SOPA Opera White House Shuts Down Proposed Online AntiPiracy Bill Google Goes Big With Its SOPA/PIPA Protests; Blacks Out Logo Musician Peter Gabriel Comes Against SOPA/PIPA; Website Will Go Dark To Use Home Page Protest PIPA Tomorrow The End of the Internet Tim O'Reilly Explains Where Federal Gov't Has Gone Wrong On Solving Problem Microsoft Finally Makes It Official That Opposes SOPA.... As Written Websites go dark to protest antipiracy bills How Far We've Come; We Need protests It's tech world versus Hollywood Study Confirms News Networks Owned By Supporters... Are Ignoring List Of Censoring Countries MPAA Thinks Provide A Good Example For US Cato Institute Digs Into MPAA's Own Research Show Wouldn't Save Single Net Job Senator Harry Reid Moves Approve PROTECT IP And Begin Why Is NBCUniversal Threatening Report Commenters They Disagree Their Employers Al Gore Approach In Response Petition Lawmakers seem intent on approving Cable Realizing Bad Star Ashton Kutcher Says 'SOPA Not Solution'

SOPA vs. PIPA: Anti-piracy bills, uproar explained If you've been paying attention to the increasingly heated debate over the "Stop Online Piracy Act" (SOPA), you may have noticed a significant spike in today's news about the "Preventing Real Online Threats to Economic Creativity and Theft of Intellectual Property Act of 2011," or PROTECT IP Act (PIPA, for short). Newsletters and blog posts have flooded in, with the declaration that "PIPA is the ... SOPA and PIPA: Just the Facts The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and Protect IP Act (PIPA) have been making headlines, but what are they, exactly? Here are the facts. January 18 SOPA/PIPA blackout: A quick guide Starting at midnight Eastern Standard Time on Wednesday, January 18, all 3.8 million English-language articles of Wikipedia will go "black" for 24 hours, in protest of the "Stop Online Piracy Act" (SOPA) and the "PROTECT IP Act" (PIPA). Wikipedia will be joined by thousands of other sites, all of which will be blacked out for between 12 and 24 hours. In anticipation of the confusion this will ... More Sites Going Dark Over SOPA and PIPA, But Not Twitter A number of high-profile sites, from Reddit to Wikipedia, have pledged to shut down on Jan. 18 in protest of SOPA and PIPA, but organizers said today that as many as 7,000 sites are planning to go dark at midnight. Twitter will not join Jan. 18 SOPA/PIPA blackout — good! An increasing number of popular websites will go "black" tomorrow, in protest of the "Stop Online Piracy Act" (SOPA) and the PROTECT IP Act (PIPA), the sibling anti-piracy bills currently in Congress. But Twitter will not be one of them. Where Do SOPA & PIPA Stand Now? Over the weekend, there was a maelstrom of activity surrounding the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Protect IP Act (PIPA). With the U.S. House of Representatives reconvening today and the Senate following next week, now is a good time to catch a collective breath and figure out the status of the two bills. PIPA/SOPA protest: Google, Wikipedia online protest starts, invite supporters The PIPA/SOPA protest of various websites has started, with Google and Wikipedia among the most vocal ones about their strong opposition against the two US anti-piracy bills. As reported earlier, Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales announced that a one-day blackout will happen this Wednesday, January 18, 2012 to show protest against proposed legislation in the US, [...] 5 Things to Know About the SOPA, PIPA Protest Wikipedia will initiate a blackout on Wednesday, Jan. 18, in protest of the anti-piracy bills SOPA and PIPA. SOPA and PIPA are two Congressional bills meant to halt the illegal copying and sharing of movies and music on the Internet, among other aims. However, major Internet organizations -- such as Wikipedia, Reddit and Boing Boing -- claim the bills will hinder their operations and are ready ... SOPA and PIPA are the Wrong Way to Tackle Piracy Anti-SOPA and anti-PIPA protests have begun in force today, with sites like Wikipedia giving the internet a taste of a web without freedom of speech, as censorship and piracy take center stage for lawmakers, content-owners and users alike. The proposed acts are, we believe, a heavy-handed and naive approach toward the legitimate issue of content [...] SOPA Sponsor Calls Protests a 'Publicity Stunt' as Google Joins Up Google on Tuesday confirmed that it too will join Wednesday's SOPA/PIPA protest, while SOPA bill sponsor Rep. Lamar Smith called the blackouts a publicity stunt.
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