Article Comparison # 4 - SOPA, PIPA and now CISPA (Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act)

Article 1
"CISPA Monitoring Bill: Changes Proposed, but Unlikely to Pacify Critics"
April 17, 2012http://www.pcworld.com/article/253948/cispa_monitoring_bill_changes_proposed_but_unlikely_to_pacify_critics.html

Article 2
"We Said 'So Long' To SOPA -- Should We Be Worrying About CISPA Now?"
April 13, 2012
http://consumerist.com/2012/04/we-said-so-long-to-sopa----should-we-be-worrying-about-cispa-now.html

Article 3
"Facebook Defends Support for Cybersecurity Bill CISPA"
April 13, 2012
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2403036,00.asp



Notes 

• According to Article 2, It allows "cyber entities" (such as Internet service providers, social networks like Facebook and cell phone companies like AT&T) to circumvent Internet privacy laws when they're pressured by Homeland Security to hand over or shut down — well, almost anything of yours online that the government wants, no warrant needed.

• Article 2 states that the bill's sponsor Michigan's Republican Rep. Mike Rogers is trying to convince the media that CISPA isn't anything like SOPA. 

• Article 3 states Facebook supports CISPA because it is supposedly they would have no obligation to share information about a cyber attack and it's purely voluntary.

• Article 1 explains supporters of CISPA say it's intended to allow private companies and the government to communicate in the event of a cyber threat. Detractors, however, argue that it will simply make it easier for the feds to get their hands on users' personal information. 

Article Review # 4 - "Why Netflix's Facebook app would be illegal"

Article Title

"Why Netflix's Facebook app would be illegal " 

Article Author
Julianne Pepitone

Article Publication Date 
March 27, 2012 

URL of Original Article
http://money.cnn.com/2012/03/27/technology/netflix-facebook/?source=cnn_bin

Article Summary
Some video streaming companies have applications automatically post on an individual's Facebook profile, which video they just viewed.  The Video Privacy Protection Act does not allow Netflix to create the application because it may violate consumers' privacy and Netflix is lobbying Congress to change what they called an "ambiguous and confusing law." 

Relevance to the Class
As artists, developers and designers, we must think twice about the importance of consumer privacy.  For example, we must consider keeping our work under wraps while working on a project for a client because we never know who is listening.  We don't want private information to end up online for the world to see or possibly become a stolen idea because we failed to keep private information quiet.


Key Quote

“Netflix wants Congress to update the 1988 Video Privacy Protection Act. Lawmakers generally agree the law needs an update, but they're battling over how to do so."