Millions of SOPA Bucks Gone To Waste

Andrew D.
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Topic: Politics
Millions of SOPA Bucks Gone To Waste
by David Goldman
Publication Name: CNN news
Date of Publication: January 27, 2012
Article length: Approximately 1 page
http://money.cnn.com/2012/01/27/technology/sopa_pipa_lobby/index.htm
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SOPA or stop online piracy act was backed by major media corporations such as Sony and Comcast. The act was to protect these companies from copyright infringement. Although the bill had good intentions in helping these companies from losing money the way it was written could be exploited to limiting the free speech and publicity of the internet. Companies that promote the freedom of the internet such as Google and Wikipedia blacked out their websites to raise awareness against SOPA resulting in the death of the bill. Those who supported SOPA ended up losing millions of dollars lobbying this act in Congress.