On Friday The House withdrew (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/20/sopa-withdrawn-lamar-smith_n_1219250.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000003) the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) from being put to a vote and the Senate postponed (http://techcrunch.com/2012/01/20/senator-harry-reid-caves-pipa-postponed/) voting on its version of the bill, the Protect IP Act (PIPA). As the debate continues over the best way to shield copyrighted material from being pirated, we invited David Sohn, General Counsel for the Center for Democracy and Technology (http://cdt.org/) and Viacom's (http://www.viacom.com/Pages/default.aspx) General Counsel, Michael Fricklas to discuss language that should be included in any future SOPA/PIPA legislation.
Part I of their debate is here (http://techcrunch.com/2012/01/20/tctv-debate-can-sopa-be-fixed/). Part II is here (http://techcrunch.com/2012/01/21/tctv-sopa-debate-part-ii-viacom-cdt-square-off-over-due-process/).
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