For Internet Freedom Day, Watch Aaron Swartz Explain How SOPA Was Stopped

from the internet-freedom-day dept

For many who knew Aaron Swartz, this Internet Freedom Day -- the anniversary of last year's January 18th blackouts that led to the end of SOPA/PIPA -- is a bit bittersweet. Aaron played a very large role in helping stop SOPA last year -- to the point that I'm not sure the bills would have been stopped without his help. Thus, many are using today as both a celebration of what happened last year, as well as a memorial for Swartz. And what better way to combine the two than to watch Swartz's excellent keynote speech at F2C: Freedom to Connect last year about "How we stopped SOPA." It gives a good history of the bill, combined with Aaron's own accomplishments during the fight.        

F2C2012: Aaron Swartz keynote - "How we stopped SOPA" http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Fgh2dFngFsg