SOPA

Internet Defense League Pounces On ACTA, CISPA

Andrei C., 

June 1, 2012

A huge buzz circulated on the Internet this year over bills like SOPA/PIPA, ACTA and CISPA. The online community was clearly on the verge of receiving blows that …

CISPA, Your Privacy and Why You Should Care

Andrei C., 

April 30, 2012

SOPA, PIPA and ACTA are gone. Say Hello to CISPA. CISPA — the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act — passed the House of Representatives last …

Wikipedia Boycotts Godaddy Over SOPA

Andrei C., 

March 12, 2012

Wikipedia recently transferred all their sites from GoDaddy due to ongoing contention over the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). Last December, GoDaddy couldn’t seem to make …

VEVO Streams NFL Game Illegally

Vincent Chow, 

February 14, 2012

VEVO, a music video company started as a joint venture by Sony Music Entertainment, Universal Music Group, and Abu Dhabi Media, was caught red-handed for streaming an NFL game …

File-Sharing Sites More Skittish About Piracy

Andrei C., 

January 30, 2012

The file-sharing world has grown skittish since Megaupload was closed by the FBI and its founder, Kim Dotcom, was arrested in New Zealand. Mediafire, for instance, …

Anonymous Possibly Tricked Users

C.S. Magor, 

January 27, 2012

Internet users might have been tricked into participating in a series of web-based attacks on United States government sites that took place recently. Anonymous, a group …

Megaupload Shut Down In Stunning Display of Bad Timing

Chad Broadus, 

January 20, 2012

UPDATED: Megaupload, one of the most popular locker sites on the Internet, has been shut down by federal authorities. Seven people involved with the site have …

SOPA, PIPA Support is Crumbling

Mark Feffer, 

January 19, 2012

Internet protests against proposed anti-piracy legislation in the house and senate have led a number of congresspeople to back away from their previous support of the …

Google, Wikipedia Lead SOPA / PIPA Protests

Mark Feffer, 

January 18, 2012

See updates through the day Thursday here. Google covered it logo with a black box and Wikipedia’s English site went dark for the day as they …

Flickr Users Can Join SOPA Protest

Vincent Chow, 

January 18, 2012

Flickr, Yahoo!’s photo sharing website, has given its users the power to darken any (well, almost any) photos they like–even those uploaded by others–if they want …