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    SOPA, SOTU...and South Carolina

    As the GOP candidates blow through South Carolina, the Internet lights up over who owns content and what President Obama must say in his upcoming State of the Union speech.

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    By Matt Miller • Jan 20, 2012 • 29m Listen

    We talk about Mitt Romney managing expectations over South Carolina, as Newt Gingrich manages allegations of marital infidelity. The Internet flexing its muscles on Capitol Hill over laws intended to put content ownership back in the hands of content-makers or stifle internet freedom, depending on your point of view. And the President puts pen to paper for next week’s State of the Union.

    Banner image: Republican presidential candidates (L-R) Rick Santorum, Mitt Romney, Newt Gingrich and Ron Paul arrive on stage before a debate at the North Charleston Coliseum January 19, 2012 in Charleston, South Carolina. Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images

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      Co-host, 'Left, Right & Center'

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      Robert Scheer

      Host, 'Scheer Intelligence'

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