Top 10 Reasons Why SOPA and PIPA Laws Are Unjustified and Harmful 3
Many websites and organizations are now protesting against the newly proposed bills SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) and PIPA (Protect Intellectual Property Act) introduced to the United States House of Representatives by Lamar S. Smith Chairman of House Judiciary Committee on October 26, 2011. Thousands of Major Websites like Wikipedia, Reddit and Natural News blacked out their pages for a 24 hour protest period against the eventual passing of these two bills into law by the American congress.
If passed these two bills allow the government of the United States to block any website, which falls outside of the Stop Online Piracy Act and PROTECT IP Act boundaries. These Acts are unjustified, flawed and destructive to the nature of the Internet and freedom of speech.
SOPA and PIPA Laws Are Unjustified
Top 10 Reasons Why SOPA and PIPA Are Unjustified
In this article we will summarize some of the (most important) top 10 reasons why SOPA and PIPA Acts are unjustified and should be stopped.
10. Power of a Vague Statement
In section 105 of this bill it states that any website which has the potential to “endanger public health” can also be affected. What the government is proposing in essence is that any website which puts forward an alternative view to that of the government or government-run corporations inclusive of food, lifestyle, travel and general well-being falls under its control. This simple statement encompasses a very large number of websites like NaturalNews.com under its umbrella, which can then will be labeled as “dangerous,” – a label that will finally allow the government to them down despite of the massive popularity of such websites.
9. It is Definition not Intention
The governmental defenders of SOPA and PIPA try to convince the general public that these laws are only “intended” for the “worst of the worst”. However, it should be noted that it is not the “intention” of a bill that will compromise the Internet but it is the “Definition” of it that has given the excessive powerful to the government and government agencies to shut down any websites deemed “dangerous” “unhealthy” or “in violation.”
8. SOPA and PIPA Affect Everyone Worldwide
SOPA and PIPA will severely inhibit everyone’s ease of access to online information. This is not a problem that will eventually affect not only the residence of the United States, but also the citizens of every country around world as the power of information will fall under the sole elite within the control of certain corporations, the central government and lobbyists.
7. SOPA and PIPA Poorly Drafted
Unfortunately these two bills are drafted in a very poor and unjust way, which many opposition groups argue will not be successful at what it is supposed to achieve. While these bills will potentially fail “to stop copyright infringement” they are certainly meant to also cause harm to the foundation the Internet as a whole.
6. Cause for Major Internet Damage
The whole basis and structure of internet is based on the free flow of information, its openness to the general public and its effectiveness in passing valuable information around the globe is unparallel in the human history. If this Law is passed the whole basis and foundation of Internet will be controlled by a few and will be compromised for all.
5. User Contributed Sites Are Affected
User contributed sites like Reddit, which have been acting as such a powerful force in portraying and passing major news topics, which are largely absent from mainstream media can be shut down with a push of a button.
4. Social Media Endangered
Social Media websites like Facebook, Twitter and YouTube and the flow of free information within these sites could possibly fall in danger of this act. Social Media sites live on the content, which their users or subscribers produce on daily basis. Millions of content and links are posted on a social media site like Facebook and it is literally impossible and preposterous to impose the SOPA as a Law with such an outcome.
3. Few Judges Decide Fate of Internet: Shocking
A few judges could eventually decide the fate of the foundation of the internet and freedom of speech with respect to SOPA. This is not a viable and trustable avenue. Having the internet literally filtered by those in power is a decision that – if it must –should be made by the general public representatives, with numerous experts and open debates as well as the people themselves.
2. These Laws Create Doubt
The information on the Web will be untrustable and will lose its neutral and unbiased characteristic. Millions of websites could be taken down, while only those will survive that pass the government “filter.” This will substantially damage the image of the Internet as a neutral source of information, while millions of users will lose their trust on what has been made available to them.
1. Freedom of Speech Compromised
Freedom of speech! Freedom of speech! Freedom of speech! The internet is the only source, which we can confidently say – at least for now – that is “for the people and by the people”. The proposition and passing of these laws will, with no compromise the very basic nature of freedom of speech online. Websites with opposing point of view to that of the mainstream will be in full risk of being shut down. Websites with opposing point of view to that of the mainstream will be in full risk of being shut down. The passing of this law is the Matrix working with full force.
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