Top Menu
Iran Election Guide
Navigation

Donate to EAWV





Or, click to learn more

Search

Social Media
Tuesday
Jan172012

EA Audio: Scott Lucas with BBC on SOPA & Wikipedia's 24-Hour Strike


             

 DateTuesday, January 17, 2012 at 21:04 | AuthorScott Lucas in ,

In a protest against the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Protect Intellectual Property Act (PIPA), now working their way through Congress, Wikipedia and hundreds of website are going "dark" on Wednesday.

Jimmy Wales, the co-founder of the on-line encyclopedia, said the legislation would make "something like Wikipedia essentially impossible...if the provider has to police everything that everyone is doing on the site."

Speaking with BBC West Midlands, Scott Lucas explains why SOPA is being proposed and why it is considered by many as a threat to freedom of expression on the Internet.

The discussion starts just after the 1:42.00 mark.

CommentPost A Comment |
tagged , , , ,

PrintView Printer Friendly Version

EmailEmail Article to Friend

« Internet for Beginners: Why the Stop Online Piracy Act is Dangerous (Heald) | Main | The Latest from Iran (17 January): Questioning the Supreme Leader »

Reader Comments

There are no comments for this journal entry. To create a new comment, use the form below.

PostPost a New Comment

Enter your information below to add a new comment.

My response is on my own website »
Author Email (optional):
Author URL (optional):
Post:
 
Some HTML allowed: <a href="" title=""> <abbr title=""> <acronym title=""> <b> <blockquote cite=""> <code> <em> <i> <strike> <strong>
Alert
Comment Moderation Enabled
Thank you for your comment. Comments from anonymous sources will not appear until they have been cleared by a website editor- we'll aim to do this as quickly as we can.

Notify me of follow-up comments via email.