America’s first Internet censorship system (controversial, boycott, speech, terrorist)

[Willsson]

The bill expands the ability of U.S. law enforcement and copyright holders to fight online trafficking in copyrighted intellectual property and counterfeit goods. Now before the House Judiciary Committee, it builds on the similar PRO-IP Act of 2008 and the corresponding Senate bill, the Protect IP Act.

https://www.pcworld.com/article/2469...h_boycott.html

Domain registrar GoDaddy has pulled its support for the controversial Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) after several high-profile clients threatened to leave the company. GoDaddy announced the about-face on the controversial bill in a press release sent out on Friday.

Crowdsourced List of SOPA Supporters - Slashdot, may require Google login.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/...E&toomany=true

City-Data already does its part to prevent use of copyrighted material. We don't need further government regulation, just personal responsibility.

[HappyTexan]

Well you have to think..in order to fight this online trafficking they would have to have some wide stretching monitoring.

Just like the airport screening..everyone is a potential terrorist until groped into innocence.

SOPA will treat every internet user as a potential pirate until monitoring proves them innocent.

[Tom9]

Welcome to Naziville, USA or as PC users might say "Peking on the Potomac."

[Zembonez]

Anybody who thinks the internet and all of its explosive (and free) growth is not going to be regulated by the government of any country is simply living in a dream world. Our whole existence is owed to special interests... no matter what country you live in.

[gwynedd1]

Freedom of speech is more important. Find another way to deal with it. Easily copied and distributed media makes them far more money than they lose unless they think cruising around the country doing live shows is easier. The maximum profit for the use of digital media is not my problem.