THE RP’S BREAKING NEWS: The Politics of [CENSORED]

Yesterday, of course, was a semi-official protest day against the Stop Online Piracy Act and the Protect Intellectual Property Act, the House and Senate versions of a bill that would, in an effort to protect copyright owners, severely clamp down on websites that reproduce copyrighted materials. The reactions were many, ranging from the juvenile to the nuanced, from the cosmetic (Google blacking out its logo) to the Earth-shattering (fortunately for this blogger, French Wikipedia remained active). Attached is a personal favorite from comedy site “The Oatmeal.” (Warning: Very funny, but borderline not safe for work.) [The Oatmeal]