Wednesday, January 18, 2012

SOPA

  • You probably woke up this morning to realize the Internet is totally screwy. Is it the online apocalypse? Not so much.
  • (CNN (blog))
  • The Internet communitys rally cry against anti-piracy legislation is triggering its intended effect, though the final outcome remains far from settled.
  • (USA Today)
  • Wednesday, Jan. 18: the day of the SOPA blackout protest.
  • (Los Angeles Times)
  • Wikipedia and Google are wearing black today to protest the threat to Internet freedom presented by the Stop Online Piracy Act.
  • (Forbes)
  • Wednesday's mass protest strike of popular websites including Wikipedia, Reddit, Boing Boing and others against the Stop Online Piracy Act has had its intended effect–at least on one Senator.
  • (Forbes)
  • In an unprecedented display of Internet force on Wednesday, thousands of websites went dark or self-censored to protest twin antipiracy measures pending in Congress.
  • (Seattle Post Intelligencer)
  • CouponBuzz.com announced today their opposition to the SOPA and PIPA legislation that is currently before the House of Representatives and the Senate.
  • (YAHOO!)
  • "How many people here would rather be coding?" said organizer Jonathan Nelson, founder of a group called Hackers and Founders.
  • (Wall Street Journal)
  • Video description: Today, several high-profile sites blacked out in protest of the SOPA and PIPA anti-piracy bills.
  • (CNET News)
  • (gigaom.com) -- In the last 30 days, there has been a loud and clear backlash against two bills – SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) and PIPA (Protect IP Act). SOPA is the House version of the bill; PIPA is the Senate version of the bill.
  • (CNN Money)

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