And the battle is hardly over: Lamar Smith, the Texas representative who first introduced SOPA in October, has derided the blackout a “publicity stunt” and promised to reintroduce the bill to the House for discussion in February.
If you've got a question that needs answering during the big Stop SOPA blackout, feel free to leave a comment here and I will make up an answer. Meanwhile, contact Hagan and Watt and tell them you'd like your internet
It looks like the SOPA blackout day has encouraged many citizens to get out and email their senators to voice their disapproval. If you head over to the US Senate's home page and reach this list of senators, many (if not all) of the "contact" links are
You probably woke up this morning to realize the Internet is totally screwy. Is it the online apocalypse? Not so much. Google, Wikipedia, Boing Boing and others have gone dark, along with thousands of others, who are
Three co-sponsors of the SOPA and PIPA anti-piracy bills in Congress have publicly withdrawn their support as Wikipedia and thousands of websites blacked out their pages Wednesday to protest the legislation.