and the major Internet companies is scheduled to coincide with the next session of Congress on this issue.
House Judiciary Committee held hearings on November 16 and December 15, 2011. This committee is scheduled to resume debate in January 2012, but on January 17, Chairman Smith said that "[d] ue to the Republican and Democratic retreat lasts two weeks later, the markup of Stop Online Piracy Law is expected to resume in February.
Impact of Stop Piracy Law Online (Sopa)
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