Coth151-s12/Week 12

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April 4

Sopa/Pipa:

• http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/sopa-stop-online-piracy-act-debate-why-are-google-and-facebook-against-it/2011/11/17/gIQAvLubVN_story.html
• https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2011/11/proposed-copyright-bill-threatens-whistleblowing-and-human-rights
• http://thesocietypages.org/socimages/2012/01/22/setting-the-agenda-and-media-disinterest-in-sopa/ (skim over the comments too)
• http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/02/03/idUS266682476920120203

Questions you will be asked:

• Why is SOPA a threat to free speech?
• Who set the agenda on SOPA / PIPA in the public mind?
• Are social media more powerful than big media at agenda setting?
• How would SOPA be a security risk for the Internet?
• Has the government shut down sites for copyright infringement without SOPA/PIPA?