Name: Edward Song Research Prospectus 1.

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Topic Business and Economics : glo ali!ation Specific Su "ect: go#ernment to ha#e control o#er the internet and its intellectual property

$. %efine Pro lem &Research 'uestion(: Should the go#ernment agencies e allowed to regulate the internet and how road or limited should their pro#isions e. ). *ist a professional audience that would enefit from your research. +hy, Those who opposed the ills for internet regulations. Internet usinesses that enefit from the use of an unregulated internet. People who argue the roadness and the underlying o "ecti#e of the ills go#ernment agencies want to pass. Political figures who elie#e that internet is a place of free cy erspace and censorship. -. +hat .ind of claims could you use, International conflict/ loss of creati#ity/ fear that 0 ig rother1 is watching/ recording and production industries get richer as 0illegal1 downloading and streaming media ecome lac.listed. 2. +hat is your primary persuasi#e appeal, *ogos/ Ethos 3. Primary strategy of argument, Refutation/ 4. +hat is your thesis, &5nswer your research 'uestion(: Because the internet is a free cy erspace with no ownership/ the go#ernment should not undermine internet user pri#acy y creating laws that rea. down the arriers of sharing information etween corporate companies and go#ernment agencies. 6. *ist three issues you could discuss. 1. Regulations are most li.ely necessary to some e7tent/ ut the go#ernment is trying to pass road and o scure ills that allow them to ha#e full and complete control of all data/ we site/ and user information y defending their means o scurely as national security or piracy.

$. 8ear in the go#ernment that has too much control on the internet. The occupy mo#ement is a good e7ample of the pu lic9s attitude towards go#ernment regulations. ).:orporations will .eep getting richer. :orporation will ha#e also ha#e to for. o#er customer information if go#ernment re'uests. ;. *ist three oppositional claims that tie into your claims. 1. %ue to piracy and illegal downloads/ there are potential "o s are not eing filled. $. <ac.ers/ e7ploiters/ and treats to national security are growing in num er due to international conflicts and terrorist. ). %ue to the growing num er of homes connecting to the internet e#ery year/ more potential threats and e7plicit materials are eing pu lished that needs to e .ept under security. 1=. *ist three sources you intend to use for your research. 1. $. ). >osh Smith?s 0S@P5?s *ong Shadow.1 Aarica :lemmit 0Internet Regulation1 The 5ge?s 0<ang ?em high tactics won?t stop net pirates1

11. E7plore pro lem: In )== words or more/ list ac.ground information and contro#ersies that surround your topic. Please pro#ide e#idence from your initial research. The internet has een compromised. In the past/ the internet was a place of free censorship and e7pression/ ut it is slowly changing. :orporations and agencies elie#e that too much threats e7ist on the internet to let it stay unsecured. They want to pass ills li.e S@P5/ PIP5/ :ISP5/ and 5:T5 to ha#e etter protection against intellectual property/ ut to what e7tent should their power e limited too, The wordiness and roadness of each ill address piracy as their main concern/ ut after great scrutiny/ it is apparent that the ills are worded to gi#e go#ernment complete control o#er the cy erspace. It gi#es agencies the power to spy on their own citi!ens without any laws interfering them. It allows them to ma.e their own

decision on which internet sites to lac.list of not. +ithout the user?s permission/ go#ernment agencies can siff through your email. Proponents claims that the ills 0measure is limited enough to protect pri#acy and pre#ent go#ernment a use/ ut ci#ilBli erties groups ha#e launched a Cwee. of actionC to call attention to what they consider CISPA's Cdangerously #agueC language/ which they argue could lead to widespread go#ernment monitoring of citi!ens? communication. 0 Aany acti#ist egan to organi!e meetings and groups to oppose the ills. @ne ill that caught the attention of many is S@P5/ Stop online Piracy 5ct/ which e7pressed great pu lic outcry and was one of the many causes of the occupy mo#ement. Through social media and technology/ word spread a out the S@P5/ and was 'uic.ly ta.en off the agenda. *awma.ers then secretly one after another con"ure up ills that are worded differently/ ut are almost identical in o "ecti#e. Some will agree that piracy is illegal/ ut who will e the ones to enforce legal oundaries with the respect of it?s users pri#acy concerns, The main argument of ig corporations and agencies is that piracy and illegal downloads are li.e stealing and are a putting citi!ens out of wor.. They say that pirating is a result of 0)4)/)42 "o s 0 &clemmit(/ ut in reality corporations and go#ernment agencies are the ones that gain the most money and enefit from these ills/ not for the safety of the general pu lic.

5 :%T analysis found oth ills ha#e roadly written pro#isions that would: D Share pri#ate communications with the National Security 5gency and other federal entities/ or with any other federal agency designated y the %epartment of <omeland Security. D Aonitor pri#ate communications passing o#er the networ.s of companies and Internet ser#ice pro#iders. D Employ countermeasures against Internet traffic.