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Amidst SOPA Blackout, Senate Copyright Bill Loses Key Supporters

And the battle is hardly over: Lamar Smith, the Texas representative who first introduced SOPA in October, has derided the blackout a “publicity stunt” and promised to reintroduce the bill to the House for discussion in February. Wikipedia is down in protest of SOPA, but there's a couple of workarounds you can use to access [...]

SOPA blackout: Bills lose three co-sponsors amid protests

Those wondering how to get around the Wikipedia SOPA blackout can breathe a little easier: the crowd-sourced encyclopedia is still available through mobile versions, disabling Javascript or translating another language's By Maura Judkis SOPA blackout day is a dark day — literally. With a black bar across Google's logo and other sites turning their robust [...]