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SOPA and its cousin in the Senate aim to cut off those sites' air supply by requiring Internet search engines, payment processors, ad networks and other providers to "withhold services" from infringing sites. Search engines and other providers would have to block "rogue" sites when ordered to do so by a judge. It would be a reversal of the philosophy behind the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, which mandates that companies "act in good faith" when a copyright holder asks them to remove pirated content.

Under SOPA, sites could be punished for hosting that content in the first place -- and Internet companies are worried that they could be held liable for users' actions. Proponents of the bill dismiss accusations of censorship, saying that the legislation is meant to revamp a broken system that doesn't adequately prevent criminal behavior. But SOPA's critics say that say that the bill's backers don't understand the Internet, and therefore don't appreciate the implications of the legislation they're considering.

Other critics have posted online diatribes questioning the constitutionality of SOPA, saying the bill will " break " or " destroy the Internet as we know it.

Google chairman Eric Schmidt calling the bill "draconian" during a speech in November. Sign In Subscribe. This article is from the archive of our partner. This article is from the archive of our partner The Wire.

This article is more than 9 years old. Senate majority leader postpones vote on anti-piracy bill Republican candidates say proposals threaten internet freedom. Pipa and Sopa: Reid announced that the vote would now be postponed, but not killed off entirely.

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