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Operation V – Anonymous

Declaration of War on the United States Government. We don't want to destroy government. We want to fix it. TRANSCRIPT ______ To the Citizens of the United States and the United States Government. We are Anonymous. In the past few months, our collective has been organizing the operation known as Operation Blackout. Part of the operation's purpose was to alert the people of the coming bill that was to be called the Stop Online Piracy Act. This Act would give Congress the power to censor any internet website they wish without consent from the Citizens of the United States. This act would've also had the power to jail any person who infringed on its new copyright law for an equivalence of five years. This copyright law would've had the power to destroy social networking sites such as Facebook and YouTube. Video gameplay and free movies would cease to exist. However, Operation Blackout was a success. As a collective, we've managed to spread the word and alert the masses. Internet giants such as Google, Wikipedia, and Reddit became hand-in-hand with us as we all managed to make an impact on the decisions of our, "free government". But as we've seen with Megaupload, the government may not need a bill to be passed to get their way. Other operations we've conducted over this time period have awaken the people to the nightmare that is the United States Government. Sections 1031 and 1032 of the National Defense Authorization Act have been ratified. Yet we face new threats. The <b>…</b>
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Crowdsource Digital Laws with the ‘Internet Blueprint’ – Forbes


AdAge.com
Crowdsource Digital Laws with the 'Internet Blueprint'
Forbes
Are you fed up with piracy acts with scorched-earth tactics like SOPA and PIPA—or secretly negotiated agreements like ACTA? Do you wonder why we the people don't propose our own laws, rather than just react whenever these bills slouch toward Congress
Ad Age Digital A-List: SOPA ProtestersAdAge.com
Could crowdsourcing be a better way to make legislation?GigaOm
The Breeze: Internet freedom under attack by Fedsmy.hsj.org
The Verge -Wired.co.uk -Huffington Post UK
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Piracy Is Not Competition – National Review Online (blog)

Piracy Is Not Competition
National Review Online (blog)
But they are wrong to include the threat Hollywood faces from Internet piracy in this trend. When brick-and-mortar bookstores complain about the threat they face from Amazon.com, they are complaining that customers will leave them for a superior

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Public Knowledge pushes for copyright reform – Computerworld

Public Knowledge pushes for copyright reform
Computerworld
Public Knowledge's Internet Blueprint campaign, unveiled Tuesday, was inspired by the debate in Congress over two controversial copyright enforcement bills, the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Protect Intellectual Property Act (PIPA),
Public Knowledge Proposes Fair Use 'Wish List' Of Legislative ProposalsBroadcasting & Cable

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Anonymous: Operation V

TheAnonMessage: www.youtube.com 02/26/2012 Declaration of War on the United States Government. TRANSCRIPT ______ To the Citizens of the United States and the United States Government. We are Anonymous. In the past few months, our collective has been organizing the operation known as Operation Blackout. Part of the operation's purpose was to alert the people of the coming bill that was to be called the Stop Online Piracy Act. This Act would give Congress the power to censor any internet website they wish without consent from the Citizens of the United States. This act would've also had the power to jail any person who infringed on its new copyright law for an equivalence of five years. This copyright law would've had the power to destroy social networking sites such as Facebook and YouTube. Video gameplay and free movies would cease to exist. However, Operation Blackout was a success. As a collective, we've managed to spread the word and alert the masses. Internet giants such as Google, Wikipedia, and Reddit became hand-in-hand with us as we all managed to make an impact on the decisions of our, "free government". But as we've seen with Megaupload, the government may not need a bill to be passed to get their way. Other operations we've conducted over this time period have awaken the people to the nightmare that is the United States Government. Sections 1031 and 1032 of the National Defense Authorization Act have been ratified. Yet we face new threats. The United States <b>…</b>
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Key Techdirt SOPA/PIPA Post Censored By Bogus DMCA Takedown Notice – Techdirt

Key Techdirt SOPA/PIPA Post Censored By Bogus DMCA Takedown Notice
Techdirt
Last November, in the heat of the SOPA fight, I wrote a blog post, where I tried to pull together a bunch of the different reasons why SOPA and PIPA were really bad ideas. It was a very popular post for us, and I heard directly from many people that it
Techdirt post about SOPA censored from Google results due to bogus DMCA complainBoing Boing
Techdirt discovers it was hit by a bogus DMCA Takedown Notice on a key SOPA postThe Inquisitr

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Anonymous, Occupy launch ‘Our Polls’ campaign against SOPA, PIPA, NDAA … – Digitaltrends.com


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Anonymous, Occupy launch 'Our Polls' campaign against SOPA, PIPA, NDAA
Digitaltrends.com
Anonymous and the Occupy Movement have joined forces to defeat congressional supporters of SOPA, PIPA, and NDAA, at the polls this November. Anonymous announced today a joint campaign with the Occupy Movement called “Our Polls,” which targets members
Anonymous joins forces with OWS against NDAA, PIPA and SOPA-supporting politiciansRT
Anonymous and Occupy Announce Electoral Gambit With OUR POLLSForbes
The Breeze: Internet freedom under attack by Fedsmy.hsj.org
Examiner.com -TechNewsDaily -The Hill (blog)
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Dear Hollywood, nostalgia is not a business model – Washington Post (blog)


Globe and Mail
Dear Hollywood, nostalgia is not a business model
Washington Post (blog)
By Dominic Basulto At a time when Hollywood and the film industry are locked in a debate over Internet piracy and the support of controversial legislation such as SOPA, last night's Academy Awards showed what was wrong with the industry.
Oscars 2012: 'The Artist,' Meryl Streep and 'Hugo' win bigThe Star-Ledger – NJ.com

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Anonymous Operation V

Declaration of War on the United States Government. TRANSCRIPT ______ To the Citizens of the United States and the United States Government. We are Anonymous. In the past few months, our collective has been organizing the operation known as Operation Blackout. Part of the operation's purpose was to alert the people of the coming bill that was to be called the Stop Online Piracy Act. This Act would give Congress the power to censor any internet website they wish without consent from the Citizens of the United States. This act would've also had the power to jail any person who infringed on its new copyright law for an equivalence of five years. This copyright law would've had the power to destroy social networking sites such as Facebook and YouTube. Video gameplay and free movies would cease to exist. However, Operation Blackout was a success. As a collective, we've managed to spread the word and alert the masses. Internet giants such as Google, Wikipedia, and Reddit became hand-in-hand with us as we all managed to make an impact on the decisions of our, "free government". But as we've seen with Megaupload, the government may not need a bill to be passed to get their way. Other operations we've conducted over this time period have awaken the people to the nightmare that is the United States Government. Sections 1031 and 1032 of the National Defense Authorization Act have been ratified. Yet we face new threats. The United States Government is seeking to pass the Cyber <b>…</b>
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Ad Age Digital A-List: SOPA Protesters – AdAge.com


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Ad Age Digital A-List: SOPA Protesters
AdAge.com
If you listen to the wails of certain record-industry and Hollywood types, the recent scuttling of SOPA (Stop Internet Piracy Act) and PIPA (Preventing Real Online Threats to Economic Creativity and Theft of Intellectual Property Act) were the results

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