SOPA will not save songwriters
News: 25th January 2012 by Louise Dodgson under Finance, Law & Music Business, Music Publishing, Record Labels, Selling & Distributing Your Music
Anti-piracy plans don't seem to be top of the agenda for the US Congress as last Friday they opted to put SOPA and PIPA proposals were put on hold following protests including an online protest from Wikipedia who shut down their web encyclopedia for 24 hours. Protecting the work of rightholders across the web versus censoring online content from the public has been a long discussed argument, but it seems that until a suitable compromise can be reached, the Stop Online Piracy Act will be off the table. You can read up all about the latest SOPA/PIPA news via the links below...
Related Links
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2012/jan/23/sopa-shelved-music-industry?CMP=twt_gu
http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article/sopa-and-pipa-votes-postponed-after-week-of-protest/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-16655272
Tags
sopa, pipa, stop online piracy act, wikipedia, music piracy, illegal download, illegal filesharing
