By Suzanne Choney. Updated at 5:05 a.m. ET: Any student burning the midnight oil Tuesday may have been disappointed as what has become a primary research tool, Wikipedia, blacked out its Web pages as part of a global A total of 25 U.S. senators have publicly stated their opposition to the highly debated piece of [...]
January 19th, 2012 | Posted in Piracy | No Comments
Lindsey Graham co-sponsored the anti-piracy legislation that led to online protests Wednesday from the likes of Wikipedia and Google, but now he's open to altering the controversial bill. The Protect IP Act, which Graham, RS.C., voted for in May, As a result, the legislative battle over two once-obscure bills to combat the piracy of American [...]
January 19th, 2012 | Posted in Piracy | No Comments
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The House of Representatives will resume work next month on a controversial bill aimed at stopping online piracy of movies, music and other content, a leading lawmaker said on Tuesday. Google's homepage on Wednesday includes a link protesting the SOPA anti-piracy legislation. (Mark Lennihan – AP) Google joins anti-anti-piracy protests: The online [...]
January 18th, 2012 | Posted in Piracy | No Comments