[x-pubpol] Taiwan proposes China-style block on overseas Internet services that infringe copyright

[Joly MacFie]

(via Lauren Weinstein)

http://thenextweb.com/asia/2013/05/28/taiwan-proposes-china-style-block-on-overseas-internet-services-that-infringe-copyright/


   "Draft legislation to block links at IP and DNS level has been put
    forward by The Taiwan Intellectual Property Office (IPO), as Global
    Voices notes. The SOPA-like initiative is designed to make sites from
    overseas that specialize in copyright infringed content unavailable in
    the country, in effect it will see Taiwan raise a firewall of its own.
    The IPO has clarified that it will only target international websites
    that are notorious for file-sharing and other activities that violate
    digital content rights, but, logically, Taiwanese citizens have
    expressed concern that the initiative could be hijacked for other -
    potentially political - purposes."

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