Wednesday, January 18, 2012

Wikipedia Blackout Protest Has Plenty Of Company Disney Refused Invitation From Senator Feinstein To Meet With Tech Companies Over PIPA/SOPA SOPA Opera White House Shuts Down Proposed Online AntiPiracy Bill Musician Peter Gabriel Comes Out Against SOPA/PIPA; Website Will Go Dark Protests Gain Steam as Web Activists Flex Growing Clout Google protest US antipiracy proposals Websites go dark to bills The End of the Internet Google’s Home Page Lobby HollywoodSupported Bills Lawmakers seem intent on approving PIPA How Be Gibson Guitar & Others On Supporters List Say They Never Supported Delayed; Cantor Promises It Won't Brought Floor Until 'Issues Are Addressed' Protect IP Act Breaks SOPA/PIPA Pretend Statement Means We Can Rush Through Hackers Join Fight W

Protect IP, SOPA protest yanks Senate Web sites offline Influx of visitors to Senate Web sites during protest against Stop Online Piracy Act and Protect IP Act knocked them temporarily offline. But Capitol switchboard stayed up. Protect IP, SOPA protests knock Senate Web sites offline An influx of visitors to Senate Web sites during the copyright protest knocked them temporarily offline. But the Capitol switchboard stayed up. Why one game developer is skipping E3 to start an anti-SOPA crusade The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and its Senate cousin the Protect IP Act (PIPA) are like thermonuclear devices deployed to kill an insect. They would give copyright holders and the US government unprecedented abilities to summarily block and cut off funding for websites accused of violating copyright. Major sites ranging from reddit to Wikipedia are voluntarily going dark today in protest of ... Sen. Marco Rubio drops support of PIPA, a bill he co-sponsored Good news for the anti-SOPA/PIPA crowd: Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) announced on his official Facebook page that he no longer supports the "PROTECT IP Act" (PIPA), a bill he co-sponsored. In his statement, Sen. Rubio also urged Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) to "abandon his plan to rush the bill to the floor." PIPA is currently schedule to go before the full Senate for a procedural vote to ... Protests lead to weakening support for Protect IP, SOPA Widespread online protests appear to have convinced some sponsors of controversial copyright bills that they're no longer worth supporting. Boozman Opposes SOPA and PIPA Boozman releases statement rejecting the controversial Stop Online Piracy Act and Protect IP Act.  Boozman was originally a co-sponsor of the bill but has removed his name and pledged to vote against it should it go to vote. Sen. Marco Rubio drops support of PIPA, a bill he co-sponsored [Update: 2nd Sen. backs down] In an early sign that the mass online blackout in protest of the "Stop Online Piracy Act" (SOPA) and the "PROTECT IP Act" (PIPA) is working, PIPA co-sponsor Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) has pulled his support for the Senate's controversial anti-piracy bill. Marco Rubio Jumps Protect IP Ship Amid Internet Blackout Protest WASHINGTON -- With thousands of websites large and small blacked out Wednesday in protest of the proposed Stop Online Piracy Act, a House bill, and its Senate counterpart, the Protect IP Act , another co-sponsor of the legislation has withdrawn his support -- Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.). iVoiceIdeas.com Opposes SOPA and PIPA Legislation Giving Government Content Control Over the Internet. Two bills before Congress, known as the Protect IP Act in the Senate and the Stop Online Piracy Act in the House, would censor the Web and impose harmful regulations on American business. Two PROTECT IP sponsors drop support for their own bill Politicians scatter in the face of public ire Two of the co-sponsors of the PROTECT IP anti-piracy bill currently working its way through Congress have dropped support for the legislation.…
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References:
http://www.deadline.com/2012/01/wikipedia-blackout-pipa-sopa-protest-google/
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120118/01464317448/disney-refused-invitation-senator-feinstein-to-meet-with-tech-companies-over-pipasopa.shtml
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDX8Lyl16Qs&feature=youtu.be
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120116/02043417413/sopapipa-supporters-pretend-white-house-statement-means-we-can-rush-through-sopapipa.shtml
http://pixelhat.net/

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