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• Inside the Fight Against SOPA | Inc.com

  It's a battle made for the big screen: Silicon Valley tech stars versus Hollywood heavyweights.
  
  The fight is over a piece of legislation called the Stop Online Piracy Act, which aims to expand the ability of government agencies to police websites for copyright and intellectual property violations. Introduced in the House of Representatives in late October, Congress plans to resume the debate this month after the winter recess.

  tags: news

• Dog Surprises Officer - YouTube

  If you save a dog’s life, you are responsible for it. (youtube.com)
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• "Maybe I should finally mention WOOL..." | MetaFilter

  Hugh Howey was a self-published novelist of no real success. Until WOOL, that is - a 15,000 word "little throwaway story" he uploaded to Amazon's Kindle Marketplace one day and promptly forget about. The story he didn't blog, didn't tweet, and didn't even sell on his site hit #2 on the Kindle SciFi Bestseller list and "changed the course of e-books."

  tags: science fiction

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