The Legal Effects of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA)

Abstract

The aim of this study was to investigate the principle and effect of Stop Online Piracy Act or SOPA. It started with the review of general term and condition of the act, background, development, theory and limitation and restriction, along with the comparison of current enacting law principle. It is found that Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) had authorized Department of Justice and copyright owner to request an injunction from the court to prohibit internet advertising provider, payment network provider and search engine provider that directly or indirectly provide service to the infringing sites and enforced internet service provider to combat and terminate access to infringing sites in no time. Besides, SOPA define unauthorized access to copyrighted infringing sites or information as a felony under criminal Consequently, in order to solve online piracy accordingly, proper Bill should be drafted and interested parties should always be aware of law enforcement that is suitable for the current circumstances and concern about general users. This will ensure Internet users and copyrighted work holders that will benefit to intellectual property creation.