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Big Business Abandons Privacy Advocates In Cybersecurity Fight

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael McAuliff | Posted 04.26.2012

Read More: Cispa Bill, Cybersecurity, Sopa Blackout, Google Cybersecurity, Cybersecurity Bill, Yahoo Cybersecurity, Cybersecurity Lobbying, Cispa Lobbying, Cispa, Sopa, Video, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- There's a big difference between the cybersecurity bill that the House will be begin debating Thursday and the online piracy measures th...

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Leave Our Net Alone*

Jeff Jarvis | Posted 04.28.2012

Read More: Internet, Censorship, Internet Censorship, Video, Sopa Pipa, Pipa, Sopa Blackout, Internet Security, Stop Internet Piracy Act, Sopa, Media News

So why are governments so eager to claim authority over it? Why would legacy corporations, industries, and institutions egg them on? Because the net is working better than ever.

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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

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

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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Constitution Check: When the Internet Went Dark, What Was the Constitutional Meaning?

Lyle Denniston | Posted 04.01.2012

Read More: Stop Online Piracy Act, Golan v. Holder, Eldred v. Ashcroft, Rebecca MacKinnon, Sopa Blackout, Sopa, Politics News

January 18 may well go down in history as the dawn of a new age of First Amendment-shielded political agitation via the Web, but at the same time as the twilight of constitutional protection for "the public domain."

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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

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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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

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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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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Crowdsourcing the Congress: Wikipedia's Blackout Bomb

Michael Hais and Morley Winograd | Posted 03.23.2012

Read More: Mpaa, Pipa, Sopa, Riaa, Sopa Protest, Congress, Millennials, Sopa Blackout, Wikipedia Blackout, Technology News

It's time for Congressional leaders to use the learning experience of the SOPA/PIPA debate to throw off their generational blinders and find a way to concede power gracefully to a new generation with new ideas.

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Internet Clicks Beat Old Guard

AP | ALAN FRAM | Posted 03.22.2012

Read More: Google Sopa, Google, Stop Online Piracy Act, Protect Ip Act, Video, Piracy, Pipa, Mpaa, Sopa Blackout, Protect IP, Chris Dodd, Stop Online Piracy, Sopa and Pipa Bills, Sopa, Politics News

WASHINGTON — Outspent but hardly outgunned, online and high-tech companies triggered an avalanche of Internet clicks to force Congress to shelve...

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Pirate or Pioneer? My Daily Downloads Are Illegal -- For Now

| Anonymous | Posted 01.20.2012

Read More: Fifa, Napster, Pirated Movies, Pirated Music, Illegal Uploading, Sopa Blackout, Teen Illegal Downloading, Bit Torrent, Sopa, Ptp, High School News

This is a teen-written article from our friends at Youth Communication, a nonprofit organization that helps marginalized youth develop their full pote...

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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

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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Coming Out of the Black

Diane Russell | Posted 03.20.2012

Read More: Pipa, Maine Politics, Sopa Blackout, Diane Russell, Lightsquared Network, Lightsquared, Sopa, Maine, Gps, Technology News

With major websites going dark to protest SOPA, it's a good time to note that another of the nation's hottest technology issues is quickly moving from push to shove, complete with accusations of double-dealing government agencies and conflicts of interest.

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Anti-Piracy Bill Causes Consternation

The Huffington Post | Luke Johnson | Posted 01.19.2012

Read More: Internet Blackout, Video, Piracy, Pipa, Sopa Blackout, Blackout, Sopa and Pipa Bills, What Is Sopa, Censorship, Censored, Sopa, Politics News

The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), and its Senate counterpart, the Protect IP Act (PIPA), have ignited widespread online protests--yet there is consid...

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This Internet Spring Could Lead to an Internet Awakening

Craig Newmark | Posted 03.20.2012

Read More: Internet, Technology, Sopa Pipa, Pipa, Sopa, SOPA Internet, Sopa Blackout, Wikipedia Blackout, Wikipedia Blackout Sopa, Technology News

Sure, SOPA and PIPA are really destructive, potentially damaging U.S. competitiveness and genuinely killing jobs. However, there's some good news associated with the reaction to the bad law, news that we're missing.

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SOPA/PIPA Aftermath: Where We Go Next

Raven Brooks | Posted 03.20.2012

Read More: Mpaa, Chris Dodd, Blackout, Pipa, Al Franken, Sopa, Sopa Protest, Online Advocacy, Sopa Pipa, Sopa Blackout, Net Neutrality, Wikipedia Blackout, Politics News

It seems that SOPA and PIPA are dead in their current forms, but like zombies they'll be back under different names. I think there are a couple of lessons worth taking away from Wednesday's protest.

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Let's SOPAfy Everything

Daniel Cluchey | Posted 03.20.2012

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The days of the sit-in are gone, replaced not a moment too soon by the days of the status update.

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We Are the Lobbyists Now

Jeff Jarvis | Posted 03.20.2012

Read More: Internet, Sopa, Sopa Protest, SOPA Bill, PIPA Protest, Sopa Pipa, Wikipedia SOPA, Pipa, Sopa Blackout, Media News

The Internet has helped untold publics to form. Yesterday, the Internet became a public.

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Key Supporters Abandon Anti-Piracy Legislation

The Huffington Post | Luke Johnson | Posted 01.18.2012

Read More: Internet Blackout, Marco Rubio, Roy Blunt, Pipa, Sopa Blackout, Protect IP, Sopa, Censored, Stop Online Piracy Act, Protect Ip Act, Video, Piracy, Orrin Hatch, Blackout, Sopa and Pipa Bills, Censorship, Politics News

Joining other lawmakers, Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah) announced Wednesday that he would no longer support the Protect IP Act, amid widespread online prot...

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WATCH: Glenn Beck Weighs In On SOPA

The Huffington Post | Alana Horowitz | Posted 03.19.2012

Read More: Stop Online Piracy Act, Video, Pipa, Sopa Blackout, Glenn Beck, Glenn Beck Sopa, Piracy Bills, Fox Sopa, Sopa, Media News

And now, the SOPA commentary you've all been waiting for. Glenn Back slammed the controversial anti-piracy bill on his internet talk show on Wednes...

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6 Ways You Can Join The SOPA Protest

The Huffington Post | Ramona Emerson | Posted 01.18.2012

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On January 18 more than 8,000 sites "blacked out" some or all of their content to support a massive web-wide protest against controversial bills SOPA ...

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How To Access Wikipedia During The Blackout

The Huffington Post | Timothy Stenovec | Posted 01.18.2012

Read More: Wikipedia, Internet Blackout, Video, Pipa, Sopa Blackout, Wikipedia Blackout, Sopa Wikipedia, Wikipedia Protest, Sopa, Wikipedia SOPA, How to Access Wikipedia, Technology News

If you've attempted to visit one of the 3.8 million articles in the English-language version of Wikipedia today, then you already know that the site h...

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#FactsWithoutWikipedia: Users Improvise During Blackout

The Huffington Post | Laura Hibbard | Posted 01.18.2012

Read More: Wikipedia, Sopa Pipa, Pipa, SOPA Bill, Slidepollajax, Sopa Blackout, Sopa Blackouts, Wikipedia Blackout, Factswithoutwikipedia, Sopa, Technology News

After Wikipedia shut down at midnight on Tuesday, Jan. 18, students everywhere began to panic about how they were going to do their homework. The o...

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Wikipedia Needs Women

Sarah Stierch | Posted 03.19.2012

Read More: PIPA Protest, Sopa Protest, Stop Sopa, Internet Censorship Bill, Women and Wikipedia, Sopa Blackout, Wikipedia Blackout, Wikipedia, Internet Censorship, Ada Lovelace, Women and Tech, Women News

As I write this, I watch our team of staff and volunteers slowly black out Wikipedia, and I realize what women would have to lose if this blackout became permanent.

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WATCH: The Day The LOLcats Died

Posted 01.18.2012

Read More: The Cheezburger Network, Protest Songs, Video, Pipa, Funny Videos, Funny Songs, The Day the Lolcats Died, Sopa Blackout, Urlesque, Sopa Protest Song, Sopa Pipa Blackout, Lolcats, Sopa, Cheezburger Network, Comedy News

Thousands of websites are participating in a content blackout today in protest of SOPA and PIPA, two controversial bills that would place an unprecede...

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