Lamar Smith and the Strange SOPA Sojourn

Courtesy Austinist  Mon, 01/16/2012 - 11:15am

Lamar Smith and the Strange SOPA Sojourn While few people are under the impression that copyright law is healthily respected across the world wide web, it comes as some surprise to see SOPA, a.k.a.

Stop Online Piracy Act, a.k.a. H.R. 3261 , appear in its current form before the House of Representatives.

Many internet users may have thought that programs that allowed for legit music sharing (Spotify ), programs that allowed for fair use (Flickr's partnership with Creative Commons , for example) and more...



 

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