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 Administration is threatening a veto. What’s going on? Read More »
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The push for controversial legislation known as SOPA and PIPA appears to have unraveled completely after leaders in both the House and Senat… Read More »
The FBI today unsealed an indictment that charges file-sharing site Megaupload and its executives with a list of criminal charges, including… Read More »
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The furor over controversial anti-piracy legislation reached a climax on Wednesday as Republican lawmakers began disavowing the Stop Online… Read More »
A small loophole for Wikipedia’s SOPA and PIPA protest, in which the English-language version of the site has gone dark for 24 hours: the mo… Read More »
Instead of blacking out for the Jan. 18 SOPA protest, Google (NSDQ: GOOG) instead is using its power — and its most iconic communications t… Read More »
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… Read More »
Wikipedia formally announced Monday night that the site will “go dark” this week to protest proposed anti-piracy legislation. The online enc… Read More »
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… Read More »
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… Read More »
Not long ago the controversial law known as the Stop Online Piracy Act was poised to sail through Congress. But it lost traction at a Congre… Read More »
A prominent Republican this week blamed Google (NSDQ: GOOG) for blocking a new anti-piracy law, saying the company profits from “rogue” webs… Read More »
The debate about controversial anti-piracy legislation is more fevered than ever with both sides slinging rapid-fire press releases decrying… Read More »
Recent talk of an internet piracy plan has reached such a pitch that an outsider could be forgiven for thinking participants were discussing… Read More »
Opponents of the Stop Online Piracy Act this week proposed an anti-piracy bill of their own that they claim will address counterfeiting issu… Read More »
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