{"id":14420,"date":"2011-12-06T18:30:27","date_gmt":"2011-12-07T00:30:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/?p=14420"},"modified":"2024-01-12T09:48:46","modified_gmt":"2024-01-12T15:48:46","slug":"kaspersky-lab-quits-business-software-alliance-for-supporting-sopa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.friedyoda.com\/noisecast\/2011\/12\/kaspersky-lab-quits-business-software-alliance-for-supporting-sopa\/","title":{"rendered":"Kaspersky Lab quits Business Software Alliance for supporting SOPA"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) is being steamrolled through the halls of (US) Congress and it has not held up against the public’s scrutiny. SOPA is a rather intimidating piece of legislation that all but hands over the right to prosecute “violators” for just about anything we do online; whether it’s a bad pop song cover or reviewing a video game – SOPA gives copyright holders sweeping powers to treat perceived offense as felonies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Needless to say that this bit of legislation hasn’t been very popular with citizens of the internet (btw if you’re really<\/strong> unhappy with SOPA you should write or call<\/strong> your Representative<\/a> instead of filling out online petitions) and has been met with tons of backlash. Though most of the criticism comes strictly from users, Kaspersky Lab – the antivirus and security vendor, has announced its decision to withdraw from the Business Software Alliance (BSA) for their support of SOPA. Kaspersky Lab’s decision is by no means a light one; the BSA includes tech heavies like Apple, Microsoft, Adobe, and Intel among others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kaspersky Lab cites the proposed law’s cleaver instead of a scalpel approach to combating piracy as being restrictive and hindering technological innovation. From a statement released by the company: “Kaspersky Lab would like to clarify that the company did not participate<\/em> in the elaboration or discussion of the SOPA initiative and does not support it. Moreover, the company believes that the SOPA initiative might actually be counter-productive for the public interest, and decided to discontinue its membership in the BSA as of January 1, 2012.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hopefully Kaspersky Lab’s decision to leave the BSA can start a fire underneath some of the trade group’s other and more notable members and kill this piece of legislation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hat tip to Killahkazx<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Source: BetaNews<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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