A protest by leading Internet sites has prompted senior members of the US Congress to withdraw their support for proposed laws against online piracy. Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia, argues that the proposals would damage Internet freedom, and it closed its English language pages for 24 hours in protest. From Washington, Jonny Dymond reports.
由于主要网站一直反对,美国国会只得撤回对反网络盗版提案的支持。在线百科维基网站称,提案将损害互联网的自由,并关闭其英文网站24小时以示抗议。Jonny Dymond在华盛顿报道。
US legislators sought to curb the distribution of pirated and counterfeit products by giving the courts the power to force search engines to delist pirate sites. But in the Senate, a bill that looked close to passage now appears to be in trouble. Florida Senator Marco Rubio, a rising star in the Republican Party and one of the bill's sponsors, has withdrawn his support. Texas Senator John Cornyn has also indicated concerns. And in the House of Representatives, the Speaker John Boehner has said that there is now a lack of consensus about the proposed law.
美国立法者希望通过给法院迫使搜索引擎撤销盗版网站的做法,来控制盗版和伪造品的发行。这项法案原本要通过参议院,但如今看来有麻烦。共和党新星、佛罗里达参议员Marco Rubio是该法案的提议者之一,现已撤销该提议。德州参议员John Cornyn也对此表示担忧,下议院发言人John Boehner称,这项提议法律未能得到全体支持。