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Websites Shut Down To Protest Anti-Piracy Bills


January 18, 2012

by: Joel Rose, NPR



January 18, 2012

 
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January 18, 2012

Wikipedia, Reddit and Boing Boing are among the popular websites that will be dark Wednesday to protest a pair of bills making their way through Congress. Hollywood studios say tougher rules are needed to protect their intellectual property from online piracy. But Silicon Valley companies say the bills would encourage censorship and harm innovation.

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