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Facebook Statement on the Death of SOPA

January 21st 2012 Posted at Websites
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This is the statement of Facebook in their Washington DC page after the news broke out that Texas Rep. Lamar Smith pulled out the SOPA.

SOPA is Dead

“We are relieved that Congress has recognized the serious damage the PROTECT IP Act (PIPA) and the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) could cause to the Internet and are pleased that congressional leaders have decided not to move forward on these bills. We want to thank the millions of Facebook users who shared their views with us, with members of Congress, and with their friends and families on this important issue, and who changed the direction of this harmful legislation. We appreciate that lawmakers have listened to our community’s concerns, and we stand ready to work with them on solutions to piracy and copyright infringement that will not chill free expression or threaten the economic growth and innovation the Internet provides.”

Wikipedia Blackout

January 18th 2012 Posted at Uncategorized
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Wikipedia blackout

The black out at Wikipedia in protest of the SOPA.

Imagine a World Without Free Knowledge
For more than a decade, we have spent millions of hours building the largest encyclopedia in human history. Right now, the U.S. Congress is considering legislation that could fatally damage the free and open Internet. For 24 hours, to raise awareness, we are blacking out Wikipedia.

This is the message of the Wikipedia English dictionary if you access the site now. They are doing the blackout in support of the largest online protest against the SOPA, or the Stop Online Piracy Act.

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2. Internet Blackout Tomorrow for SOPA Protest

3. Go Daddy and the SOPA

Go Daddy and the SOPA

December 24th 2011 Posted at Domains, Websites
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The famous domain name registration company, Go Daddy, had made a lot of people angry because of their support of the SOPA.

According to Wikipedia, SOPA is

“The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), also known as H.R. 3261, is a bill that was introduced in the United States House of Representatives on October 26, 2011, by Representative Lamar Smith (R-TX) and a bipartisan group of 12 initial co-sponsors.”

Because of this, about 21,054 domains moved out of Domaincontrol.com, which is managed by Go Daddy. Then in a not-so-surprising turn of events, Go Daddy CEO Warren Adelman announced in a statement that they will only support the controversial legislation if and when the “Internet community supports it”.

A lot of people got furious with the online company after an anti-Go Daddy thread on the social site caled Reddit became very popular. Because of that, Godaddyboycott.org was born. It is a site that was set up to let people know of happenings regarding this issue and also show their disapproval with Go Daddy’s support of the SOPA.

Anyway, on the same day, it was also reported by Dailychanges.com that 20,034 transferred to Go Daddy in the same day. If you ask me what this means, then my answer would be, “I don’t know.”

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