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SOPA is an acronym used for the Stop Online Piracy Act, which is a new bill that was introduced to the House of Representatives of the United States Congress on October 26, 2011. The bill was introduced by Lamar S. Smith, and a group of 12 other bipartisan congressmen.

Also known as the Internet Piracy Bill, SOPA threatens to substantially diminish the rights of internet users to link to or post copyrighted material. This is done by essentially expanding the ability of United States law enforcement to fight against online trafficking of intellectual property and counterfeit goods.

According to SOPA, unauthorized streaming of copyrighted materials would become a crime with a maximum penalty of 5 years in prison, whilst internet services which act against streaming or trafficking websites can receive legal immunity.

Supporters claim that this bill protects revenues for content creators, as well as jobs within their industry. However, opponents say that the bill constitutes a form of internet censorship and would allow for other abuses, including threatening free speech and infringing on First Amendment rights.

You'll find bloggers talking about SOPA at sites like blog.supportsopa.org and readwriteweb.com.

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    Like many Westerners, Mary Bennett turned to Buddhism when the faith of her childhood stopped working for her. She still wanted a spiritual practice, but one that valued questioning. “Buddhism encourages you to investigate every piece of information you’re given, and that really appealed to me,” said Bennett, ...
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  • The Inevitable Death of the Free Internet


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    An interesting topic came up in a discussion on Reddit today in an AskReddit thread entitled, " What is something we should enjoy while its still legal? " The top response, by user Dont_Trust_Ducks, with over 424 points stated, quite simply: "The unrestricted internet. Sopa. Cispa. F***, it aint gonna last forever." ...
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  • El coco: nutrición, salud y cosmética


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    EL COCO: NUTRICIÓN, SALUD Y COSMÉTICAArtículo elaborado para Sopa Tóxica  El coco es uno de los elementos básicos en la cocina y la cultura de los países tropicales. Se supone su origen en el Pacífico desde donde se extendió a Centroamérica. Llegó a la cultura occidental con los primeros conquistadores ...
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  • How DNSSEC Will Help Secure the Internet and How SOPA Almost Made It Illegal


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    Domain Name System Security Extensions (DNSSEC) is a security technology that will help patch up one of the Internet’s weak points. We’re lucky SOPA didn’t pass, because SOPA would have made DNSSEC illegal. DNSSEC adds critical security to a place where the Internet doesn’t really have any. The domain name ...
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  • Who Has the Right to Be Anonymous?


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    Hackivist group Anonymous took to  Twitter  on Monday with the trend  #CISPABlackout  to encourage websites to shut down in protest of a bill called CISPA (Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act), which seeks to increase cyber security. What is CISPA? According to  PC Mag , “CISPA would allow for ...
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  • Some people are saying CISPA is dead. It’s a little more...


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    Some people are saying CISPA is dead. It’s a little more complicated than that — the Senate will very likely break up CISPA into a few bills, and we’re not sure yet what that will look like. The bad news: CNET has obtained 1,000 pages of government documents that reveal the Obama administration secretly ...
    3 weeks ago

  • Meanwhile: US, intellectual property, GCSB


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    Meanwhile: US, intellectual property, GCSB by karol John Key’s explanation of his meetings with Ian Fletcher hide Key’s main aims and activities in plain sight. They link to wider activities in relation to US-led initiatives around digital copyright, intellectual property and commerce.  In relation to ...
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  • CISPA Dead For Now: Privacy Killer Bill Hits A Wall In The Senate


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    The controversial Cyber Information Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) is likely to die in the Senate , according to US News. The bill, which has stirred up internet privacy watchdogs and sites like Reddit, followed closely in the footsteps of the last unsuccessfully proposed privacy bills, the Stop Online ...
    3 weeks ago

  • (Politics) CISPA: Passed Through House; Stagnant in Senate


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      The United States’population has been abuzz the past couple weeks with extraordinary anomaliesthat have taken place across the country. The Texasfertilizer accident and the Bostonbombings are but two of these incidents that have so captivated the nationalspotlight. Even still, Washington D.C. has been busy ...
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  • CISPA – When privacy is no longer private


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    This website is red and black against the passage of CISPA legislation . Anonymous has called for an  Internet blackout to protest CISPA , the much maligned cybersecurity bill that  threatens your privacy more than it protects it . But without the support of Reddit, which co-sponsored last year’s SOPA ...
    4 weeks ago

  • I’m mad as hell, and tired of taking it on the chin


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    I don’t believe I’ve waxed political on this blog before (generally, I save that for Google+ and the occasional tweet), but I can’t sit idly by without at least trying to keep the United States Senate from passing legislation to further erode the rights of the citizens of these United States. As the image says, ...
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  • What’s wrong with CISPA? (in as few words as possible) ...


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    What’s wrong with CISPA? (in as few words as possible) As it’s written, CISPA won’t protect us from cyber threats, but it will violate our 4th Amendment right to privacy. It lets the government spy on you without a warrant. ( read more ) It makes it so you can’t even find out about it ...
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  • The more you know.


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  • Sopa Tóxica: El coco: nutrición, salud y cosmética


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  • A Call For Boycott Against CISPA Supporters (Video)


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    The Internet recently fought against the incredibly unpopular and ridiculous “cyber safety” bill called the Stop Online Piracy Act. Online ‘blackouts’ and outspoken critics downright embarrassed and forced the United States Congress and the media lobbyists to back down from supporting it while also leading to ...
    4 weeks ago

  • Its time to rise again - Stop CISPA


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    At the unbiased blog we have always supported Online Privacy and stood against SOPA and now its time for us to put our foot down for CISPA. Under the guise of cyber-security, CISPA (the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act) is a bill that would grant corporations the power to share our emails, ...
    4 weeks ago

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