{"id":1918,"date":"2011-12-17T13:56:45","date_gmt":"2011-12-17T18:56:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.highedwebtech.com\/?p=1918"},"modified":"2013-10-18T14:08:11","modified_gmt":"2013-10-18T18:08:11","slug":"what-is-sopa-and-what-does-it-mean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.highedwebtech.com\/2011\/12\/17\/what-is-sopa-and-what-does-it-mean\/","title":{"rendered":"What is SOPA and what does it mean?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"2011\/12\/sopa1.jpeg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-1920\" title=\"sopa1\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/media.highedwebtech.com.s3.amazonaws.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/sopa1-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/a>If you&#8217;re like me, you&#8217;ve been getting or are about to be getting questions from people on your campus about all this SOPA and PIPA news and legislation and what it could mean to sites, including our .edu websites.<\/p>\n<p>I saw this video today that really breaks down what the bill is and what it will mean to web users. 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