Archive for the 'Piracy' Category

Americans Won't Welcome Web-Piracy Crackdown: Joe Karaganis

By BROCK VERGAKIS AP The Somali ambassador to the United Nations said Wednesday that a man from his country charged with piracy should be tried in Somalia instead of the Virginia courtroom where he's being prosecuted. Ambassador Elmi Ahmed Duale had By RYAN NAKASIMA AP Los Angeles • In a move that heightens the growing [...]

A Q&A on contested Internet anti-piracy bills

A long read, but worth chewing over in full: "These measures won't put an end to online piracy; to do so, you would need a 'Net so architected around control and authentication that it would hardly resemble the 'Net we have today. A long read, but worth chewing over in full: "These measures won't put [...]

Wikipedia, other websites go dark in anti-piracy bill protest

Websites, blogs, even community chatrooms, could be sued to destruction for linking to anything which turns out to involve "piracy". That crime is less cleanly defined than first appears, seeing as aggressive rights holders can sue if the briefest By Azi Paybarah As internet giants Google, Wikipedia, Tumblr and others launch a protest today against [...]

Wikipedia, other websites go dark in anti-piracy bill protest

At least three Nebraska representatives in Washington won't support the Stop Online Privacy Act, which aims to prevent piracy and protect copyrights, but those in opposition say changes the scope of the Internet. In statements to the Journal Star, Websites, blogs, even community chatrooms, could be sued to destruction for linking to anything which turns [...]

Wikipedia goes dark for 24 hours to protest web piracy bills

It's also imperative to remember that rejecting SOPA is not automatically support for movie piracy. WASHINGTON —The following is a statement by Senator Chris Dodd, Chairman and CEO of the Motion Picture Association of America, Inc. (MPAA) on the SOPA: Despite the anti-SOPA protests scheduled for Jan. 18, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Lamar Smith says [...]