Rep. Issa to Introduce Alternative to SOPA/Leahy Says DNS Altering Provision Needs "Some Change"

(January 12, 2012)

Representative Darrell Issa (R-California) plans to introduce
legislation in the US House that would counter the bill known as Stop
Online Piracy Act (SOPA). Senator Ron Wyden (D-Oregon) has already
introduced similar legislation in the Senate to counter SOPA's companion
bill, the Protect IP Act, or PIPA. Issa and Wyden are both vocal
opponents of the anti-piracy legislation that Wyden says will "turn
websites into web cops." Both PIPA and SOPA would sever access to
foreign websites that tout pirated content and counterfeit products. The
bills would also cut off funds to those websites. The bills the two
legislators plan to introduce when each house convenes later this month
would cut funds to foreign websites that are infringing copyright; the
implementation would fall to the International Trade Commission rather
than the US Department of Justice, as PIPA and SOPA would have.

http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20120112_4160.php?oref=topnews

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Senator Leahy Says PIPA's DNS Altering Provision Needs "Some Change"

(January 12, 2012)

US Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vermont), one of the sponsors of the Protect
IP Act, or PIPA, now says that the provision in the bill that calls for
the alteration of DNS records to prevent users from reaching websites
that are believed to be committing copyright violations, may need to be
changed itself. A spokesperson for Leahy said it is too soon to say
whether the Senator will drop recommending that ISPs do something to
block users from offending sites, but he is "clear that some change in
that provision is needed." While Leahy's announcement is appreciated,
many believe that it does not go far enough, because the bill is overly
broad in its approach to fighting piracy.

http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/01/leahy-pipa-amendment/

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Reddit Will Go Dark for 12 Hours to Protest SOPA

(January 12, 2012)

Reddit says that it will go dark for 12 hours on January 18 to protest
the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), the proposed legislation in the House
of Representatives that has been generating controversy for its overly
broad and some say draconian measures. Reddit plans to go dark between
8AM and 8PM EST on Wednesday, January 18. During its downtime, Reddit
plans to "display a simple message about how PIPA/SOPA legislation would
shut down sites like Reddit," and live streaming of a House Committee
on Oversight and Government Reform hearing on DNS and search engine
blocking. Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales has expressed support for
Reddit's decision. Wikipedia has also said it may go dark in protest,
although at this time it is unclear whether it would be at the same
time.

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9223411/Reddit_to_go_dark_in_SOPA_protest?taxonomyId=17