SOPA and Hip-Hop’s Escalating Custody Battle
The response to Washington’s Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and Protect IP Act (PIPA) was so swift and powerful that it can really only be called a protest in the same way that a first-round Mike Tyson knockout can be considered a fight. In a flash, Google got seven million signatures, Wikipedia staged a self-imposed blackout and [...]
Read MoreTech Week in Review 1-20-2012
MegaUpload Shut Down MegaUpload has been shut down by the US Government. Early reports suggested that this was because of SOPA/PIPA legislation, but these have not yet been passed. Swizz Beatz was also implicated early on as CEO of MegaUpload, but he is not mentioned at all in the 72-page indictment against the company. While [...]
Read MoreWikipedia, Other Sites Going Dark Tomorrow to Protest SOPA
Wikipedia, Reddit, and Boing Boing and many other sites are staging global blackouts tomorrow to protest the Stop Online Piracy Act and the Protect IP Act. Specifically, Wikipedia, which has been a very vocal opponent of the restrictive set of bills, polled 1800 users and with their support has chosen to take down its English pages all day [...]
Read MoreSOPA Opera Helps You Keep Track on Where Your Congress Members Stand on PROTECT-IP and SOPA
As we get closer to voting on both PROTECT-IP and SOPA, more sites are launching to inform the general public and interent activist about what many have called the bills that could destroy the internet as we know it today. A new site that recently launched is SOPAOpera.org that keeps track of where your Congress [...]
Read MoreThe Go Daddy SOPA Backlash and the Other Companies that Support SOPA, The Internet Censorship Law
Earlier this week we told about you SOPA and the Protect IP Act, along with how they could have a negative impact on how we freely use the Internet today. Today a few bombshell news was made around the Internet when a report was released with the list of companies that supports SOPA. There were [...]
Read MoreWhat is SOPA / Protect IP Act and How It Could Change the Internet [infographic]
The news about SOPA has been buzzing around the internet for some time now and we want to educate our readers how SOPA could change the internet. What does SOPA stand for? SOPA is short for “Stop Online Piracy Act”. The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), also known as H.R.3261, is a bill that was [...]
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