PROTECT IP Act
TheProtect Intellectual Property Act(Preventing Real Online Threats to Economic Creativity and Theft of Intellectual Property Act), also calledPIPA,was aproposedAmericanlawto stopcopyright infringementon theInternet.[1]The law would give copyright holders new ways to deal withwebsitesinfringing copyright.
Critics said the proposed law would have hidden risks andunintended consequences.[2]
Protest[change|change source]
Some people andbusinessessupport the law while others are alarmed by the law. Supporters worry that the current copyright law is not effective in shutting down piracy websites. Opponents worry that the law is a kind ofcensorship.[3]It is hard to tell which side is correct because the language in the law is still being written.
Related pages[change|change source]
- Stop Online Piracy Act(SOPA)
References[change|change source]
- ↑PROTECT IP is a complexacronym.PROTECT stands for "PreventingRealOnlineThreats toEconomicCreativity andTheft ". IP is an acronym for"IntellectualProperty ".
- ↑Espinel, Victoriaet al."Combating Online Piracy while Protecting an Open and Innovative Internet,"White House (US). January 14, 2012; Friedman, Allan A."Cybersecurity in the Balance: Weighing the Risks of the Protect Intellectual Property Act and the Stop Online Piracy Act,"Archived2012-01-03 at theWayback MachineBrookings(US), November 15, 2011; retrieved 2012-1-18.
- ↑Azarova, Katerina."Wikipedia blackout: 24-hour strike against SOPA, PIPA is on,"RTArchived2012-01-18 at theWayback Machine(Russia), 18 January, 2012; retrieved 2012-1-18.
Other websites[change|change source]
- Text of Protect Intellectual Property ActArchived2016-07-03 at theWayback Machine;S. 968Archived2012-09-11 at theWayback Machine