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Internet Restrictions: How Much Should We Worry About Our Freedom of Information?

Marianne Mollmann | Posted 05.21.2012

Read More: Internet, Internet Privacy, Sopa Pipa, Acta, Pipa, SOPA Bill, Freedom of Expression, Internet Censorship, Freedom of Information Act, India, Censorship, Sopa, Technology News

From a human rights perspective, blanket restrictions on specific means of communication should always raise red flags.

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Issa Leaks Secret Document To Pressure Obama On Trade Deal

HuffingtonPost.com | Zach Carter | Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: Big Pharma, Tpp, Ip, Acta, Economy, Darrell Issa, Manufacturing, Free Trade, Jobs, Buy America, Trans-Pacific Partnership, Barack Obama, Buy American, Sopa, Stop Online Piracy Act, Intellectual Property, Video, Trade, Trans-Pacific, Patents, Patent Reform, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- House Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) has taken the unprecedented step of leaking a secret U.S. trade document, in ...

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ACTA Not Likely To Become Law

Wall Street Journal | Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: Acta, Technology News

ACTA is effectively dead, the European Commissioner for the Digital Agenda admitted Friday. An official spokesman said the “political reality” was...

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CISPA, Netizens and the Internet's Coming of Age Party

Bennet Kelley | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: Netizens, Sopa Protest, Craig Newmark, Acta, Vint Cerf, Cyber Week, Internet-Hall-of-Fame, Al Gore, Cispa, Technology News

The Internet is experiencing a coming of age as not only has it surpassed television in terms of daily consumer usage, but it also is flexing its political muscle in capitols across the globe.

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When Security and Privacy Wrestle, Who Is the Winner?

Theresa Payton | Posted 04.26.2012

Read More: Cispa Bill, Online Security, Cispa Legislation, Web Security, Acta, Sopa, Pipa, Cispa, Internet Security, Intellectual Property, Women in Tech, Technology News

There is a fight going on between security and privacy and it is your personal data and communications at stake.

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My Dad, SOPA and Me

Tanja Aitamurto | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Bittorrent, Creative Commons, Pipa, Sopa, Copyright Infringement, Copyright, Creative Work, Acta, Media News

In our family we have two takes on copyright issues and SOPA. These two approaches reflect the gap between digital and offline worlds. Let's look at ...

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The Anti-SOPA Act?

The Huffington Post | Dean Praetorius | Posted 02.22.2012

Read More: The Free Internet Act, Reddit, Reddit Sopa, Video, Fia, Fia Sopa Alternative, Reddit Sopa Alternative, Acta, Pipa, Sopa Alternative Reddit, Sopa Alternative, Sopa, Internet Censorship, SOPA Bill, Technology News

When two proposed anti-piracy bills SOPA and PIPA looked as if they could become law, social news site Reddit helped organize a large-scale online pro...

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Highest EU Court To Rule On ACTA Global Anti-Piracy Treaty

AP | By DON MELVIN | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Acta Vote, Video, Acta, Acta Eu, Acta Eu Court, Technology News

BRUSSELS -- The European Commission, facing opposition in city streets, on the Internet and in the halls of parliament, has suspended efforts to ratif...

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Stunning Percentage Of Youths Are Online 'Pirates'

AP | Posted 04.19.2012

Read More: Downloads, Video, Piracy, Acta, Pipa, Illegal Downloads, Online Piracy, Youth Online Pirates, Ap, Downloading, Sopa, Technology News

CHICAGO (AP) — Young people want their music, TV and movies now — even if it means they get these things illegally. A recent Columb...

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What's Behind Anonymous' Latest Rash Of Attacks

AP | By RAPHAEL SATTER and VANESSA GERA | Posted 02.17.2012

Read More: Acta Protests, Video, Anonymous Ftc, Acta, Anonymous, Anonymous ACTA, Acta Anonymous, Hackers, Technology News

LONDON -- Opponents of a controversial global copyright treaty counted three victories Friday as American government websites were hacked and the East...

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Europe's ACTA Freak Out: How Hollywood Holds Back the Trade Agenda

Harold Feld | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Ustr, Sopa Protest, Free Trade Agreements, Sopa Pipa, Acta, Mpaa, Free Trade, Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, US Trade Representative, Trade Agreements, Riaa, Sopa, Hollywood, Business News

Whenever there is an international trade agreement negotiation, Hollywood jumps in, takes over, and starts driving the crazy train off a cliff by demanding all kinds of nonsense in the name of "stopping piracy."

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Anonymous Knocks Government Agency Sites Offline

AP | Posted 02.17.2012

Read More: Antisec, Video, Anonymous Ftc, Ftc Hacked, Acta, Anonymous, Anonymous ACTA, Ftc, Antisec Ftc, Hackers, Ftc Anonymous, Technology News

LONDON -- The hacking group known as Anonymous has claimed a new series of hacks against the U.S. Federal Trade Commission and consumer rights website...

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Keeping SOPA Measures Out of Trade Agreements ACTA, TPP

Edward J. Black | Posted 04.16.2012

Read More: Stop Online Piracy Act, Copyright Infringement, Pipa, Piracy, Trade. SOPA, Internet Freedom, Economy, Internet Censorship, Acta, Tpp, Innovation, Technology, Technology News

Internet users realized during the debate over SOPA and its companion bill, PIPA, that because they were not at the table, they were on the menu. Vowing 'never again,' they have thus set their sights on ACTA.

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Thousands Take To Streets To Protest Anti-Piracy Agreement

Reuters | Erik Kirschbaum and Irina Ivanova | Posted 04.12.2012

Read More: Acta Protests, Europe Acta Protests, Video, Acta, Acta Protest, Protest Acta, Reuters, ACTA Protests Europe, Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, Technology News

(Corrects to clarify that Slovakia is a country not a city) By Erik Kirschbaum and Irina Ivanova BERLIN/SOFIA, Feb 11 (R...

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How Does Twitter Handle Piracy? An Inside Look

HuffingtonPost.com | Saki Knafo | Posted 02.03.2012

Read More: Magnolia Pictures, Video, Twitter, Piracy, Acta, Web Sheriff, Dallas Mavericks, Pipa, Mark Cuban, Youtube, Takedown Notices, Prodigy, File-Sharing, Dmca, Sopa, Technology News

Last week, in the wake of protests over SOPA and PIPA, the controversial Internet anti-piracy legislation in Congress, Twitter released a database tha...

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Anonymous And The War Over The Internet (Part II)

HuffingtonPost.com | Saki Knafo | Posted 02.01.2012

Read More: Scientology, Acta, Pipa, Anonymous Sopa, Megaupload, Sopa, Anonymous News, Cybercrime, Anonymous, Department of Justice, Riaa, Censorship, Anonymous Hackers, Kim Dotcom, Hackers, Technology News

This is the second part of a two-part series on Anonymous, the amorphous Internet group that has emerged as a force in global affairs. In the first pa...

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Anonymous And The War Over The Internet

HuffingtonPost.com | Saki Knafo | Posted 03.31.2012

Read More: Scientology, Acta, Anonymous Sopa, Pipa, Megaupload, Sopa, Anonymous News, Cybercrime, Anonymous, Department of Justice, Riaa, Censorship, Anonymous Hackers, Hackers, Kim Dotcom, Technology News

This article is the first in a two-part series tracing the development of the amorphous online community known as Anonymous, pranksters who have becom...

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ACTA Sparks Protests In Latest Anti-Piracy Battle

HuffingtonPost.com | Gerry Smith | Posted 03.27.2012

Read More: Copyright Treaty, Protect Ip Act, Anti-Piracy, Video, Stop Piracy Online Act, Copyright, Acta, Poland, Pipa, Electronic Frontier Foundation, European Union, Trans-Pacific Partnership, Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, Internet Protest, Sopa, Technology News

In the United States, a massive Internet protest last week led by Wikipedia and Google drove congressional leaders to place controversial anti-piracy ...

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Site Blackouts Reminiscent Of SOPA Protest

AP | By VANESSA GERA | Posted 01.24.2012

Read More: Poland Acta, Acta Protests, Video, Acta Poland, Acta Protest Poland, Acta Protest, Acta, Poland Acta Protest, Technology News

WARSAW, Poland -- Hundreds of people waged a street protest in Warsaw on Tuesday to protest the government's plan to sign an international copyright t...

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Will Anonymous Attack Change This Country's Stance?

AP | VANESSA GERA | Posted 03.24.2012

Read More: Poland Acta, Video, Acta, Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, Acta Poland, Poland Hack Acta, Acta Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, Ap, Acta Poland Hack, Technology News

WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish officials vowed Monday to stick to plans to sign an international copyright treaty that has outraged Internet activists...

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The 2010 Elections, Reflections, Lessons and Taking Stock

James Love | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Biosimilars, Transparency, Copyright Infringement, Howard Dean, Acta, Mysql-Oracle, Ticketmaster Live Nation Merger, Patents, Politics News

It's hard to develop a public narrative and a legislative record as a champion of the underdog when you spend so much time pandering to giant corporate interests.

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Lynne Cheney Group Gives UC Berkeley, Yale an 'F' In Education

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Acta College Rankings, American Council of Trustees and Alumni, Acta, Slidepollajax, Acta School Rankings, Cheney Rankings, Los Angeles News

This story comes courtesy of California Watch. By Erica Perez Just as the vaunted U.S. News and World Report rated UC Berkeley as the nation's top p...

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Treaty Aims to deputize ISPs on copyrights

CNET News | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Isps, Acta, Isp Copyright, Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, ACTA Treaty, Internet Provider Copyrights, Internet Service Provider Copyright, Technology News

Internet service providers could become copyright cops encouraged to block access to suspected pirate Web sites, according to a previously secret draf...

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Obama Administration Isolated on Issue of Secrecy of IPR Negotiation

James Love | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Acta, Counterfeiting, Intellectual Property, Property Rights, Barack Obama, Business News

The Obama White House has defended the ridiculous position that a sweeping new trade agreement on the enforcement of intellectual property rights should be secret -- from the public.

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Who in U.S. Congress Wants the ACTA Text Public?

James Love | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Counterfeiting, Ustr, Acta, Congress, Politics News

This week some 38 or so countries are holding a secret negotiation in Guadalajara, Mexico, on something called the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement...

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