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Microsoft says it opposes #SOPA ‘as currently drafted’ - http://bit.ly/xBDP8v lots of wiggle room there, but better than nothing

A technical examination of #SOPA and PROTECT IP - http://bit.ly/wfG0zr another excellent run-through of what the key issues are

Not Piracy - http://bit.ly/x42aMc a short reminder that it's a metaphor, and a bad one #sopa

#Google Goes Big With Its #SOPA/PIPA Protests; Blacks Out Logo - http://bit.ly/z59UoU but only for users from US

Mistruths, Insults from the #Copyright Lobby Over HR 3699 - http://bit.ly/zJHKvu great debunking of lies about scientific publishing #oa

PIPA/#SOPA and Why You Should Care - http://bit.ly/xj5H9a great physical analogy of how they harm from boss of #mozilla

The Crash and Burn Future of Robot Warfare - http://bit.ly/xI5lSW great piece about the future of war - #drones - & how they go wrong

D66-politica gaat EU-onderzoek internetvrijheid leiden - http://bit.ly/wUWUSh good news:@MarietjeD66 reporting on #net #freedom for #eu

#spain: 40 percent server and 15 percent public admin desktops deploy #opensource - http://bit.ly/wdmaDv impressive if confirmed

MPAA's Chris Dodd: Blackouts Turn Users Into “Corporate Pawns”
- http://tcrn.ch/x2z62y users are intellectual slaves of copyright companies

Grumpy Rupert Murdoch says ‘many’ #SOPA supporting senators have skedaddled - http://tnw.co/ygj7UJ how dare they think for themselves

First One Down: Rep. Lee Terry Removes His Name As A #SOPA Co-Sponsor - http://bit.ly/zBq8hC next, please

Orphan Works and the Digital Copyright Exchange - http://bit.ly/zIVC9A some thoughts #hargreaves #dce #uk

xkcd on #SOPA - http://xkcd.com/ points out that sharing helped spread word and built his business model (v @SinkDeep)

Springer permits commercial use for its hybrid #openaccess program - http://bit.ly/znwyG1 moving from cc-nc to cc-by (v @CameronNeylon)

Heavy weather and the new normal - http://bit.ly/zGrEN9 things are heating up #resilience

kudos to http://www.wired.com/ today for their home page (v @ezraklein @jamie_love)#sopa

Grooveshark Blocks German Users Over Licensing Costs - http://bit.ly/AaO1sV can't let new ideas flourish, can we? #gema

Chegg to bridge gap between digital and physical textbooks - http://bit.ly/yost8e #html5 based #education #ebooks

Graphic: The Surging Momentum Behind #Wikipedia's #SOPA Blackout - http://onforb.es/x2DBKs interesting

Consultation Planned For Thames Estuary Airport - http://bit.ly/zJjjBz bonkers: from the barmy bonce of Boris... #london

An Updated Analysis: Why #SOPA & #PIPA Are A Bad Idea, Dangerous & Unnecessary - http://bit.ly/xFPszn helpful, detailed update

Penguin’s DK: Goodbye Books, Hello ‘Flat’ Content. Make Once, Use Anywhere - http://bit.ly/xLqfYn apps not the saviour of #publishing

Forget #SOPA, Hollywood Already Had a Field Day with the Justice System - http://bit.ly/wXePoe nothing new, but well written #copyright

The best #Sopa protests online – in pictures - http://bit.ly/xINk2W nice gallery (v @coadec)

SketchChair Kickstarter Campaign - http://bit.ly/xzAC5H #opensource tool for designing digitally fabricated furniture #opendesign

#Zuckerberg comes out against #SOPA on #Facebook, gets 75k likes in 10 minutes - http://tnw.co/zXQSZ7 not exactly brave, but welcome

Jim Zemlin's latest post: From CES: Will #HTML5 Threaten the Closed World of the App Store? - http://bit.ly/xOXKvt let's hope so

Supreme Court Says Congress May Re-Copyright Public Domain Works - http://bit.ly/y9fkxq if copyright theft exists, this is it #pd

#PIPA Supporters Violate #Copyright Laws, Too - http://bit.ly/xVRmId you just knew that was going to happen, didn't you?

Human rights community speaks out on PROTECT IP Act - http://bit.ly/wh9o8o no surprise there... (v @webmink)

Blackout -- Save the Internet Today - http://bit.ly/z2PJA5 big #avaaaz epetition; already up to 1.3 million #sopa

US Chamber Of Commerce Appears To Argue That #SOPA & PIPA Apply To NO Websites At All - http://bit.ly/ApbVFT follows from their logic