...What is SOPA/PIPA? An Analysis of SOPA and its Influence on the Internet, Business and Consumer Engagement Table of Contents Introduction………………………………………………………………………….3 International Approach…………………………………………...…………….8 MegaUpload Case Study…………………………………………...…………… Pros: SOPA…………………………………………...……………………………… Cons: SOPA…………………………………………...……………………………… Ethical Considerations……………………………………………...…………… Conclusion…………………………………………...………………………………. 1 Introduction The mid 1990s were the genesis of the Internet as know and use it today. It’s immersion into every day culture and commerce, revolutionized the way we communicate and acquire information. Today, the Internet is a worldwide platform in which discussion forums, blogs and social networks dictate much of the culture of today’s society. The communication infrastructure of the Internet is one of the fastest growing in history. It’s big boom came in the late 1990s when it is estimated that traffic grew by “100 percent per year, while the mean annual growth in the number of Internet users was thought to be between 20% and 50%.”1 Experts agree that this extraordinary growth is mainly attributed to the lack of a watchdog in a virtually free space that lives in an intangible world, as is the case with the set of communication protocols that we call the Internet. The deficiency of a central administration allows the network to grow free and organically...
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...Introduction The report focuses the controversial topic of SOPA and PIPA. In the report, we will introduce the aims of the two bills and debate whether they are reasonable or not. In the end of discussion, we come to the conclusion that the two should not be passed. Both of the supporter and oppose will provide their reasons. And each of them will attack his/her rival’s argument. The aims of SOAP and PIPA The aim of SOPA The full name of SOPA is Stop Online Privacy Act. It is a United States bill which is attempt by lawmakers to combat online privacy and intellectual property theft. The bill is divided into two sections: “Combating Online Privacy” and “Additional Enhancements to Combat Intellectual Property Theft”. The main aim of SOPA is that give the judicial departments of United States more rights to fight online trafficking in copyrighted intellectual property and counterfeit goods in other areas and other countries. “Combating Online Privacy” attempts to provide tools to law enforcement. “Additional Enforcements to Combat Intellectual Property Theft” clarifies criminal law as applied to intellectual property rights. With the protection of SOPA, lawmakers want to encourage new writings, research, products and services. Because in the old day American inventors, authors, and entrepreneurs have been forced to stand by and watch as their works are stolen by foreign infringers beyond the reach of current U.S. law. As the time goes by, more and more people lose the...
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...SOPA, PIPA, and Internet Freedom Chase Fnords University of Liberty SOPA and Internet Freedom I. Introduction A. The internet is a vast, ever-expanding microcosm of information. As a tool, it provides the ability to share information with anyone in the world within seconds. Because of this ability, data that may be under copyright has been shared in a manner that may be deemed illegal. B. In recent history, legislation has been brought forth in congress to try to prevent the sharing of data that has been used without the copyright owner’s consent. Most recently, the legislation known as Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) was introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives, and the Protect IP Act (PIPA) in the U.S. Senate. C. Because of acts such as SOPA and PIPA, there have been protests by large Internet companies, as well as individuals, that believe their passage will limit free speech and infringe on the public’s First Amendment rights. II. Legislation Defined A. The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) is bill that was introduced as H.R.3261 in the U.S. House of Representatives in 2011. It will attempt to prevent the sharing of copyrighted and protected data over the internet from foreign sources. According to (Schatz, 2012) “The Justice Department could seek a court order requiring U.S. Internet providers to block access to foreign pirate websites. Access could be blocked either by making it impossible...
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...verdura y sopas acompañados de varios platos como el Kimchi. Las verduras se comen remojadas como en los tiempos de extrema pobreza en Corea del sur, es uno de los platos mas popular pero cuidado a su sabor picante y su fuerte olor. El arroz es omnipresente en la cocina Sur-Coreana como en China o Japón, se come por ejemplo en el plato “bibimbap” , consiste en arroz , verdura, un huevo frito y pasta de chile. La carne se come a la barbacoa y con acompañamiento, el pescado y los mariscos en general se comen a la parilla en brochetas o en el horno. El Kimchi es la comida mas popular de Corea, es un acompañante de otros platos, contiene col, polvo de chile rojo coreano y ajo y existe diversas variedades : de pepino, lechuga o de rábano blanco que se caracteriza sobre todo por su sabor picante. Foto de un plato de Kimchi. En efecto, los coreanos opinan que el sabor y la calidad de los alimentos dependen de las especies y condimentos que agregan a los alimentos básicos como pescado, carne, etc. Una de sus preferidas es el chile rojo picante, la comida Coreana sin el chile rojo equivale a Francia sin la Tour Eiffel, no es posible ! También el Gochujang, es una pasta de chile rojo hecha de chiles secos, sal agua, semillas de soya fermentada y polvo de arroz dulce, se suele comer con arroz blanco como salsa o con vegetales. Ademas, en Corea se suele servir todos los platos al mismo tiempo, cuando se ordena un plato es normal que venga acompañado de sopa o pequeños...
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...Ethnography Project “So don’t let the world bring you down, not everyone here is that fucked up and cold. Remember why you came and while you’re alive, experience the warmth before you grow old.” Not only do these few versus hit vital points pertaining to my personality, it also serves as an element to which I have the ability to zone out and be in my own world. For instance, after hearing this song after a stressful day of Chili’s work at approximately 4:38, I suddenly felt a sign of relief as I jammed out while my IPOD was on repeat for 3 intervals of 4 minutes and 25 seconds. My horizon towards the outlook on people were nor longer narrow but I realized that this time period was a difficult one for everyone. Therefore, while I headed back to my second shift at 5:30 I decided to give everyone customer another chance with a positive attitude. To start things off in regards of the quote is by the artist Incubus. For the most part, Incubus is a very “chill” band as many fans would like to call it, and as for the media or foreign listeners would like to call alternative rock. This band plays with any instruments from didgeridoo’s, bongos, sitars, and pipa’s (also known as the Chinese lute, 4 stringed instruments). From the beginning of this bands career first CD named Fungus Amongus, I would like to say it makes me feel most nostalgic than any other band. Reminding me of my high school years, riding the bus in the morning. I would like to think that this is one of the bands that...
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...regularmente. Añadir el pimentón y remover hasta que se tuesten A continuación, añadir las berenjenas, calabacín y pimientos. Mezcle bien y cocine por 5 minutos hasta que esté bien cubierto, añadiendo un poco más de aceite si es demasiado seco. Agregar ½ taza de valores con los tomates, un poco de condimentos y las hojas de laurel. Mezclar bien, baje el fuego y cocine a fuego lento durante unos 20 minutos hasta que las legumbres estén tiernas, revolviendo de vez en cuando y añadiendo más existencias según sea necesario. Retire la olla del fuego, sacar las hojas de laurel y revolver a través del perejil. Al mismo tiempo, freír los huevos en otra sartén con una capa delgada de aceite caliente. Para servir, montículo el cocido en tazones de sopa y superior individuo plana con un huevo frito. Las Comidas Las Comidas...
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...Chao Feng Chinese Orchestra’s 31st Anniversary Concert was held on Sunday, 25th August 2013 from 4-6pm at Ivanhoe Girls’ Grammar School Performing Arts Centre. Traditional Chinese instruments - Gaohu, Erhu, Zonghu, Jinghu, Guqin, Dizi (flute), Sheng (mouth organ), Suona, Yangqin, Liuqin, Pipa, Zhongruan, Sanxian, Daruan and Guzheng, joined together to perform several Chinese pieces as in ensemble conducted by Mr. Yat Ping Chan. The performance included pieces played by the whole ensemble as well as solo and duet performances. Instruments that had the chance to perform in solo performances without accompaniment included Guzheng and Guqin. Guzheng and Guqin is both plucked zither, but Guzheng has more strings and movable bridges. These instruments produce a very clear and soothing sound with a hint of sadness. However, when they are played in a faster tempo, they can sound quite cheerful and energetic. The 2 songs performed by Guzheng and Guqin were “Jackdaws frolicking in the Water” and “Phoenix Tree Leaves dancing in the Autumn Breeze” respectively. Both songs depicts a scene of birds dancing and enjoying themselves in the nature. Due to the nature of the zithers to produce slightly melancholic sound, it felt as though the happiness won’t last long. The most interesting duet of the performance was the duet by Sheng. Sheng, the Chinese mouthorgan, is always used to harmonise the song in ensembles. Thus, it is quite different to hear the instruments playing a melody rather...
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...The Influence of Pipa on Chinese Classical Music In Chinese classical music, Pipa is one of the most popular traditional musical instruments in China and known as the “king of plucked string instrument.” It is a plucked four-stringed musical instrument having a pear-shaped wooden body with a varying number of frets ranging from 12 to 26. It has been played for about two thousands years in China and many Chinese ancient literary works and poems are related to pipa praising its refinement through its bright timbre and rapid rolling tremolo. Unlike nowadays situation that everyone could learn how to play pipa or enjoy the pipa performance in the concert, people from upper class in the ancient time rarely played classical instrumnets such as pipa and guqin (a plucked seven-string instrument of the zither family) in public or for commercial purposes. And they always refused to be regard as musician because performing artists in ancient China are usually considered as the lowest social class. “In traditional China, most well–educated people and monks could play classical music as a means of self-cultivation, meditation, soul purification and spiritual elevation, union with nature, identification with the values of past sages, and communication with divine beings or with friends and lovers” (Liu) However, the development of pipa in the Tang Dynasty (618-907 AD) let it became popular in both court music and ordinary people. Indeed, pipa music has a profound impact on the Chinese classical...
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...SOPA Chill Out In a recent uproar, popular websites all over, such as Google and Facebook, participated in a blackout protest against the SOPA and PIPA Acts, which were in debate with the senate. The PIPA Act is designed to stop piracy, “with particular emphasis on illegal copies of films and other forms of media hosted on foreign servers” (BBC sopa and pipa 2012). The PIPA act grants the United States government, along with other right holders, the permission to request a court order against any website “enabling or facilitating" piracy. This court order potentially could have a whole website shut down “[making] them "disappear" from the internet” (BBC:sopa and pipa 2012). In addition, the SOPA Act would require all search-engines to remove infringing websites from their search results (BBC: sopa and pipa 2012). Although both Acts could prevent piracy rates from increasing, they also threaten to change the structure of the internet and potentially violate the constitutional right: Freedom of Speech. Background: Both the SOPA and PIPA Act are closely related to the censorship acts implanted in Iran and China, and more recently Spain (BBC: Sopa and Pipa 2012). In China, “the government has put a lot of resources into controlling and censoring the internet content available to its citizens.” Everything from online games to politically sensitive sites are censored and decided whether it should be made available to the public (S. Chen 2011). In China, western social networks...
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...Research Paper Your name: Matthew Turner Your Capella email address: mturner86@capellauniversity.edu The course number: IT3006 Instructor name: Professor Julie Krummen Date submitted: 2/26/16 Title of your paper: PIPA & SOPA Introduction In this paper, the topics to be discussed are what is PIPA and SOPA, prior related acts or laws, impacts on the first and fourth amendment, impacts on e-commence, supporters, and oppositions. This topic may seem old, but it could always come back later. Back in 2011 and 2012, there was a big fight between Congress and the Internet sites. This fight was over PIPA and SOPA which people associated it with censoring the Internet. However, it was much more than just censoring the Internet. It violated not one, but two amendments that are granted to every U.S. citizen. It also had the potential to hurt e-commence. As Wikipedia said on one of it’s blackout pages in 2012 “Imagine a world without free knowledge” and that is exactly what these sites were trying to protect. Yes, they may have won for now, but there is always a chance these acts could show up again. What is PIPA? PIPA is short for PROTECT IP Act or Preventing Real Online Threats to Economic Creativity and Theft of Intellectual Property Act. This bill was introduced to the Senate on May 12, 2011 (U.S. Senate, 2011). This act would “enhance enforcement against rogue websites operated and registered overseas” (U.S. Senate, 2011). Once the Attorney General gets a court...
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...Ethics in Information Technology Dustin Hughson Kaplan University Introduction Ethical theories date back to the times of Socrates and Aristotle, the problem with ethical and moral theories is that information technology was not even a possibility when first developed. Lines can be crossed and personal ambiguity can help people act bolder then he/she may normally want too. Ethical theories are being used more and more to help the professional and computing world handle the rapid change while government and legislation try to catch up. Law and guidelines have been made, but in the haste to create them many are poorly designed and implemented, hurting people that have seemed to do nothing wrong. Information technology is a global profession and increases the difficulty when dealing with different scenarios. Presented with the same scenario an IT professional in Japan may handle it completely different than another professional in the USA. Setting standards and ideals for all computing professionals is key to the continuing growth of information technology. Legal and Ethical Issues The computing professional faces legal and ethical issues in information technology every day. Many of the biggest issues that IT professionals face include the ever growing concern with piracy and ownership of information. Current laws and regulations allow software and intellectual property to be coved by both copyrights and patents. However the bigger concern is how software...
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...SOPA – Stop Online Piracy Act http://www.pcworld.com/article/248298/sopa_and_pipa_just_the_facts.html http://www.forbes.com/sites/larrymagid/2012/01/18/what-are-sopa-and-pipa-and-why-all-the-fuss/ http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-57360665-503544/sopa-pipa-what-you-need-to-know/ http://www.digitaltrends.com/web/sopa-pipa-blackout-by-the-numbers/ http://www.good.is/post/what-would-a-post-sopa-internet-look-like http://news.yahoo.com/internet-could-sopa-passes-194753995.html I - Attention Getter: (Pictures from SOPA blackout protest) Before I begin my presentation, I’d like to show you some pictures. I think that you all know about I am presenting before you And for those who don’t, this is the blackout protest whose target is the controversial U.S. House of Representative bill, SOPA – STOP ONLINE PIRACY ACT Before going any further, I’d like to explain what is SOPA? It is a United States bill which is introduced by U.S. House of Representative, sponsored by Lama S. Smith to expand the ability of U.S. law enforcement to fight against online infringement of copyrighted intellectual property and counterfeit goods. And Wednesday 18 January marked the largest online protest in the history of the internet This is a quick view of SOPA protest through numbers (This is statistic from website digitaltrends) 75,000: Number of websites that participated in the blackout 25,000: Number of WordPress blogs that completely blacked out their sites to protest the bills 12...
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...Internet Censorship - SOPA In the past twenty years, the Internet has grown to become an integral part of human function. The unique beauty of the Internet is that it enables its users to share their views and data to a worldwide audience and have their voice heard instantly. Unfortunately, the flexibility of the Internet also allows it to be exploited for illegal activity such as the distribution and theft of copyrighted content. Many governments find this problematic to their economies and are making increased efforts to control Internet use through censorship. The United States recently introduced the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) in an attempt to fight online trafficking of copyrighted intellectual property and counterfeit goods by enabling law enforcement to block access to entire Internet domains. While proponents of the legislation argue this is necessary to bolster enforcement of copyright laws, opponents argue the proposed legislation threatens free speech. SOPA provides just one example of how controversial Internet censorship proves to be . The entertainment industry has always desired more strict regulation on Internet piracy for many years. Pirated data has become more easily accessible and more elusive than ever. The biggest supporters of SOPA include the Motion Picture Association of America and the Recording Industry Association of America, dealing with movies and music, respectively. The case for SOPA is to protect copyrighted content and those who produce...
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...2012 SOPA/PIPA “Stop Online Piracy Act”/“Protect Intellectual Property Act” Recently, there has been much debate regarding the Stop Online Piracy and Protect Intellectual Property acts. Both of these acts involve online copyright infringement of intellectual property. These acts are basically attempting to put in place regulations for the government to control the content of what is being “shared” over the internet. The first act that was written was the “Protect Intellectual Property Act,” (“PIPA”) which was introduced by Senator Patrick Leahy on May 12, 2011. This proposed act was to limit access to various websites operating outside of the United States which were/are engaging in copyright and intellectual property infringement. Basically, what is covered in this proposed act is the illegal infringement of copy written materials through various channels, including distribution via the internet. This act is proposing that internet service providers have a duty to protect copy written materials by making such internet sites unavailable to the average user by not posting links to questionable sites. In addition, search engines, under this act, would be required to disable access to any internet sites engaging in questionable activities and not provide a hypertext to these internet sites. The second act, (often referred to as the “Sister Act” of “PIPA”), was introduced by Republican House Member Lamar Smith on October 26, 2011, almost six months after “PIPA”. “SOPA”’s...
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...The article appears in Volume 22, Number 14, which was published on April 13th, 2012. In 2012 internet regulation was a global controversial topic. As the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and PROTECT-IP Act (PIPA) were causing waves in the US, many countries were also aiming to give the UN wide-range regulatory powers over the internet. 5. The article was written to give an in-depth analysis on internet regulation, whether it’s possible, who’s for it, who’s against it etc. Its creation was prompted by the growing controversy over the possibility of internet regulation and its purpose was to inform its readers of the controversy and all that it entails. Credibility and Bias 6. I believe the article to be credible source. It contains a lengthy bibliography, which suggests diligent research was done. The article was distributed by a widely known publisher and the author herself has written other articles regarding technology. 7. There...
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