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Topics :. Most Viewed. The exact requirements will depend on what the removal order says. Deep packet inspection, meaning forcing an Internet provider to intercept and analyze customers' Web traffic, is the only way to block access to specific URLs.

Its "safe harbor" language indicates that not resolving "the domain name of the foreign infringing site" may be sufficient, but some ambiguity remains. Are there free speech implications to SOPA? Section says that, to be blacklisted, a Web site must be "directed" at the U.

Some critics have charged that such language could blacklist the next YouTube, Wikipedia, or WikiLeaks. Especially in the case of WikiLeaks, which has posted internal documents not only from governments but also copyrighted documents from U. Laurence Tribe, a high-profile Harvard law professor and author of a treatise titled American Constitutional Law, has argued that SOPA is unconstitutional because, if enacted, "an entire Web site containing tens of thousands of pages could be targeted if only a single page were accused of infringement.

What has the response to this language been? Mozilla, which makes the Firefox Web browser, responded by creating a page saying: "Protect the Internet: Help us stop the Internet Blacklist Legislation.

Web sites including Wikimedia as in, Wikipedia charged that SOPA is an "Internet blacklist bill" that "would allow corporations, organizations, or the government to order an Internet service provider to block an entire Web site simply due to an allegation that the site posted infringing content.

Even Lofgren, from Silicon Valley, has joined the fight-censorship protest. Here's another pro-SOPA rebuttal. Who supports SOPA? Chamber of Commerce. A Politico chart shows that Hollywood has outspent Silicon Valley by about tenfold on lobbyists in the last two years.

Supporters publicized letters from the National Fraternal Order of Police and the International Association of Fire Fighters lending their weight to the Web-blocking idea. Here are more statements from supporters at the time of SOPA's introduction. Over businesses and organizations have sent a letter supporting SOPA.

And in the U. An analysis by the RIAA says that of some 1, bills that have been introduced in the Senate, only 18 other bills enjoy the same number of bipartisan cosponsors as Protect IP does.

That puts it in the top 1 percent of most-popular bills, at least for this measurement of congressional enthusiasm. Here's the list of Senate sponsors of Protect IP--the total is 40 senators. SOPA has only 24 cosponsors , but it hasn't been around as long.

Darrell Issa, a California Republican, has introduced the so-called OPEN Act that would cut off the flow of funds to alleged pirate Web sites without requiring them to be blocked. In an echo of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act's anticircumvention section, SOPA targets anyone who "knowingly and willfully provides or offers to provide a product or service designed or marketed by such entity He also reminded the audience of the broader picture: that the United States sets the tone on free speech and civil liberties issues for the rest of the world.

Pelosi, who represents most of San Francisco, is a natural ally of the tech community. But it took courage for her to face down the entertainment industry and Nevada Sen.

The two California senators were caught in an impossible position. The fight could also make it harder for the Chamber to land money from big web companies like Google and Facebook in the future, especially now that Yahoo has left the Chamber over its support for the bills. Maura Corbett, a spokesperson for the tech interest group NetCoalition, says the Chamber must choose between the old economy—big banks and the entertainment industry—and the new economy.

Ryan eventually came out against SOPA—but not until January 9 , after momentum was starting to shift.