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Vicki McClure Davidson | January 27, 2012

  The antipiracy legislation of SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) and PIPA (Protect IP Act) was the most closely followed news topic last week among Americans ages 18 to 29, per a newly released Pew Research Center poll. The controversial, vaguely written, power-grabbing congressional bills have been halted in their tracks, following a titanic outcry [...]

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Vicki McClure Davidson | January 19, 2012

  The timing of this high-profile Internet shutdown of Megaupload is mighty suspicious. The Department of Justice, which hasn’t been able to give a straight answer for months about the botched DOJ/AFT Fast and Furious operation or the sudden dropping of the New Black Panthers voter intimidation case, has suddenly hammered the popular file sharing [...]

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Vicki McClure Davidson | January 19, 2012

  Pres. Obama and Hollywood money… they go together like peanut butter and jelly, like wine and cheese, like Planet of the Ape sequels. All that could abruptly change — the deep, cash-crammed pockets of Hollywood may be cut off from the Current Occupier of the Oval Office’s reelection efforts because of his stance on [...]

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