What is SOPA and PIPA..??

  You may have seen many websites black out these days.. Like the most famous online encyclopedia ie. WIKIPEDIA. So, let us now understand the reason behind it.. These web sites have gone dark to protest the anti-piracy bills in the US Congress known as SOPA and PIPA. Internet companies fear they potentially could “break” the internet by giving out powers to broadly to ban or censor web sites.

What actually is SOPA and PIPA?

SOPA — the Stop Online Piracy Act — is the bill in the House of Representatives. It received much attention and debate in December. It’s planned to be reworked in February, and it seems unlikely to come up for a vote in the way that it was. PIPA — the Preventing Real Online Threats to Economic Creativity and Theft of Intellectual Property Act — is the bill in the US Senate. It’s also known as PROTECT-IP. It comes up for a vote on January 24, which has sparked today’s actions. A related hearing on the bill happens today.  

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