What About Online Enforcement and Protection of Digital Trade Act (OPEN)?

[Tyler_Durden]

SOPA/PIPA was the big deal today. But, OPEN was introduced today.

Why is it slipping under the radar??



http://www.ibtimes.com/articles/283170/20120117/sopa-opponent-issa-claims-rival-open-bill.htm

http://whatsnext.blogs.cnn.com/2012/01/18/the-open-act-as-an-experiment-in-digital-democracy/

 

[Tyler_Durden]

Bumping. I just realized I never received feedback on this....

 

[TexAg09]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online_Protection_and_Enforcement_of_Digital_Trade_Act

From what I gathered, it apparently targets the money sent to off-shore sites that deal with pirating. The MPAA is against the bill while Google and Facebook approve of it.

I wouldn't mind seeing what others think.

 

[thoughtomator]

We need a restoration of copyright law to its original intent.

What we have now denies the right of the public domain which is the trade-off that the people get for respecting copyright at all.

 

[gb13]

I'm not familiar, but I'm interested to learn more about this.