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EFF Urges Supreme Court to Limit ISP Liability in $1B Piracy Case
14 Sep 2025 10:30 GMT
… its subscribers’ alleged music piracy. EFF argues that this … system echoes the failed SOPA legislation of 2012, which … of the internet, chilling free speech.” Web searches reveal similar … digital divides. The American Intellectual Property Law Association, one …
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Bipartisan Block BEARD Act Targets Foreign Piracy Sites
07 Aug 2025 20:05 GMT
… from pirated movies, music, books, and other intellectual property. … curbed piracy without broadly infringing on free speech. As … analyses.
Criticisms and Free Speech Concerns
However, the … . attempts like the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) that failed amid …
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US Senators Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Block Foreign Piracy Sites
31 Jul 2025 19:27 GMT
… without overreaching into domestic free speech protections. This approach … to the ill-fated Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) of 2011, which … narrow focus on foreign pirates, coupled with judicial … digital borders, balancing intellectual property rights with the …
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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 … intellectual property, while simultaneously upholding due process, respecting free speech, … of similar legislation—the Stop Online Piracy Act and the Protect IP … as hard-line as SOPA or PIPA, targeting …
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Commentary: The NFL playoffs are prime time for digital piracy
15 Feb 2025 07:50 GMT
… their work is pirated. Piracy costs jobs and … Act by introducing the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), which would have … circumstances, further chilling free speech.
The blatant theft … free speech balance. Congress must reconsider legislation allowing pirated …
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Max Eisendrath: NFL playoffs prime time for digital piracy
08 Feb 2025 17:08 GMT
… their work is pirated. Piracy costs jobs and … Act by introducing the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), which would have … circumstances, further chilling free speech.
The blatant theft … free speech balance. Congress must reconsider legislation allowing pirated …
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In Indiana, a vaunted Jewish studies program is upended by red-state politics over Israel and speech
07 Nov 2025 16:18 GMT
… a broader revolt over free speech on campus. During last … in violation of an “intellectual diversity” law recently passed … . (Jeremy Hogan/SOPA Images/LightRocket via … balancing the importance of freedom of speech and expression [following university …
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New Law Would Create an ‘Internet Kill Switch’ to Fight Movie Piracy Sites
30 Jan 2025 22:43 GMT
… foreign websites hosting pirate streams of TV … , such as the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), failed because they … as a cudgel against free speech online. FADPA’s … intellectual property, while simultaneously upholding due process, respecting free speech, …
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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
… disable access to pirate websites.
Lofgren is … intellectual property, while simultaneously upholding due process, respecting free speech … called the Stop Online Piracy Act (or SOPA), which lawmakers … to prevent the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) from becoming law …
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Studios Are Going After Piracy Again, Potentially Reigniting Fight Over Free Speech
10 Apr 2024 20:54 GMT
… to sites that host pirated content. The legislation … Silicon Valley and online free speech advocates, who argued … legislation called the Stop Online Piracy Act and the Protect Intellectual Property Act. … legislation.”
In 2012, SOPA was criticized for forcing …