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Political Commentary #007 – Something about Harry
by Daniel Brenton on January 14, 2012
in Politics
(Gosh, Harry — you got $1,357,099 from groups that support Protect IP, and $621,570 from groups that oppose it. Hard to believe our First Amendment rights were so cheap.)
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Don’t know what these “Stop Online Piracy Act” (SOPA) and “Protect IP” (PIPA) things are about? For an overview of the SOPA and PIPA, read Alex Howard’s excellent article “Congress considers anti-piracy bills that could cripple Internet industries” at O’Reilly Radar.
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