tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37417991.post5230382076230675082..comments2024-03-16T18:03:21.902-07:00Comments on The Ombuds Blog: Ombuds Blog Goes 'Dark' to Protest SOPATom Kosakowskihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14264466024238046628noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37417991.post-36764513868225146772012-01-21T06:59:08.114-08:002012-01-21T06:59:08.114-08:00Constitutional law expert, Prof. Laurence Tribe ha...Constitutional law expert, Prof. Laurence Tribe has an excellent summary of SOPA. He writes:<br /><br />SOPA’s harmful impact is aggravated by the fact that the definition of websites“dedicated to theft of U.S. property” includes sites that take actions to “avoid confirming a high probability of … use” for infringement. Absence of knowledge of specific infringing acts would not be a defense. Thus, the definition would effectively require sites actively to policethemselves to ensure that infringement does not occur. For sites with significant third partycontent, the resulting burden would be overwhelming.<br /><br />In effect, the bill would impose the very monitoring obligation that existing law (in theform of the DMCA) was expressly designed to avoid. Until now, Congress has promised online services a safe harbor against copyright liability so long as they take down allegedly infringing material when notified of a violation. This bill would undo the statutory framework that hascreated the foundation for many web-based businesses.<br />http://www.scribd.com/doc/75153093/Tribe-Legis-Memo-on-SOPA-12-6-11-1 at p. 13Tom Kosakowskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14264466024238046628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37417991.post-57346256198069075222012-01-19T10:05:43.368-08:002012-01-19T10:05:43.368-08:00Thanks for this, Tom. Google has an online petitio...Thanks for this, Tom. Google has an online petition against SOPA and PIPA at https://www.google.com/landing/takeaction/<br /><br />ISAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37417991.post-48649993170632042332012-01-18T12:28:26.537-08:002012-01-18T12:28:26.537-08:00Good choice to do this today.Good choice to do this today.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com