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Last week you might have noticed quite a few websites were completely black or had something blocked out in protest.  This day was held in order to get the attention of people all over the United States in regards to two pieces of legislation that are currently in congress, SOPA and PIPA.  This led many people to ask, “What is SOPA?”  SOPA stands for Stop Online Piracy Act and PIPA is the Protect IP Act.

If the two sister bills pass it would give the Attorney General the capability to make and maintain a list of sites that they believe to be participating in infringing activities.  Then those sites would be blocked by internet service providers, search engines, advertising networks, and payments, without a court hearing or a trial.

Whether or not these two will pass is unforeseen, but they could potentially lead to big changes to the internet.  The video below goes into more detail and might help you to get a better understanding.