Websites plan protest of antipiracy measures Andy Samberg Neil Gaiman Trent Reznor Aziz Ansari Adam Savage & More Tell Congress Don't Pass PIPA Or SOPA In Our Names Translating Chris Dodd's Sanctimonious Bluster On Internet Protests Into English Wikipedia Blackout Protest Has Plenty Of Company Google Goes Big With Its SOPA/PIPA Protests; Blacks Out Logo hearing to resume even in the face opposition Opera White House Shuts Down Proposed Online AntiPiracy Bill Lamar Smith MPAA Brush Off As Just A Publicity Stunt It's Baaaaaaaaack Says Markup To Resume February Mozilla Firefox join antiSOPA strike Musician Peter Gabriel Comes Against SOPA/PIPA; Website Will Go Dark Somali ambassador Try accused pirate Somalia Talk with Editor piracy is a threat exposes Silicon ValleyHollywood rivalry Gain Steam as Web Activists Flex Growing Clout US proposals Poll Do you support actions today protesting Stop Piracy Act protests Southwest Michigan reacts day blackouts care about 8 Md.'s 9 lawmakers have not taken stand on

Blackout Builds Movement Against Anti-Piracy Laws Thousands of internet sites are taking part in a "blackout" protest against anti-piracy laws being discussed in Congress... Protests Against Web Piracy Bills Planned in New York, San Francisco Protests over controversial anti-piracy legislation escalated, as opponents planned demonstrations in New York and San Francisco, lawmakers took sides, and websites including Wikipedia staged a blackout. Occupy the Internet: Websites Protest Anti-Piracy Bills The Internet is conducting a protest today in opposition to two pieces of anti-piracy legislation making their way through Congress. A Q&A on contested Internet anti-piracy bills Online piracy costs U.S. copyright owners and producers billions of dollars every year, but legislation in Congress to block foreign Internet thieves and swindlers has met strong resistance from high-tech companies, spotlighted by Wikipedia's protest blackout on Wednesday, warning of a threat to Internet freedom. Wikipedia, other websites go dark in anti-piracy bill protest Wikipedia was among several websites to shut down Wednesday in protest of anti-piracy bills now in Congress that critics say could amount to censorship. How To Fix Online Piracy And online piracy, like anything else, can be overcome with the right amount of resources. The question is do companies really want to spend what it will take to solve this problem? Is the return on investment worth it? Or do publishers, like so many other industries, just take a reserve for these losses and invest their efforts elsewhere. Hollywood, Silicon Valley face off over piracy bill Wikipedia, Google and hundreds of other websites staged online protests Wednesday against US legislation targeting Internet piracy of movies and music and the sale of counterfeit goods. U.S. Lawmakers Abandon Anti-Piracy Bills as Google Protests Eight U.S. lawmakers dropped their support for Hollywood-backed anti-piracy legislation as Google Inc., Facebook Inc. and other websites protested the measures. House to take up anti-piracy bill in February The House of Representatives will resume work next month on a controversial bill aimed at stopping online piracy of movies, music and other content, a leading lawmaker said on Tuesday. Web Protests Piracy Bill, and 2 Key Senators Change Course Senator Marco Rubio, Republican of Florida, announced he would no longer back the anti-Internet piracy legislation he had co-sponsored. Senator John Cornyn, a Texas Republican, quickly followed suit.
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