Name: Natalie McKittrick
Title of Newspaper: NC Times
Title of Article: After protest, Congress puts off movie piracy bill
Web Address: http://www.nctimes.com/news/national/after-protest-congress-puts-off-movie-piracy-bill/article_db1f0615-3bc1-508f-bf5b-ab943f353a89.html
Topic Article Addresses: This article addresses SOPA and PIPA and the protests against these acts.
1) The acts SOPA and PIPA have been indefinatley postponed for there have been indefinatly postponed. They have postponed it for people and companies all over the world protested against it. Big name websites shut down and hackers got into the Justice Department and shut it down. They might not be able to bring it back, for it now has been so conspired against that it might be permenantly shut down.
2) This connects to what we are learning in class in the aspect of the Revolutionary War. It connects to this because the King or government is trying to take away the rights or privilages of the people and the citizens protested against it. By protesting and fightin for what they beleived in, they got what they wanted and deserved. This is very similar to the Patriots fighting the King for their freedom.
3) This connects to my life as a citizen. If the government would have won this battle, then it would have limited and taken away a lot of the websites and search engines that I use. So, if the two acts were carried out, I most likely would not be on this website today.
4) My opinion on the topic would be that it is wrong. For I do not believe that the government can limit the websites that you go on and leave only the small or approved ones. They would take away even the most harmless websites. I get that it is supposed to stop online piracy, but taking away practically every social networking website that is on the internet is unessesary.
I completely agree with you on all points. This was very well-written and strongly worded. It's a good point that so many websites being taken down are harmless and unnecessary. For example, the website I Can Has Cheezburger features humorous pictures of cats with extra humorous captions underneath them, and SOPA and PIPA would have shut them down. I personally see no way that could have anything to do with online piracy. Therefore, I completely agree with you.
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