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<title>SOPA backers caught off-guard, make 'incremental' compromise</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/01/25/mpaa.only.now.edging.towards.balance/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1201/mpaa-chrisdodd.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[A new exposé of some of the actions behind the scenes of SOPA's rejection has shown the fundamental disconnect between the MPAA and differing points of view as well as signs that there may be progress, if slow, on an alternative.  MPAA president and former Democratic senator Chris Dodd explained to The Hollywood Reporter that he had been "assured" there would be no major opposition from the White ...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 23:05:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>ESA backtracks, drops SOPA support after momentum turns</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/01/20/esa.drops.sopa.support.only.after.too.late/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1201/xbox360gamepad2010-2.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[The Entertainment Software Association engaged in what many saw as bandwagoneering Friday after it dropped its previous support for the Stop Online Piracy Act.  Now that the bill had been indefinitely postponed following large-scale protests, the game advocacy group switched to arguing for a law that "balances both creative and technology interests."  It claimed to have wanted an even approach "fr...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 01:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>PIPA, SOPA bills postponed after protests</title>
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<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1201/congress-3.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Both Congress and the Senate have delayed votes on their joint controversial Senate majority leader Harry Reid has stated that he decided to at least delay the vote on the controversial Protect IP Act (PIPA).  He explained it as a reaction to "recent events," a euphemism for the widescale protests that turned numerous Senators against the bill....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 15:50:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>SOPA bill revisions to resume in February</title>
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<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1201/congress-3.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Republican Congressman and Judiciary Committee chair Lamar Smith stated Tuesday that the Stop Online Piracy Act would resume the drafting process in February.  Despite hopes from opponents that a shelving meant it was stopped, the contentious bill would be back to the markup phase.  Pre-election retreats were the immediate reason for the pause, Smith said....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 22:40:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Obama administration says it would block SOPA as-is</title>
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<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1111/whitehouse-2.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[The Obama administration in a direct response on Saturday hinted it would veto any version of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), and by extension the Protect IP Act (PIPA), that included domain name blocking.  The White House statement said that any proposal had to be narrowly focused on clearly criminal activity and "must not tamper" with the DNS system that translates web domains to IP addresses...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jan 2012 21:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>SOPA, PIPA proponents drop DNS blocking provision</title>
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<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1201/congress-3.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Key Stop Online Privacy Act (SOPA) promoter Representative Lamar Smith stated Friday that he wanted to remove the domain name blocking provision from the proposed bill.  He wanted the Congressional Judiciary Committee to "further examine the issues" surrounding the measure, according to CNET.  A corresponding move was already underway with the Senate equivalent of the bill, Protect IP (PIPA), from...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jan 2012 02:40:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Key Protect IP backer shies away after discovering risks</title>
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<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1112/congress.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[A key Protect IP backer has started to back away from bill, introduced by the Senate last year. According to the Wall Street Journal, Sen. Patrick Leahy, a Vermont Democrat, has said that the believed a new provision in the bill would require ìmore study.î The provision would give the US attorney general the ability to seek court orders forcing ISPs to block an infringing websiteís domain names or...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 09:45:00 GMT</pubDate>
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