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Beware new dynasties in fight for web freedom | Observer editorial
Moscow :: Russia | over 1 year ago
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Editorial Think David versus Goliath in the Valley of Silicon rather than Elah...David is a lone, valiant blogger, seeking only to defend freedom of expression via the internet ...Except that, on last week's form, David barely had to reach for his
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Online piracy timeline
Kankakee :: IL :: USA | over 1 year ago
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Act enacted, a law that primarily pertains to policing intellectual property on the Internet. Copyright holders can send formal takedown notices to websites that are using infringing content. If a website does not comply, it can lead to criminal
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MCM's position on SOPA and PIPA
Madison :: CT :: USA | over 1 year ago
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I don't want anyone else taking my intellectual property without permission and/or compensation. This isn't just about MCM; I've also written a book ( The Art of Sculling) that has been in print for twenty years, and while the revenue from that book
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Anti-SOPA Protest Didn’t Pass Unnoticed
We are all aware that we want something when we know we can’t have it. To this wish we also have to add the publicity the anti SOPAparticipants enjoyed and all of this results in a massive increase in traffic. On
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Luke Ahrenholtz: Help stop some bad Internet legislation
Stockholm :: Sweden | over 1 year ago
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The bills would ban search engines from displaying links to foreign sites that enable infringement of copyrighted materials. Recording Industry Association of America, or the Motion Picture Association of America...Take WikiLeaks, a not-for-profit
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Palace: Govt to formulate stand on US anti-piracy measures
Manila :: Philippines | over 1 year ago
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We will have to discuss this with our Information and Communication Technology (ICT) officials, she said. Earlier, US lawmakers indefinitely postponed proceedings on the two bills after major Internet companies staged an online protest by blacking
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The privacy bill: Web activists trump Hollywood
Seattle :: WA :: USA | over 1 year ago
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News about Seattle City Hall, Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn, Washington Governor Christine Gregoire, Seattle and King County government and more Legislation giving the U.S. Justice Department and entertainment companies sweeping powers to combat
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Web freedom vs. Web piracy
Hong Kong :: China | over 1 year ago
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And hundreds of other websites darkened their pages temporarily in a massive, coordinated protest against a pair of bills that would step up enforcement of copyrights and trademarks...It was a stunning and in some ways troubling show of lobbying
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In South Carolina CNN Debate:Rick Santorum Wants SOPA And PIPA! Goodbye Rick!
Tom Knighton of United Liberty, said people who honestly believe that getting a court order counts as “due process”. They think that because a judge says something is acceptable, that is sufficient to meet the standards
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OK, So SOPA And PIPA Are Both On Hold: Where Do We Go From Here?
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | over 1 year ago
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As Lauren Weinstein points out in an excellent, monitory blog post entitled "Battling Internet Censorship: The Long War", that would be a big mistake : you might be tempted to assume that the battle is over, the war is won, and that -- as Maxwell
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