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What is PIPA?

What is PROTECT IP Act (PIPA)? Who is behind of PIPA? Is Wikipedia black out to protest this too? I've heard google is protesting to SOPA, is this relative to SOPA some how? thanks.

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Category: General law
Created: 01:14, 18 January 2012

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karwan

The PROTECT IP Act (Preventing Real Online Threats to Economic Creativity and Theft of Intellectual Property Act of 2011), also known as Senate Bill 968 or S. 968, is a proposed law with the stated goal of giving the US government and copyright holders additional tools to curb access to "rogue websites dedicated to infringing or counterfeit goods", especially those registered outside the U.S. The bill was introduced on May 12, 2011 by Senator <html><a href='/EN:Patrick_Leahy'>Patrick Leahy</a></html> (D-VT) and 11 bipartisan co-sponsors. The Congressional Budget Office estimated that implementation of the bill would cost the federal government $47 million through 2016, to cover enforcement costs and the hiring and training of 22 new special agents and 26 support staff. The Senate Judiciary Committee passed the bill, but Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) placed a hold on it. The <html><a href='/EN:PROTECT_IP_Act'> PROTECT IP Act</a></html> is a re-write of the Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act (COICA), which failed to pass in 2010. A similar House version of the bill, the <html><a href='/EN:Stop_Online_Piracy_Act_(SOPA)'> Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA)</a></html> was introduced on October 26, 2011.

01:32, 18 January 2012