SOS, SOPA+PIPA COMMING SOON!

Why are People everywhere  talking about the “SOPA and its Senate Counter Part PIPA “?  Both have ignited a widespread online protests to stop both agreements.  Agreements for a new soap, spices or soup or what are they talking about? And what is SOPA and PIPA and what kind of side effects if both agreements  get signed are they talking about?

In case you don’t have any information about any of both those bills “SOPA or PIPA” and before going any further into how this affects the everyday users,  let’s first get a good understanding  regarding both bills.  Of course, nobody, wants to see something they worked hard to create and of great quality to get disrespected by people gaining access and getting it for free.   

First of all lets introduce “SOPA” which stands for “Stop Online Piracy Act” and this is a bill that has been introduced to the US House of Representatives on October 26, 2011.  “PIPA” stands for the “ Protect IP ACT “  and was first introduced to the US senate on May 12, 2011.  PIPA if passed will give the US Corporations and the Government “the right to seek legal action with any website that they see as enabling copyright whether of US origin or not”.  SOPA if passed will work together with PIPA.

For years  the United States Government has been facing a huge amount  of pressure, mostly from the computer and entertainment software publishing companies. They wanted to find a way of stopping the online piracy that allows people to own copies, download , buy, sell, advertise and market  their products and merchandises for FREE. It is a fair and honest  agreement but I don’t honestly agree with both the SOPA and PIPA bills because the websites could be blocked and or shut down.  The internet will become a hunt for any little bit of possible copyright violation. If legal action will be taken these acts are going to stop developers like you and me from coming up with the next big thing in the online market that could change how we use the internet. If these acts were around back when the internet first started, how many of the most popular sites would still have come into our lives? There would be no “Facebook, YouTube, MediaFire, SoundCloud, Twitter, DropBox,” or any other site that could be targeted for piracy. I can not possibly think of how or what the internet would be like without sites like this?

The funny part is that not only are The U.S Government  concerned about how these bills will work out in America, they are hoping that they will have the influence to get other nations to follow them as well.  That means if these acts pass, then the next country coming to would be ours in Egypt. Another funny thing is that the Stop online Piracy Act (SOPA) and its senate counterpart, Protect IP act (PIPA), have ignited widespread online protests to the agreement by pirating themselves on the internet. SO how could they have done it if it weren’t for the free internet access?

 I think that sooner or later both bills will realize that stopping piracy act will harm this generation starting with THEMSELVES.