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Edward J. Black: Thanks, Take Aways From Internet Revolution Over SOPA, PIPA

The hundreds of thousand of calls to Congress and millions of petition signatures opposing two controversial bills, SOPA and PIPA, have been characterized as a revolution.
Jim Giles, consultant Wikipedia went down , denying access to the 85 million people who visit the site every day.

One Per Cent: What was the impact of internet's blackout SOPA protest?

http://www.newscientist.com/blogs/onepercent/2012/01/what-was-the-impact-of-interne.html
Why is the United States Congress trying to enact SOPA and PIPA? Because I am a pirate. That’s the simple fact of the matter: If piracy wasn’t such an issue for American rights holders (publishers, broadcasters, content creators), lobbies such as the RIAA and MPAA wouldn’t have donated millions of dollars to morally bankrupt Representatives and Senators and the Stop Online Piracy Act and Protect IP Act would still be swimming in the ether.

Why I pirate

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SOPA and PIPA-Do you care? | Daily Host News

DAILYHOSTNEWS, January 11, 2012- The much hyped and talked about bills namely SOPA and PIPA have already stirred the internet with various online campaigns and discussions against them. Everyone’s eyes are set on D-day when the USA Congress will be voting on the internet censorship bill SOPA.

SOPA, PIPA Blackouts Dominate Headlines, But What's the Impact?

http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2399091,00.asp The Internet blackouts to protest the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the PROTECT IP Act (PIPA) were big news yesterday, but what type of impact did they have? Google on Wednesday blacked out the logo on its homepage, and linked to an anti-SOPA/PIPA petition that called on Americans to oppose the bills because they'd "censor the Internet and slow economic growth."

VA Congressmembers on SOPA and PROTECT-IP | Who in Congress Supports SOPA and PROTECT-IP? | SOPA Opera

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Lockdown: The coming war on general-purpose computing

http://boingboing.net/2012/01/10/lockdown.html By Cory Doctorow - Share this article This article is based on a keynote speech to the Chaos Computer Congress in Berlin, Dec. 2011. General-purpose computers are astounding.

How SOPA Affects Students, Educators, and Libraries

Big media groups like the MPAA and the RIAA have historically targeted college campuses with “anti-piracy” measures, and the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) — the blacklist bill they’re trying to push through Congress — is no exception. The bill’s supporters insist that it targets only “rogue” foreign sites dedicated to piracy, but its vague language and overbroad enforcement methods all but ensure it could be used to stifle student and educator speech.
The Pirate Bay is often cited as one of the original 'rogue sites' It looks like the hashtags are paying off. As the House Judiciary Committee held hearings on the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) in December, the powers of the internet—the web companies who innovate, the users who populate it—joined together to defend the idea of a free and open ’net.

PIPA is the new SOPA

The Stop Online Piracy Act ( SOPA ) is a United States bill introduced by U.S. Representative Lamar S. Smith (R-TX) to expand the ability of U.S. law enforcement to combat online copyright infringement and online trafficking in counterfeit goods .

Stop Online Piracy Act

by Derek Bambauer Imagine that Ron Wyden fails: either PROTECT IP or SoPA / E-PARASITE passes and is signed into law by President Obama. Advocacy groups such as the EFF would launch an immediate constitutional challenge to the bill’s censorship mandates.

Internet Censorship: What if SOPA / PIPA Become Law?

Victory for Internet Freedom: Obama Announces Opposition to SOPA, Congress Shelves Bill

Misguided efforts to combat online privacy have been threatening to stifle innovation, suppress free speech, and even, in some cases, undermine national security. As of yesterday, though, there’s a lot less to worry about.