Neowin News Feed for: Sopa

Mississippi Attorney General calls timeout in a battle with Google, after it files a lawsuit

Jerry Grey — Sun, 21 Dec 2014 16:42:01 +0000

Mississippi Attorney General has called for a timeout after Google filed a lawsuit against him and accused him of doing MPAA's dirty work. Read more...

Google deeply concerned about MPAA's DNS filtering plans

Jerry Grey — Fri, 19 Dec 2014 16:56:01 +0000

Google said it is deeply concerned about MPAA's plans to force DNS providers and ISPs to filter out websites like The Pirate Bay using existing laws. Read more...

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 01:40:19 +0000

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 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...

SOPA author wants to arrest journalists over leaks

Tyler Holman — Sun, 15 Jul 2012 03:23:03 +0000

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 07:36:56 +0000

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 11:21:00 +0000

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 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...

The Internet Defense League formed

John Callaham — Mon, 28 May 2012 14:26:48 +0000

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 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...

Google's Sergey Brin: Open Internet is threatened

John Callaham — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 07:25:17 +0000

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 06:32:49 +0000

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 09:52:23 +0000

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 20:38:26 +0000

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 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...

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

John Callaham — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 09:03:42 +0000

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...

Anonymous threatens to bring down the internet

Tyler Holman — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 15:42:42 +0000

Anonymous is threatening to blackout the web on March 31st, in protest of SOPA and Wall Street. The plan is to DDoS the entire DNS system, making it impossible to access a website by any normal means. Read more...

Wikipedia completes transfer of domains from GoDaddy

John Callaham — Sat, 10 Mar 2012 17:44:50 +0000

As promised a few months ago, the Wikipedia domain names have now been moved from GoDaddy over to MarkMonitor, thanks in part to GoDaddy's previously announced, and then retracted, support of SOPA. Read more...

SOPA author back and worse than ever

Tyler Holman — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 07:30:46 +0000

SOPA author Lamar Smith is back, and worse than ever. He's the author of a new bill which would require ISPs to record tons of sensitive information, and it's got a title that you won't believe. Read more...

Secret Service suspends JotForm.com

Nathan Tsui — Fri, 17 Feb 2012 03:01:42 +0000

JotForm, a service that allows users to create online forms, was taken down by the U.S. Secret Service for a couple days due to content posted by a user, according to a JotForm co-founder. 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 takes down Irish government sites

Tyler Holman — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 17:19:56 +0000

Striking government websites once again, Anonymous is taking credit for bringing down several Irish government websites, in protest of copyright reform laws that are being called the 'Irish SOPA.' Read more...

SOPA protesters send emails to the wrong SOPA site

John Callaham — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 21:28:19 +0000

The official web site of the Scottish Organic Producers Association (SOPA) has been hit with lots of emails from people who think the site is supporting the Stop Online Piracy Act. 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...

UFC's web site latest victim of cyber attack

John Callaham — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 12:32:16 +0000

The official web site for the mixed martial arts company UFC was the victim of a cyber attack on Sunday, apparently due to the organization's support of SOPA and PIPA. 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...

Republican candidates for US President all oppose SOPA

John Callaham — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 10:48:57 +0000

All four remaining Republican candidates for President of the US declared their opposition to the Stop Online Piracy Act in a debate on Thursday, putting them in agreement with President Obama. Read more...

SOPA opposition in Congress grows to 122 members

Nathan Tsui — Fri, 20 Jan 2012 02:52:21 +0000

Opposition to SOPA and PIPA continues to grow in the House of Representatives, while the Senate has more supporters of the bills than opponents as of Thursday evening. 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...