SOPAnniversary: Celebrating the Day the Internet Fought Back!
SOPAnniversary: Celebrating the Day the Internet Fought Back!
SOPAnniversary: Celebrating the Day the Internet Fought Back!

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    One year ago today, something incredible happened. With a
    unified voice, the online community spoke out against legislation that would
    have crippled the internet in the name of copyright protection.

    January 18, 2012, marked the largest response to internet
    legislation in history, proving that the voices millions of people are louder than the
    millions of dollars spent. So many people contacted Congress on that single day,
    in fact, that Congress’s servers went down. Within 48 hours, SOPA (in the
    House) and PIPA (its Senate cousin) were both shelved. You won.

    But this story isn’t just about these two bills. You showed
    Congress that you have a voice. 
    Today, copyright reform is a real possibility and every member of
    Congress knows that they need to have a good answer on the issues you care
    about.

    The collective action a year ago today marked an important
    change in the debate here in DC. Up until then, Big Content had been able to sell
    just about any change in law – no matter how collaterally destructive – in the
    name of stopping copyright infringement.

    So while today we celebrate the one-year anniversary of an
    enormous achievement, we cannot stop there. In the past year, Public Knowledge
    has been working tirelessly to promote a positive agenda to reform copyright so
    that it encourages creativity, innovation, and speech. Although we remain
    vigilant about the next SOPA or PIPA, thanks to you we are also pushing common
    sense copyright reform in a way that simply has not been possible in the past.

    Thank you for helping to change the debate in Washington
    last year, and for helping change copyright for the better this year.  


    For more information, videos, and analysis on these bills, visit the SOPA/PIPA issue page.