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UPDATED 1/22/12:

From the Hill: In fight between lobbyists and the Internet over piracy bill, techies won

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Thanks to the power of new communications tools and people caring enough to learn, share and take action, Congress has be forced to rethink its position on SOPA and PIPA!

From Roll Call this morning: Leaders Weather SOPA Revolt 

Don’t let anyone tell you new media is a fad. Don’t let them tell your voice doesn’t count!

This was a fight between old and new. New is winning.

From Jeff Jarvis’ Buzz Machine: We are the Lobbyists

You are the Revolution!

Keep up to date via Open Congress: http://www.opencongress.org/articles/view/2463-PIPA-Protest-Roundup-and-Whip-Count-Summary

Up the Revolution!

UPDATED 1/22/12: From the Hill: In fight between lobbyists and the Internet over piracy bill, techies won

Oppose SOPA and PIPA

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The legislation currently before Congress is the latest in an unfortunately long line of examples of Congress trying to fix something they don’t understand. It will lead to the inevitable result of producing a myriad of unintended consequences.

Don’t know what SOPA and PIPA do? Educate yourself. Take action. That is what the internet is here for. At least for now…

Here are some links:

Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

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

https://www.google.com/landing/takeaction/sopa-pipa/

Web Ink Now: http://www.webinknow.com/2012/01/stop-sopa-silliness.html

Cato Institute: http://www.cato-at-liberty.org/the-internet-is-not-govs-to-regulate/Life Hacker: http://lifehacker.com/5860205/all-about-sopa-the-bill-thats-going-to-cripple-your-internet

Discovery News: http://news.discovery.com/tech/why-the-web-is-sick-of-sopa-120118.html

Protect Inovation: http://www.protectinnovation.com/

How Stuff Works: http://computer.howstuffworks.com/sopa.htm#mkcpgn=fb6

Mashable’s Lance Ulanoff: http://mashable.com/2012/01/18/sopa-dark-ages/

Mashable’s special coverage: http://mashable.com/follow/topics/stop-online-piracy-act/

Funniest link so far> The Oatmeal: http://theoatmeal.com/

MPAA’s statement, which is so out of touch on so many levels: http://mpaa.org/resources/c4c3712a-7b9f-4be8-bd70-25527d5dfad8.pdf

By the way if these bills passed adding links could be a thing of the past…