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For sure, you haven't heard of SOPA and PIPA before, until you saw this.






Or this





Pero ano ba ang SOPA and PIPA?

Piracy is one of the major problems here in our country. Sa katunayan, malapit nang maubos ang mga action star natin sa bansa na nagiging chairman ng Optical media board pero hindi pa rin 100 percent successful ang fight against Piracy.  Ito rin ang itinuturong reason sa pagbagsak ng Movie at music industry. Yes mga peks at beks, hindi ang mga unoriginal, gasgas na storyline, senseless twist, slapstick comedy at walang katapusang sequels ng pinoy movies ang dahilan ng deterioration ng Philippine cinema. True.

We are not alone in this Dillema. Our Big brother from another mudra na US ay sumasakit din ang ulo sa Piracy at copyright infringement. As a matter of fact, the US Gov has been facing an intense amount of pressure from giant entertainment and software companies to find a way to stop this.

Finally,

The US house of representative have come up with a bill that will give the content creators extra-ordinary and supernatural powers over the internet. PAK!

to dig deeper, let us define SOPA and PIPA and what their powers are

PIPA is an acronym for PROTECT IP ACT. This will allow the US corporations and the government to seek legal actions against websites that enables copyright infringement. While SOPA which stands for STOP ONLINE PIRACY ACT will be working together with PIPA, it is simply defined as government and corporation's "Black List".

their powers?

Generally speaking here's what the bill allows them to do.

- force Internet providers to block websites that allows copyright infringement.
- Sue search engines, blog sites, or any site to have the black listed sites removed from their website
- forcibly remove Ads from infringing websites

If you would look at this carefully, iisipin mo nga na dapat lang naman na may ganitong batas para protektahan ang kapakanan ng mga original creators. However, we should also consider the effect of this in our daily internet living.

say goodbye to your favorite blogs (like mine LOL). If a website features a video or a picture which contains anything that is owned by a company or any group, that company has the power to shut it down.

Talk about freedom of expression. When this bill is passed, hindi ka na basta basta makakapag share ng video or picture  without being subject to this law. Worst of all, hindi ka na pwedeng gumawa ng cover ng mga paborito mong kanta.

Just imagine kung naipasa ang bill na to way back. Do you think magkakaron tayo ngayon ng Facebook o Youtube? Twitter or Tumbler? Nah-ah.. Do you think sisikat si Charice sa pagkanta nya ng mga song na walang pahintulot ng mga record labels? On the brighter side, malamang wala din si Justin Bieber. hehe.


That's why it's called world wide WEB. It's an interconnected web of information which enables us to share knowledge in a click of a button. Maraming mga technological advances ang naganap through Internet. And limiting it's reach and capabilities would equal to limiting our advances and innovation.

The main goal of this bill is to protect the rights of creators, pero the thing is, dahil sa pagiging vague ng batas na ito hindi imposibleng magamit ito for power tripping. Malamang ay bigyan lang nito ng additional power ang mga Giant corporations to, sort of monopolize the internet world. Kung dati sa TV lang, ngayon ay mag he-hello na rin tayo sa mga Kapitalista sa Internet.


Imagine, you typed Justin Bieber sa google search bar, you clicked images, and this is all you see:





THE HORROR.