The Hit Farm

by Michael H. Berkens. The European Parliament has adopted a resolution which criticizes domain name seizures of “infringing” websites by US authorities and seems to opposes the passage of the Stop Online Piracy Act. She also discussed her views on data protection and security and the differences in law between the US and Europe. Battle [...]

In advance of Wednesday's House Judiciary Committee hearing on the Stop Online Piracy Act, a coalition of national consumer groups has reached out to the committee to urge them to stop this legislation, which they believe Updated 3:47 pm ET, Tuesday, November 15 The first hearing on the controversial bipartisan Stop Online Piracy Act is [...]

SOPA is the Stop Online Piracy Act, a bill introduced into the House that, according to a New York Times OpEd, “would empower the attorney general to create a blacklist of sites to be blocked by Internet service providers, America's lawmakers are trying to stem the tide of web piracy and keep their entertainment behemoths [...]

The U.S. Congress is currently embroiled in a heated debated over the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), proposed legislation that supporters argue is needed combat online infringement, but critics fear would create the "great While US law enforcement officials can shut down infringing sites in the US, they generally can't reach foreign sites, supporters say. [...]