For Internet activists, last week's Web protests against two controversial copyright enforcement bills were a huge victory against three powerful and well-funded trade groups that pushed hard for passage of the Stop Online Piracy Act and the Protect IP Act.
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SOPA and PIPA: What went wrong?
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on January 24, 2012
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SOPA and PIPA delayed indefinitely, Internet Wins
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on January 23, 2012
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In what can only be described as seeming to be a Flawless Victory, not a few hours after Senator Harry Reid announced he’d be delaying the vote on PIPA, representative Lamar Smith, better known now as the sponsor of SOPA, has announced he would delay consideration on that bill as well. Both teams have been [...]
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TCTV Debate: What SOPA & PIPA 2.0 Should Look Like
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on January 23, 2012
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On Friday The House withdrew the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) from being put to a vote and the Senate postponed voting on its version of the bill, the Protect IP Act (PIPA). As the debate continues over the best way to shield copyrighted material from being pirated, we invited David Sohn, General Counsel for the Center for Democracy and Technology and Viacom’s General Counsel, Michael Fricklas to discuss language that should be included in any future SOPA/PIPA bills.
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SOPA, PIPA Stalled: Meet the OPEN Act
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on January 22, 2012
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SOPA and PIPA may have been put on hold — thanks to possibly the most contentious uproar seen on Capitol Hill and in the tech world ever — but other legislation was introduced this week to combat online piracy.
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Senator Harry Reid Caves: PIPA Postponed
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on January 20, 2012
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After a day of widespread online protests against a pair of bills in Congress, both bills have now been tabled. Hearings on the Stop Online Privacy Act (SOPA) had already been cancelled, but the Senate’s Protect IP Act (PIPA) was still scheduled for a vote. This morning the sponsor of teh bill, Senator Harry Reid tweeted: “In light of recent events, I have decided to postpone Tuesday’s vote on the PROTECT IP Act”
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Anti-SOPA, PIPA protests to continue
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on January 19, 2012
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Wikipedia and other sites that participated in an unprecedented Internet blackout Wednesday are back online and promising to keep the battle going against two controversial anti-piracy bills in Congress.
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SOPA and PIPA So Far
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on January 18, 2012
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Since their inception SOPA and PIPA have raised concerns about blacklisting from online freedom advocates, and tech industry giants. Law professors worry that they could stifle growth and innovation. Other’s have warned that the legislation would hurt scientific debate and open discourse on the internet. SOPA and PIPA are not without support however. In fact a wide variety of companies have backed the proposed laws, bringing together an eclectic group. After months of debate, the removal of one of the more controversial provisions, and The White House expressing its own concerns over the law in its current form, Representative Eric Cantor (R-VA) announced that he was shelving SOPA. PIPA however remains, and it is likely that a re-worked version of the House bill will be brought up soon.
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Ask Slashdot: What Can You Do About SOPA and PIPA?
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on January 18, 2012
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Wednesday is here, and with it sites around the internet are going under temporary blackout to protest two pieces of legislation currently making their way through the U.S. Congress: the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Protect-IP Act (PIPA). Wikipedia, reddit, the Free Software Foundation, Google, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, imgur, Mozilla, and many others have all made major changes to their sites or shut down altogether in protest. These sites, as well as technology experts (PDF) around the world and everyone here at Slashdot, think SOPA and PIPA pose unacceptable risks to freedom of speech and the uncensored nature of the internet. The purpose of the protests is to educate people — to let them know this legislation will damage websites you use and enjoy every day, despite being unrelated to the stated purpose of both bills. So, we ask you: what can you do to stop SOPA and PIPA? You may have heard the House has shelved SOPA, and that President Obama has pledged not to pass it as-is, but the MPAA and SOPA-sponsor Lamar Smith (R-TX) are trying to brush off the protests as a stunt, and Smith has announced markup for the bill will resume in February. Meanwhile, PIPA is still present in the Senate, and it remains a threat. Read on for more about why these bills are bad news, and how to contact your representative to let them know it.
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Google, Wikipedia and others protest SOPA / PIPA
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on January 18, 2012
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At this point, SOPA needs no introduction. But if you’ve been diligently ignoring it up until this point, good luck getting through January 18th as an uninformed citizen. Google, Wikipedia and a host of other websites are either going dark or making huge, unmistakable statements on their homepages in protest. Google’s tagline? “End Piracy, Not Liberty.” Pretty much says it all, really. If you’ve spotted another site rebelling today, shout it out in comments below — and while you’re in the shouting mood, give your local officials a holler and let ‘em know just how much you disapprove.
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Protests against SOPA, PIPA go viral
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on January 18, 2012
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Several websites, including Google, Reddit, Wikipedia, BoingBoing, Imgur and Tucows, plan an unprecedented Internet “strike” Wednesday to protest anti-piracy legislation being considered by Congress.
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Wikipedia Will Go Dark On January 18 To Protest SOPA And PIPA
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on January 17, 2012
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Wikipedia’s Jimmy Wales wanted to send a “big message” to the U.S. government regarding the two heinous internet censorship bills currently being considered, and after a brief period of debate the world’s encyclopedia will soon do just that.
The Wikipedia founder announced on Twitter today that starting at midnight on Wednesday, January 18, the English language version of the world’s encyclopedia will go dark for 24 hours in protest of SOPA and PIPA. With their commitment confirmed, Wikipedia will be joining a slew of websites and companies that will suspend their operations for one day in an effort raise awareness around the two bills.
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Momentum shift: SOPA, PIPA opponents now in driver’s seat
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on January 15, 2012
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An important vote on SOPA is held up in the House, and support in the Senate appears to be faltering. At the same time, the White House sounds a critical note on the antipiracy bills.
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GOP lawmakers seek to postpone PIPA vote
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on January 14, 2012
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In a sign that massive public pressure may be working, six Republican U.S. Senators who previously supported the Protect IP Act, late Friday asked Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nevada) to postpone a scheduled Jan. 24 vote on the controversial bill.
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White House Responds To SOPA, PIPA, and OPEN
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on January 14, 2012
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eefsee writes “The White House today responded to two petitions with a statement titled ‘Combating Online Piracy while Protecting an Open and Innovative Internet.’ They note that ‘We must avoid creating new cybersecurity risks or disrupting the underlying architecture of the Internet.’ In particular, they site manipulation of DNS as problematic. But overall the statement is clearly supportive of anti-piracy efforts and lays down this challenge: ‘So, rather than just look at how legislation can be stopped, ask yourself: Where do we go from here? Don’t limit your opinion to what’s the wrong thing to do, ask yourself what’s right.’ So, what’s right?”
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How SOPA & PIPA Could Hurt Scientific Debate
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on January 14, 2012
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mwolfam writes with this pointed excerpt from a piece at the Huffington Post by Los Alamos National Laboratories post-doc researcher Michael Ham, who makes a slightly different case than most for the reasons that SOPA and PIPA should be stopped: “Simply put, The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Protect IP Act (PIPA) currently under development in Congress will provide a rapid way to sentence websites to death without the need for pesky things like trials and juries. Much to the surprise of nobody who understands how the Internet works, these two Acts will have absolutely no effect on digital piracy, but they will create an environment where freedom of speech could be severely curtailed, large companies can execute competitors, and scientific data can be hidden from the public.”
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