- The document provides information about the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) which was a proposed US law to expand the ability to fight online piracy. It details the key aspects of SOPA including its goals, how it works to target foreign websites, and risks/opposition to the act. Major internet companies like Google and Wikipedia protested against SOPA through online blackouts or petitions.

1. CHENNAI
3rd Floor, ‘Creative Enclave’,
148-150, Luz Church Road,
Mylapore,
Chennai - 600 004.
SOPA
Tel: +91 - 44 - 2498 4821
BANGALORE
Suite 920, Level 9,
Raheja Towers,
26-27, M G Road,
Bangalore - 560 001.
Tel: +91 - 80 - 6546 2400
COIMBATORE
BB1, Park Avenue,
# 48, Race Course Road,
Coimbatore - 641018.
Tel: +91 - 422 – 6552921
JENI VARGHESE
EMAIL
PATENT DEPT.
info@altacit.com
WEBSITE
www.altacit.com

2. INTRODUCTION
CHENNAI
3rd Floor, ‘Creative Enclave’,
148-150, Luz Church Road,
Mylapore,
Stop Online Piracy Act OR H.R. 3261
Chennai - 600 004.
Tel: +91 - 44 - 2498 4821
BANGALORE
Suite 920, Level 9,
• A proposed law that was introduced in the
Raheja Towers,
26-27, M G Road,
Bangalore - 560 001.
US House of Representative.
Tel: +91 - 80 - 6546 2400
COIMBATORE
• By Texas Republican Lamar Smith along
BB1, Park Avenue,
# 48, Race Course Road,
Coimbatore - 641018. with 12 co-sponsors on October 26, 2011.
Tel: +91 - 422 – 6552921
• A similar bill in the U.S. Senate is titled
Protect IP Act (PIPA) OR S.968.
EMAIL
info@altacit.com
WEBSITE
www.altacit.com

3. WHAT DOES SOPA MEAN?
CHENNAI
3rd Floor, ‘Creative Enclave’,
148-150, Luz Church Road,
SOPA is a United States Anti Piracy Bill to
expand the ability of the U.S. law enforcement
Mylapore,
Chennai - 600 004.
Tel: +91 - 44 - 2498 4821
BANGALORE
Suite 920, Level 9,
to fight online trafficking in copyrighted
intellectual property and counterfeit goods.
Raheja Towers,
26-27, M G Road,
Bangalore - 560 001.
Tel: +91 - 80 - 6546 2400
COIMBATORE
BB1, Park Avenue,
# 48, Race Course Road,
Coimbatore - 641018.
• Primary focus of the SOPA legislation- prevent the
Tel: +91 - 422 – 6552921
threat of foreign sites hosting pirated material.
• Provides intellectual property owners in the
United States the ability to target foreign sites
against whom they have a copyright claim.
EMAIL
info@altacit.com
WEBSITE
www.altacit.com

4. GOAL
CHENNAI
3rd Floor, ‘Creative Enclave’,
148-150, Luz Church Road,
• PROTECTING INTELLECTUAL
PROPERTY OF CONTENT CREATORS:
Mylapore,
Chennai - 600 004.
Tel: +91 - 44 - 2498 4821
BANGALORE
Suite 920, Level 9,
Designed to tackle the problem of foreign
based websites that sell pirated American
Raheja Towers,
26-27, M G Road,
Bangalore - 560 001.
movies and music.
Tel: +91 - 80 - 6546 2400
COIMBATORE
BB1, Park Avenue,
# 48, Race Course Road,
Coimbatore - 641018.
Tel: +91 - 422 – 6552921
• PROTECTION AGAINST FORGED
WEBSITES SELLING GOODS THAT
WERE EITHER MIS-BRANDED OR
SIMPLY COUNTERFEIT
EMAIL
info@altacit.com
WEBSITE
www.altacit.com

5. PURPOSE OF THE BILL
CHENNAI
3rd Floor, ‘Creative Enclave’,
• To block foreign infringing websites publishing
148-150, Luz Church Road,
Mylapore,
Chennai - 600 004.
content which violates U.S. copyright laws.
Tel: +91 - 44 - 2498 4821
BANGALORE
• Stop the flow of revenue to infringing websites and
ensure that the profits from American innovations go
Suite 920, Level 9,
Raheja Towers,
26-27, M G Road,
Bangalore - 560 001.
Tel: +91 - 80 - 6546 2400 to American innovators.
COIMBATORE
BB1, Park Avenue, • Promote prosperity, creativity, entrepreneurship, and
# 48, Race Course Road,
Coimbatore - 641018.
Tel: +91 - 422 – 6552921
innovation by combating theft of U.S. property.
US currently lacks jurisdiction over infringing websites in other countries.
EMAIL
info@altacit.com
WEBSITE
www.altacit.com

6. HOW SOPA WORKS?
CHENNAI
3rd Floor, ‘Creative Enclave’,
• The proposed bill gives the U.S. government through
148-150, Luz Church Road,
Mylapore,
Chennai - 600 004.
the office of the Attorney General the power to pursue
Tel: +91 - 44 - 2498 4821
court orders against any site believing to be engaged in
BANGALORE
Suite 920, Level 9,
Raheja Towers,
copyright infringement.
• The Act puts pressure on companies and services like
26-27, M G Road,
Bangalore - 560 001.
Tel: +91 - 80 - 6546 2400
COIMBATORE Internet service providers, search engines, payment
BB1, Park Avenue,
# 48, Race Course Road,
Coimbatore - 641018.
network providers and Internet advertising services
Tel: +91 - 422 – 6552921
within the United States, to block/discontinue their
services to the foreign infringing websites.
• If the Act becomes law, the above entities will have to
comply with a strict set of rules (designed to cut off the
EMAIL
foreign infringing site) if the attorney general serves
info@altacit.com them a court order. They will have to act on those rules
WEBSITE
www.altacit.com
within five days of receiving the court order.

7. Cont..
CHENNAI
3rd Floor, ‘Creative Enclave’,
• the Act requires:
148-150, Luz Church Road, (i) Internet Service Providers to block users within the
Mylapore,
Chennai - 600 004. United States from accessing the infringing site.
Tel: +91 - 44 - 2498 4821
(ii) search engines will have to remove all direct hyperlinks
BANGALORE
Suite 920, Level 9, to an infringing site.
Raheja Towers,
26-27, M G Road,
Bangalore - 560 001.
(iii) payment network providers would be required to cut off
Tel: +91 - 80 - 6546 2400 funds to infringing sites.
COIMBATORE
BB1, Park Avenue,
(iv) advertising services wouldn't be allowed to serve up ads
# 48, Race Course Road,
Coimbatore - 641018.
on the infringing site nor could they produce any
Tel: +91 - 422 – 6552921 advertisements for the site itself.
Eg: If Site X has infringed copyright law, services connected to Site X like
advertisers, payment processor etc will have to remove Site X from its
services within 5 days or will be considered to be violating the law. A
search engine (eg: Google) which has indexed Site X, will have to
remove it from its listings and the DNS registry which directs queries
EMAIL regarding Site X to the correct IP will have to remove the same from its
info@altacit.com Registry. Both the search engine and the DNS registry will have to do so
WEBSITE
within five days or they shall be considered to be violating the law.
www.altacit.com

8. Cont..
CHENNAI
3rd Floor, ‘Creative Enclave’,
148-150, Luz Church Road,
Mylapore, Payment Processor
Chennai - 600 004.
Tel: +91 - 44 - 2498 4821
BANGALORE
Suite 920, Level 9,
Raheja Towers,
26-27, M G Road,
Bangalore - 560 001.
Advertisers
SITE ‘X’
Tel: +91 - 80 - 6546 2400
COIMBATORE
BB1, Park Avenue,
# 48, Race Course Road,
Coimbatore - 641018.
Tel: +91 - 422 – 6552921
Domain Name
System Registry
EMAIL
Search Engine
info@altacit.com
WEBSITE
www.altacit.com

9. Cont..
CHENNAI
3rd Floor, ‘Creative Enclave’,
• The Bill also covers the act of streaming
148-150, Luz Church Road,
Mylapore,
Chennai - 600 004.
Tel: +91 - 44 - 2498 4821
copyrighted content or ‘facilitating’ such
BANGALORE content. For unauthorized streaming of
Suite 920, Level 9,
Raheja Towers,
26-27, M G Road,
Bangalore - 560 001.
copyrighted content, maximum penalty is five
Tel: +91 - 80 - 6546 2400
years in prison.
COIMBATORE
BB1, Park Avenue,
# 48, Race Course Road,
Coimbatore - 641018.
• There are also sections that target sites that
offer up counterfeit goods especially
Tel: +91 - 422 – 6552921
pharmaceutical goods.
• Any copyright holder who knowingly
EMAIL
misrepresents that a website is involved in
info@altacit.com
WEBSITE
copyright infringement would be liable for
www.altacit.com damages.

10. RISKS/DRAWBACKS
CHENNAI
3rd Floor, ‘Creative Enclave’,
• Almost all the actions under SOPA target sites
148-150, Luz Church Road,
Mylapore,
Chennai - 600 004.
Tel: +91 - 44 - 2498 4821
that link to or otherwise support the identified
BANGALORE criminal site.
Suite 920, Level 9,
Raheja Towers,
26-27, M G Road,
Bangalore - 560 001.
• Entire website can be blocked irrespective of
the amount of infringing content.
Tel: +91 - 80 - 6546 2400
COIMBATORE
BB1, Park Avenue,
# 48, Race Course Road,
Coimbatore - 641018.
Tel: +91 - 422 – 6552921
• Language in the house bill is too vague that it
may allow content owners to target U.S.
websites that aren't knowingly hosting the
pirated content.
EMAIL
info@altacit.com
WEBSITE
www.altacit.com

11. Cont..
CHENNAI
3rd Floor, ‘Creative Enclave’,
148-150, Luz Church Road,
• The Bill would not be able to stop pirates.
Mylapore,
Chennai - 600 004.
Tel: +91 - 44 - 2498 4821
• The Bill would impose huge regulatory
BANGALORE
Suite 920, Level 9,
costs.
Raheja Towers,
26-27, M G Road,
Bangalore - 560 001.
• The Bill would be devastating to the free
Tel: +91 - 80 - 6546 2400
COIMBATORE
and open web.
BB1, Park Avenue,
# 48, Race Course Road,
Coimbatore - 641018.
Tel: +91 - 422 – 6552921
EMAIL
info@altacit.com
WEBSITE
www.altacit.com

12. SOPA-SUPPORTERS
CHENNAI
3rd Floor, ‘Creative Enclave’,
148-150, Luz Church Road,
• Motion Picture Association of America
(MPAA)
Mylapore,
Chennai - 600 004.
Tel: +91 - 44 - 2498 4821
BANGALORE
Suite 920, Level 9,
Raheja Towers,
• The Recording Industry Association of
26-27, M G Road,
Bangalore - 560 001.
Tel: +91 - 80 - 6546 2400
America (RIAA)
COIMBATORE
BB1, Park Avenue,
• U.S. Chamber of Commerce
# 48, Race Course Road,
Coimbatore - 641018.
Tel: +91 - 422 – 6552921 • Various Pharmaceutical industries and
internet/tech companies
EMAIL
info@altacit.com
WEBSITE
www.altacit.com

13. SOPA-OPPONENTS
CHENNAI
3rd Floor, ‘Creative Enclave’, Google
148-150, Luz Church Road,
Mylapore,
Chennai - 600 004.
Tel: +91 - 44 - 2498 4821
Wikipedia
BANGALORE
Suite 920, Level 9,
Facebook
Raheja Towers,
26-27, M G Road,
Bangalore - 560 001.
Tel: +91 - 80 - 6546 2400
Reddit
COIMBATORE
BB1, Park Avenue, eBay
# 48, Race Course Road,
Paypal
Coimbatore - 641018.
Tel: +91 - 422 – 6552921
WikiLeaks etc
EMAIL
info@altacit.com
WEBSITE
www.altacit.com

14. PROTEST
CHENNAI
3rd Floor, ‘Creative Enclave’, • Tumblr, Mozilla, Techdirt, the Center for Democracy and
148-150, Luz Church Road, Technology were among many Internet companies that
Mylapore,
Chennai - 600 004. protested by participating in American Censorship Day On
Tel: +91 - 44 - 2498 4821 November 16, 2011. They displayed black banners over
BANGALORE their site logos with the words "STOP CENSORSHIP".
Suite 920, Level 9,
Raheja Towers, • Reddit blacked out its site for twelve hours on January 18,
26-27, M G Road,
Bangalore - 560 001. 2012.
Tel: +91 - 80 - 6546 2400
• Google put a big black box over the prominent logo on its
COIMBATORE
BB1, Park Avenue, homepage with a link to a page from which users could sign
# 48, Race Course Road,
Coimbatore - 641018.
a petition entitled “Tell Congress: Don’t censor the Web”.
Tel: +91 - 422 – 6552921 Google collected more than 7 million signatures from the
United States.
• Other major internet sites such as Twitter, Yahoo, Amazon,
AOL, LinkedIn, IAC, eBay, PayPal, Wordpress and
Wikipedia committed to an "unprecedented" internet
blackout on January 18, 2012.
EMAIL • Street Protest were also held in New York, San Francisco
info@altacit.com and Seattle.
WEBSITE
www.altacit.com

15. Cont..
CHENNAI
3rd Floor, ‘Creative Enclave’,
148-150, Luz Church Road,
Mylapore,
Chennai - 600 004.
Tel: +91 - 44 - 2498 4821
BANGALORE
Suite 920, Level 9,
Raheja Towers,
26-27, M G Road,
Bangalore - 560 001.
Tel: +91 - 80 - 6546 2400
COIMBATORE
BB1, Park Avenue,
# 48, Race Course Road,
Coimbatore - 641018.
Tel: +91 - 422 – 6552921
EMAIL
info@altacit.com
WEBSITE
www.altacit.com

16. OUTCOME/STATUS
CHENNAI
3rd Floor, ‘Creative Enclave’,
148-150, Luz Church Road, OUTCOME IF BILL BECOMES LAW:
Mylapore,
Chennai - 600 004.
Tel: +91 - 44 - 2498 4821 Censored Internet
BANGALORE
Suite 920, Level 9,
Raheja Towers,
26-27, M G Road,
Bangalore - 560 001.
Tel: +91 - 80 - 6546 2400
COIMBATORE
STATUS OF THE BILL:
BB1, Park Avenue,
# 48, Race Course Road,
Coimbatore - 641018.
Temporarily Withdrawn
Tel: +91 - 422 – 6552921
EMAIL
info@altacit.com
WEBSITE
www.altacit.com

17. CHENNAI
3rd Floor, ‘Creative Enclave’,
148-150, Luz Church Road,
Mylapore,
Chennai - 600 004.
Tel: +91 - 44 - 2498 4821
BANGALORE
Suite 920, Level 9,
Raheja Towers,
THANK YOU
26-27, M G Road,
Bangalore - 560 001.
Tel: +91 - 80 - 6546 2400
COIMBATORE
BB1, Park Avenue,
# 48, Race Course Road,
Coimbatore - 641018.
Tel: +91 - 422 – 6552921
EMAIL
info@altacit.com
WEBSITE
www.altacit.com