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Clay Shirky at TED on Why SOPA Is a Bad Idea

by | Jan 21, 2012 | Harebrained Ideas

Clay Shirky stopped by the TED offices to chat about “Why SOPA is a bad idea.” 100% totally worth watching. Shirky offers a great explanation, with metaphors that help SOPA and PIPA make sense, and a quick history of how we got into this copyright infringement debate with rights holders anyway.

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