Wikipedia blackout: Loopholes galore in website's SOPA and PIPA shutdown protest
An estimated 100m people will be affected by the one-day closure, as 7,000 sites join protest around the net. Founder Jimmy Wales warned students via Twitter to 'do your homework early'.
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Of Loopholes and Black Holes
The Museum of Intellectual Property, the country's first known museum of objects related to intellectual property cases, is on display at the University of North Dakota. A web site also showcases the collection.
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Sept. 11 Bracelets Come From China Amid ‘Buy-America’ Loopholes
For last year’s 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terror attacks, U.S. Transportation Security Administration officials wanted their workers to remember the thousands who died. So the agency bought 70,000 commemorative bracelets -- made in China.
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Craig Newmark: Internet 1, SOPA 0 (or, the Internet defends the Internet)
Looks like the Internet is winning a battle against some really bad potential law.
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Down the tech tools and just talk it over
FROM all indications, the broad Internet community continues to broaden apace. Now the Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism Ministry is getting into the act with a special committee to produce guidelines for vetting online advertising.
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