SOPA

1,700 Websites In Russia Go Dark In A SOPA-Style Protest

Popular websites stop their services for a day to highlight the possible effects of a new anti-piracy law

11 years ago

Bill Gates Opens Up About Web Privacy And Tablets

Bill Gates uses a web chat to discuss his relationship with Steve Jobs, the tablet craze, and web privacy

12 years ago

Neelie Kroes Accepts ACTA Is Doomed

Controversial agreement is unlikely to pass the vote

13 years ago

The USA Needs CISPA

Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act is not as bad as the Internet community might think, says Wayne Rash

13 years ago

US Secret Service Pulls Plug On Forms Site

The US Secret Service has shut down and then reinstated online forms site JotForm, without the need for a law…

13 years ago

US Drafts A Hard ACTA To Follow

The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) is just another way to satisfy the US corporate overlords now SOPA is gone, argues…

13 years ago

ACTA Treaty Trumps SOPA And PIPA

The US Trade Representative has secretly negotiated a more restrictive treaty to avoid a congressional review and public objections, says…

13 years ago

MEP Appointed To Scrutinise ACTA Resigns In Disgust

A key MEP protests the ACTA copyright treaty which could become European law in June

13 years ago

If MegaUpload Can Be Closed, Why Did We Need SOPA?

The MegaUpload case shows the US government can already enforce its copyright abroad. The world is asking why SOPA was…

13 years ago

SOPA and PIPA Acts Officially Shelved

SOPA and PIPA have been officially put on hold. They may be revived, or may be replaced with other anti-piracy…

13 years ago

Euro Commissioner Kroes Speaks Against SOPA

European vice president Neelie Kroes says SOPA was "bad legislation", while Euro MPs call US Congress to account

13 years ago

OPEN: A Possible Replacement For The US SOPA/PIPA Laws

The Online Protection and Enforcement of Digital Trade (OPEN) Act is rising in popularity as an alternative to SOPA and…

13 years ago

The SOPA Protests: What Next?

After the site blackout, what can non-US citizens do to protest a law which would damage the World's Intenret, asks…

13 years ago

SOPA Is Back, And Sir Tim Berners-Lee Is Out To Stop It

As the Stop Online Piracy Act comes back on Congress's schedule, the father of the Web speaks out against it

13 years ago

Wikipedia 24-Hour Blackout Protests Anti-Piracy Laws

Wikipedia and others have shut down their Websites in protest against US anti-piracy legislation

13 years ago

SOPA Set To Return In Different Form

The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) has been halted for the time being, but recent remarks suggest it is likely…

13 years ago

Wikipedia Blackout To Go Ahead Despite SOPA Pullout

Wikipedia and other high-profile websites will shut down for 24 hours in protest against 'devastating' anti-piracy bills, while Twitter's CEO…

13 years ago

SOPA Is Gone But The US Internet Dictatorship Is The Real Problem

SOPA may have gone but there are still laws and policies which impose US standards on the rest of the…

13 years ago

US SOPA Bill Killed In Congress

The SOPA Anti-piracy bill has been scuttled, but the Senate's PIPA bill sails on

13 years ago

Obama Kicks SOPA Back For More Discussion

A White House blog post has sent the anti-piracy SOPA bill back to the drawing board

13 years ago

Google Dismisses Murdoch’s Piracy Allegation Tweets

Rupert Murdoch calls Google a piracy leader for returning results that might infringe copyright

13 years ago

US Pushed Spain Into Passing An Online Piracy Law

Leaked letter shows US government threatened Spain with trade sanctions to force it to favour passing an anti-piracy law

13 years ago

Sony, Nintendo, EA Games Turn Their Backs On SOPA

The top three gaming companies have added their names to the growing list of critics opposing the US Government's SOPA…

13 years ago

GoDaddy Backs Down On SOPA But Loses Over 72,000 Domains

GoDaddy's desertion of the Stop Online Piracy Act caused a Reddit revolt to fail but the battle had already been…

13 years ago

Google, Amazon And Others May Go Dark Over SOPA

Several big name IT companies are considering overt protests against the proposed US Stop Online Piracy Act

13 years ago

Users Threaten Boycott As GoDaddy Announces Support For SOPA

Domain resellers and owners are boycotting registrar GoDaddy over its support for the controversial Stop Online Piracy Act

13 years ago

Wikipedia Could Temporarily Shutdown In SOPA Protest

Wikipedia could shut down to put pressure on congress not to pass SOPA

13 years ago

Kaspersky Quits BSA Over US SOPA Support

Kaspersky says Stop Online Piracy Act is against the public interest and quits BSA to emphasise its point

13 years ago

BSA, Microsoft Join SOPA Opposition

Even an anti-piracy group opposes SOPA, the proposed US anti-piracy legislation

13 years ago

The US SOPA Is Our DEA In Cowboy Boots

Britain has had two years of legal debate about the online copyright isssue, says Peter Judge. Why has the US…

13 years ago