Mr. Merritt sings the quiet rock ballad "Last Breath" accompanied by a mix of acoustic and electric guitars, including one that sounds like a pipa, that begin to dart around each other in increasingly complex patterns while the song unfolds.
Reid announced that PIPA would not be brought for a Senate vote.
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Team PIPA wants to raise funds for a more universal solution.
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In the United States there was outrage over proposed anti-piracy legislation, Pipa and Sopa, which culminated in a concerted global campaign to highlight the issues by blacking out sites like Wikipedia for 24 hours.
To be fair, with legislation like SOPA and PIPA floating about, tech companies in particular have a lot to lose if they fall asleep at the wheel.
The slow, simple and elegant melodies are performed on distinctive instruments such as a bamboo flute called the dongxiao and a crooked-neck lute played horizontally called the pipa, as well as more common wind, string and percussion instruments.
The Senate bill (PIPA) was pulled from the Senate floor before there could be a vote.
The internet blackout blackout of Wikipedia, Reddit and Craigslist made giant news yesterday, and contributed to a number of senators swinging over to oppose the controversial SOPA and PIPA bills.
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On Wednesday, popular sites staged a black-out to protest two anti-piracy bills which resulted in over a dozen politicians pulling their support, leaving the future of SOPA and PIPA looking bleak.
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Some of the groups that were instrumental in defeating SOPA and PIPA legislation last Congress are beginning to mobilize in response to concerns that the TTIF could be a backdoor to IP-based restrictions that affect internet use and data sharing, among other issues.
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Its PIPA Touch scanner can add biometric authentication to phones' lock screens, websites and other tasks through a developer kit, and a modular design lets it slip into cases for the Android, iOS and Windows Phone devices that should receive support.
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Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), who are leading a bi-partisan fight in Congress to block passage of dangerous new copyright legislation (SOPA and PIPA).
Earlier this year, while congress battled over SOPA and PIPA, Netflix largely stayed out of the spotlight, and vacillated on its support of the acts until it took a publicly neutral stance.
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