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‘The Internet’ joins Reddit co-founder to annoy SOPA author with billboards
Roadside billboards claiming to have been paid for by “The Internet” went up in Texas this week, strategically placed to annoy Rep. Lamar Smith (R-TX), author of controversial Internet regulations that triggered the largest online protest in history earlier this year. One of the signs, in San Antonio, is right…
Anti-SOPA leader Mozilla breaks with tech companies to oppose CISPA
Mozilla, maker of the Firefox web browser, became this week the world’s loudest critic of the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA), a bill that would give the National Security Agency (NSA) open access to Internet companies’ private user data. Mozilla, along with Reddit, Wikipedia and Google, led the…
5 ways CISPA could be worse than SOPA for Internet activists
The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) and the now-dead Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) are two very different beasts aimed at solving two distinctly separate problems, yet CISPA has been characterized in the media as a sequel to SOPA, in an effort to link a new and relatively…
SOPA supporters await cash infusion from Netflix PAC
Video streaming giant Netflix has recognized the compelling financial logic behind Washington’s anti-piracy efforts. In a recent filing with the Federal Elections Commission (FEC), Netflix revealed that it has created its own political action committee called FLIXPAC, designed to support anti-piracy measures in Washington and the candidates that favor them.…
Maher defends SOPA, calls piracy ‘Caucasian looting’
The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) maybe placed on the back burner for the moment. But that didn’t stop Bill Maher from providing support for future “anti-piracy” bills Friday evening. Maher explained that his view is based on illegal copies of his 2008 movie Religulous being downloaded online, calling concerns…
Announcement: Raw Story to go dark on January 18 to protest SOPA/PIPA
The news doesn’t stop. But if Congress passes the Stop Online Piracy Act or the Protect Intellectual Property Act, your access to it could — and the owners and publisher of Raw Story won’t stand for that. In protest of Congress’ interest in passing the legislation, Raw Story will join…
White House expresses concern over SOPA, anti-piracy bills
The Obama administration has joined in on the concern over the Internet anti-piracy bills being discussed in Congress. On the White House blog Saturday morning, administration officials responded to two petitions calling for President Obama to veto the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and any similar bills. “While we believe…
SOPA sponsors drop ‘break the Internet’ provision from bill
The most controversial provision of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) has now been pulled from both the House and Senate versions of the bill. The provision in question would have required internet service providers to block the domain names of overseas websites accused of hosting content that was in…
Reddit to go dark Jan. 18 in protest of piracy bill
One of the most popular websites in the world, the heavily-trafficked social media forum Reddit.com, has announced that it will go dark on January 18 to protest the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). Reddit’s plans are hardly unique, but they are the first to confirm that their service will go…
Rep. Paul Ryan warns anti-piracy bill may lead to Internet ‘censorship’
One of the most conservative members of Congress signaled on Monday what may be the beginning of the end for the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA): Congressman Paul Ryan (R-WI), chairman of the House Budget Committee and one of the GOP’s frontmen against so-called “job killing regulations,” has officially come…
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