The controversial Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and Protect IP Act (PIPA) which are currently being debated in the US Senate, have been the cause of much speculation in the last 24 hours, in which we have seen several international websites go ‘dark’ in protest.
Whilst we support the concept of any endeavour to minimise online piracy and copyright infringement, especially where individual creators are affected, we believe that there is too much ambiguity in the SOPA proposals and that once again, the interests of the large ‘creative industries’ are being given priority over those of individual creators due to misinformation and a perceived need to support outdated business models. Conversely, some of the counter claims are over exaggerated and equally ill-informed. We therefore reserve judgement until such times as the bills are re-drafted.
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