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AUDIO: TT Interview with Lanham Napier

Lanham Napier, chief executive officer of the web hosting company Rackspace, explains the potential harm of Domain Name System blocking and why Texas businesses like Rackspace are opposed to the Stop Online Piracy Act. This TT Interview took place before U.S. Rep. Lamar Smith, R-San Antonio, who authored the bill, released a statement saying he plans to take out the DNS blocking provisions in the bill.

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Lanham Napier, the chief executive officer of the web hosting company Rackspace
Credit: Illustration by Rackspace / Todd Wiseman

Lanham Napier, chief executive officer of the web hosting company Rackspace, explains the potential harm of Domain Name System blocking and why Texas businesses like Rackspace are opposed to the Stop Online Piracy Act. This TT Interview took place before U.S. Rep. Lamar Smith, R-San Antonio, who authored the bill, released a statement saying he plans to take out the DNS blocking provisions in the bill.

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