Why is #bookblockade popular right now?

#bookblockade is the hashtag used by Philippine bloggers and Twitter-ers to tag tweets protesting a controversial decision by Philippine customs in 2009 to impose a tax on imported books. For more info, see http://www.quezon.ph/2009/05/04/the-long-view-the-great-book-blockade-of-2009 (a blogpost by journalist Manuel Quezon III, aka @mlq3) (as of May 14 at 04:18 UTC)
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#bookblockade is the hashtag used by Philippine bloggers and Twitter-ers to tag tweets protesting a controversial decision by Philippine customs in 2009 to impose a tax on imported books. For more info, see http://www.quezon.ph/2009/05/04/the-long-view-the-great-book-blockade-of-2009 (a blogpost by journalist Manuel Quezon III, aka @mlq3)
Defined by Anonymous via web May 14 at 04:18 UTC
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#bookblockade is the hashtag used by the Philippine blogosphere to tag tweets protesting a controversial decision by Philippine customs in 2009 to impose a tax on imported books. For more info, see http://www.quezon.ph/2009/05/04/the-long-view-the-great-book-blockade-of-2009 (a blogpost by journalist Manuel Quezon III, aka @mlq3)
Defined by Anonymous via web May 14 at 04:18 UTC
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#bookblockade is the hashtag used by the Philippine blogosphere to tag tweets protesting a controversial decision by Philippine customs in 2009 to impose a tax on imported books. For more info, see http://www.quezon.ph/2009/05/03/the-great-book-blockade-of-2009 (a blogpost by journalist Manuel Quezon III, aka @mlq3)
Defined by Anonymous via web May 14 at 04:17 UTC
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#bookblockade is the hashtag used by the Philippine blogosphere to tag tweets protesting a controversial decision by Philippine customs in 2009 to impose a tax on imported books. For more info, see http://www.quezon.ph/2009/05/10/the-great-book-blockade-of-2009-timeline-and-readings (a blogpost by journalist Manuel Quezon III, aka @mlq3)
Defined by Anonymous via web May 14 at 04:14 UTC
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#bookblockade is the hashtag used by the Philippine blogosphere to tag all tweets regarding a controversial decision by Philippine customs in 2009 to impose a tax on imported books. For more info, see http://www.quezon.ph/2009/05/10/the-great-book-blockade-of-2009-timeline-and-readings (a blogpost by journalist Manuel Quezon III, aka @mlq3)
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The Great Book Blockade of 2009 is an article on how Philippine customs decided to tax imported books. http://www.mcsweeneys.net/links/manila/1dispatch6.html Timeline: http://www.quezon.ph/2009/05/10/the-great-book-blockade-of-2009-timeline-and-readings/
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The Great Book Blockade of 2009 is an article on how Philippine customs decided to tax imported books. http://www.mcsweeneys.net/links/manila/1dispatch6.html
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