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SOPA and PIPA Protest Update

As I wrote about, yesterday was a day of protest against SOPA and PIPA. These bills are nominally designed to stop piracy of copyrighted works, but they actually run the risk of destroying the internet. To some extent, the protests were successful. They raised a lot of attention among the public and newsmakers, and most…

What are SOPA and PIPA? What can I do?

I’m sure you’ve either heard or realized that websites like Wikipedia, Reddit, WordPress, TwitPic, and Fark are all protesting SOPA and PIPA by blacking out their site. What are SOPA and PIPA? They are the bills going through the U.S. House and Senate designed to prevent internet piracy, but they could also potentially change the…