SOPA/PIPA - INFORMATIVE MATERIAL
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H.R.3261	SOPA	--> US House of Representatives
S.968		PIPA	--> US Senate


## VIDEO

   * SOPA/PIPA on MSNBC, UP with Chris Hayes
     http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWAmWysxLV8

   * SOPA/PIPA on RT
     http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EsiT2YRwM8

   * SOPA/PIPA on Attack of the Show
     http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6EsiT2YRwM8


## READING MATERIAL

   * A technical examination of SOPA and PROTECT IP
     http://blog.reddit.com/2012/01/technical-examination-of-sopa-and.html

   * How PIPA and SOPA Violate White House Principles Supporting Free Speech and Innovation
     https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2012/01/how-pipa-and-sopa-violate-white-house-principles-supporting-free-speech

   * How SOPA Will Be (Ab)Used
     http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20111217/22291717116/how-sopa-will-be-abused.shtml


## KEY POINTS	(I OPPOSE THIS LEGISLATION BECAUSE....)

   * removal of safe harbor
     -guilt presumed of host, action taken without due process
     -any site allowing visitor comments is open to sabotage
     -abuse on this point alone can be used for net censorship (political, commercial)
      EXAMPLE >	a random visitor or competitor under a masked IP posts a torrent
		or link to infringing material in a comments section. This
		individual or group reports the same link to US authorities.
		The site is removed from the internet without due process allowing
		the host to remove the infringing material.

   * dns blacklisting
     -entire domains could be blocked, even if a violation occurs on a subdomain
     -NETSEC >	blacklisting will encourage de-centralized dns and fast migration
		away from .com, .net, .org top level domains (TLD) under ICANN control.
		TRANSLATION: The us will lose control of dns.

   * payment processing blacklisting
     -due to presumption of guilt without due process, financial resources are cut-off
      automatically by payment processors, which could easily bankrupt start-ups and small
      businesses which fully rely on e-commerce to survive.


   * criminalization of the proletariat (proles)
     -increased costs on the justice system
     -americans lose their voting rights
     -copyright infringement moves from a civil tort to felony conviction for most internet
      users. Government expands to police the internet. The war on copyright will result in
      an increasing number of the American public burdening an over-populated prison system
      that only benefits the private prison industry.


## PRIOR ABUSES	(DMCA)

   * "Over 30% of DMCA takedown notices have been deemed improper and potentially illegal."
     http://web.archive.org/web/20060425170640/http://lawweb.usc.edu/news/releases/2005/legalFlaws.html
     -FULL REPORT
      http://web.archive.org/web/20060502025505/http://mylaw.usc.edu/documents/512Rep/