Are You Worried CISPA Could Be Another SOPA? [POLL]

Credit:

The bill's authors flatly deny the charge, saying it's focused on cybersecurity rather than intellectual property. But some people aren't buying that.

CISPA would allow the government and private businesses to share cybersecurity information in an effort to better protect networks from cyberattacks. The bill's authors have stressed that their intention is to stop countries such as Russia and China from stealing American businesses' intellectual property -- a phenomenon they say gives those countries an unfair competitive advantage in the global marketplace.

However, organizations like the Electronic Frontier Foundation and other digital civil liberties groups have warned that the bill's language is too broad. CISPA's language could, they argue, be used as a blunt-force legal instrument in copyright protection or allow the government to snoop on your emails and text messages.