What Caused the Delay Over Sopa?

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They have set the bill to the side in January to go over it later in February 2011. One thing i was wondering is why they prolonged the debate over the bill. This was cause because the great opposition of the companies and organization of Wikipedia, Google and many others. This was a smart move i believe because approving this bill would have had so many effects on peoples lives. Not only of the regular people that visit these websites, but for the people that have invested their money into building and setting up these websites.

Click Here for the article on delaying SOPA.

Clicking on the Image source link will lead to another site with the article "SOPA is dead, Smith pulls bill." This site goes over the reason and the actions to removing the bill. This article was created by the CBS News staff. I believe this is a credible information on knowing why they are holding off any action on legislation to battle online copyright.

MLA:
Cheredar, Tom. "House debate over SOPA anti-piracy bill to resume in Feb." (2012): n. page. Web. 28 Mar. 2012. <http://venturebeat.com/2012/01/17/sopa-delay/>.


Staff News, CBS. "SOPA is dead, Smith pulls bill." Tech Talk. (2012): n. page. Web. 28 Mar. 2012. <http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-501465_162-57362990-501465/sopa-is-dead-smith-pulls-bill/>.

Working in our Favor?

MLA:

Espinel,Victoria, Chopra, Aneesh  and Schmidt Howard. "Obama Administration Responds to We the People Petitions on  SOPA and Online Piracy." The White House  Blog. 14 Jan 2012. Web. 3 Mar 2012.

One thing i can say about these two bills, S.O.P.A and P.I.P.A, that they are going to insinuate a pretty drastic change in the future. One place that I look that might have more evidence on the issue is the official government website. When searching on this website i came across a very interesting article. This article is called, "Obama Administration Responds to We the People Petitions on SOPA and Online Piracy." I found this article very informing because my impressions about the S.O.P.A bills ability has changed. Yes i believe online privacy is a great issue and people promoting and obeying by the copyright laws, but my first impression was that this bill would take away the creative aspect of the internet. By creative aspect, I mean reagular users who like to share the things they enjoy on the internet. In this article it discusses the petitions that created. Even though this law may be a buzz kill, it shows that the Obama Administration is trying to hear everyone out about the proposition. So maybe they can keep the protection of privacy in the law but still be able to keep the innovatory internet.

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By clicking on the Image Source you will be lead to a blog by Venki. No this is not a credible source but he does give good information about how some film industries are being affected, and how many other things like search engines and how they would be affected. Some of the things he says i have said in my past blog posts.

The Right of Free Speech?

"S.O.P.A and P.I.P.A"

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Would you say these bills might take away the right of free speech? In some ways I do believe by passing this bill, will take away the ability of people to express themselves through social media, blogs, and many other websites. If this pass then many other sites will be effected. One reason why it effects free speech because if you make a video of yourself singing a song the you really enjoy, they can censor the video because you do not have rights to the song. That's taking away your will to do something you enjoy doing. I believe that people should have the right to freely express and show people what they like. To get a better understanding about how this would affect our freedom of speech take a look at this video below to see some aspects of what might happen. 

MLA:
Video:  BaixaCultura. "Protect IP Act Breaks the Internet [legendado]."Nonprofits & Activism. YouTube. 19 Nov 2011. Web. 3 Mar. 2012.


Article: #SOPA & #PIPA Website Blackouts. Lanham, United States, Lanham: Federal Information & News Dispatch, Inc, 2012.ProQuest Research Library. Web. 3 Mar. 2012.


In this article, "SOPA & PIPA Website Blackouts: Rep. Steve Israel (D-NY) News Release." It discusses the day the internet community decided to go black in order to get people attention about the debate legislation.Many people go to these web sites not knowing whats going on behind them. People put there family pictures up on social networks for people to see and enjoy, but what some people might not know is that once this law gets passed, and they cancel some social networks all of their picture will disappear.
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S.O.P.A and P.I.P.A

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"Stop S.O.P.A & P.I.P.A"

Take a look at this video that has provided me with a great understanding about the effects that the two bills S.O.P.A and P.I.P.A might have once passed in the law. The first good understanding that i got with the video is that copyright issues are a problem, and it is unfortunate for the people that do have the rights to something that is getting exploited and that owner of the copyright material cannot do anything about it. This actually compares the two and states what would happen when either one of these bills take place. Although i do understand the abilities that the bills have to protect copyright laws, i just believe it should be carried out in a way so that everyone that uses the internet can still have the right to do what they enjoy most, and thats communicate with friends with similar interest. Because when the bills do pass, everything I'm posting in the class right now is a violation.

MLA:

Video: khanacademy. "SOPA and PIPA." Education Channel. YouTube. 18 Jan. 2012. Web. 3 Mar. 2012.

Eller, Lisa H. "The Battle for the Internet." Boise Weekly: 13. Alt-PressWatch. 2012. Web. 2 Mar. 2012 .

You can also Click Here for the article "The Battle for the Internet" by Eller Lisa. This article is going over the battle of the internet, In some ways this may help people that enjoy posting this website, other than just getting rid of it. What people post on social networks and blogs only promotes and help models, inspiring artists, and many other people become famous. There are ways that copyright can hurt some owners, and then again there are ways that can help them become more world wide, and relevant.

PLE S.O.P.A/ P.I.P.A

S.O.P.A / P.I.P.A

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Is it right to have the government try to censor everything you post or do? The technology that we have access to everyday may be more monitored for the protection of copyright issues. S.O.P.A is an acronym for Stop Online Privacy Act, which is associated with The House Of Representatives. Another bill is P.I.P.A and that stands for Protect IP Act. Both of these bills are similar, and both go for the same cause. Although technology is a good and useful tool i believe it is not right for someone to take our rights away from posting a favorite song that we like to sing, or even posting a picture that we admire. One reason why this topic interest me is because if anyone of these bills are passed they will have the same effect. This will change all of social media, blogs, and youtube, basically anything you post 

and didn't create will be taken down. 

Click Here for the article that defines the issues about the S.O.P.A act.

http://publicknowledge.org/issues/rogue-websites-legislation

Technology

                                                           Technology

 

          Online learning is different from in person learning because you don't have that close communication with the instructor or other students. Taking this online class I do feel a little distant because I'm not able to just raise my hand and be ask a question, I have to e-mail it. Even though it is simple just to send a e-mail I find it more simple to just already be in a classroom setting to raise your hand. One benefit in having an online class is being able to jump ahead. Instead of being in a class room for an hour someone can just finish up their homework in a hour or two and decide if they want to move on. One challenge I did find in the class was to maintain the blogs and figure out how to post certain things, like a power point. I would indeed say that the blog was most beneficial technology wise. I never use to blog, but now that I know how I might just take up blogging because some of my family does it. One thing that i did like the most in this class was being able to pick some of the essay topics. I found that writing a essay is easier when it is something that a person is interested in. I would still use my blog in the future, and I will still use the technique I have gained in the course, and that was trying to make myself interested into something I'm not. So trying to make something out of nothing. Nevertheless I did have a good experience in this class and I would love to take it again. Not only did I learn how to write better papers, but i have learned how to use some new technology.


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