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SOPA, Mark Wahlberg, and Facts Without Wikipedia
Twitter is a wonderful place for one-liners. To be funny on the site, you’ve got to be sharp and practice economy of language. You’ve only got 140...
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Wikimedia Expands On Wikipedia’s Thoughts Concerning SOPA
While the position of Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales concerning SOPA is now well known, his “Put SOPA on Blast” essay essentially spoke ...
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Jimmy Wales Can’t Shut Wikipedia Down At His Will, And He Thinks You’re Stupid For Asking
In case you’ve ever wondered just how much power Jimmy Wales has over Wikipedia, you can rest easy knowing that he can’t just pull the plu...
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SOPA And PIPA Are Not Coming Back
SOPA and PIPA were a major threat to the Internet. Only those in the entertainment industry denied the claim as they pushed for stricter control of th...
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White House Still Opposes SOPA, PIPA
The White House appears to mean what it said in March when it told supporters that it’s not ignoring the We the People petitions. As if to affir...
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70 Groups Send Open Letter To Congress Regarding SOPA/PIPA
SOPA and PIPA may have been shelved, but the groups involved with initial protest feel that the threat is far from over. Seventy groups, most of them ...
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SOPA: Money Isn’t Always Power
The recent Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and Protect Intellectual Property Act (PIPA) are perfect examples of how common interest can prevail despite ...
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SOPA Blackout Day By The Numbers [Infographic]
Frugal Dad has put out an infographic breaking down SOPA blackout day (January 18) by the numbers. “The Wikipedia blackout was seen by 160 milli...
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SOPA/PIPA: The Aftermath of Web Blackout, ACTA, & What’s Next
Even though the SOPA and PIPA bills are essentially dead, they are still getting a lot of attention. Last week, the U.S. witnessed a powerful expressi...
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Anonymous Protests Irish SOPA, Sees Results
Anonymous is targeting Irish government Web sites over their own version of SOPA. The country is looking to bring into law their own version of SOPA b...
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SOPA Protests, Wikipedia Blackout Visualized Through Tweets
If you wanted to make the declarative statement “Last Wednesday’s internet SOPA / PIPA protests killed SOPA & PIPA,” there exis...
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Jimmy Wales Says Chris Dodd Should Be Fired, Dodd Softens On SOPA Protesters
Speaking at the DLD conference in Munich this morning, Wikipedia’s Jimmy Wales didn’t mince words on the subject of former Senator and cur...
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Wikipedia Founder Talks SOPA, Receives Funding
Wikipedia made bank this morning when the foundation received $1 million on stage during the Digital Life Design conference. This morning on the DLD s...
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Wikipedia Is More Important Than You Think
Are you one of those people who freaked out over Wikipedia blacking out? Even if you weren’t and knew exactly what was going on, you most likely rea...
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Clay Shirky Discusses The Bad Ideas That Are SOPA and PIPA
It’s apparent that the SOPA/PIPA-inspired Internet blackouts raised the public’s conscious concerning the anti-piracy legislation Washingt...
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SOPA/PIPA Congressional Support Nosedives, OR The Internet’s Little Victories
Back when we first covered SOPA Opera, the tool created by Dan Nguyen, the distribution of Congressional support and opposition for SOPA and PIPA pain...
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Native Wikipedia App Arrives For Android
Remember when everybody was bemoaning the lack of Wikipedia due to the Mayan SOPA Blackout of 2012? I know, I barely do, too – that was so yeste...
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SOPA: Anonymous Lists Their Demands
The Internet is angry at SOPA and Anonymous is at, or at least near, the front of it all. On Wednesday, the “official” Anonymous twitter f...
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SOPA Tweets Top 2.4 Million On SOPA Blackout Day
Twitter didn’t go dark to protest SOPA / PIPA on Wednesday, although some thought they should. An argument against Twitter shutting off its serv...
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Wikipedia’s SOPA / PIPA Blackout Seen By 162 Million People
Everybody make it through yesterday’s Internet-wide protest? Everyone still in one piece? Good. Now, let’s take a moment to consider the a...
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SOPA: The Pirate Bay Is An Old School Hollywood
The Pirate Bay has always been an outspoken proponent of Internet freedom. Now they’re an outspoken opponent of Hollywood. Yesterday, The Pirate Bay...
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