Thursday, January 19, 2012

Web Activists’ Assault On AntiPiracy Bills Sends Supporters Fleeing Disney Refused Invitation From Senator Feinstein To Meet With Tech Companies Over PIPA/SOPA US Chamber Of Commerce Appears Argue That SOPA & PIPA Apply NO Websites At All An Updated Analysis Why Are A Bad Idea Dangerous Unnecessary Wikipedia Blackout Protest Has Plenty Company First One Down Rep. Lee Terry Removes His Name As CoSponsor Des Moinesbased business tech communities join protest against internet bills hearing to resume even in the face of opposition The Internet Goes Strike Opera White House Shuts Proposed Online Bill Lamar Smith MPAA Brush Off Just Publicity Stunt It's Baaaaaaaaack Says Markup Resume In February Did You Embed Leaked Trailer For Dark Knight Rises Your Blog U

SOPA Author Attacks Wikipedia, Schedules Debate on Bill The architect of SOPA, Rep. Lamar Smith, has scheduled a markup session next month in which the bill might be altered. Netflix's Hastings does SOPA flip-flop Reed Hastings, chief executive of Netflix, is a Stop Online Piracy Act flip-flopper, The Post has learned. The CEO's firm was an early supporter of the controversial SOPA bill, one person close to the measure said yesterday, but has backed away from that support as of late. The Los... SOPA, PIPA bills lose support from lawmakers Some lawmakers are rethinking their support of controversial anti-piracy bills that led to some websites shutting down in protest. SOPA Alternative Bill Introduced in the U.S. House of Representatives Lawmakers opposing the controversial Stop Online Piracy Act Wednesday introduced alternative legislation in the House. Amidst SOPA Blackout, Senate Copyright Bill Loses A Key Supporter Wednesday?s mass protest strike of popular websites including Wikipedia, Reddit, Boing Boing and others against the Stop Online Piracy Act has had its intended effect?at least on one Senator. Florida Senator Marco Rubio, who co-sponsored the Protect-IP Act (PIPA) that served as the Senate equivalent of the SOPA bill, has officially withdrawn his support of ... SOPA's Creator Aims To Resuscitate Bill After Protest Blackout Representative Lamar Smith has spent the last three months going to war with the entire Internet. And a few of the web?s biggest sites going on strike isn?t about to stop him now. With a vote on SOPA indefinitely delayed, several of the most controversial portions of the bill excised and the White House committed ... SOPA Blackout Helps Stall Anti-Piracy Bill From Moving Through Senate ... For Now After more than 7,000 high-traffic websites -- including Wikipedia, Reddit, Google, Amazon and others -- blacked out and/or supported the protest of SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) and PIPA (Protect Intellectual Property Act) on Wednesday (January 18), several co-sponsors of the Senate bill withdrew their support ... thus stopping the attempt at web censorship in its tracks ... for now. SOPA Blackout: Gamers, Developers Head Protest Of US Bill Gamers, media and developers unite against the United States' Stop Online Piracy Act. SOPA, the controversial US anti-piracy bill is being protested across the world today, with 24-gour online blackouts from sites such as Wikipedia and Reddit - but it's the games industry, media and community making most waves online. SOPA, otherwise know as the Stop Online Piracy Act is currently under ... SOPA anti-piracy bill markup to resume next month, lawmaker says SOPA: Despite the anti-SOPA protests scheduled for Jan. 18, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Lamar Smith says Congress will reexamine the bill in February. SOPA creator caught in own web The author of the controversial SOPA bill, which seeks to introduce stricter penalties for companies and individuals caught violating copyright laws online, has been caught in his own web.
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References:
http://www.deadline.com/2012/01/web-activists-assault-on-anti-piracy-bills-sends-supporters-fleeing/
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120118/01464317448/disney-refused-invitation-senator-feinstein-to-meet-with-tech-companies-over-pipasopa.shtml
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120118/01262017447/us-chamber-commerce-appears-to-argue-that-sopa-pipa-apply-to-no-websites-all.shtml
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120117/23002717445/updated-analysis-why-sopa-pipa-are-bad-idea-dangerous-unnecessary.shtml
http://www.deadline.com/2012/01/wikipedia-blackout-pipa-sopa-protest-google/
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20111222/13292217173/sopa-supporters-learning-slowly-that-pissing-off-reddit-is-bad-idea.shtml
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20111219/04440117128/poll-suggests-americans-all-ages-political-positions-locations-all-hate-sopa.shtml
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20111217/22470217117/senator-harry-reid-moves-to-approve-protect-ip-begin-censoring-internet.shtml
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120114/09513217409/white-house-comes-out-against-approach-sopapipa-response-to-online-petition.shtml
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