The end of piracy?

Could this be an end to the current media piracy that is plaguing the entertainment industry? Well not anytime soon! Legislation recently attempted to pass a law to stop online piracy and to protect intellectual property from being stolen and shared online. In light of attempting to help the entertainment industry these acts would hurt and violate a lot of Americans rights.  The Internet is a platform that gives people the ability to research, communicate, and share information.  The legislation's act prompted a nationwide protest to stop the bill before it could even be passed.  Close to a 100 million web users protested the web by not accessing their favorite sites. The results of this caused the senate to postpone the vote on the PIPA bill. So in light of this situation in may look like a win for the users, but the senate will return with this bill in the future just in a revised form.

The current attacks on the piracy has also led to a major figure in the music industry finding him self in a lawsuit. Universal Music Group is suing super producer and artist Swizz Beatz for violating the intellectual property laws. It is storied that a couple of years ago Swizz invested in the website Megaupload,a file sharing site that allows users to upload large files on to the platform for other to access. As the acting CEO of the Megaupload he is being sued by Universal Music Group because he had artist appear in a commercial for the site and used music that was not cleared by the label. Megaupload was recently shut down along with other sites such as the notorious PirateBay.org. Swizz Beats has countered the lawsuit with a defamation of character lawsuit. With the two sides at war the initial goal is not being focused on, there is a need for a stop to the piracy but the constant pull and tugging is not helping.