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Updated: Day After Piracy Bill Collapses, Feds Shut Down Megaupload
The FBI today unsealed an indictment that charges file-sharing site Megaupload and its executives with a list of criminal charges, including conspiracy to commit racketeering and money laundering. The...
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Leaders In House And Senate Postpone Anti-Piracy Efforts
The push for controversial legislation known as SOPA and PIPA appears to have unraveled completely after leaders in both the House and Senate put the bills on ice. In a press release this morning, Rep....
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Updated: Book Publishers Force Down Piracy Sites
Update: Andi Sporkin of the Association of American Publishers contacted me shortly after this story was published. She says the publishers did not obtain control of the sites but that the site...
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It’s imperfect, but CISPA isn’t the devil in disguise
When it comes to outrage over the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act of 2011, or CISPA, don’t believe the hype (not all of it, at least). The Electronic Frontier Foundation and hacktivist...
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FAQ: What you need to know about CISPA (Update: bill passes House)
The U.S. House of Representatives passed a major cyber-security bill that would change how companies like Facebook can share personal information. Privacy advocates are in uproar and the Obama...
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Louis Vuitton asks for SOPA-like seizure of hundreds of websites
Brand owners are howling for new laws to help them crush “rogue” websites. But why? New powers don’t seem necessary when courts are already forcing Internet companies to delete websites from the...
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After European defeat, ACTA is down… but not out
European legislators struck a huge blow against the controversial international piracy agreement ACTA on Wednesday, voting the proposals down by a huge margin — with 478 votes against and just 39 votes...
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3 new ‘free the internet’ movements: how to choose the one for you
July Fourth celebrations this week were marked by hot dogs, fireworks — and three proclamations to preserve the revolutionary spirit of the internet. In case you missed it, the first save-the-internet...
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Justice Dept allows FBI anti-piracy seal on books, photos, doodles
Only a handful of very large software and entertainment associations are permitted to use the official FBI logo to warn consumers about the perils of piracy. Until now. This week, the Justice...
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Hey Hollywood, forget SOPA, ACTA & TPP. Embrace Netflix instead
Every few months, Hollywood is making yet another push for stronger copyright laws and more restrictive trade agreements. First, there were SOPA, PIPA and ACTA, and now there is the Trans-Pacific...
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Harvard maps the media’s response to SOPA
Remember SOPA and PIPA, the two copyright-protection bills that stirred the internet into a frenzy in in late 2011 and early 2012? Well, Harvard’s Berkman Center for Internet & Society just...
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Rep. Lamar Smith Says He Will Remove Controversial SOPA Item
In a late Friday press release, the Congressman leading the much-maligned Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) said he would remove a key part of t… Rep. Lamar Smith Says He Will Remove Controversial SOPA...
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Wikipedia Shutting Down For 24 Hours To Protest SOPA Piracy Bill
Capping a flurry of recent developments in the fuss over the Stop Online Piracy Act, Wikipedia's founder said the site will go dark for 24 h… Wikipedia Shutting Down For 24 Hours To Protest SOPA Piracy...
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Wikipedia Homepage Confirms Site Will Go Black For 24 Hours
Wikipedia formally announced Monday night that the site will "go dark" this week to protest proposed anti-piracy legislation. The online enc… Wikipedia Homepage Confirms Site Will Go Black For 24 Hours...
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What the web is saying about SOPA & PIPA
In the wake of a weekend announcement that the White House wouldn’t support SOPA as written as well as the canceling of the DNS provisions in the bill, the web has shifted attention from the Stop...
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Taking SOPA/PIPA to the streets: Protests on for SF, NYC
The anti-SOPA and PIPA demonstrations don't stop with site-wide blackouts planned for Wednesday by a number of web giants. People also have plans to meet up in real life and take the protest to the...
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SOPA Rep Blasts Wikipedia Blackout, Says Law To Go Forward In Feb.
Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Tx), who is leading a push to pass a controversial anti-piracy bill, issued a statement today scolding Wikipedia over it… SOPA Rep Blasts Wikipedia Blackout, Says Law To Go Forward...
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Why I’m fighting SOPA: It’s hypocritical, onerous and dumb
The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) may be shelved by the U.S. House of Representatives, but the Senate's PROTECT-IP Act (PIPA) still looms and Joyent CTO Jason Hoffman just can't believe the stupidity...
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Google Finds Way To Get On SOPA Soap Box Without Going Dark
Instead of blacking out for the Jan. 18 SOPA protest, Google (NSDQ: GOOG) instead is using its power -- and its most iconic communications t… Google Finds Way To Get On SOPA Soap Box Without Going Dark...
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Brad Feld: Why SOPA and PIPA must be stopped
SOPA and PIPA bills, both in their substance and, significantly, the process by which they have moved along, fail this test. As such, they reveal a disturbing picture about the policy process in...
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