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New York Times, Los Angeles Times Stand Against SOPA/PIPA

Add the New York Times and the Los Angeles Times to the growing list of publications that oppose SOPA/PIPA.  In two opinion pieces, both papers came out against the legislation through an official...

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Blacklisting Provisions Remain in Stop Online Piracy Act: Wired

On Dec. 15th, 2011, David Kravets wrote for Wired on the status of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA).  As its name suggests, SOPA is House legislation that would give private companies the ability to...

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Congress to Resume SOPA Hearings Next Week: PCWorld

On Dec. 17th, 2011, Grant Gross wrote for PCWorld on the status of the controversial SOPA bill currently sitting in the House Judiciary Committee.  There were reports on Friday that SOPA hearings would...

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SOPA Delayed, For A Few Weeks

I was eagerly awaiting any news about SOPA's markup hearing, which was supposed to be conducted yesterday (Dec. 21st).  None came, and I ended up figuring out that the markup hearing was canceled.  The...

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SOPA Boycott Gets Results

Talk about the power of internet organizing.  About a day or two ago, users of the social website Reddit caught wind that GoDaddy (a web-hosting company) supported SOPA.  The users of Reddit (which...

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Reddit Founder, DNS Hacker And Other SOPA Critics Will Address Congress In...

On Jan. 9th, 2012, Andy Greenberg reported for Forbes on the progress of SOPA.  The article says that SOPA hearings will resume on Jan. 18th.  Moreover, the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform...

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SOPA/PIPA Update

On Jan. 13th, 2012, David Kravets wrote for Wired on SOPA and PIPA, the controversial legislation designed to fight online copyright infringement.  There has been fierce resistance to the legislation...

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SOPA . . . Shelved! The Hill

I can't believe I missed this one. On Jan. 14th, 2012, Brendan Sasso reported for The Hill that House leaders have decided to shelve SOPA until there is a consensus amongst lawmakers.  The article...

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The Day The Internet Went On Strike

Welcome to internet censorship day! You may notice something strange if you pop a random question into Google: Wikipedia won't be there to answer it. Jan. 18th, 2012, is an internet-wide protest of the...

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Results Of Internet Censorship Day

It seems that "Internet Censorship Day" (the coordinated internet protest of SOPA/PIPA) has had a strong impact. Eric Engleman and Derek Wallbank reported for the Washington Post that "six U.S....

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Anonymous Goes Nuclear; Everybody Loses? CNET

On Jan. 19th, 2012, Molly Wood wrote an interesting article for CNET.  Noting Anonymous' recent DDOS spree on the FBI/DOJ/US Copyright office/MPAA/RIAA websites, Wood argues that Anonymous "nuked that...

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SOPA, PIPA Shelved: The Washington Post

On Jan. 20th, 2012, the Washington Post reported that lawmakers have shelved both SOPA and PIPA, two pieces of controversial anti-piracy legislation.  I waited a few days to post this story because...

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ACTA

On Jan. 27th, 2012, Chloe Albanesius wrote for PCMag.com on the newest anti-piracy legislation: the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, or ACTA.  ACTA is an international agreement that is "designed...

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Security Bills Bruised By Lingering Fight: NYT

On Feb. 8th, 2012, Somini Sengupta reported for the New York Times on cybersecurity legislation.  In doing so, Sengupta explained that privacy issues and the "ghosts" of SOPA/PIPA hang over...

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Copyright and the internet: The Economist

On September 1st, 2012, The Economist released an article about copyright laws and their effect on internet users.  Noting that “smartphones and the internet have made copyright law look even more...

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