The halo around the internet

Why does anything to do with the internet become a question of good versus evil? The Stop Online Piracy Act, or Sopa, has just been put on the back burner by the US government following an online howl. Sopa does need a rethink. However, the debate across the media, largely, was about the government’s right to police the Net, not about what the Bill sought to do — control piracy. Closer home in India, Kapil Sibal talked about “objectionable material” online. He was lambasted by magazines, newspapers, TV channels and, of course, online.

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