By Jonathan Sebire
JANUARY 18TH saw unprecedented protests against tighter online regulation as website giant Wikileaks led a raft of companies including Reddit and Mozilla who ‘went dark’ by restricting access to their sites. The protests managed to derail two anti piracy bills before the US House of Congress; Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and Protect Intellectual Property Act (PIPA), but was this a good thing? Does an open and free internet have to tolerate piracy, and if not can freedoms ...
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