By: SOPA - PIPA by shankargallery - Pearltrees

[...] White House criticizes SOPA/PIPA - calls for "sound legislation" against foreign content p... The White House has stepped into the SOPA/PIPA debates broadly criticising the acts; as well as the entertainment industry and Silicon Valley for not sufficiently cooperating against digital piracy. The administration was responding to two e-petitions submitted to the White House ; The “ VETO the SOPA bill and any other future bills that threaten to diminish the free flow of information ” which collected over 51,000 signatures and “ Stop the E-PARASITE Act ” which collected over 52,000 signatures. In the statement the Obama Administration says that digital content piracy harms traditional entertainment media, digital media, and social media; which have often been seen as at odds over the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and Protect Intellectual Property Act (PIPA) . [...]