Welcome to the Geek Choice Blog

Online Piracy Act in trouble?

November 18th, 2011 by Joseph Ruthaford

In the past I written about this issue and online piracy and have also brought up the online piracy act. Well it looks like the sea of change maybe happening as more are coming out against this act. People of note are Nancy Pelosi and Darrell Issa. “Need to find a better solution than #SOPA #DontBreakTheInternet,” the liberal Democratic House leader tweeted on Thursday, in response to a tweeter who asked: “Where do you stand on internet censoring and #SOPA?”
And, from the right, California Rep. Darrell Issa has told The Hill newspaper that the House of Representative’s anti-piracy act has no chance of passage.
Congress, the leading Republican lawmaker said, is “realizing there are so many unintended consequences that they can’t just use Google as a piñata and bash on it here.”
There is, he said, “a very broad coalition from far left to far right who realize this will hurt innovation, something we can’t afford to do. And there are other ways to accomplish what they say is their goal.”
While Pelosi hasn’t elaborated on Twitter, her office did put out this statement early Thursday afternoon:
“Leader Pelosi strongly supports protecting intellectual property. The problem of rogue websites duping consumers is a real one and deserves Congress’ attention. The internet, human rights, and cybersecurity communities have raised concerns that SOPA doesn’t strike the right balance that protects the needs of copyright holders and internet users alike. Tens of thousands jobs in all the affected industries require us to find an effective solution that all stakeholders can support.”

Related posts:

1. GoDaddy changes stance on SOPA, but why?
2. Tumblr trying to protect the internet
3. Top ISP to get tougher on piracy
4. Will E-Books be the next big digital piracy?
5. Google keeps kids safe online with SafeSearch