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The news that Dow Lohnes Government Strategies has been hired by the Wikimedia Foundation was reported by Politico this afternoon after the registration filing was released.

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They lobbying is for legislation related to online intellectual property infringement, including H.R. 3261 [SOPA], S. 968 [Protect IP Act], and S. 2029 [Open Act].

On December 28, 2011, Geoff Brigham, General Counsel for the Wikimedia Foundation, posted the following on the SOPA initiative project page about the organization hiring Wikipedia.

Brigham Writes: