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   MPAA Head Chris Dodd Calls for Meeting Between Hollywood, Tech Giants to Reach SOPA Compromise

   5:56 am 1/20/2012

   • by Georg Szalai

   He calls the White House “the perfect place" to hammer out a deal to save the anti-piracy legislation.Read more

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   GOP Debate: Remaining Four Republican Presidential Candidates Oppose SOPA

   7:33 pm 1/19/2012

   • by Tina Daunt

   Only Rick Santorum expressed an interest in cracking down on off-shore websites selling pirated goods.Read more

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   Hacktivist Group Anonymous Takes Down Government, Music Industry Websites

   4:14 pm 1/19/2012

   • by Philiana Ng

   Following the shutdown of Megaupload, the collective retaliated by shutting down websites for the RIAA, MPAA and the Department of Justice, just to name a few.Read more

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   U.S. Authorities Shut Down Megaupload for Piracy

   2:16 pm 1/19/2012

   • by Eriq Gardner

   Justice department drops the hammer on Megaupload, arresting its leaders, seizing hundreds of millions of dollars in property and blasting the popular file-sharing website in a 72-page indictment.Read more

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   Jon Stewart Rips Apart SOPA And Its Sponsors (Video)

   1:10 pm 1/19/2012

   • by Lauren Schutte

   The comedy central host puts the Congressmen who are backing the Internet-regulatory bill on blasts for calling Internet experts "nerds" and not understanding their own bill. Read more

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   Neil Gaiman, Trent Reznor, Andy Samberg Slam SOPA, PIPA in Open Letter

   7:13 pm 1/18/2012

   • by Alexa DeGennaro

   Actor Aziz Ansari, musicians OK Go, Gaiman's wife Amanda Palmer and MGMT were also among those in Hollywood who signed their names to an open letter opposing the anti-piracy acts.Read more

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   Hollywood Moguls: No 'Obama Boycott' Over Piracy Stance

   5:07 pm 1/18/2012

   • by Tina Daunt

   Fundraising events for Obama are still on, despite disappointment over SOPA, Hollywood supporters say. Read more

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8. Support Diminishing for Anti-Piracy Bills SOPA, PIPA

   4:03 pm 1/18/2012

   • by Alex Ben Block

   Days after the White House said the president was no longer a supporter, congressmen are joining the opposition. Read more

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   Hollywood Guilds Release Statement of Support for SOPA on Day of 'Blackout' Protests

   2:46 pm 1/18/2012

   • by Alex Ben Block

   The DGA, AFTRA and SAG are among the groups to send a passionate letter in support of the anti-piracy legislation on the same day that Internet sites go dark to express opposition to the proposed law. Read more

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    Mark Zuckerberg Denounces SOPA

    11:56 am 1/18/2012

    • by Erin Carlson

    The Facebook founder is joining the protest against anti-piracy legislation, declaring: "The world today needs leaders who are pro-internet."Read more

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