SOPA and PIPA 2012

NG BBS — My SOPA Post This morning I received a DMCA notice for an unlicensed image someone posted on their user page. It's not a huge deal; I removed the image. It reminded me however that I've been meaning to make a post about SOPA, something you've probably heard about by now.

Firefox Add-On Bypasses SOPA DNS Blocking | TorrentFreak

Mr. Young lays it flat out: that laws prohibiting anticompetitive collusion and price-fixing are having a “chilling effect” on major publishers’ attempts to collude, fix prices and thwart competition. I can’t imagine a functioning adult saying this with a straight face, but there it is. blarg? » And By Raging I Mean Flailing, And By Light I Mean Relevance

At the very least -- and as Barack Obama's recent statements about SOPA suggest -- it's becoming an issue in the 2012 Elections. The Great Martin Luther King Copyright Conundrum - Politics - The Atlantic Wire

blog.reddit -- what's new on reddit: A technical examination of SOPA and PROTECT IP Note: In recent news, several legislators have suggested that they will be removing the DNS provisions from both SOPA and PROTECT IP.

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Marvel To Actively Support SOPA | Bleeding Cool Comic Book, Movies and TV News and Rumors SOPA, or the Stop Online Piracy Act, has been prominent in certain parts of the news of late. Introduced in the USA House Of Representatives back in October, it attempts to curb the actions of internet pirates by, it seems, curbing the actions of pretty much everyone. Or that’s what its critics would have you believe.

Corporate Endorsers Dropping Support of Stop Online Piracy Act | FDL News Desk The dynamic is clear. Once SOPA (and its Senate counterpart Protecting IP Act, or PIPA) became high-profile among the Internet community, the lazy endorsements from companies and various hangers-on became toxic. And now those supporters are scrambling, hollowing out the actual support for the bill.

Law Firms Removing Their Name From SOPA Supporters' List; SOPA 'Support' Crumbling | Techdirt So we were just discussing how a bunch of companies who were listed by the US Chamber of Commerce as SOPA/PIPA supporters are demanding to be taken off the list , noting that, while they had agreed to a generic statement about fighting the sale of counterfeit goods, they don't support crazy broad legislation like SOPA/PIPA. It seems that others listed as "supporting" SOPA are scrambling to get off the list as well. The Judiciary Committee's official list had included a bunch of big name law firms as being in support of the law as well -- which is a little strange, since law firms usually don't take official positions on things like this.

Texas Republican Lamar Smith, who sponsored the SOPA bill, has been financially benefiting from leading the charge. Rubio Withdraws Support For Controversial Internet Law « CBS Miami

SOPA is losing steam, Internet censorship may not become law SOPA, the Stop Online Piracy Act, is running into increasing resistance as more corporations denounce support for the legislation. SOPA was touted first and foremost as a way to end the online piracy which occurs daily, but it appears to have overstepped its intention and become a focal point of agreement for members of both political extremes. The unusual agreement between both the Conservative blogosphere and Liberal blogosphere against SOPA has been worthy of noticing for some in the corporate business.