Published: Thursday, January 19, 2012
Updated: Thursday, January 19, 2012 15:01
What is SOPA?
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The Stop Online Piracy Act, or SOPA for short, is a bill in the U.S. House of Representatives introduced as H.R. 3261 by Lamar Smith (R-TX).
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The aim of SOPA is to fight online trafficking of copyrighted materials, such as intellectual property and counterfeited goods.
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SOPA, and its Senate equivalent Protect Intellectual Property Act (PIPA), would shut down sites that share pirated movies and other content, including live streams.
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Companies like Wikipedia, Google, and others are concerned if the bills are passed, legitimate sites where users share content would be targeted, such as YouTube.
Read all of H.R. 3261 here
Sources: The Associated Press, H.R. 3261
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Kathleen Freitag
Junior, Accounting
"Without Facebook or YouTube I would be stuck. I know those sites could potentially be affected by SOPA."
Audel Ortega
Freshman, Undecided
"It would be suddenly hard to not have access to information. It would be like a step backward."
Rebeca Hernandez
Freshman, Sociology
"Today, I went on Wikipedia and I didn't know what was going on. I was just trying to look for more information about this movie."
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