The rhetoric on both sides of the debate concerning the Stop Online Piracy Act almost peaked when Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-Calif.) said the House proposal “would mean the end of the internet as we
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Legislation that would let copyright holders shut off ads to allegedly copyright infringing websites and let the government force ISPs and search engines to blacklist alleged infringing sites had a
Looks like copyright troll Righthaven is teetering on the abyss. A Nevada federal court slapped it with a $63,700 legal-fee tab, and said the U.S. Marshal Service “is authorized to use reason
It’s no surprise that the proposal by Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas) to boost the government’s authority to disrupt and shutter websites that hawk or host trademark- and copyright-infringin