SOPA/PIPA/OPEN Library Resource Guide
You may have noticed a few acronyms floating around lately, maybe quite a few mentioning SOPA, PIPA, and even OPEN. These three bills, recently under discussion in the U.S. House and the Senate respectively, are the Stop Online Piracy Act, Protect Intellectual Property Act, and the Online Protection and Enforcement of Digital Trade Act. Quite a few websites took January 18 to ?black out? and protest the bills, including craigslist and Wikipedia. Librarians Shana Gass, Sara Nixon, and Laksamee Putnam have compiled these resources in the hope that you will take a moment to explore the legislation and a few related opinion pieces to see what all the ruckus is about.
The SOPA/PIPA/OPEN Library Resource Guide Library Resource Guide is available at {http://cooklibrary.wordpress.com/2012/01/23/sopapipa-resource-guide/}.
Please contact librarian Joyce Garczynski at 410-704-5168 or {jgarczynski@towson.edu} for more information.
