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SOPA And PIPA Are Not Coming Back

SOPA And PIPA Are Not Coming Back

By Zach Walton October 4, 2012

SOPA and PIPA were a major threat to the Internet. Only those in the entertainment industry denied the claim as they pushed for stricter control of the Internet. The two bills eventually spurred the single largest Internet protest as countless …

Ira Rothken Doesn't Buy MPAA's Megaupload Offer Ira Rothken Doesn't Buy MPAA's Megaupload Offer
By · June 8, 2012

In a rather surprising turn of events, the MPAA submitted a document to the court yesterday saying that they would be fine with legitimate Megaupload users getting their data back. The organization had previously said they wanted the data to …

Gaming
The Pirate Bay Issues Thanks To The RIAA The Pirate Bay Issues Thanks To The RIAA
By · June 7, 2012 · 4 Comments

It’s no secret that the RIAA and the MPAA want Google and other search engines to stop listing sites like The Pirate Bay in their search results. The main problem is that Google makes it super easy to find pirated …

Technology
MPAA Is A "Friend" To Legitimate Megaupload Users MPAA Is A "Friend" To Legitimate Megaupload Users
By · June 7, 2012 · 1 Comment

I can’t believe it’s been almost six months since Megaupload was taken down by the feds and Kim Dotcom was arrested for criminal copyright infringement and other horrible things. It’s been a roller coaster full of twists and turns since …

Technology
Chris Dodd Keeps The SOPA Fires Burning Chris Dodd Keeps The SOPA Fires Burning
By · May 22, 2012 · 1 Comment

Chris Dodd has all the makings of an effective politician, if, for nothing else, his ability to talk out of both sides of his mouth. Take, for instance, his current stance on both SOPA and piracy. In an interview with …

Technology
New York Yankees Make Video To Support Bully Film New York Yankees Make Video To Support Bully Film
By · April 12, 2012 · 1 Comment

As a Red Sox fan, it can be hard to find things to like about the New York Yankees. They are, after all, baseball’s Evil Empire, the devil in pinstripes, the perennial rival and sometime dasher-of-hopes to my beloved team. …

Life
MPAA Supports Repeat Infringer Ruling MPAA Supports Repeat Infringer Ruling
By · April 9, 2012 · 2 Comments

There’s an important copyright case being heard at the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals concerning DMCA and repeat infringers. Simply put, if a site owner responds to DMCA complaints and removes infringing content but does not ban the users who …

Technology
Noteworthy Videos
Chris Dodd Confident SOPA Not Dead Chris Dodd Confident SOPA Not Dead
By · April 6, 2012 · 2 Comments

Now, before we delve into the Chris Dodd interview that’s making waves around the Internet, it should be noted that, if the bill is resurrected or revitalized, it probably won’t be called “SOPA.” That being said, SOPA has essentially moved …

Technology
“Bully” Cuts Some F-Bombs, Lands PG-13 Rating “Bully” Cuts Some F-Bombs, Lands PG-13 Rating
By · April 6, 2012

When the much-anticipated and controversial documentary Bully expands to 55 new markets on April 13th, it will do so as a PG-13 rated film. The MPAA decided to lower the film’s rating not after hundreds of thousands signed online petition …

Life
In The Newsletter
Center For Copyright Info Will To Sink Piracy Soon Center For Copyright Info Will To Sink Piracy Soon
By · April 3, 2012

Remember when Google defended itself from any culpability due to “safe-harbor” protection from hosting copyright-infringing material and, instead, argued that the responsibility of policing those infringements should rest with the copyright holders themselves? It appears as that several entertainment companies …

'Bully' Will Use Alternative Ratings System 'Bully' Will Use Alternative Ratings System
By · March 28, 2012

Entertainment Weekly is reporting the The Weinstein Company will be using an alternative ratings system in the ads for its new documentary, ‘Bully‘. The movie will be displayed as having a ‘pause 13′ rating that the movie received from Common …

“Bully” Asks Twitter Users To Tweet To Stop Bullying “Bully” Asks Twitter Users To Tweet To Stop Bullying
By · March 27, 2012

Yesterday, we received some big news from The Weinstein Company regarding the upcoming documentary Bully. Today, TWC has declared today “Twitter Tuesday” for the film, and they want everyone to show support by making it a trend. On Monday, TWC …

“Bully” Documentary Releasing Unrated on March 30th “Bully” Documentary Releasing Unrated on March 30th
By · March 26, 2012

Just a couple of weeks after the MPAA reiterated their decision to keep the upcoming documentary Bully rated R, The Weinstein Company has decided to release the film as unrated by the MPAA on March 30th. The film, which chronicles …

Megaupload Data May Still Be Deleted Megaupload Data May Still Be Deleted
By · March 23, 2012 · 1

Carpathia Hosting, the hosting solutions company that was used to store the data on the former file-sharing site Megaupload, made a statement this week indicating it has been unable to figure out what to do with the Megaupload data on …

MPAA Wants Megaupload User Data Retained MPAA Wants Megaupload User Data Retained
By · March 22, 2012 · 1

If you were a user of Megaupload’s services before they were shutdown by their copyright infringement lawsuit, you may be the subject of some controversy in the coming weeks. The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) is requesting that Carpathia, …

Google Chimes In On MPAA’s Suit Against Hotfile Google Chimes In On MPAA’s Suit Against Hotfile
By · March 21, 2012

Emboldened by the takedown of Megaupload, the Motion Picture Association of America continues its crusade against file-sharing sites with its latest target, Hotfile, a file-sharing site. The MPAA, however, might have unexpectedly found itself in a bigger opponent than it …

ISPs To Implement Anti-Piracy Measures By July 12 ISPs To Implement Anti-Piracy Measures By July 12
By · March 15, 2012

Internet service providers are set to start clamping down on illegal file sharing this summer, according to the head of the RIAA. Speaking at the annual meating of the Association of American Publishers, RIAA CEO Cary Sherman said that ISPs …

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