The Big List Of SOPA Links
SOPA (the Stop Online Piracy Act H.R. 3261) is proposed legislation before the U.S. House of Representatives that would require search engines, advertisers, ISPs and other key internet players to police content and take active moves to take down allegedly infringing content. Want to know more about why SOPA is a big deal for marketers? […]
SOPA (the Stop Online Piracy Act H.R. 3261) is proposed legislation before the U.S. House of Representatives that would require search engines, advertisers, ISPs and other key internet players to police content and take active moves to take down allegedly infringing content.
Want to know more about why SOPA is a big deal for marketers? Check out our What All Marketers Need To Know About SOPA – The Stop Online Piracy Act.
Meanwhile, here’s a list of links for more information, categorized by topic.
Legislation (Summary and Full Text)
Organizations For SOPA
Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA)
Letters and Statements in Support for SOPA (via U.S. House Judiciary Committee Web Site)
Organizations Against SOPA
Center for Democracy & Technology
Electronic Frontier Foundation
The letter is signed by the founders of Blogger, craigslist, Flickr, Hunch, Google, Huffington Post, Internet Archive, LinkedIn, Netscape, Obvious, Paypal, Twitter, Yahoo, YouTube, and Wikipedia/Wikimedia.
NY Times Op/Ed: Stop the Great Firewall of America
Revisions and OPEN
- Proposed Revision to SOPA: Some Welcome Cuts, But Major Concerns Remain (via Center for Democracy & Technology)
- Rep. Issa, Sen. Wyden unveil competing bill to Judiciary’s Stop Online Piracy Act (via The Hill)
- Statement From Copyright Alliance Executive Director Sandra Aistars, RE: House Judiciary Committee’s Manager’s Amendment to the Stop Online Piracy Act
Reports
- Media and Entertainment Companies Add Support to Proposed Antipiracy Legislation (via NY Times) ||| NOTE: Copy of the letter/advertisement mentioned in the NY Times Article (via Creative America)
Video
- Video of Anti-SOPA Press Conference and Panel Discussion Organized by Public Knowledge, Demand Progress, Computer and Communications Industry Association, Americans for Job Security, Don’t Censor the Net and the CEA. (Recorded on November 15, 2011)
+ Video: Comments by Rep. Daryl Issa (R-CA) and Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA)
+ Video: Panel Discussion, Part 1
+ Video: Panel Discussion, Part 2
+ Video: Panel Discussion, Part 3
+ Video: Panel Discussion, Part 4
SOPA Hearing Before U.S. House Judiciary Committee (November 16, 2011)
Archived Video and Witness List and Prepared Testimony
Runs about 3.5 hours. Video loads slowly.
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