2012 most dramatic developments

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Beyond SOPA: the top nine tech policy stories of 2012

By Timothy B. Lee and Joe Mullin

December 27, 2012
Arstechnica




The year 2012 started off with one of the most dramatic
developments in Internet policy to date: the total implosion
of the SOPA/PIPA bills in mid-January. Of all the stories we
covered this year, there's little question the outcry over
SOPA most changed the debate in Washington. Congressional
representatives were deluged by a record public outcry,
getting eight million e-mails from regular Internet users
within a few days.

But 2012 was also the year smartphone patent wars actually
hit the courts, making the fight between behemoths Apple vs
Samsung another big story.  Also in the list was the courts
giving stronger rights to the public to record police
activities.

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