Neowin News Feed for: Pipa

Don't expect another SOPA/PIPA blow-up in 2013

John Callaham — Wed, 26 Dec 2012 21:31:29 +0000

The US Congress will begin another legislative session in January, but we should not expect lawmakers to deal with any bills similar to the SOPA and PIPA bills that blew up in their face in 2012. Read more...

California politician: Hands off the Internet!

Christopher White — Thu, 29 Nov 2012 04:43:52 +0000

A new four letter bill, the IAMA, looks to protect the Internet from other bad four letter bills like SOPA, PIPA, and ACTA. But will the Internet American Moratorium Act gain traction? Read more...

PIPA creator launches, abandons, effort to expand email surveillance

Tyler Holman — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 17:03:18 +0000

PIPA co-author Patrick Leahy has apparently rewritten an amendment previously meant to protect email privacy to make warrantless access easier, then disowned the amendment via Twitter. Read more...

Editorial: Let's bring the UN's internet regulation talks into the open

Tyler Holman — Mon, 12 Nov 2012 10:21:49 +0000

In less than a month, behind closed doors, the UN is going to hold discussions that could have huge ramifications for internet users everywhere. Let's get them to come clean and bring it into the open Read more...

RIAA admits that SOPA & PIPA are useless

Tyler Holman — Sat, 28 Jul 2012 03:44:09 +0000

A recently leaked RIAA presentation says that legislation like SOPA and PIPA wouldn't have done much to combat piracy, even if they had passed, while blaming Google for the backlash against them. Read more...

Regarding SOPA, government says users “poisoned the well”

Christopher White — Sat, 23 Jun 2012 17:21:37 +0000

Some in the government believe that corporations tricked citizens into protesting against SOPA and PIPA in order to protect their own profits. Read more...

SOPA author Lamar Smith wins GOP primary

Tyler Holman — Thu, 31 May 2012 07:39:59 +0000

Despite the efforts of internet activists like Test PAC and Fight for the Future, SOPA author Lamar Smith has won re-election by an unbelievable margin. Did we mention the RIAA funded his campaign? Read more...

US House of Representatives passes CISPA

Tyler Holman — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 02:27:09 +0000

CISPA, the bill hailed as 'the new SOPA,' passed through Congress by a healthy margin, despite cries from privacy advocates, and the Obama administration's threats to veto the bill. Read more...

CISPA bill to be voted on in the US House this week

John Callaham — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 22:38:09 +0000

The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act, or CISPA, is coming up for a vote in the US House of Representatives this week despite protests that the bill could lead to online privacy problems. Read more...

MPAA head still hoping for some agreement on SOPA

John Callaham — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 08:28:20 +0000

Christopher Dodd, the head of the Motion Picture Association of America, said in a new interview he is "confident" there are conversations between the tech and entertainment industry about SOPA. Read more...

Germany to postpone its vote on ACTA

John Callaham — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:20:24 +0000

Germany has announced that the country has postponed its vote on the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, showing that ACTA is starting to lose support in the European territories. Read more...

George Lucas reveals his opposition to SOPA/PIPA

John Callaham — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 06:13:29 +0000

Star Wars creator George Lucas has signaled his opposition to the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Protect IP Act (PIPA), saying that the bills before the US Congress are "sloppy legislation." Read more...

Zombified kill switch/SOPA bill in the works

Tyler Holman — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:16:01 +0000

A new version of SOPA, including internet kill switch provisions, is in the works after the RIAA CEO called for tougher laws and declared the collective internet to be members of Anonymous. Read more...

Anonymous attacking Mexican web sites

John Callaham — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 18:24:40 +0000

The hacker group Anonymous is continuing to launch cyber attacks on various web sites around the world, with the newest victims being three Mexican government-based web sites. Read more...

Anonymous hits FTC owned web site in new cyber attack

John Callaham — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 10:09:58 +0000

The hacker group Anonymous has continued its run of cyber attacks inspired by the Megaupload shutdown by hacking and defacing the Federal Trade Commission's online security site Read more...

US Senator's Twitter page hacked by PIPA opponent

John Callaham — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 04:59:57 +0000

US Senator Chuck Grassley got his official Twitter page hacked on Monday by an unknown person who used it to post anti-SOPA and PIPA messages before the page was taken back later that day. Read more...

The ESA pulls its support of SOPA/PIPA ... kind of

John Callaham — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 00:47:19 +0000

The US's video game trade group, the Entertainment Software Association, has killed its previous support of the SOPA and PIPA bills, calling on the parties involved "to refocus their energies". Read more...

SOPA and PIPA votes in Congress delayed

John Callaham — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 17:33:40 +0000

In a major victory for opponents of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Protect IP Act (PIPA), the leaders of both sides of the US Congress have decided to delay voting on both bills. Read more...

162 million saw Wikipedia's SOPA/PIPA blackout page

John Callaham — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 19:02:55 +0000

The day after its SOPA/PIPA blackout, the Wikipedia web site announced that over 162 million people viewed the blackout page. The site urged people to continue to contact their elected representatives Read more...

Editorial: Anti-SOPA, anti-piracy

Tyler Holman — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 09:54:18 +0000

As the Internet protests SOPA, there's still a few who don't know what the bill means, or why law-abiding citizens should care. Anti-SOPA isn't pro-piracy, and here's why you should care. Read more...

Senator Reid got $3.5 million from pro-SOPA/PIPA groups

John Callaham — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 00:06:35 +0000

A new document claims that US Senator Harry Reid, who is leading the charge to have the Senate vote on PIPA next week, received over $3.5 million in campaign donations from pro-SOPA/PIPA groups. Read more...

Mark Zuckerberg reveals his opposition to SOPA/PIPA

John Callaham — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 23:36:35 +0000

Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg made a public post on his Facebook and Twitter page today saying he and his company are opposed to the SOPA and PIPA bills in the US Congress. Read more...

SOPA/PIPA protest hits the real world in New York City

John Callaham — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 20:00:06 +0000

Today's online protest against SOPA and PIPA has broken out into the real world with over 2,000 people protesting the bill in New York City's midtown Manhattan district. Read more...

Even more web sites join SOPA/PIPA protests

John Callaham — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 15:31:19 +0000

A large number of web sites have decided to join Wednesday's protest of the Stop Online Piracy Act and the Protect IP Act bills, including BoingBoing.net, Gamasutra and more. Read more...

SOPA hearings to resume in February in US House

John Callaham — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 07:30:09 +0000

The US House of Representatives has announced that it will continue discussing the proposed Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) sometime in February due to congressional retreats being held this month. Read more...

DNS blocking to be removed from SOPA

Tyler Holman — Sat, 14 Jan 2012 04:29:29 +0000

Digital activists are cheering after the author of SOPA has decided to drop DNS blocking provisions from the law, a controversial bill in the US Congress that is encountering staunch opposition. Read more...