Thursday, January 19, 2012

Understanding SOPA and PIPA

Readers are encouraged to take a few moments to understand a current event that may affect Internet sites students frequently visit such as Facebook or YouTube. The SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) and PIPA (Protect Intellectual Property Act) are hot topics, especially with recent Jan. 18 online protests by sites such as Wikipedia and Google.

Check out the Q&A from the Wall Street Journal & Wikipedia:

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970203735304577167261853938938.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

Look for an article on this topic in our upcoming Jan. 24 print edition of The Courier.