a:3:{s:16:"field_story_body";a:1:{i:0;a:2:{s:5:"value";s:1252:"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 />";s:6:"format";s:1:"2";}}s:17:"field_story_image";a:1:{i:0;a:10:{s:3:"fid";s:4:"2078";s:4:"list";s:1:"1";s:4:"data";a:3:{s:11:"description";s:0:"";s:3:"alt";s:0:"";s:5:"title";s:0:"";}s:3:"uid";s:2:"21";s:8:"filename";s:20:"Internet_blocked.jpg";s:8:"filepath";s:47:"sites/default/files/images/Internet_blocked.jpg";s:8:"filemime";s:10:"image/jpeg";s:8:"filesize";s:5:"12045";s:6:"status";s:1:"1";s:9:"timestamp";s:10:"1389187201";}}s:12:"field_weight";a:1:{i:0;a:1:{s:5:"value";N;}}}