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Internet Freedom, But For How Long?
http://lewrockwell.com/slavo/slavo90.1.html

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What Is SOPA? Here Are Five Things You Need to Know

Jorge Rivas, ColorLines: ''Media justice advocates say the [Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA)] bill is anathema to basic functioning of the Internet ... SOPA would work as the online world s stingy gatekeeper, giving government the power to shutdown websites altogether. Today, hundreds of websites are joining in a day of action to SOPA s threat to freedom of expression on the Internet ... joining in what's been called an 'Internet strike,' by closing their websites from 8 am to 8 pm eastern time.''

http://www.truth-out.org/what-sopa-here-are-five-things-you-need-know/1326898853



Blackout Strike: Anonymous Calls for Street Protests; Lawmakers Drop Support of SOPA and PIPA

Mike Ludwig, Truthout: ''The decentralized hacktivist network Anonymous has issued a press release calling for physical street protest against the [Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and Protect IP Act (PIPA)] bills, recommending that protesters converge at freeways, malls, libraries and schools. 'IF YOUR GOVERNMENT SHUTS DOWN THE INTERNET ... SHUT DOWN THE GOVERNMENT,' the release declares.... The Internet has not crumbled as a result of the blackout strike, but support for both bills in Congress has.''

http://www.truth-out.org/blackout-strike-anonymous-calls-street-protests/1326918870



Internet Blackout Today: The Fight for a Free and Open Web

Isaiah J. Poole, Campaign for America s Future: ''Because our fight for a people-powered democracy ... depends on a free and open Internet ... many websites ... are protesting two bills pending in Congress that are direct and profound threats to that freedom. Many of these websites ... have decided to 'go dark' today to symbolize what could happen if the draconian measures in these bills are put into effect.''

http://www.truth-out.org/internet-blackout-today-fight-free-and-open-web/1326895610

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SOPA Will Take Us Back to the Dark Ages

By Lance Ulanoff

Fear is a powerful motivator. It will grind the engine of the Internet to a halt.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30277.htm



A Close Look at the Stop Online Piracy Act Bill

By Jonathan Zittrain

A detailed guide on what the Stop Online Piracy Act legislation, if passed in its current form, would affect.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30279.htm



End Piracy, Not Liberty: Tell Congress: Don t censor the Web

Millions of Americans oppose SOPA and PIPA because these bills would censor the Internet and slow economic growth in the U.S.

https://www.google.com/landing/takeaction/



SOPA: Don t Just Protest, Get Even

By Tony Cartalucci

The key to stopping SOPA and the watered down feigned ''concession'' that will surely follow it is to undermine the unwarranted power and influence of the corporations and financiers backing it in the first place.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30290.htm


From Information Clearing House

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Websites Go Black to Protest Internet Censorship Bill
http://www.commondreams.org/headline/2012/01/18

Defend Our Freedom to Share (or Why SOPA Is a Bad Idea)
http://www.commondreams.org/video/2012/01/18-0

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Can activists force Congress to block SOPA? Yes!

The Nation
by John Nichols

01/18/12

The American Civil Liberties Union, Free Press and the Save the Internet campaign have made it clear that the Stop Online Piracy Act poses a genuine threat to human rights advocacy and whistleblowing on the web. Yet, the measure continues to advance in the U.S. House, even as a Senate variation on it, the Protect IP Act, has been put on hold by Oregon Democrat Ron Wyden. That s why internet sites have been going dark in protest today. If the bill is stopped, it will be by political action. But that won t be easy...

http://tinyurl.com/7t73u44


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

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Save the Internet today
http://www.avaaz.org/en/save_the_internet_action_center_b/?cl=1514203478&v=12083

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Tell Congress to oppose SOPA
http://action.aclu.org/site/R?i=2_R2m6fWnnDHKnYP9eSWxQ

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Petition Congress: Protect the Internet for Innovators!
http://sopa.boldprogressives.org/survey/survey_sopa_reddit/?source=scribd



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