ip issues

I was surprised not to find a thread about this on the forums. While SOPA seems to be beaten to death, ACTA, the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement is apparently very alive. Critics argue ACTA is even worse than SOPA in that it is an international treaty, and is held and negotiated under...

Well, I thought it was funny, then I remembered this is a conspiracy theory. After all, this implies that the media is biased or that the Congress is dominated by corporate interests, and we all know, that's just crazy. I can't wait for PIPA to pass ^_^

Good news. The White House wont be supporting either SOPA or PIPA. Given reason? "While we believe that online piracy by foreign websites is a serious problem that requires a serious legislative response, we will not support legislation that reduces freedom of expression, increases...

Many people and Google oppose SOPA as it is currently suggested to be implemented. The contention of many people is that the bill penalizes providers rather than the actual culprits and perpetrators of internet 'piracy'. So as someone who mostly supports the idea of SOPA (that there should be...

The Internet is up in arms over it. But honestly most of the comments I get is "Internet being shut down!" "No more youtube!" etc etc. Can someone give a clear and no alarmist view of the bill and what will REALLY do?

Earlier this week the file locker site Mega upload released a promotional music video featuring stars such as Will.i.am and others showing support for the site which the RIAA claims is a haven for scum and villany. Shortly afterwards the video was pulled from Youtube at the request of Universal...

...or SOPA, is one of a couple of bills being considered in Congress that would provide legally enforceable methods for blocking access by US citizens to offending websites by preventing the DNS to resolve to the correct host based on IP address. Further, it allows ISPs to pro-actively block...