Neowin News Feed for: Sopa

Neowin's five most popular articles of 2012

John Callaham — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 18:33:53 +0000

We list our top five most read stories of 2012, which include a personal story on how piracy affected a Neowin writer, a blow up over a Samsung ad using an actor from an Apple ad and more. Read more...

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...

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...

A slip of the tongue gives away CETA's influences from ACTA

Paul Ferson — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 02:40:19 +0100

ACTA and the whole copyright concern around it, was thought to have been laid to rest. It hasn't been: A European Commission negotiator managed to let slip CETA copies from ACTA. Read more...

RIAA admits that SOPA & PIPA are useless

Tyler Holman — Sat, 28 Jul 2012 04:44:09 +0100

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...

SOPA author wants to arrest journalists over leaks

Tyler Holman — Sun, 15 Jul 2012 04:23:03 +0100

SOPA author Lamar Smith is back again, this time rallying for a new law that would allow the Justice Department to bring down the 'full force of the law' against journalists who leak state secrets. Read more...

SOPA rises from the grave once more

Paul Ferson — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 08:36:56 +0100

After fighting against SOPA earlier this year, the Internet rejoiced at its ability to come together against controversial bills. Now it's coming back again, ready for another round. Read more...

Here's the deal - the Declaration of Internet Freedom

Tyler Holman — Wed, 04 Jul 2012 12:21:00 +0100

The fight for internet freedom could be getting a little bit more defined; one group has created the Declaration of Internet Freedom, a bare-bones summary of their idea of 'digital rights.' Read more...

Regarding SOPA, government says users “poisoned the well”

Christopher White — Sat, 23 Jun 2012 18:21:37 +0100

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 08:39:59 +0100

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...

The Internet Defense League formed

John Callaham — Mon, 28 May 2012 15:26:48 +0100

A new grass roots organization, the Internet Defense League, has been formed with the goal of having websites join together to combat threats to the Internet such as SOPA. Read more...

US House of Representatives passes CISPA

Tyler Holman — Fri, 27 Apr 2012 03:27:09 +0100

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 23:38:09 +0100

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...

Google's Sergey Brin: Open Internet is threatened

John Callaham — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 08:25:17 +0100

Google co-founder Sergey Brin fears that the open nature of the Internet is being threatened by "very powerful forces", adding, "I am more worried than I have been in the past," Read more...

CISPA: another privacy nightmare?

Tyler Holman — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 07:32:49 +0100

A new piece of legislation is causing an uproar among privacy advocates regarding the bill, which encourages ISPs to share information regarding cybersecurity threats and piracy with the government. Read more...

Editorial: SOPA and the free internet's battle to the death

Tyler Holman — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 10:52:23 +0100

After all the outrage they caused, the MPAA is still trying to force SOPA-like legislation into law? It's finally clear: this is a battle to death between the free internet and big media. Read more...

Former MPAA vice president turns against SOPA

Paul Ferson — Sat, 07 Apr 2012 21:38:26 +0100

A former vice-president at the Motion Picture Association of America has turned against the group and the Stop Online Piracy Act they were so keen to push through to the greater internet masses. Read more...

MPAA head still hoping for some agreement on SOPA

John Callaham — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 09:28:20 +0100

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...

Anonymous' "Operation Blackout" won't happen ... probably

John Callaham — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 10:03:42 +0100

The threat that the hacker group Anonymous will shut down the Internet this weekend for "Operation Blackout" most likely won't happen as some Anonymous news groups deny such a event is planned. Read more...