Senator Patty Murray On Internet Piracy – SOPA and PIPA
Dear Concerned Citizen and Internet User: Thank you for contacting me with your thoughts about online piracy. I appreciate hearing from you on this important subject. As you may know, S.968, the Preventing Real Online Threats to Economic Creativity and Theft of Intellectual Property Act of 2011, was introduced in the Senate early last year. Companion legislation called the Stop Online Piracy Act was also introduced in the House. Both bills attempt to address the problem [...]
Categories: Internet Tags: Internet Piracy, Senator Patty Murray, SOPA and PIPA
Google Does Care!
Thank you for taking action! Hi Internet User, Last week you stood with millions of Americans to protect online freedom and innovation. Congress heard you, and delayed consideration of the PIPA and SOPA bills, which — if enacted — would censor the Web and impose harmful regulations on American businesses. [...]
Categories: Internet Tags: Google Does Care!, SOPA and PIPA
SOPA and PIPA… Nuts!
Today was nuts, right? Google launched a petition. Wikipedia voted to shut itself off. Senators’ websites went down just from the sheer surge of voters trying to write them. NYC and SF geeks had protests that packed city blocks. You made history today: nothing like this has ever happened before. [...]
Categories: Internet Tags: SOPA and PIPA, Tell Your Representative No
Microsoft Wavering on SOPA and PIPA
Microsoft is a key technology industry lobbyist in Washington — and it’s wavering on whether to support or oppose PIPA, the Senate’s internet censorship bill. Sign the petition calling on Microsoft to oppose PIPA. Vira, Congress is scheduled to vote soon on two bills — SOPA and PIPA — that [...]
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