- I've been hearing chants around the internet today that are quite literally "ding dong, SOPA is dead!" After some news this weekend, many are writing off the bill entirely. Here's what happened to make them believe that. (Forbes)
- Reports that the SOPA legislation had been shelved — just days after the bill's chief sponsor, Rep. (CNN Money)
- (CNET) - News Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch, a Twitter user for only the past several weeks, used the service to fire a barrage of accusations Saturday night against President Obama and Google. (CBS News)
- This was a huge weekend for opponents of online censorship. First, late on Friday came the announcement that the DNS portion of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) was removed from the bill. (DAILY KOS)
- KANSAS CITY, Mo., Jan. (PR Newswire)
- Wikipedia will shut down for 24 hours Wednesday to protest the Stop Online Piracy Act, founder Jimmy Wales announced on Monday. (Reuters)
- Google has hit back at Rupert Murdoch after he branded the search giant a piracy leader. The News Corporation chairman tweeted that Google streams movies free and sells [adverts] around them. (BBC News)
- If you caught "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" Wednesday night, you may remember he said the Thursday night "guest will be the Internet. (Washington Post)
- This expression of hubristic cluelessness comes from comes from the Media Decoder blog in todays New York Times. (DAILY KOS)
- A few minutes ago, I pointed my mobile phone at a soda bottle and scanned the products bar code. A few seconds later, the screen displayed this message: Item OK! This is not a Sopa-supporting product. (The Guardian)
Monday, January 16, 2012
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