PIPA stands for the Protect IP Act, while SOPA is the Stop Online Piracy Act. I discuss this because not only has it been brought up in two of my Anthropology classes- Anthropology of Media and Contemporary Social Problems- but because we witnessed a widespread shut down of several websites that many of us are heavy users of, the most significant one being Wikipedia.
Here is a video that will demonstrate what the PIPA/SOPA are exactly. Ironically, the video below, is a link to YouTube which would probably be one of the most affected sites, if these bills were to pass.
What are your thoughts on this?
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