In recent weeks, the general public has mobilized to face US legislative threats to internet freedoms. Far from a conclusive victory, however, The death of SOPA and PIPA only highlight the latest in a series of measures that are seeking to create a legal framework for government administered internet censorship. This is the GRTV backgrounder on Global Research TV When legislators in the US abandoned their support for SOPA and PIPA in the wake of mass popular protest earlier this month Many of those who had been mobilized by the legislation, which would've granted the US government almost total power to block access to foreign websites accused of so much as linking to copyright material did not have long to enjoy their victory the very next day the New Zealand police swooped into the million dollar state of MegaUpload.com Kim.com