The issue of Internet copyright laws has been front-page news since the famous Napster lawsuits of the early 2000s. Since then, high-speed Internet connections have increased the ease with which copyrighted material can be traded online and sites that engage in file sharing have proliferated. This has made the situation even more complicated. Introducing SOPA… Continue reading Implications Of SOPA And PIPA
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If you have tried opening the English site of Wikipedia last January 18, you would have gotten a black window explaining the reasons why the content you requested for can’t be displayed. Wikipedia was unavailable for 24 hours starting 5 AM of January 18 to show their protest against the proposed legislation in the United… Continue reading On SOPA and PIPA