Legendary computer scientist Vint Cerf -- widely hailed as one of the
founders of the Internet itself -- came out against the Stop Online
Piracy Act (SOPA) on Thursday, joining a coalition of most of the Internet's major sites that are attempting to foil the bill.
SOPA was proposed to help end online copyright infringement, an issue
the Motion Picture Association of America and the recording industry
have long complained about. The House on Friday continued to debate the
bill, which would require service providers to take action against
"foreign infringing websites" that post stolen content. Cerf argued that
it would put harsh demands on most websites -- and could lead to
massive Internet censorship.
"Requiring search engines to delete a domain name begins a worldwide
arms race of unprecedented 'censorship' of the Web," Cerf wrote in a
letter to Chairman Lamar Smith that Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.)
presented to the panel Thursday. CNET posted the full text of the letter to its site late Thursday night.
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