Taiwanese IP Office Proposes Block on Overseas Infringing Sites

thomas8166 writes: The Taiwanese Intellectual Property Office (TIPO) recently proposed draft legislation that would empower it to block foreign websites that it deems infringing. The proposal has been likened to SOPA, and has drawn heavy criticism from website operators such as Wikimedia Taiwan (http://focustaiwan.tw/news/aall/201306010030.aspx). The TIPO stresses that it will only target well-known infinging sites, but Taiwanese netizens are concerned that this power can potentially be abused for political purposes.