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Major Media Blackout to Protest the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA)

Amy Goodman, Democracy Now!. January 17, 2012.

Here's what you need to know about two controversial internet anti-piracy bills moving through Congress and the massive backlash against them.

Victory for Internet Freedom: Obama Announces Opposition to SOPA, Congress Shelves Bill

Steve Benen, Washington Monthly. January 15, 2012.

The Protect IP Act and Stop Online Piracy Act have generated intense opposition because of their crackdown on Internet freedom--and that opposition just won big.

The Stop Online Piracy Act is Class War in Cyberspace, Enriching the 1% at the Expense of the 99%

Dean Baker, TruthOut.org. December 5, 2011.

SOPA would require every web site in the country to become unpaid copyright enforcement officers for Time Warner, Disney and The Washington Post, among others.

Media Chain Gets Media-Reform Video Pulled From YouTube

Dave Saldana, Save the News. July 8, 2011.

As internet providers take the government's place as copyright enforcers, a media-reform organization finds itself shouted down by a chain of TV stations.

Piracy and Empire

John Feffer, Foreign Policy in Focus. April 27, 2009.

With the world's maritime chokepoints at risk, pirates are emerging as the latest non-state threat: the terrorists of the seas.

Somalia: U.S. Policy Aided Rise in Piracy

Francis Njubi Nesbitt, Foreign Policy in Focus. February 11, 2009.

Among the many booby traps left by the Bush administration for the Obama team, Somalia could be one of the most complicated and bizarre.

New Tool Tells You When You\'re Browsing a Website That Supports \"Big Brother\" SOPA Bill

Lauren Kelley, December 31, 1969.

$Google, Facebook, Amazon Planning Internet Blackout to Protest \$