Kemaren malam ketika saya buka http://en.wikipedia.org tampilannya tidak seperti biasanya. Halaman itu menjadi hitam semua (blackout) bertuliskan “Imagine the world without free knowledge”. Ada apa ini.. setelah saya telusur ternyata sekarang ini di Amerika Serikat sedang heboh tentang RUU SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) dan PIPA (Protect IP Act). RUU tersebut secara garis besar adalah memberikan hak cipta dan hak untuk menindak langsung orang / situs yang melanggar hak cipta di dunia maya. Metode yang digunakan adalah dengan cara memblokir situs-situs yang diketahui menampung content pembajakan seperti yang diterapkan di China.

- Logo kamapanye para netter yang Kontra dengan SOPA PIPA
Namun, RUU SOPA ini tak hanya menjerat situs-situs yang memang menyediakan lagu atau film bajakan, namun juga situs yang dianggap dan dicurigai ‘mempermudah atau memfasilitasi’ materi bajakan ikut dijerat. Ini tidak menutup kemungkinan situs / perusahaan besar seperti google, youtube, dan facebook akan dijerat juga karena mereka tergolong dalam memfasilitasi pelanggaran copyrights. Jika disahkan, SOPA memang hanya berlaku di Amerika, namun dampaknya akan tersebar ke seluruh dunia karena sebagian besar perusahaan yang dianggap ‘memfasilitasi dan mempermudah’ distribusi pembajakan tersebut berada di Amerika.
Dikutip dari Google (yang juga kontra dengan SOPA dan PIPA) bahwa SOPA akan menyensor web, membunuh pekerjaan, dan tidak efektif untuk menghentikan pembajakan. Karena jika dilakukan pemblokiran domain, maka para kriminal dapat membuat alamat baru lagi dan melanjutkan aktivitasnya. Berikut kutipan secara lengkap.
Members of Congress are trying to do the right thing by going after pirates and counterfeiters but SOPA and PIPA are the wrong way to do it.
1. SOPA and PIPA would censor the Web
The U.S. government could order the blocking of sites using methods similar to those employed by China. Among other things, search engines could be forced to delete entire websites from their search results. That’s why 41 human rights organizations and 110 prominent law professors have expressed grave concerns about the bills.
2. SOPA and PIPA would be job-killers because they would create a new era of uncertainty for American business
Law-abiding U.S. internet companies would have to monitor everything users link to or upload or face the risk of time-consuming litigation. That’s why AOL, EBay, Facebook, Google, LinkedIn, Mozilla, Twitter, Yahoo and Zynga wrote a letter to Congress saying these bills “pose a serious risk to our industry’s continued track record of innovation and job-creation.” It’s also why 55 of America’s most successful venture capitalists expressed concern that PIPA “would stifle investment in Internet services, throttle innovation, and hurt American competitiveness”. More than 204 entrepreneurs told Congress that PIPA and SOPA would “hurt economic growth and chill innovation”.
3. SOPA and PIPA wouldn’t stop piracy
To make matters worse, SOPA and PIPA won’t even work. The censorship regulations written into these bills won’t shut down pirate sites. These sites will just change their addresses and continue their criminal activities, while law-abiding companies will suffer high penalties for breaches they can’t possibly control.
There are effective ways to combat foreign “rogue” websites dedicated to copyright infringement and trademark counterfeiting, while preserving the innovation and dynamism that have made the Internet such an important driver of American economic growth and job creation. Congress should consider alternatives like the OPEN Act, which takes targeted and focused steps to cut off the money supply from foreign pirate sites without making US companies censor the Web.
Nah, bagaimana dengan kalian, Pro atau Kontra kah?
Yang jelas kita menghendaki pembajakan dihentikan, tetapi bukan kebebasan ikut dihentikan. Setuju?
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