USA Dot COM

How do you feel about the US ‘owning’ .COM (and .cc, .net, .name, .org, and .tv) regardless of the international needs of the internet? Well the U.S. government feels pretty good about it and is exercising a controversial level of control over these TLDs by squeezing the US based VeriSign. The logic is: if the […]

Facebook & Google Concede to Indian Censorship

Following closely on the recent SOPA, PIPA and ACTA debates, an Indian court has ordered 21 technology companies, including Google and Facebook, to remove content it has deemed offensive. The Indian branched of both companies have complied with the rulings and have been asked to remove certain pages deemed to be religiously, socially or otherwise […]

Spain-full SOPA Politics

The Jan 2nd news that Spain has full implemented it’s anti-piracy ‘Sinde Law’ was a blow to the Anti-SOPA community. It was even more painful to learn today that there’s deep allegations of US involvement and threats geared towards passing the law. If you’ve been on Reddit, or Torrentfreak, you’ve probably seen the following allegations: […]

SOPA Sabotage

From the same band that brought us “Fight for Your Right” comes many great themes for opposing SOPA. In a post-SOPA world images and music with questionable copyrights will be tickets for take downs, financial seizure, and other under handed attacks on popular websites. You think the legal ho-ha over patents is extremely petty and […]

No “SOPA Fight” Ruling Until New Year?

As a follow up to our ongoing coverage of the SOPA debate, It looks as though the U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee will postpone any ruling son the controversial Stop Online Privacy Act (SOPA) until after the Congress holiday break. Texas Republican Representative Lamar Smith stated on Friday that he would consider a hearing […]

TGIF – 301 Me to your leader

**UPDATE** SOPA is on the back burner, for now, due to overwhelming protest and concern from public! *YAY!* Not my turn for a full post, I’m cheating because it’s Friday.. (..and SOPA does stink. P-U!) Just wanted to end the week with a predictable poke at SOPA… Last I looked they were in recess but […]

New Bill Could Force ISPs Keep User Data

A new user data-logging bill that is being introduced is heating up the Net Neutrality deabte. Rep. Lamar Smith of The House Judiciary Committee, is preparing a bill which would require internet service providers to retain information about their users to aid in criminal investigations. The bill is designed to help increase criminal charges and […]