http://paidcontent.org/2012/01/19/419-tech-industry-breaks-back-of-sopa-as-republicans-jump-ship-on-black-out/ The economics of digital content Sat, 18 May 2013 18:43:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://paidcontent.org/2012/01/19/419-tech-industry-breaks-back-of-sopa-as-republicans-jump-ship-on-black-out/#comment-87149 Thu, 19 Jan 2012 14:53:04 +0000 http://paidcontent.wp.gostage.it/2012/01/19/419-tech-industry-breaks-back-of-sopa-as-republicans-jump-ship-on-black-out/#comment-87149 Google’s protests about keeping a free and open internet ring a bit hollow when they’re in the process of pushing small publishers out of the picture by obliterating natural search results with google+ promos.

]]> http://paidcontent.org/2012/01/19/419-tech-industry-breaks-back-of-sopa-as-republicans-jump-ship-on-black-out/#comment-87148 Thu, 19 Jan 2012 10:37:37 +0000 http://paidcontent.wp.gostage.it/2012/01/19/419-tech-industry-breaks-back-of-sopa-as-republicans-jump-ship-on-black-out/#comment-87148 The SOPA and PIPA bills were created by tools of big media and were assaults against Internet freedoms poorly disguised as protections for intellectual property. The bills never would have worked as intended and would have destroyed the Information Highway as we know it. You know big media would have been hauling bloggers, content curators, and web site owners into court right and left seeking damages while the true pirates would be laughing away unscathed.

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