PROTECTIP

This page is about the PROTECT IP act. Also known as PIPA, or the Preventing Real Online Threats to Economic Creativity and Theft of Intellectual Property Act, this act would allow copyright holders to shut down websites that pirate their product. While this act wouldn't necessarily be bad, and isn't as bad as SOPA, it would still cause problems on the internet. This act, along with SOPA, was shelved on January 18, 2012.