Copyright, Defined

Jen O'Neal's internet startup helps travelersaround the world connect online, but her companycould go belly up with the passage of SOPA and PIPA,proposed anti-piracy laws for the internet.We have tons of users in 200 countriesand there's seven of us, so if wehad to police all of their content,it would take all of our resources, all of our time,

all of our money, and we wouldn't have timeto continue to build the product and innovate.Luckily for O'Neal, a vast public outcrypressured lawmakers to table the vote.Demonstrators protested what theycall censorship of the internet.The conflict reveals a tense power strugglebetween Hollywood and Silicon Valley.

Copyright holders want to control how their content isshared, while technology companies wantto keep the internet restriction-free.Experts say copyright protection on the webpresents a tricky ...