Stop Online Piracy Act

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The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) was a controversial U.S. legislative proposal introduced in 2011 that sought to combat online copyright infringement by expanding the powers of rights holders and the government to block access to allegedly infringing websites.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Stop Online Piracy Act canonical 6
PROTECT IP Act 2
SOPA 2

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Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf copyright law proposal ⓘ
proposed United States federal law ⓘ
aimedTo combat online piracy ⓘ
alsoKnownAs House bill to combat online piracy ⓘ
billNumber H.R.3261 ⓘ
committee House Judiciary Committee ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
criticizedFor burdens on online platforms ⓘ
due process concerns ⓘ
impact on internet infrastructure and DNS ⓘ
potential for censorship ⓘ
threatening freedom of expression online ⓘ
hasLegalArea copyright law ⓘ
internet law ⓘ
introducedDate 2011-10-26 ⓘ
introducedInCongress 112th United States Congress ⓘ
introducedInLegislature United States House of Representatives ⓘ
jurisdiction United States federal government ⓘ
legislativeBody United States Congress ⓘ
legislativeChamber House of Representatives ⓘ
legislativeOutcome shelved ⓘ
legislativeProcess hearings in House Judiciary Committee ⓘ
mainSubject intellectual property enforcement ⓘ
online copyright infringement ⓘ
notableProtestDate 2012-01-18 ⓘ
opposedBy civil liberties organizations ⓘ
free speech advocates ⓘ
technology companies ⓘ
proposedRemedy blocking access to infringing websites ⓘ
expanded liability for websites facilitating infringement ⓘ
online advertising cutoffs for infringing sites ⓘ
payment processor cutoffs for infringing sites ⓘ
search engine de-indexing of infringing sites ⓘ
protestInvolved Google online petition ⓘ
Reddit blackout ⓘ
Wikipedia English blackout ⓘ
linked to: English Wikipedia
relatedTo Digital Millennium Copyright Act ⓘ
PROTECT IP Act ⓘ
shortName SOPA ⓘ
sponsor Lamar S. Smith ⓘ
sponsorParty Republican Party ⓘ
sponsorState Texas ⓘ
status not enacted ⓘ
supportedBy major entertainment industry groups ⓘ
motion picture industry ⓘ
recording industry ⓘ
targeted domestic infringing websites ⓘ
foreign infringing websites ⓘ
triggeredEvent 2012 online protests against SOPA and PIPA ⓘ
yearProposed 2011 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

PRO-IP Act of 2008 → relatedTo → Stop Online Piracy Act ⓘ
Stop Online Piracy Act → shortName → SOPA ⓘ
linked to: Stop Online Piracy Act
Stop Online Piracy Act → relatedTo → PROTECT IP Act ⓘ
linked to: Stop Online Piracy Act
Lamar S. Smith → notableWork → Stop Online Piracy Act ⓘ
Lamar S. Smith → authorOf → Stop Online Piracy Act ⓘ
Lamar S. Smith → sponsorOfLegislation → Stop Online Piracy Act ⓘ
H.R.3261 → hasShortName → SOPA ⓘ
linked to: Stop Online Piracy Act
H.R.3261 → hasOfficialName → Stop Online Piracy Act ⓘ
H.R.3261 → relatedTo → PROTECT IP Act ⓘ
linked to: Stop Online Piracy Act