OpenDNS: SOPA will be 'extremely disruptive' to the Internet
2011-11-18 10:22 by Daniela
Tags: OpenDNS, SOPA, Internet
David Ulevitch, the owner of OpenDNS claims that the copyright bill, called SOPA is "extremely disruptive and destabilizing" to the Internet. According to him, the legislation has the potential to create the great firewall of America. He wrote an open letter to Congress: "It's likely that if SOPA and PIPA existed when I started my company, we would have incorporated outside of the United States and all of the jobs and investment that I have put into the economy would have been taken elsewhere. I expect many businesses will make the decision to incorporate elsewhere should this legislation pass and it's possible that existing corporations will relocate to more entrepreneur-friendly countries. My company invented many of the specific techniques that SOPA and PIPA would require all domestic Internet Service Providers and companies like mine to employ. Needless to say, we understand the censorship technology being proposed in this legislation and we are deeply concerned." Read more -here-
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