SOPA legislation is currently under debate in Congress for 2012, the sister bill to the halted Protect IP Act that passed the Senate in 2010. But what is the Stop Online Piracy Act, and why does this ...
Think of it as a virtual strike. The Internet industry says the bills would “end the Web as we know it” —restricting how websites operate and what people share via social media. So some sites have ...
Today, the House Judiciary Committee continued to wrestle the Stop Online Piracy Act before the second legislative session came to an abrupt end. The hearing picked up this morning after more than 20 ...
Though the rest of the world can't vote on it, the anti-SOPA protests are an international phenomenon because the bill's reach extends far beyond American borders.
Corporations spend millions lobbying Congress on behalf of legislation like SOPA, and now anti-SOPA protestors are raising money to hire a lobbyist firm of their own.