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Stop SOPA

On February 3rd, 2012, posted in: Posts & Occasional Rants by Daniel0 Comment

This week we have shared several infographics on SOPA and PIPA, giving the details of the legislation as it existed in late January. While we touched on the subject of the thousands of websites who went dark to help protest the pending legislation on January 18th as well as the groundswell in petitions, calls and..

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SOPA and The Film Industry

On February 2nd, 2012, posted in: Computers, Mobile, Posts & Occasional Rants by Daniel0 Comment

The film studios have been one of the biggest proponents of SOPA and PIPA. While they have certainly been hit hard by pirating, they have gone overboard protecting old business models as this infographic from matadornetwork shows. The film industry has fought just about every technology kicking and screaming at every turn and ultimately..

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SOPA & PIPA

On February 1st, 2012, posted in: Computers, Posts & Occasional Rants, Social Media by Daniel0 Comment

Just a few weeks ago, thousands of sites including this one protested pending legislation that could have put quite a dent into the free and open sharing of ideas online. Taken to the extreme, this legislation could have shut down such popular sites as Facebook and Youtube for allowing users to share even the smallest..

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The Darkening

On January 18th, 2012, posted in: Advertising, Computers, Mobile, Posts & Occasional Rants, Social Media by Daniel0 Comment

Today, January 18th, 2012, thousands of websites including our own have gone dark to pretest SOPA and PIPA, two bills being considered by Congress that threaten online expression and free speech. Take a look at Wikipedia (pictured above) or Google (pictured in the feature image) and how they are protesting this impending legislation. In an..