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# SOPA

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Reddit, Boing Boing plan website blackout over SOPA - but what is it?

A number of high-profile sites are ‘going dark’ this Wednesday over proposed anti-piracy legislation.

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Jan 16th 2012, 1:25 PM

Pressure grows to US Congress's controversial SOPA bill

A bill being put through the House of Representatives has been roundly attacked over its wide-ranging plans to stop piracy.

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Dec 23rd 2011, 7:42 PM