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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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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
Jeff Jarvis

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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Europe's ACTA Freak Out: How Hollywood Holds Back the Trade Agenda

Harold Feld | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Ustr, Sopa Protest, Free Trade Agreements, Sopa Pipa, Acta, Mpaa, Free Trade, Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, US Trade Representative, Trade Agreements, Riaa, Sopa, Hollywood, Business News
Harold Feld

Whenever there is an international trade agreement negotiation, Hollywood jumps in, takes over, and starts driving the crazy train off a cliff by demanding all kinds of nonsense in the name of "stopping piracy."

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On Piracy and Privacy

Greg Goldberg | Posted 04.11.2012

Read More: Commercial Media, Participation Industry, Media Industry, Sopa Pipa, Wikipedia SOPA, Sopa, Technology News
Greg Goldberg

When Google institutes a privacy overhaul in March, what are 350 million Gmail users to do? In the battle against SOPA/PIPA, Internet users got a glimpse of how powerful the participation industry has become.

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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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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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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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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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Zach Carter

Chamber of Commerce's Secret SOPA Email

HuffingtonPost.com | Zach Carter | Posted 01.21.2012

Read More: Stop Sopa, Video, Sopa Pipa, Lamar Smith, Sopa/Pipa, Pipa, The Chamber, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Jobs, Harry Reid, Protect IP, Chamber of Commerce, Sopa, Hollywood, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- The top intellectual property lawyer at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce appears to have sent out an email to underlings on Friday, notifyin...

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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
Craig Newmark

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
Raven Brooks

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

Read More: Sopa Protest, Google Sopa, Facebook Sopa, Sopa Pipa, SOPA Bill, Sopa Blackout, Wikipedia Blackout, Google Protest, Sopa, Wikipedia SOPA, Politics News
Daniel Cluchey

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
Jeff Jarvis

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

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SOPACALYPSE: The Funniest Web Blackout Tweets

Posted 01.18.2012

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Sure, today's massive SOPA protest blackout sounded like a good idea in theory. For one day, thousands of popular sites across the Internet would shut...

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SOPA vs. The Internet

Posted 01.18.2012

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With today's SOPA blackout in full effect, we started thinking: what would the future-Internet look like without all of the awesome material for the w...

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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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Google Infographic Explains SOPA, PIPA Opposition

The Huffington Post | Ileana Llorens | Posted 01.31.2012

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Thousands of websites have joined the efforts to stand up against the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Protect IP Act (PIPA) by blacking out info...

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How SOPA Could Affect Nonprofits

Huffington Post | By Eleanor Goldberg and Jessica Prois | Posted 01.18.2012

Read More: Reddit, Wikipedia, Video, Benetech, Jim Fruchterman, Sopa Pipa, Pipa, Christopher Gardner, Wikipedia Blackout, Reddit Blackout, Beth Kanter, Sopa, Impact News

A number of high-profile websites, including Wikipedia and Reddit, have shut down Wednesday to protest proposed anti-piracy legislation, and some expe...

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Wikipedia Editors Question Site's Controversial Blackout

AP | By PETER SVENSSON | Posted 03.19.2012

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NEW YORK -- Can the world live without Wikipedia for a day? The shutdown of one of the Internet's most-visited sites is not sitting well with some of ...

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Why We Go Black

Timothy Karr | Posted 03.19.2012

Read More: Internet Blackout, Pipa, Sopa Pipa, Sopa, SOPA Bill, Rupert Murdoch, PIPA Bill, Barack Obama, Internet Freedom, Net Neutrality, Technology News
Timothy Karr

Today's nationwide protest of Internet blacklist legislation is part of a brewing movement to keep control over the Internet out of the hands of corporations and governments. It's a struggle that puts Internet users before information gatekeepers.

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11 Huge Sites Protesting SOPA, PIPA

The Huffington Post | Posted 01.18.2012

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On January 18, over 7,000 websites -- including Wikipedia and Google -- will protest anti-piracy legislation currently making its way through Congress...

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What SOPA And PIPA Mean For Women

Jessica Pearce Rotondi | Posted 03.18.2012

Read More: Sopa Protest, Stop Online Piracy Act, Protect Ip Act, Wikipedia Jimmy Wales, Sopa Pipa, Wikipedia-Protest-Sopa, Pipa, Sopa and Pipa, Jimmy Wales, Wikipedia Blackout, Reddit Blackout, Sopa, Women News
Jessica Pearce Rotondi

Here's what women need to know about the proposed bills and blackout -- and why we stand to be disproportionately affected.

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SOPA/PIPA Discussion: Internet Censorship & The Attack On Tech Innovators

Posted 01.17.2012

Read More: Internet, Video, Sopa Pipa, Sopa/Pipa, Boldprogressives, Pipa, Internet Censorship, Sopa Blackout, Sopa Black Out, Sopa, Politics News

The Progressive Change Campaign Committee (PCCC) is hosting a discussion on the SOPA House bill and the PIPA Senate bill at 12:30 p.m. ET on Tuesday. ...

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