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The '''OPEN Act''' is alternative offered by the saner US House Representatives as an alternative to the various [[E-PARASITE Act|E-PARASITE Acts]] spawned by [[Hollywood]]-funded Congresspersons. One of the most prominent forces behind the OPEN Act is the tech-savy Representative [[Darrell Issa]] (R-CA). The OPEN Act accomplishes what [[SOPA]] and [[PIPA]] supposedly set off to accomplish (protect US citizen from fraudulent ''foreign'' products) without placing undo burdens on small businesses or granting vast [[censorship]] powers to the entertainment industries.
==External link==
*[http://keepthewebopen.com/ KeepTheWebOpen.com]
*[http://keepthewebopen.com/sopa-vs-open SOPA vs PIPA vs OPEN] – KeepTheWebOpen.com
==Resources==
*[http://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2011/12/27/the-open-act-is-flawed-but-still-better-than-sopa/ The OPEN Act is Flawed but Still Better than SOPA - Forbes]
*[https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2011/12/open-act-good-bad-and-practice-participatory-government The OPEN Act: The Good, the Bad, and a Practice in Participatory Government | Electronic Frontier Foundation]
*[http://mashable.com/2012/01/18/googles-alternative-to-sopa-open/ Google's Suggested Alternative to SOPA: OPEN]
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