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2 PIPA & SOPA anti-piracy laws

1. What is SOPA and PIPA? Write out what the acronym means and then explain what each law is trying to accomplish or propose. SOPA is

2. Who supports these proposed laws and why?

3. Who opposes these laws and why?

4. Describe how this would affect you most? Think about or imagine if you were no longer able to use a service on the internet, what kind of an impact would it have on your life. Describe the service, i.e. Google, Wikipedia, Craigslist, Mozilla, how you are dependent on it and what would you do if you didn't have this service? What would you do to get the information that you need?