Top legislative priority for MPAA and other groups put on hold after Web protest, which included at least three associations RELATED CONTENT Software group wins anti-piracy court fight Two bills targeting Internet piracy hit the legislative equivalent of a firewall after thousands of web sites went black Jan. 18 in protest of the legislation, leaving some of the nation’s most influential trade associations scrambling to revive what had been their top priority for the year. The Stop Online Piracy Act in the House and the Protect IP Act in the Senate were transformed from topics known mainly in tech circles to household names when popular sites such as Wikipedia… Read More