On 24 May 2011 The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) chair Steve Crocker warned provisions of the SOPA and PIPA legislation would degrade the operation of the Internet. Subsequently the courts have seized domain names—with no warning to the innocent, adopted procedures that make the implementation of Internet name security—DNSSEC—impractical, and required censoring of content flowing through the Internet.
This article suggests legislative and court actions often have unintended consequences for Internet stability and performance. It suggests IP attorneys—with both technical and legal expertise—have the expertise to facilitate the discussions of law and regulation of the Internet.
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