SOPA and PIPA Part of Effort to Domesticate Politically Incorrect Internet
01-21-2012 • www.prisonplanet.com
The Megaupload takedown is dominating headlines, but there is something the incident has overshadowed – large internet corporations and government have censored political websites for years as part of a plan to domesticate the internet. …
Regulatory Czar would use copyright mechanisms to shut down rumor and conspiracy theory sites
01-21-2012 • Watts Up With That Blog
As Congress considered SOPA and PIPA, Obama’s “regulatory czar” Cass Sunstein wanted to shut down websites purporting conspiracy theories and rumors using the tools of copyright protection.
Reid Calls Off Protect IP Act Vote
01-21-2012 • David Kravets via WIRED.com
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nevada) on Friday delayed indefinitely a vote on the Protect IP Act, the proposed anti-piracy legislation that drew a widespread internet revolt Wednesday.
A SOPA/PIPA Blackout Explainer
01-21-2012 • David Kravets via WIRED.com
Hundreds, if not thousands, of websites are expected to go dark or alter themselves Wednesday to protest proposed U.S. anti-piracy legislation that many believe goes too far fighting online copyright and trademark infringement.
SOPA and PIPA Part of Effort to Domesticate Politically Incorrect Internet
01-21-2012 • www.prisonplanet.com
The Megaupload takedown is dominating headlines, but there is something the incident has overshadowed – large internet corporations and government have censored political websites for years as part of a plan to domesticate the internet.
The Great Internet Wars Have Begun
01-21-2012 • www.prisonplanet.com
In the video below, we note that the massive protest this week against SOPA and PIPA should not merely be about government and corporate curtailment of freedom of expression on the internet
SOPA’s Wicked Censorship
01-21-2012 • www.prisonplanet.com
Alex covers the latest news on the SOPA and PIPA protests that have taken a largely clueless Congress by surprise
. Victory on SOPA: Lessons Learned
01-21-2012 • www.lewrockwell.com/Gary North
The owners of a handful of popular Internet sites joined together to protest SOPA/PIPA. They blacked out their sites and provided information on the threat to Internet liberty this bill posed.
If SOPA’s Main Target Is The Pirate Bay, It’s Worth Pointing Out That ThePirateBay.org Is Im
01-21-2012 • www.techdirt.com
In looking over Eric Goldman’s excellent "linkwrap" of a bunch of recent SOPA/PIPA stories, it pointed me to a News.com article from last month, about how SOPA was really about going after one single site: The Pirate Bay.
Megaupload shutdown raises new Internet-sharing fears
01-20-2012 • Washington Post
The Justice Department’s shutdown of the popular file-sharing site Megaupload.com reverberated across the Internet Friday, sparking fresh questions for major Web companies while rattling millions of users of sites like it.
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