SOPA - Stop Online Piracy Act this is a bill is getting into nerves these days around the world, lately godaddy ran into so much of loss just by supporting the SOPA thing and now that internet gaints are going black to stop this mess of SOPA. As Wikipedia and other websites go dark Wednesday in what backers are calling the largest Internet protest ever, the epic battle between Silicon Valley and Hollywood over online anti-piracy legislation continues to heat up, even as many Web surfers scratch their heads over what it all means.
The fight is over the Stop Online Piracy Act, a bill now stalled in the U.S. House of Representatives that’s aimed at stopping the spread of pirated copies of movies and other content by “rogue” websites overseas. Heavyweight supporters of SOPA such as Time Warner and the Motion Picture Association of America are butting up against tech titans such as Wikipedia, Google (GOOG) and Facebook, which argue that the legislation could lead to widespread censorship.
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