EXCLUSIVE Hollywood Moguls Stopping Obama Donations Because Of President’s Piracy Stand “Not Give A Dime Anymore” Talk with the Editor Online piracy is a threat Senator Ron Wyden To The Internet Thank You For Speaking Up... But We're Not Done Yet Web Activists’ Assault On AntiPiracy Bills Sends Supporters Fleeing Andy Samberg Neil Gaiman Trent Reznor Aziz Ansari Adam Savage & More Tell Congress Don't Pass PIPA Or SOPA In Our Names Translating Chris Dodd's Sanctimonious Bluster Protests Into English Marco Rubio Dropping His CoSponsorship Websites plan protest of antipiracy measures Wikipedia Blackout Protest Has Plenty Company Google slows crawlers for blackout hearing to resume even in face opposition Why today's blackouts are working hurt bills'

World sea piracy drops in 2011, Somali attacks up Sea piracy worldwide dropped slightly in 2011 for the first time in five years but Somali pirates have intensified attacks and remained the greatest threat, a global maritime watchdog said Thursday. Why SOPA and PIPA Won't Stop Real Piracy Supporters of the Stop Online Piracy Act, or SOPA (and its Senate-sister the Protect Intellectual Property Act, PIPA) legislation -- like the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) -- argue that legislation is needed because online piracy puts jobs and industries at risk. Key facts about U.S. online piracy bills SOPA and PIPA (Reuters) - The House of Representative's Stop Online Piracy Act and the Senate's Preventing Real Online Threats to Economic Creativity and Theft of Intellectual Property Act have generated fierce opposition within the technology community. Here are some facts about the bills: What would SOPA and PIPA do? ** The legislation, known as SOPA in the U.S. House of Representatives and PIPA in the ... Hollywood, Silicon Valley face off over piracy bill US congressional support for legislation targeting online piracy was eroding as Wikipedia and Google led an online onslaught and branded the bills a danger to Internet freedom. Senators drop support of piracy bill after protests Support for two online piracy bills in Congress appeared to wane Wednesday after opponents of the legislation staged a dramatic protest in which vast swaths of the Web effectively went dark . Visitors to Wikipedia who tried to search the online encyclopedia's usually trivia-filled pages were instead greeted by a message informing them that the bills could "fatally damage the free and open ... US anti-piracy bill loses support Eight US lawmakers withdraw support for anti-piracy legislation being considered in Congress after "blackout" protests on thousands of websites. A Q&A on contested Internet anti-piracy bills Online piracy costs U.S. copyright owners and producers billions of dollars every year, but legislation in Congress to block foreign Internet thieves and swindlers has met strong resistance from high-tech companies, spotlighted by Wikipedia's protest blackout Wednesday, warning of a threat to Internet freedom. Blackout Builds Movement Against Anti-Piracy Laws Thousands of internet sites are taking part in a "blackout" protest against anti-piracy laws being discussed in Congress... Coloradans protest federal Internet-piracy proposal The dwindling support for congressional efforts to curb online piracy highlights the powerful platform that social networking has given to those who spend little to no money lobbying lawmakers. Protests Against Web Piracy Bills Planned in New York, San Francisco Protests over controversial anti-piracy legislation escalated, as opponents planned demonstrations in New York and San Francisco, lawmakers took sides, and websites including Wikipedia staged a blackout.
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