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Wikipedia may stage a protest against SOPA
Wikipedia may stage a protest against SOPA
Wikipedia co-founder Jim Wales has posted a straw poll asking whether there is support for a "community strike" to get the word out about SOPA. ...... 13 Dec 2011 - 1 comment
Legislators want your input on OPEN, an alternative to SOPA
Legislators want your input on OPEN, an alternative to SOPA
Senator Wyden and Representative Issa propose a less draconian alternative to SOPA and PIPA, but would it actually do anything useful? 13 Dec 2011 - 9 comments
Entrepeneurs, investors, and others join forces to protect tech industry from threats like SOPA
Entrepeneurs, investors, and others join forces to protect tech industry from threats like SOPA
If one good thing has come out of the introduction of the SOPA and PIPA legislation in the US, it's the way opposition to both has led those ...... 09 Dec 2011 - 3 comments
Kaspersky to drop Business Software Alliance membership over SOPA backing
Kaspersky to drop Business Software Alliance membership over SOPA backing
The BSA's support for SOPA has cost them the membership of noted security company Kaspersky Lab. 06 Dec 2011 - 8 comments
Non-profit CEO fears SOPA's affect on the disabled
Non-profit CEO fears SOPA's affect on the disabled
A non-profit CEO explains why his legitimate service, providing ebooks to the disabled, could be shut down by SOPA. 06 Dec 2011 - 2 comments
Sunlight Foundation shows entertainment industry donated tens of millions to SOPA/PIPA sponsors
Sunlight Foundation shows entertainment industry donated tens of millions to SOPA/PIPA sponsors
Of 65 SOPA and PIPA, sponsors in Congress, 44 have received campaign donations from the movie, music, and TV industries. 05 Dec 2011 - 7 comments
Congressman burns Google over anti-piracy act opposition
Congressman burns Google over anti-piracy act opposition
Texas congressman blasts Google Inc.'s 'self-serving' opposition to the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), of which he is lead sponsor. 02 Dec 2011 - 15 comments
SOPA: An infographic
SOPA: An infographic
Over the past week we have posted a few articles on the disaster that is the proposed SOPA bill. The bill will usher an era of Internet censorship ...... 19 Nov 2011 - 7 comments
Pelosi, Issa say FU to SOPA anti-piracy proposal
Pelosi, Issa say FU to SOPA anti-piracy proposal
Nancy Pelosi, the Democratic House Leader, has said today that she does not support SOPA, the proposed anti-piracy bill that would lead to Internet ...... 17 Nov 2011 - 15 comments
Facebook, Google, more call SOPA anti-piracy bill 'draconian'
Facebook, Google, more call SOPA anti-piracy bill 'draconian'
The SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) bill has been dubbed draconian by a number of tech giants, including Google and Facebook. Both companies ...... 17 Nov 2011 - 11 comments
Over 100 law professors protest SOPA / E-PARASITE bill
Over 100 law professors protest SOPA / E-PARASITE bill
Over 100 law professors have signed an open letter to the House of Representatives opposing the passage of the Internet censorship bill known as SOPA. 16 Nov 2011 - 18 comments
Warner Brothers blames faulty DMCA takedowns on their computers
Warner Brothers blames faulty DMCA takedowns on their computers
Warner Brothers says it's ok to Hotfile inaccurate DMCA takedown notices because their computers made the decisions without any human oversight. 14 Nov 2011 - 6 comments
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