Bloggers in China sound off on SOPA blackout

Humor aside, the brouhaha has generated some strong opinions in the country Google fled, not the least because opponents of the SOPA and PIPA anti-piracy bills are conjuring Chinese web censorship to promote their case. The consensus here, however,

The SOPA/PIPA bills have not yet been decided (that happens next week), so we need to keep telling American congresscritters that this legislation will damage the public's online freedoms — and how. This wasn't the beginning, either.

Jan. 18 (Bloomberg) — Six US lawmakers dropped their support for Hollywood-backed anti-piracy legislation as Google Inc., Wikipedia and other websites protest the measures. Co-sponsors who say they can no longer support their own legislation include

Humor aside, the brouhaha has generated some strong opinions in the country Google fled, not the least because opponents of the SOPA and PIPA anti-piracy bills are conjuring Chinese web censorship to promote their case. The consensus here, however,

One writer discusses why we need to understand and oppose SOPA — immediately.