The BSA Rejects the Current Stop Online Piracy Act
The Business Software Alliance (BSA), the commercial software industry's arm to educate about piracy and investigate piracy, has raised concerns about the government's Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA).
In a blog post, BSA president and CEO Robert Holleyman wrote that SOPA "needs work" as the current proposal does not "balance key innovation, privacy and security considerations with the need to thwart the threat rogue websites pose." At this time BSA does not support SOPA, he wrote.
According to Holleyman, SOPA "could sweep in more than just truly egregious actors." He noted that the bill needs "definitions of who can be the subject of legal actions" as well as "narrow" and "tighter" descriptions of possible remedies. ... Due process, free speech, and privacy are rights that cannot be compromised. And the security of networks and communications is indispensable to a thriving Internet economy." He also objected any activities such as "filtering or monitoring the Internet".
Holleyman stressed that he believes the bill's "basic goals should be to promote creativity," while it also needs to deter "bad actors that profit from selling copies of software and other works they do not own."
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This Obama administration would know all about inalienable rights, wouldn't it. Yep, a shining example, given enough spit and polish. Seems the majority of the public is doing the spitting but not in a good way, judging by Mr. O's approval ratings of late. So they'll need quite a bit of polishing to get that (Gallup) approval rating near or just above the 40% rating and into 50's I reckon. Appearing to respond favorably to the BSA issue might be just the ticket (along with absurd amounts of funding for his re-election campaign). Then it's business as usual.