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While the debates about SOPA/PIPA have been raging all over the internet, and appearing regularly in all sorts of mainstream newspapers, they still have been almost entirely absent from TV news.

We've discussed this in the past, noting that the major TV news players are all owned by media conglomerates who have been major backers of SOPA/PIPA.

jupiterkansas was the first of a few of you to send over this article about a Kansas City Star article praising fair use and talking up how important it is to culture.

Watch tonight’s “Daily Show” and count the number of TV, movie and music clips you see or hear during the episode.

Ten? Twenty?

The Associated Press has a history that suggests it doesn't like fair use, even though its reporters and staff rely on it constantly.

Yet, perhaps the AP is finally putting its money where its mouth is and will no longer rely on fair use at all.

The Fox News Channel boasts that it takes a different approach to news coverage than, say, CBS, NBC, or NPR.

But it appears Fox takes the same approach as its competitors when it comes to fair uses of its news coverage in political advertisements.

Mashable is proud to announce the first ever Social Good Conference, a one-day educational event celebrating the finale of the Summer of Social Good charitable campaign and connecting individuals interested in the topic of social media for social good.

On Tuesday, July 7th at 10:00 AM PT, there will be a memorial for the late King of Pop, Michael Jackson, at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.

The response has been huge: 1.6 million people signed up for just 17,500 tickets. Luckily, you do not have to be there in person to pay tribute to Jackson’s memory, as there will be multiple live streams of the event on the web.