New and notable for January 14th 2012 through January 17th 2012
What I’m reading and finding for January 14th 2012 through January 17th 2012:
- From Twitter – http://t.co/ZH9bd4ZA Ceton Discusses Its New “Q” Entertainment Platform / DMZ Podcast
- From Twitter – SOPA is a Red Herring
http://t.co/WLEaNatJ - UPDATED: SOPA is DYING; its evil Senate twin, PIPA, lives on – Boing Boing –
Updated: Commenters have pointed out that I've jumped the gun here. SOPA is shelved, but not killed. It could be put back into play at any time.
House Majority Leader Eric Cantor has killed SOPA, stopping all action on it. He didn't say why he killed it, but the overwhelming, widespread unpopularity of the bill and the threat of a presidential veto probably had something to do with it.
Before you get too excited, remember that the PROTECT IP Act (PIPA), the extremely similar Senate version of S… show all text - From Twitter – Study Why Do People Use Facebook? http://t.co/temy1kqd
- Our Google+ Conundrum | John Battelle’s Search Blog –
- How Copyright Industries Con Congress | Cato @ Liberty –
I've yet to encounter a technically clueful person who believes the Stop Online Piracy Act will actually do anything to meaningfully reduce—let alone - From Twitter – How One Bit of Stupidity Could Have Brought Down a Multi-Million Dollar Media Company | Peter Shankman http://t.co/xV8lFsud
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