by ericajan | Feb 4, 2012 | Commentary, Legislation/Regulations, Technology |
The people have spoken—and the people want their digital freedom! As the 112th Congress found out just last week, the prospect of the federal government infringing on the open and free Internet has been both politically tumultuous as well as philosophically unpopular...
by amyhw | Feb 1, 2012 | Commentary |
On January 19, US authorities shut down Megaupload.com, a Hong Kong-based digital storage and file sharing company. Megaupload provided a cloud service that enabled users to easily share content, including hosting video and entire music libraries. The site is...
by kevanv | Feb 1, 2012 | Commentary |
As the New York Times recently reported, certain tax credits that were included in the Energy Policy Act of 1992 (P.L. 102-486) are set to expire at the end of this year unless Congress acts to extend them. Of particular importance to producers of wind turbines is...
by sagevh | Feb 1, 2012 | Commentary, Legal/Tech News, Legislation/Regulations |
On February 10, 2012, the U.S. Copyright Office will stop accepting public comment on proposed administrative exemptions to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act’s “access control” provisions. Fresh from their SOPA and PIPA victories, organizations...
by bernfeld | Feb 1, 2012 | Commentary, Legal/Tech News |
These were the words written in an email by Mathias Ortmann to Bram Van Der Kolk. Who, you might ask? Ortmann and Van Der Kolk are two of the recently indicted parties to the Megaupload conspiracy, and this email was publicized in the indictment. You know, that...
by anickow | Feb 1, 2012 | Commentary |
The social media website Twitter announced in a recent blog post entitled “The Tweets Must Still Flow” its plan to enact a new censorship initiative. “Starting today,” Twitter announced, “we give ourselves the ability to reactively withhold content from users in a...