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Dajaz1.com back after 13 month SOPA-style shutdown

Posted May 8, 2012 - 11:25 am

RIAA pushed feds into closing the site, claiming massive copyright violation. No evidence found, no due process, but Dajaz1 is finally back.
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UK High Court orders ISPs to block The Pirate Bay

Posted May 1, 2012 - 11:09 am

A November 2011 court case by the British Phonographic Industry leads to an order for all ISPs in the UK to block access to The Pirate Bay in Sweden.
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Why CISPA sucks and what you can do about it

Posted April 17, 2012 - 12:37 pm

Want to stop private companies from sharing your personal information with Uncle Sam? Better hope that CISPA doesn't pass.
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Chinese Firewall's most blocked terms

Posted March 10, 2012 - 8:04 am

Terms related to political activists, anti-government movements and state censorship efforts are the most likely to be censored on Chinese blogs and social media sites, according to researchers at Carnegie Mellon University.
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Judge agrees shooting cellphone video is not a felony (in Illinois).

Posted March 2, 2012 - 6:06 pm

A Cook County judge this morning declared unconstitutional the broad anti-eavesdropping law under which it would be a felony to accidentally record a neighbor's voice on a video of your kids in the backyard, or video police making an arrest. One state down, 49 to go.
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Using a DMCA takedown to censor SOPA/PIPA arguments

Posted February 28, 2012 - 11:11 am

Techdirt finds that a popular post outlining the problems with SOPA/PIPA cut from Google search listings by a protest from the porn industry.
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SOPA style shutdown of JotForm.com

Posted February 16, 2012 - 12:29 pm

Another website that allows users to upload content taken off the Web without due process.
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RIAA chief hits new heights of hypocrisy in pro-SOPA NYT op-ed

Posted February 9, 2012 - 1:43 pm

Confusing censorship of digital content with import of fake pharmaceuticals? Saying site owners wouldn't be responsible for policing copyrights even though they could lose their sites because of it? RIAA's CEO twists reality in sour-grapes parting shot at lost SOPA/PIPA fight.
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Twitter ready to block tweets at national borders

Posted January 27, 2012 - 12:02 pm

Censors, rejoice. Truth, at least via Twitter, can be blocked at your border.
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DoJ shutdown of Megaupload proves SOPA opponents were right, starts war with Anonymous

Posted January 20, 2012 - 11:56 am

Hacktivist collective Anonymous launched a massive series of DDOS attacks on the DoJ, RIAA, MPAA and other supporters of SOPA and PIPA in retaliation for a raid that shut down popular download site Megaupload and indictments for its execs for content piracy and conspiracy.
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SOPA saga shows best and worst of our political system

Posted January 18, 2012 - 4:17 pm

More co-sponsors of controversial bills designed to combat online piracy are caving under public pressure and an online blackout.
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SOPA just one early step in plan to control the Internet

Posted January 17, 2012 - 11:33 am

SOPA may not be the work of Congressmen Smith, but one step in the process for governments to control the Internet.
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Did the White House kill SOPA, or just wound the bill?

Posted January 16, 2012 - 12:15 pm

Saying SOPA is "shelved until consensus is found," is Washington-speak for dead this year. Also wounded and probably dead is PIPA, the Protect IP Act, a SOPA equivalent, in the Senate. However, no on in the Senate at this time has officially waved the white flag as they have in the House.
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SOPA completely misses main target: The Pirate Bay

Posted January 13, 2012 - 12:08 pm

SOPA advocates admit The Pirate Bay is their biggest target. So why does the bill's language make Pirate Bay untouchable?
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Two Dutch ISPs ordered to 'go SOPA' and block Pirate Bay

Posted January 12, 2012 - 1:38 pm

Ziggo and XS4ALL, Dutch ISPs, have been ordered to block access to The Pirate Bay or face fines of 10,000 euros per day.
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Reddit to 'black out' for 12 hours to protest SOPA, PIPA

Posted January 11, 2012 - 1:47 pm

Social news site reddit plans to "black out" for 12 hours on January 18 to underscore its opposition to the Stop Online Piracy Act and the Protect IP Act.
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SOPA-type Web blocks starting in Finland

Posted January 10, 2012 - 2:00 pm

A Finnish court ordered local ISP Elisa to stop all users from reaching The Pirate Bay. The block, and outrage, started today.
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SOPA sponsor Rep. Lamar Smith dismisses tech community criticism

Posted January 9, 2012 - 12:18 pm

Dear anti-SOPA people: your concerns are unfounded, your groups are illegitimate, and you have no specific arguments. Signed, Rep. Lamar Smith
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Hackers to launch pirate satellite to help build pirate Internet

Posted January 3, 2012 - 5:31 pm

Censorship of Internet content from government and commercial organizations is so pervasive the only way to strip the Internet of it is to launch a satellite hackers can use for an Internet no company or government can restrict. Potential benefit: huge. Likelihood of success: miniscule.
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Belarus drops iron firewall on Internet in effort to keep ecommerce cash inside the country

Posted January 3, 2012 - 3:56 pm

A law set to to into effect Jan. 6 is another example of an authoritarian regime restricting the Internet, but with a twist: Belarusian rules appear to be an effort to make sure a larger percentage of the money spent online stays local to help Belarus' desperately troubled economy.
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Cory Doctorow outlines 'The Coming War on General Purpose Computation'

Posted January 2, 2012 - 12:27 pm

Cory Doctorow spoke recently on how groups that legislate to stop media file copying will try to regulate general computers to the point of oppression.
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Best idea of 2011: Give control of Internet content to group that sued a dead grandmother

Posted December 20, 2011 - 6:12 pm

The RIAA, the source of much of the intent of SOPA, is a source of reason and justice online the way hyenas are on the African plain. Its intent is selfish, its methods are ugly, its goals are indefensible, and its results are undetectable. Who better to write censorship laws for the web?
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Congress to U.S.: You can set fire to the Constitution if you're nice to a chimp later

Posted December 16, 2011 - 6:06 pm

There's no causal connection among these stories but the effect is to make it look as if we consider the right of Americans to say what they want and not be locked up for their beliefs are less important that the decision to not torture a chimp.
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Red Cross vows not to prosecute video gamers for war crimes

Posted December 9, 2011 - 3:46 pm

The International Red Cross, investigating how to pressure makers of violent video games tone things down or Geneva Convention them up, started a wildfire with a discussion of whether you can violate the laws of war playing Call of Duty. Is censorship a war crime?
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Pakistan bans 1,700 words from text, including 'Jesus' and 'Rae Carruth'

Posted November 25, 2011 - 3:32 pm

As Americans from both left and right oppose piracy/free-speech restrictions in SOPA, Pakistanis face the ban of 1,700 words from their SMS networks for being obscene, scatological or sacrilegious. Still unclear, why the monkey, dolphin and Rae Carruth made the list.
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