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General discussion / Re: Wikipedia will be shut down
« on: January 18, 2012, 12:05:52 pm »
Quote from: Axon on January 18, 2012, 12:59:52 am
OK , What countries will it affect ?
H.R.3261 - Stop Online Piracy Act:
http://www.opencongress.org/bill/112-h3261/text?version=ih&nid=t0:ih:95

S.968 - PROTECT IP Act of 2011:
http://www.opencongress.org/bill/112-s968/text?version=rs&nid=t0:rs:250

Read "(2) REASONABLE MEASURES" under "(c) Actions Based on Court Orders" in SEC. 102 of H.R.3261.
Read "(2) REASONABLE MEASURES" under "(d) Required Actions Based on Court Order" in SEC. 3 of S.968.

If you don't want to read "bill language", maybe you should read:
http://blog.reddit.com/2012/01/technical-examination-of-sopa-and.html

..., which says that both bills would:
  • Require U.S. sites and search engines to remove all links to the foreign site.
  • Require U.S. advertising services to no longer serve ads linking to the site, or display ads (e.g. AdSense) on the foreign site.
  • Require U.S. payment networks to cease any transactions between the foreign site and U.S. customers.
  • Require U.S. service providers to block customer access to the foreign site (DNS blacklisting).

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