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    • Rights and wronged: An American anti-piracy bill tries to stem the global theft of intellectual property

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    26 Nov 2011
    Viktor Mayer-Schönberger comments on the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). The latest of many recent attempts to defend property rights on the Internet, it aims to cut off Americans' access to foreign pirate websites by squeezing intermediaries.
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