1. PROTECT IP ACT Preventing Real Online Threats to Economic Creativity and Theft of Intellectual Property Act of 2011 Presented by Vincent Feng and Roy Lin

2. A LITTLE ABOUT PIPA The PROTECT IP Act gives government authority and enforcement against rogue websites operated and registered overseas. The bill was proposed on May 12 th, 2011 by Senator Patrick Leahy and… It gives government the power to BLOCK infringing domain names, SUE US based search engines for displaying links to infringing websites, and also DECLINE any payment to those rogue websites.

3. GOVERNMENT ACTIONS Public Knowledge Fight for the Future Demand Progress Sponsored by Sen. Patrick Leahy (introduced 5/12/2011) Currently there are 31 Cosponsors Mozilla Corp. Facebook Yahoo! Google Wikipedia YouTube 1.5/12/2011 Introduced in Senate 2.5/26/2011 Assigned to the Senate Judiciary Committee 3.1/23/2012 Cloture motion on the motion to proceed to S.968 withdrawn by unanimous consent in senate Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) Viacom Ford Sony Entertainments MAJOR ACTIONS INTEREST GROUPS (OPPOSING) SPONSORS LOBBYISTS/CORPORATIONS OPPOSITIONS

4. HOW IT WORKS LACK OF INFORMATION! The vast MAJORITY of the people debating on the bill has no idea what the bill does or how the internet even works!

5. WHAT COULD HAPPEN? ANY user posting an infringing video can have the entire website be BLOCKED YOUTUBE FACEBOOK Posting a copyrighted picture/video can have then entire website be BLOCKED PERSONAL WEBSITES Taking a copyrighted article can have your website TAKEN DOWN!

6. AS A RESULT… People will be less likely to post content due to legal RISKS LIMITING FREEDOM OF SPEECH INTERNET INVESTMENTS Reduce the amount of investment into the internet DESTRUCTION OF INFORMATION By censorship, millions of terabytes of FREE and easy-to-access information are lost and destroyed

7. PROTESTS THOUSANDS of videos regarding SOPA and PIPA are uploaded by users YOUTUBE WIKIPEDIA Blacked out Wikipedia on January 18 th, 2012 causing 10 cosponsors to withdraw FORUMS/OTHER WEBSITES Websites like Reddit and other internet forums sparked one of the biggest internet censorship protest movement in history

8. HOW…? “The easiest way to stop piracy is not by putting antipiracy technology to work. It’s by giving those people a service that’s better than what they’re receiving from the pirates.” GABE NEWELL CO-FOUNDER OF VALVE CORPORTAION

9. THANK YOU FOR WATCHING! Vincent Feng Roy Lin