stop online piracy act | Author Becky Benishek

Here’s a researched, well-written article to start you off with what seems to be the facts:

“The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Protect IP Act (PIPA) are well-intentioned House and Senate proposals aimed at stopping the theft of intellectual property through foreign-based websites.”

This one is a bit more peppery (with a lot of peppery comments):

“Q: What’s the justification for SOPA and Protect IP?

Two words: rogue sites.

That’s Hollywood’s term for Web sites that happen to be located in a nation more hospitable to copyright infringement than the United States is (in fact, the U.S. is probably the least hospitable jurisdiction in the world for such an endeavor). Because the target is offshore, a lawsuit against the owners in a U.S. court would be futile.”

And here’s a video!