FYI

> From: ACM Bulletin <[email protected]>
> Date: January 19, 2012 11:59:44 AM EST
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: [acm-bulletin] Today's Topic: USACM Outlines Technical Issues with 
> Internet Piracy Legislation
> Reply-To: [email protected]
> 
> 
> Today's Topic: USACM Outlines Technical Issues with Internet Piracy 
> Legislation
> 
> Thursday, January 19, 2012
> ACM's Public Policy Council, USACM, examined the facts surrounding two 
> high-profile legislative bills concerning online piracy. In letters sent 
> January 17 to the House and Senate Judiciary Committees, USACM concluded that 
> the bills' approach would ultimately prove ineffective in addressing the 
> legislation's goals, which are already easily bypassed. It also pointed to 
> cost burdens on innocent third parties, and interference with progress in 
> reducing online fraud and espionage. USACM also stated that it supports 
> reasonable efforts to address criminal violations of intellectual property 
> rights.
> 
> The House bill is known as SOPA, the Stop Online Piracy Act. The Senate bill 
> is PIPA, the PROTECT IP Act (Preventing Real Online Threats to Economic 
> Creativity and Theft of Intellectual Property Act of 2011).
> 
> As is customary in these cases, USACM comments specifically on the 
> technological aspects of these bills in their analysis of the impact of both 
> SOPA and PIPA.
> 
> Read the USACM blog post
> 
> 

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