{"id":26458,"date":"2012-01-18T10:00:03","date_gmt":"2012-01-18T02:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/techielobang.com\/blog\/?p=26458"},"modified":"2012-01-18T09:08:01","modified_gmt":"2012-01-18T01:08:01","slug":"sopapipa-strike-will-start-tomorrow-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techielobang.com\/blog\/2012\/01\/18\/sopapipa-strike-will-start-tomorrow-video\/","title":{"rendered":"SOPA\/PIPA Strike Will Start Tomorrow (Video)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tomorrow (18th Jan in US, 19th Jan in Singapore) will be a dark day for Internet. Many of the well known sites have planned to protest against the legislation of SOPA (Stop Piracy Online Act) and PIPA (Protect IP Act) bills in Congress.<\/p>\n

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Although SOPA and PIPA sounds like a good idea and a protection to original content, it may potentially cause a lot of problems for many sites. Imagine the authority is now empowered to stop your site(s) if they think that you are infringing copyrights.<\/p>\n

The bills are discussed in US but as I know, many bloggers or companies are using US-based servers and services. These may also be affected.<\/p>\n

Currently, those websites that openly protest against SOPA and PIPA are Wikipedia, Google, Reddit, Cheezburger. Many sites have already sprung up to create awareness or to protest against SOPA\/PIPA. One example is http:\/\/sopastrike.com<\/a><\/p>\n