All posts tagged "Intellectual Property"

Opposition has been mounting worldwide to the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, which would creative a new set of international standards for enforcing so-called "intellectual property" rights. Many opponents see the provisions of the agreement as threatening the integrity of the Internet by promoting censorship and criminalizing everyday online activities.

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 with sites like BoingBoing, Reddit, Wikipedia and IMGUR and black out from 8 am ET until 8 pm ET tomorrow, just to demonstrate what the government could end up doing to Americans in service of corporate interests (and their political donations and lobbying dollars).