Can't Wait for the SOPA Debate in the House?
The House of Representatives is scheduled to debate SOPA (the "Stop Online Piracy Act") later this month. There has been a great deal of debate already about the potential impact of SOPA and its counterpart, the PROTECT IP Act ("Preventing Real Online Threats to Economic Creativity and Theft of Intellectual Property Act"), in the Senate. Stephen Colbert moderated a superficial, but entertaining debate on one of his episodes. The Hollywood Reporter is following the debate and analyzed some of the copyright secondary liability cases that might be used to argue for SOPA-like remedies even if SOPA does not pass.
SOPA, its myths and reality, are discussed on Law of the Geek Episode 4: "Shiver Me Timbers! A SOPA Discussion."
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