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The proponents of the bill stated that PIPA aims to protect consumers, investments and the jobs associated with the development of  brands and contents developed by American companies. They also said that the bill will send a strong message that the United States strong protects its [[Intellectual Property]] rights against entities operating infringing websites and selling or distributing pirated and counterfeit products.<ref>[http://leahy.senate.gov/press/press_releases/release/?id=a18ddcc4-8da6-4cb9-b46e-104c21537d50 Leahy, Hatch, Grassley Unveil Targeted Bill To Counter Online Infringement]</ref>

The proponents of the bill stated that PIPA aims to protect consumers, investments and the jobs associated with the development of  brands and contents developed by American companies. They also said that the bill will send a strong message that the United States strong protects its [[Intellectual Property]] rights against entities operating infringing websites and selling or distributing pirated and counterfeit products.<ref>[http://leahy.senate.gov/press/press_releases/release/?id=a18ddcc4-8da6-4cb9-b46e-104c21537d50 Leahy, Hatch, Grassley Unveil Targeted Bill To Counter Online Infringement]</ref>

The proposed Protect IP Act just like the [[SOPA|Support Online Piracy Act]] introduced at the House of Representatives is a bipartisan legislation and it not supported by many organizations and large technology companies, internet engineers and security experts, venture capitalist and civil libertarian communities and internet users because of the proposed strategies to be used against suspected infringing websites. According to Laurence Tribe, Harvard Law professor and author of the treatise American Constitutional Law, the bill's method to make the rogue websites vanish from the internet is a violation of the first Amendment. The members of the Senate is scheduled to vote for the passage of PIPA on January 24, 2012. However, Senator [[Ron Wyden]] promised that he will filibuster in the Senate floor against the bill. According to him,  ''"I will be working with colleagues on both sides of the aisle over the next month to explain the basis for this widespread concern, and I intend to follow through on a commitment that I made more than a year ago, to filibuster this bill when the Senate returns in January."''

The proposed Protect IP Act just like the [[SOPA|Support Online Piracy Act]] introduced at the House of Representatives is a bipartisan legislation. It has its own supporters as well as opponents. The members of the Senate is scheduled to vote for the passage of PIPA on January 24, 2012. <ref>[http://news.cnet.com/8301-31921_3-57345187-281/senate-will-vote-next-month-on-protect-ip-copyright-bill/ Senate will vote next month on Protect IP copyright bill]</ref>

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