Two bills have been introduced in Congress with the intention of protecting intellectual property rights of artists, moviemakers and musicians from online piracy.&nbsp; The Protect IP Act (PIPA), introduced in the Senate, is supposed to stop the copying of movies, music, books, etc online.&nbsp;&nbsp; A similar bill was introduced in the House, the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA).&nbsp; The Senate has a procedural vote scheduled for PIPA on its 2012 agenda.&nbsp; Although preventing Internet piracy sounds like a worthwhile effort, opponents say it is actually Internet censorship.&nbsp; What unintended consequences lurk behind these bills?&nbsp; What will this mean to the ideal of an open Internet?&nbsp;&nbsp; See this article from ABC News for more details:&nbsp; <a href="http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/internet-censorship-sopa-pipa-bills-congress-websites-dark/story?id=15309498#.Tw9QJyPD4nE">abcnews.go.com/Technology/internet-censorship-sopa-pipa-bills-congress-websites-dark/story</a><br />
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For an in-depth discussion of Internet censorship, read, &quot;How Internet Censorship Works&quot; at:&nbsp; <a href="http://computer.howstuffworks.com/internet-censorship.htm">computer.howstuffworks.com/internet-censorship.htm</a><br />