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===Vinton Cerf Statement Against SOPA===

===Vinton Cerf Statement Against SOPA===

Vinton Cerf, former chairman of the [[ICANN|Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers]] and considered as one of the fathers of internet sent his letter of opposition to Cong. Smith regarding SOPA. In his letter, stressed that despite the amendments on certain provisions of the proposed SOPA, the bill is still problematic particularly the issues on site blocking. According to him, ''"These will undermine the architecture of the Internet and obstruct the 15 year effort by the public and private sectors to improve cybersecurity through implementation of [[DNSSEC]], a critical set of extensions designed to address security vulnerabilities in the [[DNS]]."'' In addition, he also emphasized that the bill would result to an ''"a worldwide arms race of unprecedented censorship of the Web."'' Furthermore, Cerf encouraged the Congress to create a more effective and tailored legislative actions that will focus on the "follow-the-money" tactic or cutting the ability of illegal foreign websites to generate advertising revenue and to process payments.<ref>[http://news.cnet.com/8301-31921_3-57344028-281/vint-cerf-sopa-means-unprecedented-censorship-of-the-web/ Vint Cerf: SOPA means 'unprecedented censorship' of the Web]</ref>

[[Vinton Cerf]], former chairman of the [[ICANN|Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers]] and considered as one of the fathers of internet sent his letter of opposition to Cong. Smith regarding SOPA. In his letter, stressed that despite the amendments on certain provisions of the proposed SOPA, the bill is still problematic particularly the issues on site blocking. According to him, ''"These will undermine the architecture of the Internet and obstruct the 15 year effort by the public and private sectors to improve cybersecurity through implementation of [[DNSSEC]], a critical set of extensions designed to address security vulnerabilities in the [[DNS]]."'' In addition, he also emphasized that the bill would result to an ''"a worldwide arms race of unprecedented censorship of the Web."'' Furthermore, Cerf encouraged the Congress to create a more effective and tailored legislative actions that will focus on the "follow-the-money" tactic or cutting the ability of illegal foreign websites to generate advertising revenue and to process payments.<ref>[http://news.cnet.com/8301-31921_3-57344028-281/vint-cerf-sopa-means-unprecedented-censorship-of-the-web/ Vint Cerf: SOPA means 'unprecedented censorship' of the Web]</ref>

===Lawmakers Against SOPA===

===Lawmakers Against SOPA===