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Wide of Wikipedia office2. Mid of Wikipedia worker seated at desk3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Jay Walsh, Head of Communications, Wikimedia Foundation:\"It is detrimental to the free and open web. It is detrimental...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eSan Francisco, California\u003cbr/\u003e1. Wide of Wikipedia office\u003cbr/\u003e2. Mid of Wikipedia worker seated at desk\u003cbr/\u003e3. SOUNDBITE: (English) Jay Walsh, Head of Communications, Wikimedia Foundation:\u003cbr/\u003e\"It is detrimental to the free and open web. It is detrimental to Wikipedia, and we want to make sure that we send a message potentially getting rid of this bill, potentially killing SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act), PIPA (Protect Intellectual Property Act) here in the United States and creating a better dialogue around the right kinds of bills to support the free and open web.\"\u003cbr/\u003eArlington, Virginia\u003cbr/\u003e4. Wide of Ambassador David Smith seated in chair\u003cbr/\u003e5. SOUNDBITE: (English) Ambassador David Smith, Senior Fellow, Potomac Institute for Policy Studies:\u003cbr/\u003e\"SOPA is an attempt to solve a problem that is a real problem, and that is the theft of American Intellectual property that is basically sold via the internet. It is basically, it creates a legal situation in which a complainant can go before a judge and get an order, and it then makes the various internet companies, the internet service providers, responsible for what they're carrying. And, this is where the rub comes because it basically turns the internet service provider into a monitor.\"\u003cbr/\u003eNew York, New York\u003cbr/\u003e6. Wide of internet/technology expert John Abell seated \u003cbr/\u003e7. SOUNDBITE: (English) John Abell, New York bureau chief for Wired Magazine:\u003cbr/\u003e\"The big question is what trajectory does this legislation have now? And with the White House saying, in effect, that they would veto anything which looked like these two pieces of legislation and with the Senate controlled by Democrats, it's hard to imagine even though the Senate version passed unanimously in the committee, it's hard to imagine that this would see the light of day.\"\u003cbr/\u003e8. Wide of Abell\u003cbr/\u003e9. SOUNDBITE: (English) John Abell, New York bureau chief for Wired Magazine:\u003cbr/\u003e\"The long term effect though is that if something like this does get passed, it creates a dynamic, a power that really does cut to the fabric of the internet which is a free sort of explosive area where innovation happens in a very organic way. We just don't know the consequences of saying 'you have to block sites'.\"\u003cbr/\u003eWashington, DC\u003cbr/\u003e10. Wide of White House Press Secretary Jay Carney walking to podium to give the daily briefing\u003cbr/\u003e11. SOUNDBITE:  (English) Jay Carney, White House Press Secretary:\u003cbr/\u003e\"But we will not support legislation that reduces freedom of expression, increases cyber security risk or undermines the dynamic, innovative global internet, and that's the approach and the balance that we think needs to be taken as we work through this issue in Congress.\"\u003cbr/\u003eNew York, New York\u003cbr/\u003e12. Screen shot of the Wikipedia website\u003cbr/\u003e13. Screen shot of the Reddit website\u003cbr/\u003e14. Screen shot of the Pirate Bay website\u003cbr/\u003eThe online encyclopedia Wikipedia plans a 24-hour blackout of its English language website on Wednesday to protest anti-piracy legislation under consideration in Congress.\u003cbr/\u003eThe Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Protect Intellectual Property Act (PIPA) are designed to crack down on sales of pirated US products overseas.\u003cbr/\u003eSupporters, including the film and music industry, say the legislation is needed to protect Intellectual property and jobs.\u003cbr/\u003eCritics say it could hurt the technology industry and infringe on free-speech rights. \u003cbr/\u003e\"It is detrimental to the free and open web,\" said Wikimedia Foundation spokesman Jay Walsh. \"It is detrimental to Wikipedia.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSince Wikimedia depends on a small army of volunteers who create and update articles, it is particularly concerned about a lack of exemptions in the bills for sites where users might contribute copyrighted content. \u003cbr/\u003eToday, it has no obligation under US law except removing that content if a copyright holder complains. \u003cbr/\u003eBut under the House version of the bill, it could be shut down unless it polices its own pages.\u003cbr/\u003eThe Wikimedia Foundation administers Wikipedia.  \u003cbr/\u003eTech companies such as Google, Facebook, Yahoo, Twitter, eBay, AOL and others have said it threatens the industry's livelihood.\u003cbr/\u003eDavid Smith, a Senior Fellow at the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies, says, if enacted, the laws would essentially turn internet service providers into monitoring entities, responsible for policing all of the content on their sites.    \u003cbr/\u003eSmith says this is virtually impossible to do and may prove too burdensome to service providers to conduct business. \u003cbr/\u003eThe White House has raised concerns, pledging to work with Congress to battle piracy and counterfeiting while defending free expression, privacy and innovation in the Internet. \u003cbr/\u003eThe administration signalled it might use its veto power on these bills, if necessary.\u003cbr/\u003eAt his daily briefing to reporters on Tuesday, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said: \"We will not support legislation that reduces freedom of expression, increases cyber security risk or undermines the dynamic, innovative global internet.\"\u003cbr/\u003eThe New York bureau chief for Wired Magazine believes what's at stake really is the heart and soul of the internet and how it grew into what it is today.\u003cbr/\u003e\"If something like this does get passed, it creates a dynamic, a power that really does cut to the fabric of the internet, which is a free sort of explosive area where innovation happens in a very organic way,\" he said.\u003cbr/\u003eEven so, Smith says the issue of protecting Intellectual property online needs to be addressed somehow at some point.\u003cbr/\u003eHe's just not sure this particular legislation is the 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