- Apr 17, 2011
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Neowin.net said:
Remember the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Protect IP Act (PIPA)? Those two bills, one filed in the US House of Representatives and the other in the US Senate, were supposed to be created to fight online piracy. However, many tech companies and web sites felt the two bills were so broadly constructed they could be used by the government to shut down websites that simply linked to disputed copyrighted material.
The issue came to a head in mid-January, thanks largely to many websites, including Wikipedia, going dark for a day to protest SOPA and PIPA. That, plus lots of petitions, emails and phone calls to lawmakers along with some real world protests caused both bills to have their votes postponed indefinitely.
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