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Internet Restrictions: How Much Should We Worry About Our Freedom of Information?

Marianne Mollmann | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: Internet, Internet Privacy, Sopa Pipa, Acta, Pipa, SOPA Bill, Freedom of Expression, Internet Censorship, Freedom of Information Act, India, Censorship, Sopa, Technology News
Marianne Mollmann

From a human rights perspective, blanket restrictions on specific means of communication should always raise red flags.

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The Hollow Ring of Liberty

Michealene Cristini Risley | Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: Patriot Act, Civil Liberties, Department of Defense, National Defense Authorization Act, Homeland Security, President Obama, Freedom, SOPA Bill, Civil Rights, Barack Obama, Cispa, Politics News
Michealene Cristini Risley

The Obama administration has expanded on many of the civil rights violations that the Bush administration pioneered. These infringements have assaulted the freedoms of speech, assembly, association, and the rights to privacy and fair trial.

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Does Anyone in Congress Get Technology?

Joshua Lamel | Posted 05.01.2012

Read More: House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, House of Representatives, Congress, Technology, Issa, SOPA Bill, Darrell Issa, California Politics, Sopa, Technology News
Joshua Lamel

It may seem odd that I, a loyal Democrat, am singing the praises of Congressman Issa. However, the technologist in me has fallen in love with how Issa is revolutionizing the relationship between Congress and technology.

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Key Anti-Piracy Bill Backer: SOPA Is 'Dead'

Bloomberg | Eric Engleman | Posted 04.12.2012

Read More: SOPA Bill, Anti-Piracy, Anti-Piracy Laws, Stop Internet Piracy Act, Chris Dodd Mpaa, Anti-Piracy Bills, Mpaa, Chris Dodd Sopa, Chris Dodd Anti-Piracy, Chris Dodd Motion Picture Association of America, Chris Dodd, Motion Picture Association of America, Sopa, Politics News

Hollywood-backed legislation to fight online piracy, shelved this year after an Internet protest led by Google Inc. (GOOG) and Wikipedia, is "dead," s...

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SOPA 2.0? New Bill Has Internet Activists Scared -- Again

Los Angeles Times | Morgan Little | Posted 04.09.2012

Read More: Sopa 2.0, SOPA Bill, Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act of 2011 Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act, Cispa Bill, Internet Freedom, Mike Rogers, Cispa Legislation, Internet Piracy, Dutch Ruppersberger, Sopa, Cispa, Politics News

In spite of their hopes, Internet activists are finding that their efforts to keep the digital world free of further regulation did not end with SOPA'...

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SOPA: Who's On Music's Side?

Stephan Jenkins | Posted 05.01.2012

Read More: SOPA Bill, Stop Online Piracy Act, Sopa Music, Sopa Vote, Pipa, Sopa Legislation, Sopa Musicians, Sopa, Satire, San Francisco News
Stephan Jenkins

The old entertainment conglomerates (who have been ripping off musicians forever) and the new tech establishment (who's just learning) had a fight recently, and free speech won -- sort of.

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The Anti-SOPA Act?

The Huffington Post | Dean Praetorius | Posted 02.22.2012

Read More: The Free Internet Act, Reddit, Reddit Sopa, Video, Fia, Fia Sopa Alternative, Reddit Sopa Alternative, Acta, Pipa, Sopa Alternative Reddit, Sopa Alternative, Sopa, Internet Censorship, SOPA Bill, Technology News

When two proposed anti-piracy bills SOPA and PIPA looked as if they could become law, social news site Reddit helped organize a large-scale online pro...

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Tech Sector Unified in Protecting Innovation and Combating Piracy

Rey Ramsey | Posted 04.10.2012

Read More: Congress, Piracy, PIPA Protest, Economy, Pipa, Protest, SOPA Bill, Cybersecurity, Sopa Blackout, Harry Reid, Technet, Policy, Technology, Rey Ramsey, Technology News
Rey Ramsey

As word of the risks spread among entrepreneurs, investors, academics, cybersecurity experts and consumers learned about the risk, the sector came together. That is no small feat. This is an industry that has nearly 6 million jobs all throughout the nation.

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The Jack Nicholson Answer to Hollywood Moguls on SOPA and PIPA: 'You Can't Handle the Truth'

Art Brodsky | Posted 04.07.2012

Read More: Sopa Blackout, Public Knowledge, Pipa, SOPA Bill, Sopa Protest, Sopa Pipa, Hollywood SOPA, Technology News
Art Brodsky

This is too important to hand over law making to one industry, as Congress did in the case of these bills. Too much is at stake to try to rework the bills in a slapdash manner, behind closed doors. That's the truth.

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SOPA and PIPA Defeat: People Power or Corporate Clout?

Larry Magid | Posted 04.04.2012

Read More: Pipa, SOPA Bill, Sopa, Technology News
Larry Magid

Derailing the bills was indeed a big victory, but was it "people power" or a new form of corporate lobbying?

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The MPAA Dinosaur and the SOPA Debacle

Hoyt Hilsman | Posted 04.02.2012

Read More: Mpaa, MPAA Lobby, MPAA Sopa, Sopa Pipa, Chris Dodd Mpaa, Sopa-Hollywood, SOPA Bill, Entertainment News
Hoyt Hilsman

Instead of trying to shut down popular websites and punish their opponents -- and their own customers -- Hollywood should take an entirely different approach to the digital revolution.

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Future Of Film: What Really Lies Beneath The SOPA Debate?

Tribeca Film | Posted 03.28.2012

Read More: The Future of Film Blog, Sopa, SOPA Bill, Media News
Tribeca Film

Mass media companies and their network model will not disappear overnight. They may not disappear at all. No one can say how fast this will occur or over what specific time frame it will unfold. But the pace of change is accelerating.

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PIPA And SOPA Were Stopped, But the Web Hasn't Won

Art Brodsky | Posted 03.26.2012

Read More: Chris Dodd Mpaa, Public Knowledge, Pipa, SOPA Bill, Online Piracy, Stop Online Piracy Act, Sopa, Technology News
Art Brodsky

Web community, bask briefly in your glory. Then get back to work, because the next industry-sponsored bill to curb technology will be here before you know it, and they might be smarter next time about how they pursue it.

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The Real SOPA Opera Should Be ID Theft

Adam Levin | Posted 03.25.2012

Read More: Wikipedia, Google, Twitter, Lobbyists, Grassroots, Identity Theft, Pipa, SOPA Bill, Facebook, Privacy, Sopa, Stop Online Piracy Act, Aol, Sopa Pipa, Data, Data Breaches, Youtube, Politics News
Adam Levin

While we contemplate the gargantuan battle of the content vs. technology worlds, we must not forget an equally serious, actually even more serious example of online piracy.

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The Poetic Justice Of The Death Of SOPA

Bert Johnson | Posted 03.25.2012

Read More: Sopa Protest, Stop Sopa, Stop Sopa Campaign, SOPA Bill, Sopa and Pipa, Sopa Blackout, Sopa Vote, Sopa, Detroit News
Bert Johnson

SOPA represents a 20th century draconian solution to a 21st century problem and Americans, particularly we here in Detroit, deserve leaders in our nation's capital who understand our needs and advocate for our interests.

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Why Jimmy Wales Allows "Vulva" on Wikipedia

Katie Engelhart | Posted 03.25.2012

Read More: Pipa, Wikipedia, Muhammad Cartoon, Free Speech Debate, Timothy Garton Ash, Free Speech, SOPA Bill, Oxford University, Jimmy Wales, Wikipedia Blackout, Technology News
Katie Engelhart

Decisions made by Wikipedia editors are not law. But when it comes to determining what is 'normal' online -- and how much taboo we're willing to stomach on our Internet -- a Wikipedia referendum can count for just as much.

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Using Virtual Skills to Save the Real World

Chase Harrison | Posted 03.25.2012

Read More: Sopa Pipa, Keystone Xl Pipelime, SOPA Bill, Sopa Blackout, Enviromental-Activism, Wikipedia Blackout, Youth Activism, Sopa-Opinions, High School News
Chase Harrison

It is time for the environmental movement to go viral. Americans must use the voice demonstrated with SOPA/PIPA to strike down the Keystone XL Pipeline.

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An Entertainment Enthusiast's Like and Dislike List

Kris LoPresto | Posted 03.24.2012

Read More: The New Girl, Ny Giants, Knight Rider, Golden Globes 2012, Pipa, Golden Globes, SOPA Bill, Mark Wahlberg, Urban Outfitters, Douchebag, TV Guide, Sopa Pipa, Green Arrow, Jon Stewart, Eli Manning, Kim Kardashian, The CW, Bruce Springsteen, Entertainment News
Kris LoPresto

Like: Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band release new single "We Take Care Of Our Own." Instant classic summer song. It makes me want to drive cross country, stopping in every little town and just help people or something.

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Does Daily Variety Validate SOPA Fears?

Joe Escalante | Posted 03.24.2012

Read More: Daily Variety, Copyright, Sopa Pipa, SOPA Bill, Sopa, Technology News
Joe Escalante

At first, I thought that SOPA was the right thing to do. But now I am now against it. I've seen the beast face to face, and I now have first hand knowledge of what the large media companies think of the Internet.

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WATCH: Teens Sound Off On SOPA And Internet Censorship

| Posted 01.23.2012

Read More: Sopa Opinions, Video, Teens Sopa, Schooltube, Internet Censorship, SOPA Bill, Sopa Blackout, Sopa and Pipa Bills, Sopa, Wikipedia SOPA, High School News

Teens have spoken -- and when it comes to SOPA, they've spoken loudly. More than any other recent legislation, the Stop Online Piracy Act has given ri...

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Why We Must Stop the Stop Online Piracy Act and PIPA Too

Shelly Palmer | Posted 03.21.2012

Read More: Sopa, Pipa, SOPA Bill, Technology News
Shelly Palmer

After SOPA and PIPA are defeated, we are going to have to figure out how to reconcile the fact that "we the people" who respect copyrights, and "we the people" that don't, are going to have to work together to solve this problem.

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SOPA PULLED

Reuters | Posted 03.21.2012

Read More: Sopa Withdrawn, Video, Lamar Smith, Lamar Smith Sopa, Reuters, Sopa Lamar Smith, Sopa Pulled, Sopa, SOPA Bill, Technology News

SAN ANTONIO (Reuters) - The Texas Congressman whose proposed Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) prompted dozens of websites to go dark or run protest messa...

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Battle Over SOPA Shows Why Corporations Need First Amendment Protection

Peter Scheer | Posted 03.21.2012

Read More: Google, Wikipedia, First Amendment, Apple, Twitter, Microsoft, Free Speech, SOPA Bill, Internet Censorship, Sopa Blackout, Fifth Estate, Pipa, Citizens United, Sopa, Politics News
Peter Scheer

Call this new institution, the corporate power brokers of Silicon Valley and other digital meccas across the country, the Fifth Estate. Pulling the plug on SOPA was the occasion for their political coming out.

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Paul Blumenthal

Hollywood Lobbyist Chris Dodd Lobs Money Threat At President Obama

HuffingtonPost.com | Paul Blumenthal | Posted 01.19.2012

Read More: Stop Online Piracy Act, Video, SOPA Bill, Chris Dodd, Chris Dodd Sopa, Barack Obama, Hollywood, Campaign Finance, Motion Picture Association of America, Sopa, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Hell hath no fury like a lobbyist scorned. Former Democratic senator and current head of the Motion Picture Association of America Chris...

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Social Media, Where Art Thou?

Eric Yaverbaum | Posted 03.20.2012

Read More: Politics News, Social Media, Internet, Congress, Pipa, Barack Obama, SOPA Bill, Technology News
Eric Yaverbaum

How Social Media Is Fighting Back Against Occupation The Internet, since its origins, has been a place of imagination, innovation, creation and shar...

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