New, Old Media Battle Over Net Rules

The passage of antipiracy legislation affecting the Internet, long considered likely, is no longer so certain.Showing a strategic ability worthy of the best political campaigns, some of the Internet’s most popular sites are about to unleash a splashy weapon – Internet blackout day – to block proposed antipiracy legislation.The groups have seized on a cautiously worded White House statement Saturday offering partial support for their cause and quickly joined a brewing blackout plan, outflanking the traditional media industry.To read this Wall Street Journal report in full, see:
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