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SOPA shelved after Obama announcement

, Jan 16th 2012 Discuss [24]

... leader Eric Cantor that there would be no vote on SOPA "unless there is consensus on the bill," this essentially shelving the project until further notice. This move "effectively scuppers" SOPA, as the Guardian notes, and puts pressure on the next most ...

Anonymous joins anti-SOPA blackout as Wikipedia mulls support

, Jan 12th 2012 Discuss [15]

...too will be joining reddit's anti-SOPA blackout on January 18, with Wikipedia ...platform WordPress has also joined the anti-SOPA drive, though it's unclear if ...- both public and among senators - around SOPA opposition here. [timeline] [via The Inquirer]...

“Worse than SOPA” CISPA bill passes

, Apr 27th 2012 Discuss [7]

Luckily for denizens of the internet, SOPA was struck down not too long ago, but there’s another bill which was passed by the House of Representatives that proves just as menacing. It’s called CISPA, and was voted for 248 to 168. The bill would require ...

SOPA and PIPA delayed indefinitely, Internet Wins

, Jan 20th 2012 Discuss [2]

...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 pressured by waves of not only ...

SOPA vote rescheduled for this week, attempts silent passage

, Dec 19th 2011 Discuss [9]

Despite what you may have heard at the end of last week, the vote for the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) is not delayed until 2012 nor is it delayed "indefinitely" - instead members of Congress hoping to run the act through a vote without any more internet-...

SOPA and PROTECT IP rallied against by top-tier internet founders

, Dec 16th 2011 Discuss [4]

When it comes to something so very important as the two proposed pieces of legislation PROTECT IP Act and Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), you'd be surprised how little the vast majority of the people voting on whether or not they are passed into law know ...

SlashGear Week in Review – Week 3 2012

, Jan 22nd 2012 Discuss [1]

...much worse than the "piracy" bills SOPA and PIPA we just destroyed... relatively early in taking on SOPA and PIPA with an explanatory... the name of SlashGear 101: SOPA and PIPA explained in plain... out, the Internet won and SOPA and PIPA were delayed indefinitely...

“Bat-Signal for the Internet” teased by “Internet Defense League”

, May 25th 2012 Discuss [0]

... protest web-containing bills such as SOPA, PIPA, and CISPA, three of ...Of course as you well know, SOPA and PIPA were taken down ... viral organizing. That’s how the SOPA protests were able to get ...that brings home a point that SOPA and PIPA proved: That still,...

Facebook defends CISPA with talk of protection

, Apr 13th 2012 Discuss [4]

Just like SOPA, Facebook has responded to the growing concerns rising around an ... taking the opposite stance. If you'll recall, SOPA (and its twin PIPA) were bills that ...'s Mark Zuckerberg himself spoke out against SOPA and PIPA, this time the bill known as ...

Wikipedia founder blasts “moguls of Hollywood” over copyright extradition

, Jun 25th 2012 Discuss [0]

... as a "dangerous chokepoint" and using Wikipedia to support anti-SOPA/PIPA protests earlier this year. The online crowd-sourced enciclopedia ... this year, in the fight against the anti-copyright bills SOPA and PIPA, the public won its first big victory. This...

Web inventor Berners-Lee shoots down CISPA

, Apr 18th 2012 Discuss [1]

... America tends to affect people all over the world. Even though the Sopa and Pipa acts were stopped by huge public outcry, it's ... the future unless you mobilize to take them down in situations like SOPA and PIPA. Have a peek at the timeline below to see the...

Netflix political action committee is formed

, Apr 9th 2012 Discuss [0]

... under increasingly heavy scrutiny. And complete whackjob pieces of legislation like SOPA are showing that politicians have no idea how any of this .... It was not set up for the purpose of supporting SOPA or PIPA," Netflix wrote in a statement. " Instead, ...

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