Neowin News Feed for: Lobby

Microsoft and Facebook lobby against NSA in April-June, Google/Yahoo stay quiet

Brad Sams — Wed, 24 Jul 2013 15:06:20 +0000

Microsoft and Facebook were the only tech giants to lobby against the laws that allowed the NSA to conduct its PRISM program but even so, it wasn't a strong effort by either company. Read more...

Anti-Piracy Lobby Urges Sweden To Take Down The Pirate Bay

Steven Parker — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 12:06:10 +0000

Several anti-piracy lobbyist organizations have joined forces in urging the Swedish authorities to take "swift and decisive action" against The Pirate Bay. The Pirate Bay laughed away this attempt, and assures its users that they... Read more...

Software Lobby Warns Microsoft Too Close to BBC

Sat, 04 Aug 2007 22:56:55 +0000

The Free Software Foundation (FSF), a Boston-based open source software lobby group, is planning to petition British Prime Minister Gordon Brown to highlight the role of software giant Microsoft Corp. in the British Broadcasting Corporation's... Read more...

DRM lobby scrambles to block HD DVD crack

Tom Warren — Wed, 02 May 2007 13:09:29 +0000

A digital rights management (DRM) licensing authority is strong-arming search firms, bloggers and open source advocates in a desperate attempt to stop the spread of a software key that disables copyright protection on Blu-ray and... Read more...