While some may view the shelving of the infamous piracy bills as the death of both SOPA and PIPA, both bills remain alive with active supporters in both houses of the U.S. governme...
Sometimes it feels like we're all just playing a big game of electronic privacy whack-a-mole. And if we hold true to that analogy, the next mole that needs to be whacked might loo...
Everybody make it through yesterday's Internet-wide protest? Everyone still in one piece? Good. Now, let's take a moment to consider the aftermath of Wikipedia's...
If you needed any more proof that SOPA isn't really dead, just delayed, look no further.
Despite calls that SOPA, for all intents and purposes, had been killed in the House of...
On Friday, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Lamar Smith announced that he will remove DNS Blocking from SOPA, so the issue can be "further examined".
Here's Smith's statement...
Our chief SOPA correspondent is out of the office today but this story from VICE magazine was really too good to leave uncovered here at WPN, so I'm tagging in to share the story....
What do you do when it seems like the entire world is against something you are trying to accomplish? Do you ignore the criticisms and soldier onward? Do you consider the critici...
When commenting on the state of the SOPA/PIPA bills recently, lead-SOPA sponsor Lamar Smith, the representative from Texas, indicated those speaking out against these acts were a "...
Earlier this week, Representative Lamar Smith, one of they key sponsors of the oft-discussed SOPA legislation, issued something of a challenge to Reddit users, calling them a vocal...
Unless you reside in the state he represents -- Texas -- probably the only reason you've heard the name of Lamar Smith in the past month or so is because of SOPA, the Stop Online P...
About five years ago, during hearings concerning the adoption of net neutrality rules, Lamar Smith, the US House Representative who introduced SOPA to the world, had a much differe...
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