In a statement just released by Lamar Smith, the indefinite postponement of SOPA and PIPA has been confirmed: I have heard from the critics and I take seriously their concerns regarding proposed legislation to address the problem of online piracy. It is clear that we need to revisit the approach on how best to address [...]
House puts SOPA on indefinite hold
Rumors are circulating today that Representative Eric Cantor(R-VA) will be announcing his intention to stop all action on the controversial Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). This comes just 48 hours before the planned “SOPA Blackout”, which aims to reduce or remove access to a number of online sites and replace them with links to information about [...]
SOPA STRIKE: Our Lights Are Going Out On January 18th, 2012
On January 18, 2012 this website will go dark in protest of SOPA. If you don’t know what SOPA is and how it affects the Internet and the world, I urge you to go here, here and here for more details. Websites like Google, Wikipedia, Craigslist and many more have an opportunity to join this [...]
Best of 2011: A Mini-memoir.
Welcome 2012! The end of 2011 has been a strange one. We started this magazine in October, so we are only a couple of months old, yet we are starting to chip away at our Alexa and Google Page Rank. We want to be a successful magazine and co-exist with our contemporaries who are already [...]
SOPA: Near-Complete List Of Sympathizers
Here is a nearly complete list of companies that support the far-reaching, blanket bill designed to save the desperate entertainment labels whose business models are now irrelevant. You can edit this document at will, but if you don’t have anything to contribute you are free to see if your favorite companies are listed. So, read the document and give [...]
Official White House Petition To Stop SOPA
If you are a reader of The Powerbase, then you have surely noticed that our logo is censored. This is a statement to make you aware of SOPA. Clicking on it will educate you on the dangers of SOPA and the threat it poses to the Internet,our culture and our rights. There is now an [...]