Technology & Science
Oct. 9, 2012
Internet giants form lobby group
The Internet Association is dedicated to protecting a free and innovative Internet and to ensuring "the Internet will always have a voice in Washington." By Julie Ahrens of Stanford Law School
In this year's showdown and Internet blackout over Congress's anti-piracy bills Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and Protect IP Act (PIPA), we witnessed Internet companies and users flex their collective muscle to prevent the passage of new laws that many worried would censor free speech, saddle Internet companies with liability for users' conduct, and kill innovation.
Many involved in SOPA and PIPA fight believed the Internet ...
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