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Re:US Bill Creating the Great Firewall of America by joeyh on Tuesday November 15, 2011 @01:27PM (#3239397)
I remember a broad campaign of website blackouts, blue ribbons, etc, to protest the DMCA in 1998. Which accomplished approximatly nothing except raising general awareness I'm afraid.
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Re:US Bill Creating the Great Firewall of America by roc on Tuesday November 15, 2011 @02:35PM (#3239759)
Raising general awareness is an accomplishment worth pursuing.
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Re:US Bill Creating the Great Firewall of America by yuhong on Tuesday November 15, 2011 @01:51PM (#3239528)
Luckily, Silicon Valley is a much stronger lobby today.
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Re:US Bill Creating the Great Firewall of America by akdetrick on Tuesday November 15, 2011 @06:57PM (#3240977)
In all of the news and outcry surrounding SOPA, this is the most puzzling thing. I would be surprised to learn that the lobby of those in support of this bill is stronger than of those against.

Unless I'm wrong about the relative strength of these opposing lobbies, it hardly makes sense that SOPA seems to have so much traction among legislators.

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