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European Union’s Neelie Kroes Twitter’s Against SOPA Legislation
Neelie Kroes, the EU’s Commissioner for the Digital Agenda, Tweeted some candid comments on Friday, speaking out against the oppressive pending ...
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SOPA: Twitter Weighs In On GOP Debate
As we reported earlier, all four candidates in last night’s GOP debate in South Carolina stated their opposition to SOPA. Ron Paul pointed out t...
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Chris Dodd Talks SOPA/PIPA Shelving
Everybody’s favorite former Senator and MPAA boss, Chris Dodd, must not be in a great mood these days after both SOPA and PIPA have been shelved...
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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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Lamar Smith To Delay SOPA Until “Wider Agreement On Solution”
It appears that both SOPA and PIPA are hitting the backburner today. Early Friday, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid announced that he will postpone a...
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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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“Father Of The Web” Tim Berners-Lee Comes Out Against SOPA / PIPA
The inventor of the World Wide Web has come out against SOPA and PIPA. British computer scientist Tim Berners-Lee, who created the World Wide Web in 1...
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SOPA: GOP Candidates All Agree
Last night’s CNN debate in South Carolina found all four remaining GOP candidates in harmony on one issue at least. They all feel that SOPA is o...
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Exclusive: SOPA, From a Filmmaker’s Perspective
Jeff Day makes independent films. The budget for his 2010 production, “Unrequited” was just under $2 Million. Sure, those aren’t ...
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SOPA / PIPA: Orrin Hatch Withdraws Support After Blackout
Yesterday’s SOPA blackout is turning out to be an amazingly effective protest. After angry internet users spent yesterday calling and emailing their...
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Craig Newmark: Could SOPA, PIPA Protest Prompt An “Internet Spring”?
Craig Newmark, founder of craigslist.org and SOPA protester, may have christened yesterday’s massive protest against SOPA and PIPA with a tweet ...
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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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Google’s SOPA / PIPA Blackout Petition Generates 4.5 Million Signatures [UPDATE: 7 Million]
UPDATE: The figure is now well over 7 million, according to a Google+ post. Thank you to the more than 7 million of you in the U.S. that took the time...
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SOPA / PIPA: Danny Sullivan Gets Creative In Contacting His Senator
Yesterday’s SOPA Blackout prompted people to contact their Congressional representatives in unprecedented numbers. Phones rang nonstop, websites wen...
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SOPA and PIPA Are Bad For YOU – The Simple Reason Why
Clay Shirky is an author and an adjunct professor in New York University’s graduate Interactive Telecommunications Program, where he teaches a cours...
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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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Stephen Colbert, Jon Stewart Take On SOPA Blackouts
Comedy Central’s late night duo took notice of yesterday’s SOPA Blackouts, as Jon Stewart’s The Daily Show and Stephen Colbert’...
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Google Ends The 24 Hour SOPA / PIPA Blackout
As previously reported, Google had gone with a blacked out logo for the much publicized SOPA / PIPA Blackout Day. Users who visited Google during the ...
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Wikipedia Ends Their SOPA / PIPA Blackout
It’s been a cold and lonely place on the Internet over the past 24 hours. Wikipedia was in full blackout mode as they protested both SOPA / PIPA...
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