Jan 18, 2012

A great debate on SOPA – understanding new business models and who is really losing money

By Steven Mandzik

Today, Wikipedia and hundreds of other sites are blacked out to protest the Stop Online Piracy Act, SOPA.

It is a great effort and getting a ton of publicity, which is exactly what the goal was. The next step is education and progress.

A great place to start is with this debate between Leo Laporte and Nilay Patel. Both are content creators and experts in all things internet (Patel is even a former copyright attorney).

Listening to Leo’s points completely changed my point of view on this topic.

There is also an audio version (mp3).

1 Comment

  • Chris Quaid says:

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