Wednesday, January 18, 2012

In Fight Over Piracy Bills, New Economy Rises Against Old; New York Times, 1/18/12

Jonathan Weisman, New York Times; In Fight Over Piracy Bills, New Economy Rises Against Old:

"As a result, the legislative battle over two once-obscure bills to combat the piracy of American movies, music, books and writing on the World Wide Web may prove to be a turning point for the way business is done in Washington. It represented a moment when the new economy rose up against the old...

It appeared by Wednesday evening that Congress would follow Bank of America, Netflix and Verizon as the latest institution to change course in the face of a netizen revolt."

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