Internet Researchers Decry DNS-Filtering Legislation
Internet-security researchers are saying Senate antipiracy legislation that would dramatically increase the government’s legal power to disrupt and shutter websites dedicated to infringing activity...
View ArticleChief Sponsor Wavers on Web Censorship Bill in Charged Hearing
Legislation that would let copyright holders shut off ads to allegedly copyright infringing websites and let the government force ISPs and search engines to blacklist alleged infringing sites had a...
View ArticleAnalysis: Internet Blacklist Bill Is Roadmap to ‘the End’ of the Internet
The rhetoric on both sides of the debate concerning the Stop Online Piracy Act almost peaked when Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.) said the House proposal "would mean the end of the internet as we know it."...
View ArticleSenator Promises To Filibuster Internet Blacklisting Bill
If you thought a Senate proposal to shutter and disrupt websites "dedicated to infringing activities" has died a terrible death, think again. If the stalled measure reaches the floor, Sen. Ron Wyden...
View ArticleFeds Seize 150 Domain Names in Counterfeit Crackdown
Federal authorities have seized 150 websites hawking counterfeit and copyright goods, bringing to 350 the number of domains taken as part of a forfeiture program that began a year ago. The announcement...
View ArticleLawmaker Waters Down His Online Blacklisting Bill
Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas) introduced amendments late Monday to the Stop Online Piracy Act -- changes that dramatically water down the measure's scope. Among the amendments, they include a...
View ArticleWhite House Blasts Internet Blacklisting Bills
The Obama administration said Saturday that it would not support legislation that would mandate changes to internet infrastructure to fight online copyright and trademark infringement.
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