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Group Representing Major Movie and TV Studios Advocates for Site-blocking Law to Curb Online Piracy in the US
11 Apr 2024 11:45 GMT
… websites dedicated to sharing pirated content.
One of … for laws like the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the PROTECT IP … websites accused of hosting pirated content. The major … censorship. For example, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, in its blog, called …
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Studios Are Going After Piracy Again, Potentially Reigniting Fight Over Free Speech
10 Apr 2024 20:54 GMT
… sites that host pirated content. The legislation … lawful speech,” says Electronic Frontier Foundation intellectual property litigation director … called the Stop Online Piracy Act and the Protect Intellectual Property Act … .”
In 2012, SOPA was criticized for …
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The SOPA Fight Reminds Us Of The Internet's Power And Usefulness
21 Jan 2022 22:19 GMT
… a House bill called the “Stop Online Piracy Act” (SOPA) and its Senate counterpart, the … opposing viewpoints.
Opposition to SOPA-PIPA had been slowly growing … bedfellows coalition ranging from the Electronic Frontier Foundation to the Heritage Foundation was …
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Is More Protection of Intellectual Property Rights Necessary on the Internet?
05 Feb 2017 22:04 GMT
… and copyrighted materials.
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and the Free … of all the required stakeholders. Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) 2011, Protect IP Act … Internet Legal Researcher Related topics: Intellectual Property, Internet Governance, Law, …
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Lawmakers Press Verisign To Join ‘Trusted Notifier’ Program And Take More Action To Combat Piracy
13 Sep 2022 15:23 GMT
… major internet companies, to the Stop Online Piracy Act, a major piece of anti … public interest groups like the Electronic Frontier Foundation and Public Knowledge have raised …
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Federal judge orders Internet providers to block Israeli website that illegally streams movies
13 May 2022 16:37 GMT
… that’s famous for hosting pirated movies and music. But despite … for copyright violations. But the Stop Online Piracy Act, or SOPA, met with ferocious opposition … McSherry, legal director of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, an online civil liberties group …
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Internet history timeline: ARPANET to the World Wide Web
08 Apr 2022 09:47 GMT
… to major parts of the Stop Online Piracy Act and the Protect Intellectual Property … organizations including Wikipedia and the Electronic Frontier Foundation, is considered a victory for …
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Can the internet shut off the valve that fuels mass shootings?
09 Aug 2019 21:57 GMT
… an anti-censorship petition. The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) would have called for DNS … to both hate speech and pirated content. At that time, my … of a revolutionary march, the Electronic Frontier Foundation praised 4chan, among others, for …
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Crazy About Copyright: Why the Debate Over the Register of Copyrights Doesn't Make Much Sense (Column)
20 Dec 2018 00:09 GMT
… among some online activists. The Electronic Frontier Foundation asked people to “Tell … Revive Website Blocking Proposals Like SOPA.” (The sneaking doesn’t … the former Register, supported the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). Essentially, Fight for the Future …
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Why Mickey Mouse’s 1998 copyright extension probably won’t happen again
08 Jan 2018 13:44 GMT
… digital rights advocates at the Electronic Frontier Foundation and Public Knowledge and … on copyright issues. The Electronic Frontier Foundation is much larger than it … protests against the infamous Stop Online Piracy Act in 2012. SOPA would have forced ISPs …