**Edited offensive part**Originally posted by: souro
Yes if Wikipedia and Google goes off air, it'll be a big inconvenience for many internet users. But I can't get interested about something that is another country's matter. If the law comes into effect in US, let those websites host their servers in a country which doesn't have such laws. What's the big deal? Why should I care whether Wikipedia houses it's servers in France or India or in Palau instead of USA?
Billions rely on Google and Wiki every day for access to info. To say that SOPA and PIPA would be an inconvenience to internet users is a huge understatement, IMO.
The problem with SOPA and PIPA is their potential to set similar precedents around the world. India has already set the ball rolling on internet censorship, and there's a danger of SOPA + PIPA being used to justify policy making and stifling internet freedom here as well.
Not all websites can afford to, or be inclined to move their servers to another country. An overwhelming majority of internet content comes from the US, so gagging free speech in the virtual world there would greatly limit the information people elsewhere have access to as well. If there's a part of a .com domain which does not comply with SOPA/PIPA, there's a risk of the entire website being sued for violating the act/s. When that happens, anyone who visits said site, regardless of where he/she is from, would get affected.
Additionally, if an Indian (or any other) website does not meet the standards set by SOPA and PIPA, it would not be recognised and could be prevented from conducting business with Paypal and other American sites. Online businesses and a bevy of other sites with international clientele and visitors would be negatively affected since the US Attorney General would then have the power to force advertisers, search engines, DNS providers, etc. from conducting any business with the so-called violators of these two laws.
Not to mention US copyright laws being forced on non-American sites since the US Govt. is infamous for thrusting said laws down the throats of other countries during negotiations.
Edited by souro - 13 years ago
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