The SOPA Bill which was initially intended as an anti piracy bill, is now looking like it is becoming less of a threat to become Law. The White House and President Obama spoke out against the bill this past weekend and congress has now officially dropped the bill. This does not mean that there will […]
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PIPA, the senate version of SOPA is now officially on the rocks. Seven members of the Senate who are co-sponsors of the bill are now asking Majority Leader, Harry Reid, not to hold a vote on PIPA. Apparently, they have been feeling the heat from their constituents and are finally agreeing that there are just […]
Lamar Smith (Texas) apparently doesnt even abide by what he is sponsoring. His campaign website used a photograph which was created by DJ Schulte. The Photograph was released under Creative Commons which requires credit for the photograph to be given somewhere within the website. However, on Smith’s website, no such credit was given and Schulte […]
Popular news website Reddit is planning on a 12 hour blackout in protest against the SOPA piracy bill that is currently being considered in the U.S. House of Representatives. Apparently Wikipedia will be joining Reddit in that Protest as will many other websites acorss the Internet. While the goal of SOPA was to make it […]