OPEN
Online protection & enforcement of digital trade act
The OPEN Act - Online Protection and Enforcement of Digital Trade Act is a bill proposed by Senator Ron Wyden of Oregon, a Democrat, and Representative Darrell Issa of California, a Republican, as an alternative to the SOPA - Stop Online Piracy Act and PIPA - Protect IP Act.
The OPEN Act was formally introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives on January 18, 2012. This version includes user-generated improvements (click here) to the draft version (click here). The text of the bill is available for public comment.
OPEN secures two fundamental principles. First, Americans have a right to benefit from what they've created. And second, Americans have a right to an open Internet.
Our duty is to protect these rights. That's why congressional Republicans, Democrats and the public came together to write the OPEN Act. But it's only a start.
(Published by Keep The Web Open - February 14, 2012)