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MYCOORDINATES
SOPA, PIPA, …
The proposed anti-piracy bills in the U.S.
Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), Protect IP Act (PIPA)…
Has been put on hold due to wide protests
Led by Google, Yahoo!, Wikipedia facebook, Twitter, Mozilla…
The opponents felt that the proposed bills,
May damage the free and open Internet and its growth.
The issues of piracy and intellectual property rights are very serious.
However, to deal with them,
An approach is required,
That is not only effective but is also acceptable.
Else, it may be perceived as an attack on ‘freedom’,
That is more fundamental and precious,
Than what these bills project to protect.
Bal Krishna, Editor
bal@mycoordinates.org
ADVISORS Naser El-Sheimy PEng, CRC Professor, Department of Geomatics Engineering, The University of Calgary Canada, George
Cho Professor in GIS and the Law, University of Canberra, Australia, Professor Abbas Rajabifard Director, Centre for SDI and Land
Administration, University of Melbourne, Australia, Luiz Paulo Souto Fortes PhD Associate Director of Geosciences, Brazilian Institute of
Geography and Statistics -IBGE, Brazil, John Hannah Professor, School of Surveying, University of Otago, New Zealand
6 | Coordinates February 2012