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How SOPA would affect you: FAQ | Privacy Inc. - CNET News - 0 views

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    This is a thorough composition of frequently asked questions concerning SOPA, PIPA, and how these laws would affect the average internet user. It also gives links to additional information regarding SOPA.
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    this is a great article about the facts of SOPA and what it would do if this bill would pass.
Christina Shepherd

PIPA and Sopa just the facts - 1 views

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    The pros and cons of SOPA and PIPA are discussed in this article. There is also an alternative introduced in this website about the OPEN Act.
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    Media Privacy, copyright infringement is what PIPA and SOPA is about. they want to block certain domains like the pirate bay and mega upload from giving away movies and music. Even payperview fights are on the pirate bay. for example, if comcast or century link didn't want you to access piratebay.org they could block it but there is still a way to get to the website through other ways so PIPA and SOPA had to drop it.
Kelsey Ashworth

SOPA BLACKOUT - 1 views

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    This is an article from the Huffington Post about Internet censorship. It is specifically talking about SOPA, and the "SOPA blackouts" earlier this year. SOPA is the Stop Online Piracy Act.
Lori Lindner

» Freedom and the Internet: Victorious in SOPA Fight - Big Government - 0 views

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    An article celebrating the defeat of SOPA and explaining why it is so important. SOPA assumes everyone is guilty instead of innocent until proven guilty.
Natalie Hanson

SOPA, PIPA: What you need to know - Political Hotsheet - CBS News - 0 views

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    The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and its Senate companion, the Protect IP Act (PIPA). Shows a great video and talks alot about SOPA and PIPA laws. The video talks alot about several websites that disagree with these acts. Also, discusses who is for it and why it is important to have the privacy inplace.
Melissa Mack

If You Thought SOPA Was Bad, Just Wait Until You Meet ACTA - Forbes - 0 views

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    ACTA is the new SOPA and so much more. It also is a trade agreement encompassing most of the developed countries of the world
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    Oh boy. Here we go again. They just won't give up.
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    An article by Forbes with their opinion on another possible act that is on the books for discussion in the same vein of SOPA and PIPA. It also provides some links to help you better understand ACTA.
Rafael Montes

What Is SOPA? - 0 views

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    Explains sopa to people. Companies can censor website or videos for potentially having copyright infringement. and if the company is wrong , its no big deal because the website is down and the company is untouched.
Rafael Montes

Google | Ten Prominent Websites Protesting SOPA and PIPA | Business | TIME.com - 0 views

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    Major websites protesting the bills on sopa and pipa. Hoping people will take action to stop the internet to be censored. They fear that this would be the stepping stone for more to come.
Rafael Montes

Adios, SOPA. House Shelves Bill Indefinitely. - 0 views

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    There are a lot of bad feed back on the bill SOPA, Committee is revising the bill and will be postpone until they reach some agreement.
Elizabeth Simons

SOPA - 0 views

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    This article discusses the SOPA and Project IP bills. Both bills are intended to stop online piracy and the SOPA bill has now been put onhold because so many have opposed the bill. Congress will need to make the bill more focused before trying to pass it agian.
Rafael Montes

How SOPA/PIPA Can Affect You - 0 views

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    The United States government has been facing an intense amount of pressure, mostly from the entertainment and computer software publishing companies for years to find some method of stopping the online piracy that is allowing people to own copies of their merchandise for free.
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    PIPA is short for Protect IP Act and SOPA is short for Stop Online Piracy Act. They are both really big issues facing our world today. Many people are taking things illegally such as music, movies, software, and et cetera without paying for it. And now the government as well as the people who made all those things are fed up. For years people have tried to stop the hackers and now they are trying again. Will it work? Who knows.
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    The United States government has been facing an intense amount of pressure, mostly from the entertainment and computer software publishing companies for years to find some method of stopping the online piracy that is allowing people to own copies of their merchandise for free.
Alyshia McKay

SOPA explained: What it is and why it matters - 0 views

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    This is a neutral article on the SOPA law. It describes what SOPA is, who is opposed and who is for the law, and what the outcome of voting for the law was. It also gives some alternative ideas to secure the internet from piracy overseas, but not invade the privacy of our people.
Garrett Fisher

Beyond SOPA - 0 views

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    Although SOPA has been defeated, there's a new bill on the rise. The Online Protection and Enforcement of Digital Trade Act (OPEN) is the next option in the pipeline, claiming to offer a more reasonable solution to internet piracy.
Alyshia McKay

An Updated Analysis: Why SOPA & PIPA Are A Bad Idea, Dangerous & Unnecessary | Techdirt - 0 views

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    This is some updated information on those we are opposed to the idea of SOPA/PIPA. It describes the difference and similarities between the two bills, and why the writer is opposed to both.
Elizabeth Simons

What Is SOPA? A Guide to Understanding the Online Piracy Bill - 0 views

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    SOPA is bill designed to stop foreign websites that promote piracy. In doing so, websites would be prohibitted from showing advertisements to links with pirated content. This bill is still waiting to be voted on.
Jessica Bruck

SOPA and PIPA Spur Lobbying Spike - OpenSecrets Blog | OpenSecrets - 0 views

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    SOPA and PIPA appear to have been very, very good for K Street. Companies that lobbied on the two bills spent at least $104.6 million in the fourth quarter of 2011, more than double the $49.3 million they laid out in the previous quarter, according to research by the Center for Responsive Politics.
Garrett Fisher

Thought SOPA Was Bad? 10 Reasons to Oppose ACTA - 0 views

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    Don't celebrate the win over SOPA and PIPA just yet. There are a lot of even nastier items on the horizon. Going beyond what is on the internet, ACTA takes things a step further.
Mary Murray

Beyond SOPA - 0 views

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    Editorial page from the New York Times about more legislation being introduced regarding internet piracy. OPEN is the name of the new legislation. No word in the article about when this might be brought up for any kind of vote in Congress.
Rafael Montes

ACTA,SOPA,PIPA Globally Criminalising Joe Public for Using the Internet - 0 views

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    How the Trade Agreement can effect you. Not does it only censor the internet but also food medication tv, file-sharing. Websites would be in charge of censoring their own site.
Aric Overton

Twitter - 0 views

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    New global twitter policy that will block some tweet. Now companies are taking action in to their own hands since SOPA and PIPA were turned down
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