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California Rep. Zoe Lofgren Introduces Foreign Anti-Digital Piracy Act To Block Sites Infringing On U.S. Copyrights
29 Jan 2025 21:03 GMT
… to disable access to pirate websites.
Lofgren is … Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence … effort to prevent the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) from becoming law. … legal liability. ISPs, DNS providers, and other intermediaries …
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New York piracy ruling may set precedent for web-blocking
03 May 2022 15:14 GMT
… US copyright law – known as SOPA and PIPA – proved very … a big long list of piracy operations, unlike their counterparts elsewhere … internet companies should also block piracy websites and/or … aforementioned VPNs as well as DNS resolvers, both of which …
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The ESA's SOPA Opera | 10 Years Ago This Month
31 Jan 2022 18:06 GMT
… a decade ago.
The Stop Online Piracy Act
From 2005 to 2011 … about six months
The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and its counterpart Protect … for copyright infringement, including piracy.
"Our industry … it would compromise the DNS system. Google joined …
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SOPA Didn't Die. It's Just Lying In Wait.
19 Jan 2022 20:21 GMT
… the domain name system, and worries about fragmenting the internet. SOPA would … rest of us. Regardless, SOPA was never enacted, which … removing a domain from DNS doesn't even … in telecommunications, Internet, and intellectual property issues. He advocates …
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As Congress Explore New Awful Copyright Plans, Maximalists Look To Rewrite The History Of SOPA/PIPA
14 Mar 2020 07:37 GMT
… failed to decrease piracy. What does decrease piracy is putting in … windmills and pretend that "piracy" was being attacked. … down the internet (?!?!?!?!?) if SOPA passed:
About a decade ago … less secure by breaking the DNS system, and that could …
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Studios To Urge Congress To Take Up Site-Blocking Legislation, More Than A Decade After Legendary Hollywood-Silicon Valley Showdown
13 Dec 2023 15:38 GMT
… known as the Stop Online Piracy Act, or SOPA, along with … ISPs, hosting providers, domain name system providers, content delivery … piracy and is before the House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual … to operate a pirated streaming service. Google …
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Internet history timeline: ARPANET to the World Wide Web
08 Apr 2022 09:47 GMT
… for the internet.
1983: The Domain Name System (DNS) establishes the familiar .edu, .gov … to major parts of the Stop Online Piracy Act and the Protect Intellectual Property …
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German court case could have huge repercussions for anyone who uses the internet
17 Feb 2022 19:24 GMT
… something called the Domain Name System (DNS). Recursive DNS resolvers are the … another site that contained pirated material. A law … the defeat of the Stop Online Piracy Act, which would have … on the Senate Judiciary intellectual property subcommittee, has …
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Can the internet shut off the valve that fuels mass shootings?
09 Aug 2019 21:57 GMT
… petition. The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) would have called for DNS servers to … a censorship switch, and SOPA opponents rejected the idea … to both hate speech and pirated content. At that time … neutrality movement. When the SOPA protest diverted traffic in …
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Why Mickey Mouse’s 1998 copyright extension probably won’t happen again
08 Jan 2018 13:44 GMT
… Stop Online Piracy Act in 2012. SOPA would have forced ISPs to enforce DNS … via legislation. Prior to SOPA, Congress would regularly pass … which beefed up anti-piracy efforts). Since 2012, copyright … support.
"After the SOPA fight, Hollywood likely knows …