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11 February 2012 declared day of action against ACTA

SOPA and PIPA are dead ... and may they stay that way forever... 13 million of us protested against them in one way or another, big websites went black for a day to protest, including Wikipedia and Reddit, and the bills were scrapped (for now).

In the Media by Anne Sewell - 2 comments

UFC's website hacked for supporting SOPA

UFC.com, the official website of the Ultimate Fighting Championship, was hacked on Sunday by a group calling themselves the "Underground Nazi H4ck3rGr0up." This hacking comes shortly after Anonymous's takedown of the FBI's website.

In the Media by Abigail Prendergast - 1 comment

Wikipedia, BoingBoing and others blackout in protest of SOPA

Wikipedia's English-language site is leading a protest against the new Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) that major Internet companies consider draconian. Wikipedia, along with some others, will "blackout" on Jan. 18 for 24 hrs.

In the Media by JohnThomas Didymus - 1 comment

Op-Ed: SOPA 'not proceeding' but sites still going dark

Sydney - SOPA is on hold, but Wikipedia’s “strike” threat for tomorrow and similar action by Reddit and Boing Boing are still going ahead. The White House has expressed less than fizzy enthusiasm for anti piracy proposals and is asking for help from users.

In the Media by Paul Wallis - 8 comments

Op-Ed: Why Canadians should participate in the SOPA/PIPA protest

Ottawa - Some of the Internet's leading websites, including Wikipedia, Reddit, Mozilla, WordPress, and BoingBoing, will go dark tomorrow to protest against the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Protect IP Act (PIPA). Here's why Canadians should care.

In the Media by Michael Geist - 3 comments

Op-Ed: Wikipedia to go on strike in protest of SOPA

Sydney - The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) which has already got flak from Google, Twitter, Wikipedia, Yahoo! and others is getting a lot hotter. Wikipedia is going to be offline on Wednesday in protest.

In the Media by Paul Wallis - 9 comments

SOPA is losing steam, Internet censorship may not become law

SOPA, the Stop Online Piracy Act, is running into increasing resistance as more corporations denounce support for the legislation.

In the Media by Gar Swaffar - 7 comments

Op-Ed: Police state America - in the name of protecting your rights

Washington - Once again, America is coming under fire from enemies domestic, as usual inside Congress as new legislation is presented to censor the Internet dressed up as protecting the people from piracy.

In the Media by Alexander Baron - 1 comment

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SOPA and the Online Tsunami

The unprecedented online revolt against PIPA and SOPA, congressional bills targeting online copyright and trademark infringement, has many Washington insiders scratching their collective heads.

AUDIO: Reddit co-founder talks SOPA

Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian discusses the impact of the proposed SOPA Bill with Christopher Marcich, President of the Motion Picture Association, Europe on the BBC's 5 live Investigates programme.

Watch: SOPA Backlash Causes Web Blackouts

Google and other sites protest anti-piracy laws with new look.

Congress halts anti-piracy bills

The US House of Representatives and Senate postpone two anti-online piracy bills, Pipa and Sopa, days after widespread web protests.

Sopa protest not over - Wikipedia

Wikipedia insists its protest over US anti-piracy legislation will continue, while UK interests say they are watching the situation "closely".