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Thousands of websites block content to protest piracy bill

Thousands of websites entered an Internet blackout today in an effort to show Congress what it could be like if two proposed piracy bills are passed. Popular sites, including Wikipedia and Google, joined

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Jan 18, 2012, 6:45 PM

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