Would CISPA Really Work?

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Protesters really got them scared now! The New Bipartisan House that are pursuing the bill have taken notice that the same people protesting the SOPA and PIPA. In the article "New bipartisan House cybersecurity bill haunted by ghost of SOPA’s failure" the author Bolton makes known that the lawmakers see a rebirth of what happen when the privacy act was taken place. What these people thought would be a good idea might not be such a good one. The big question they wonder is if big website might take place in the big debate like last time, websites being Google and Wikipedia. Although they are trying to pursue this bill as being quite different, i feel as though there might be some hidden policy's on this bill that might effect some websites later.

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Also by clinking on the Image source it will take you to "Daily Kos." A daily action alert list that will imform you more about the ability's and the definition on the CISPA bill. Some may say it is another bill trying to take away the freedom on the internet, and some who are agreeing with the bill are saying its just a way to protect companies. Which will you believe? 

Rise of the Villains

http://www.digitaltrends.com/web/cispa-supporters-list-800-companies-that-could-help-uncle-sam-snag-your-data/

As many people thought the SOPA and PIPA act was put to an end three months ago, they were wrong. Even though SOPA might have ended but there is something else on the rise called CISPA. Even though many people thought these acts were going to be bad, this new one might be worse. The difference between these two is SOPA was about protecting property, and CISPA is about cybersecurity. In my personal opinion i think these are both very similar. This act is to protect websites and the government from hackers. These do sound similar but only differ from what they are protecting. CISPA is a protection for lawsuits and cyber information that is being threaten. This bill is designated towards companies. Although it is not another SOPA bill i still see similarity's and still wonder what effect it might have or other websites it the bill does take place.

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Would SOPA/PIPA Affect You?

Many people may believe if the SOPA would have gone into affect that it wouldn't have changed their lives. If SOPA/PIPA would have went into affect i think it would have changed everyone's lives. The people that invested and put so much into running certain sites the way they do would have been shut down completely. I find it wrong and sad that the government is trying to pick at every little thing. I do believe copyright can be a big issue at times but the Sopa act and PIPA bill were taking it to a whole new level. My question is what would the government try to take over next? Click Here to read the article, "How SOPA would affect you: FAQ."

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MLA: McCullagh, Declan"How SOPA would affect you: FAQ", CBS Interactive. 18 Jan. 2012. Web. 28 Mar. 2010.

Recent News on SOPA/PIPA

Many things were going on involving the bill of SOPA/ PIPA. In this article "How Republican opposition derailed SOPA and Project IP," Obama states, "I think that it's going to be possible for us" to find a workable approach". Which i believe that people in the senate will try again at this bill to at least try to make it suggestible for people to still use the internet like normal, and while still putting this bill to action. This also informed me about the mistakes that supporters also made. Even though this might have came to a pause because of the choice that was made, i do think this will come back, with hopefully only minor effects on the way we can use the internet. 

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MLA: McCullagh, Declan. "How Republican opposition derailed SOPA and Protect IP." SOPA and Protect IP Act have finally splintered a Democrat-Republican alliance in favor of expanding copyright law that's been in place since the 1990s.. (2012): n. page. Web. 28 Mar. 2012.

Would there be a Round Two?

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After the big debate and controversy over the SOPA/ PIPA bills, they have been defeated. One question still rise to mind, and it's would they try again? Will they just count this time as practice and bring this bill up again later. Well I took at look at this article and i believe that they might try to come back around again. This article is called "Reading for Round Two." This basically just goes over the attempts that the people pushing this bill might try to make just so this bill can pass when the opportunity comes again.

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MLA: Rapp, Paul. "Readying for Round Two." Metroland: 6. Alt-PressWatch. Feb 09 2012. Web. 28 Mar. 2012 .

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.

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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.