For anyone that hasn’t heard about SOPA or PIPA do some research, or a quick read of this wikipedia article. It’s important.
Our company, NetworksMD, relies entirely on user generated content to create the most diverse, collaborative, and informative medical community. These bills could threaten businesses like ours and other majors like Tumblr (where this blog is hosted), YouTube, or FaceBook.
From a NYT op-ed piece by Rebecca MacKinnon:
The House bill would also emulate China’s system of corporate “self-discipline,” making companies liable for users’ actions. The burden would be on the Web site operator to prove that the site was not being used for copyright infringement. The effect on user-generated sites like YouTube would be chilling.
Don’t get me wrong - I’m all for respecting copyright and intellectual property, this just isn’t the way.
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