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Bad news for the downloader
SOPA / PIPE has been block sites download, and plans to close illegal sites like manga online, anime online, etc.,
Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), or the draft Anti-Piracy Law Online in the United States is becoming a byword. Still difficult to understand how this law works then? Consider this animated video.
In general, SOPA will allow the U.S. government and corporate copyright holders to block sites that are considered in violation, piracy or counterfeiting of intellectual property.
For example, if there are websites that have been accused of illegal content that violates copyright (including songs, pictures, video clips, etc.), then the site can be blocked by ISPs in the U.S., was posted from a search engine, and even intercepted to run online business with providers of payment services like PayPal.
Inevitably a number of Internet giants like Google, WordPress, WikiPedia, until Twitter against the existence of rules that are still in the stage of the legislation.
For if SOPA implemented, then a series of unlicensed videos from the copyright holder on YouTube must be reduced by force, if you do not want to deal in court. Similarly happened in Wikipedia and other sites.
This rule does have a 'soul' that should be appreciated, because it wanted to suppress the number of content piracy. But the other side is the dissemination of information and knowledge will also be sacrificed.

SOPA And PIPE Impact for IndonesiaThe draft Anti-Piracy Law Online, or better known Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) may be the middle of brewing in the United States. Only the effects of its implementation not only for the superpower. Other countries also can get the sap, including Indonesia.
Freedom of Expression According to activists, Donny BU, the impact of the implementation of the closest SOPA is going terkekangnya free knowledge. Where the content that can be used  for knowladge people can disappear.
Call it like the content available on the online encyclopedia Wikipedia, tutorial videos on YouTube, to leak classified information on WikiLeaks.
"Because the content is considered illegal, so it is blocked. It must be a rule that happens in the U.S., but my networked content," he said.
"In Indonesia a lot of people who have a channel in the U.S.. If there are people in power and ugliness Indonesian opened on the internet, he lives his friend lobby in the U.S., the site can be take down," said Donny.
Other examples are also described Healthy Internet activists from ICT Watch is when we try to produce content, then would be uploaded to YouTube, WordPress, Wikipedia and others. Well, with the SOPA - inevitably - they must be pre-screened.
"It must be seen first this does not violate copyright? Happens complicated and long to spread the information. O positive, we must empower local content, local services, and local traffic," said Donny.
Meanwhile, if we manage the server, then there are user generated content services like forums, blogs, and more and somehow there is content that violates copyright. That party in the U.S. can ask that we server could not be accessed from Uncle Sam's country.
"As a result, we lose the traffic and others. Including loss of income, eg from adsense ads," he insisted.
Reported by Venture Beat, SOPA is described later allow the U.S. government and corporate copyright holders to target foreign websites alias from outside the U.S. that are considered in violation, piracy or counterfeiting of intellectual property.
For example, if there are websites that have been accused of illegal content that violates copyright (including songs, pictures, video clips, etc.), then the site can be blocked by ISPs in the U.S., was posted from a search engine, and even intercepted to run online business with providers of payment services like PayPal.
No doubt, look at the various possibilities that could be done, many parties are concerned about the implementation of this Act. Because would drastically change the way the Internet operates.

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