Tuesday, January 17, 2012

The President’s Challenge SOPA/PIPA How Far We've Come; We Need To Go It's Official Wikipedia Dark On Wednesday Why Is NBCUniversal Threatening Report Commenters They Disagree With Their Employers Will Protest AntiPiracy Bills Send A Sympathy Card Over Death Of Internet Your Senator Supporters Pretend White House Statement Means Can Rush Through Lies NBCUniversal's Rick Cotton About Rupert Murdoch Lashes Out Bizarrely Against For Asking Congress Not Break to go offline protest antipiracy legislation Say No SOPA Did You Embed Leaked Trailer Knight Rises Blog Under May Face Jail Time Learning Poll Suggests Americans All Ages Political Positions Locations... Hate Study Confirms News Networks Owned By Supporters... Are Ignoring Veto Petition Gets 25 000 Signat

SOPA vs. PIPA: Anti-piracy bills, uproar explained If you've been paying attention to the increasingly heated debate over the "Stop Online Piracy Act" (SOPA), you may have noticed a significant spike in today's news about the "Preventing Real Online Threats to Economic Creativity and Theft of Intellectual Property Act of 2011," or PROTECT IP Act (PIPA, for short). Newsletters and blog posts have flooded in, with the declaration that "PIPA is the ... Wikipedia Going Dark to Protest SOPA Wikpedia will go offline Wednesday to protest the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), according to Co-Founder Jimmy Wales. Wales made the announcement via a series of tweets. SOPA 'shelved' indefinitely, but Reddit's Jan. 18 blackout is still on, as PIPA fight continues A vote on the controversial Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) has been delayed indefinitely, but the fight against Internet censorship continues: Reddit.com will go forward with its site-wide blackout on Wednesday, January 18, to protest the Senate's Protect IP Act (PIPA), Digital Trends has confirmed. PIPA, a similar bill to SOPA, is scheduled to go up for a vote before the Senate on January 24. Rupert Murdoch critical of White House stance on SOPA Prepare for a lot of SOPA talk in the coming days. The controversial Stop Online Piracy Act suffered a few setbacks in recent days, with House Majority Leader Eric Cantor promising that no vote will happen until all sides can agree on the bill's main points. More importantly, a White House blog post came out against any potentially harmful legislation that "reduces freedom of expression ... Obama Says So Long SOPA, Killing Controversial Internet Piracy Legislation The growing anti-SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) support that has swept through the gaming and Internet community found a very big ally today. With websites like Reddit and Wikipedia and gaming organizations like Major League Gaming prepared for a blackout on January 18th – the same day that the House [...] So is SOPA Dead? Not Exactly 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. - The White House published an official opinion that indicated they would not support [...] White House Responds to Anti-SOPA Petition President Obama's administration has issued a public response to petitions protesting the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). White House comments on SOPA, won't support harmful legislation Yesterday brought some good news for opponents of the Stop Online Piracy Act, or SOPA, and other in-process legislation intended for use as a weapon against cyber-criminals. The official online voice of the White House ran a lengthy blog post detailing "what the Administration will support—and what we will not support" if/when bills like SOPA and PIPA pass through Congress and land on President ... SOPA Threatens American Innovation Internet theft is a problem. Stealing another person's ideas, creations and inventions deprives authors, artists and entrepreneurs proper credit and compensation. That leaves them with little incentive to continue their contributions. This is terrible for innovation, economic growth and prosperity. So is the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). Drawn up by U.S. lawmakers angry at ... SOPA Will Hurt American Innovation Internet theft is a problem. Stealing another person's ideas, creations and inventions deprives authors, artists and entrepreneurs proper credit and compensation. That leaves them with little incentive to continue their contributions. This is terrible for innovation, economic growth and prosperity. So is the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA).
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