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Campaigners Call For Internet Users To Fight Pirate Site Blocking Bill
07 Apr 2025 14:34 GMT
… blocking measures against foreign pirate sites by both … and intellectual property, while simultaneously upholding due process, respecting free speech, … Stop Online Piracy Act and the Protect IP Act—which faced … line as SOPA or PIPA, targeting only foreign …
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Site-Blocking Legislation Is Back. It’s Still A Terrible Idea.
07 Apr 2025 20:55 GMT
… to pass SOPA and PIPA—two sweeping bills that … of piracy. The backlash was immediate and massive. Internet users, free speech … claim they’re targeting “pirate” sites—but what they’re … narrowly tailored fix for a piracy epidemic. The entertainment industry …
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Balancing DNS Blocking And Filtering: How To Protect Your Users Without Becoming Big Brother
07 Jun 2024 13:13 GMT
… functionally without infringing on free speech? And as new … implications, particularly around free speech and due process. … Piracy Act and the PROTECT IP Act—were ultimately shot down … company policies without threatening free speech. Companies need to …
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Hollywood Believes The Time Is Ripe To Bring Back SOPA
10 Apr 2024 19:03 GMT
… was a horrific attack on free speech and the open web. … is thriving, and that piracy was never a particularly … the connection between digital pirates and their intended audience. … amendment, charles rivkin, copyright, pipa, prior restraint, site blocking, …
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The ESA's SOPA Opera | 10 Years Ago This Month
31 Jan 2022 18:06 GMT
… that games qualified for free speech protections.
The victory … Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and its counterpart Protect IP Act (PIPA) were … for copyright infringement, including piracy.
"Our industry … without actually preventing the piracy it was intended to …
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Did We Miss Our Best Chance At Regulating The Internet?
25 Jan 2022 22:29 GMT
… Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and its Senate sister bill, the Protect IP Act (PIPA). These … Soon after that, SOPA and PIPA were shelved, Spotify sold a … would remain a haven for free speech, popular or not, for … a price to pay for free speech, the price is far …
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David Segal, Populist Coalition Builder, Runs for Congress in Rhode Island
22 Jul 2022 10:46 GMT
… Online Piracy Act and the Protect Intellectual Property Act (SOPA/PIPA), that … argued they would block online free speech. Segal helped rally thousands of …
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Merger guidelines revamp, Biden edition
18 Jan 2022 15:57 GMT
… and PIPA that would have destroyed online creativity and censored free speech. A … drives a digital renaissance while piracy is on the decline. Learn …
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Ted Cruz Once Insisted That Net Neutrality Was The Gov't Takeover Of The Internet; Now Demands That Twitter Host All Nonsense
15 Oct 2020 23:32 GMT
… such as the Stop Online Piracy and Protect IP acts, which … protect their free-speech rights. But we must remain vigilant. Intellectual property must … ;shocked" by SOPA and PIPA are the ones pointing out …