Issues | May 9, 2017 - 11:44am PDT SOPA/PIPA: Internet Blacklist Legislation The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) (originally known as the E-PARASITE Act) and its Senate ... into the IP addresses that computers use to communicate. SOPA would also allow rightsholders to force payment ... other law. More resources: Leading tech companies oppose SOPA OpenDNS Letter Silicon Valley legislators oppose SOPA ...

Document | November 15, 2011 - 2:38pm PST ACLU Letter on SOPA The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) (originally known as the E-PARASITE Act) and its Senate ... into the IP addresses that computers use to communicate. SOPA would also allow rightsholders to force payment ... other law. More resources: Leading tech companies oppose SOPA OpenDNS Letter Silicon Valley legislators oppose SOPA ...

Document | December 12, 2011 - 12:44am PST Concerned Educator Letter Against SOPA Concerned Educator Letter Against SOPA The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) (originally known as the E-PARASITE Act) and its Senate ... into the IP addresses that computers use to communicate. SOPA would also allow rightsholders to force payment ... other law. More resources: Leading tech companies oppose SOPA OpenDNS Letter Silicon Valley legislators oppose SOPA ...

Document | November 15, 2011 - 2:49pm PST Law Professors' Letter on SOPA The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) (originally known as the E-PARASITE Act) and its Senate ... into the IP addresses that computers use to communicate. SOPA would also allow rightsholders to force payment ... other law. More resources: Leading tech companies oppose SOPA OpenDNS Letter Silicon Valley legislators oppose SOPA ...

EFF in the News | April 9, 2012 - 1:32pm PDT Could CISPA Be the Next SOPA? According to the EFF, the language in CISPA is worded so broadly that it could be interpreted to allow Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and... ... scholar and citizen. The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) (originally known as the E-PARASITE Act) and its Senate ... into the IP addresses that computers use to communicate. SOPA would also allow rightsholders to force payment ... other law. More resources: Leading tech companies oppose SOPA OpenDNS Letter Silicon Valley legislators oppose SOPA ...

Deeplinks Blog | December 11, 2011 - 12:38pm PST Fight the Blacklist: A Toolkit for Anti-SOPA Activism Congress is debating dangerous legislation that would give the Department of Justice unprecedented power to “blacklist” websites without a trial and... ... blacklist bills. Got more suggestions for ways to fight SOPA and Protect-IP? Tell us about it through identi.ca , ... and Representative and tell them to oppose Protect-IP and SOPA, respectively. Click here for some suggested talking ... scholar and citizen. The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) (originally known as the E-PARASITE Act) and its Senate ...

Deeplinks Blog | December 16, 2011 - 3:07pm PST Wrapping Up a Week Of Action Against SOPA Yesterday and today, the House of Representatives Judiciary Committee has hunkered down in the Capitol for markup sessions of SOPA, the Stop Online... ... has hunkered down in the Capitol for markup sessions of SOPA, the Stop Online Piracy Act. The basic facts looked ... Then more and more people began realizing the dangers of SOPA and finding their voice against it. One month ago today, ... It was clear then that Congress wouldn’t be able to slip SOPA through under the public radar. But this week was the ...

Deeplinks Blog | November 22, 2011 - 11:33am PST After the Hearing: SOPA Down But Not Yet Out Last week proved to be an important one in the ongoing saga of the horrendous Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), the House of Representatives’ Internet... ... the ongoing saga of the horrendous Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), the House of Representatives’ Internet blacklist ... owners to collect signatures from people opposed to SOPA and the censorship it would enable. More than 6,000 ... far from over. If you haven’t yet taken action against SOPA and its Senate counterpart PROTECT IP, now is the time . ...

Deeplinks Blog | April 6, 2012 - 8:58am PDT Hollywood Loves a Sequel -- But Really, SOPA 2? Chris Dodd, Chair of the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) was quoted yesterday as saying he is "confident" negotiations for a SOPA... ... yesterday as saying he is "confident" negotiations for a SOPA revival are taking place . While it's tempting to write ... that the unprecedented Internet blackout protests stopped SOPA and PIPA in their tracks , but even then Dodd said that ... of the online community Reddit is campaigning to unseat SOPA author Lamar Smith with a primary challenge. But the ...

Deeplinks Blog | December 14, 2011 - 10:34am PST How SOPA Affects Students, Educators, and Libraries Big media groups like the MPAA and the RIAA have historically targeted college campuses with “anti-piracy” measures, and the Stop Online Piracy Act (... ... measures, and the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) — the blacklist bill they’re trying to push through ... of technologies and platforms for hosting and sharing. SOPA could reverse those changes by placing prohibitive ... collects curricula for K-12 education, has written about SOPA’s problems; Creative Commons, whose free copyright ...

Document | November 15, 2011 - 2:47pm PST Letter from Human Rights Community Opposing SOPA The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) (originally known as the E-PARASITE Act) and its Senate ... into the IP addresses that computers use to communicate. SOPA would also allow rightsholders to force payment ... other law. More resources: Leading tech companies oppose SOPA OpenDNS Letter Silicon Valley legislators oppose SOPA ...

Document | November 16, 2011 - 3:51pm PST The United States Student Association on SOPA The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) (originally known as the E-PARASITE Act) and its Senate ... into the IP addresses that computers use to communicate. SOPA would also allow rightsholders to force payment ... other law. More resources: Leading tech companies oppose SOPA OpenDNS Letter Silicon Valley legislators oppose SOPA ...

Document | November 15, 2011 - 12:00am PST Leading Tech Companies' SOPA Opposition Letter ... scholar and citizen. The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) (originally known as the E-PARASITE Act) and its Senate ... into the IP addresses that computers use to communicate. SOPA would also allow rightsholders to force payment ... other law. More resources: Leading tech companies oppose SOPA OpenDNS Letter Silicon Valley legislators oppose SOPA ...

Deeplinks Blog | July 11, 2012 - 2:47pm PDT House Quietly Reintroduces a Piece of SOPA Even after millions rallied against the passage of SOPA/PIPA, the House is still quietly trying to pass a related bill that would give the... Even after millions rallied against the passage of SOPA/PIPA, the House is still quietly trying to pass a ... (The attachés were notably present in Sec. 205 of SOPA —which was also introduced by Smith.) The major issue ... Public Knowledge rightly state: trying to squeeze bits of SOPA past the people—the same people who rejected the bill ...

EFF in the News | April 9, 2012 - 1:10pm PDT Forget SOPA. Is CISPA the Internet's New Enemy? Privacy and online speech advocate Electronic Frontier Foundation attacked the proposed bill last month, claiming that it unfairly targets anti-... ... Vigilantism" Bill in 2002. The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) (originally known as the E-PARASITE Act) and its Senate ... into the IP addresses that computers use to communicate. SOPA would also allow rightsholders to force payment ... other law. More resources: Leading tech companies oppose SOPA OpenDNS Letter Silicon Valley legislators oppose SOPA ...

Document | September 19, 2012 - 12:32am PDT Saving the Web From SOPA/PIPA With CiviCRM Saving the Web From SOPA/PIPA With CiviCRM ...

EFFector | January 12, 2012 - 5:53pm PST Wrapping Up a Week Of Action Against SOPA 40 24 Wrapping Up a Week Of Action Against SOPA ...

EFF in the News | August 3, 2012 - 3:14pm PDT Groups That Battled SOPA Reunite to Defend Internet The Internet Defense League is made up of many of the same groups that fought the Stop Online Piracy Act in the House and the Senate's Protect IP... ... Mozilla, and Public Knowledge. Groups That Battled SOPA Reunite to Defend Internet ...

Deeplinks Blog | December 13, 2011 - 9:59am PST Setting the Record Straight on SOPA: Some Evidence-Based Analysis Ever since the Internet has fought back against the the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), top supporters of the dangerous blacklist legislation have... ... has fought back against the the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), top supporters of the dangerous blacklist legislation ... This is both misleading and factually untrue. When SOPA was written, technology companies were not allowed to ... and Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) — released an alternative to SOPA, called OPEN . While the bill is not perfect, it is a ...

Deeplinks Blog | January 18, 2017 - 1:52pm PST 5 Years Later, Victory Over SOPA Means More than Ever It would have happened slowly at first. A broken hyperlink here and there. A few Google searches with links leading to nowhere. In the beginning,... ... that it could and would defend itself. But defeating SOPA didn’t happen in a single day—it was a multi-year ... indispensable to creating the movement that would defeat SOPA. Today, we’re raising those alarms again. While no one ... is joining dozens of organizations in commemorating the SOPA anniversary today. We’re committing to safeguarding ...

Deeplinks Blog | May 2, 2015 - 9:44pm PDT SOPA Lives On For the International Anti-Counterfeiting Coalition Last week the International Anti-Counterfeiting Coalition (IACC) held their spring conference in San Diego, to share intelligence about the latest... ... denial about the failure of the Stop Online Piracy Act ( SOPA ), convinced that its ultimate rejection by Congress was ... of the free and open Internet as we know it. The defeat of SOPA is rightfully regarded by Internet activists as one of ... IACC conference believe that death is not the end for of SOPA, and that they are working to reanimate its spirit from ...

EFF in the News | April 12, 2012 - 7:39pm PDT After denouncing SOPA and PIPA, how can Facebook support CISPA? Now, Facebook is supporting the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA), which was written to “provide for the sharing of certain cyber... ... and for other purposes.” CISPA isn’t exactly like SOPA or PIPA, but it’s still a cause for concern, according ... ideas and experiences safely. The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) (originally known as the E-PARASITE Act) and its Senate ... into the IP addresses that computers use to communicate. SOPA would also allow rightsholders to force payment ...

Deeplinks Blog | August 3, 2015 - 3:15pm PDT Movie Studios Seek SOPA Power Through Broad Site-Blocking Order Major movie studios are again trying to make a website they don’t like disappear without a trial. This time, the studios are asking for one court... ... be called SOPApower, given its similarity to the ill-fated SOPA bill. It will be abused, which is why it’s important ... the first place. In 2012, the Internet community stopped SOPA , a bill that would have created new, easy-to-obtain ... out against the bill. Constitutional scholars showed how SOPA orders could act as prior restraints on speech, one of ...

Deeplinks Blog | November 15, 2011 - 2:47pm PST What's On the Blacklist? Three Sites That SOPA Could Put at Risk Proponents of the latest disastrous IP bill , the “Stop Online Piracy Act” (SOPA) insist it only targets the “worst of the worst”: so-called “rogue”... ... disastrous IP bill , the “Stop Online Piracy Act” (SOPA) insist it only targets the “worst of the worst”: ... — that’s one reason it’s so important to block SOPA from becoming law. Etsy Etsy is an online marketplace ... or trademark law. That’s a problem, because under SOPA, anybody who is a “holder of an intellectual property ...

Deeplinks Blog | December 13, 2011 - 11:00am PST SOPA Manager’s Amendment: It’s Still A Blacklist and It's Still A Disaster Representative Lamar Smith, the principal sponsor of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), a dangerous and unconstitutional Internet blacklist bill now... ... the principal sponsor of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), a dangerous and unconstitutional Internet blacklist ... it before: this bill cannot be fixed , it must be killed. SOPA is set for a hearing on Thursday, the next step in the ... inappropriate uses of the law. The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) (originally known as the E-PARASITE Act) and its Senate ...

EFF in the News | September 7, 2012 - 4:12pm PDT Critics Concerned Trade Agreement Will Include SOPA Language "We see that many of the intellectual-property provisions that have been reflected in ACTA, SOPA and PIPA are being pushed forward in this agreement... ... provisions that have been reflected in ACTA, SOPA and PIPA are being pushed forward in this agreement," ... Agreement Critics Concerned Trade Agreement Will Include SOPA Language ...

Deeplinks Blog | January 25, 2012 - 9:56am PST Post- SOPA and PIPA, What’s Next? No Legislation, More Innovation. Last week’s historic protests made clear just what the tech community and Internet users are capable of accomplishing when they act together – not... ... and its House counterpart, the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), been tabled for now, but in a welcome change, the ... scholar and citizen. The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) (originally known as the E-PARASITE Act) and its Senate ... into the IP addresses that computers use to communicate. SOPA would also allow rightsholders to force payment ...

Deeplinks Blog | December 14, 2011 - 6:39pm PST SOPA Undermines the U.S. in Its Negotiations for a Free, Open Internet Yesterday, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) approved a Recommendation on Principles for Internet Policy Making [pdf... ... found in this document. The Stop Online Piracy Act ( SOPA ) and PROTECT IP Act ( PIPA ) enable online censorship ... can reduce its value for every other nation and user." SOPA and its counterpart in the Senate, PROTECT IP, would ... these new Internet Principles. EFF will continue to battle SOPA, PIPA, and other draconian domestic measures, and ...

EFF in the News | April 10, 2012 - 10:24am PDT Worse than SOPA: New bill CISPA could even shut Wikileaks According to the digital right website Electronic Frontier Foundation, what this means is that “a company like Google, Facebook or Twitter could... ... ideas and experiences safely. The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) (originally known as the E-PARASITE Act) and its Senate ... into the IP addresses that computers use to communicate. SOPA would also allow rightsholders to force payment ... other law. More resources: Leading tech companies oppose SOPA OpenDNS Letter Silicon Valley legislators oppose SOPA ...

Deeplinks Blog | November 16, 2011 - 1:01am PST Who's Missing From Today's SOPA Hearing? A Short List The House Judiciary Committee will meet today for a hearing on the controversial Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). What could have been an opportunity... ... for a hearing on the controversial Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). What could have been an opportunity for the committee ... variety of stakeholders has devolved into a parade of pro-SOPA partisans. Scheduled to testify are representatives from ... and many others have all raised strong objections to SOPA, including concerns that the language in the bill is so ...

EFF in the News | April 9, 2012 - 1:05pm PDT CISPA legislation seen by many as SOPA 2.0 Rainey Reitman and Lee Tien of the Electronic Frontier Foundation released a statement outlining their concerns about the inclusion of intellectual... ... scholar and citizen. The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) (originally known as the E-PARASITE Act) and its Senate ... into the IP addresses that computers use to communicate. SOPA would also allow rightsholders to force payment ... other law. More resources: Leading tech companies oppose SOPA OpenDNS Letter Silicon Valley legislators oppose SOPA ...

Event | January 14, 2013 - 5:27pm PST Internet Freedom Day: Coming together a year after SOPA/PIPA Internet Freedom Day: Coming together a year after SOPA/PIPA

Join EFF, Engine Advocacy, and craigconnects as we celebrate last year’s important... Internet Freedom Day: Coming together a year after SOPA/PIPA Join EFF, Engine Advocacy, and craigconnects as we celebrate last year’s important victory over SOPA and PIPA and remember the life of Aaron Swartz, who ... Internet Freedom Day: Coming together a year after SOPA/PIPA ...

EFF in the News | March 29, 2012 - 11:01am PDT With SOPA shelved, anti-piracy advocates take new approaches Mitch Stoltz, an attorney with the Electronic Frontier Foundation, said it's unclear how severe penalties could be for users who are repeatedly... ... Vigilantism" Bill in 2002. The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) (originally known as the E-PARASITE Act) and its Senate ... into the IP addresses that computers use to communicate. SOPA would also allow rightsholders to force payment ... other law. More resources: Leading tech companies oppose SOPA OpenDNS Letter Silicon Valley legislators oppose SOPA ...

Deeplinks Blog | April 20, 2015 - 3:49pm PDT Investigative Reporting on MPAA's SOPA Revival Effort Wins Pulitzer A New York Times series on secretive corporate lobbying of state attorneys general has been awarded a Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting... ... fizzled with the defeat of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) . That MPAA effort, dubbed "Project Goliath" in the ... as a cautionary tale but as an instruction manual." Since SOPA met its spectacular political end in Congress three ... statutes through Congress in the 30 years before SOPA was introduced . That streak was only broken by ...

Deeplinks Blog | December 19, 2011 - 4:17pm PST This Week in Internet Censorship: DRC, Kazakhstan, and pro-SOPA 'research' Democratic Republic of Congo bans texting

In the not-so-aptly-named Democratic Republic of Congo, SMS was banned by the government last week in... ... immediately restore access to communications networks. Pro-SOPA study on DNS filtering cites censorship research A ... scholar and citizen. The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) (originally known as the E-PARASITE Act) and its Senate ... into the IP addresses that computers use to communicate. SOPA would also allow rightsholders to force payment ...

Deeplinks Blog | October 4, 2012 - 2:45pm PDT SOPA Is Dead, Says MPAA's Chris Dodd, But What Comes Next? Earlier this week, Chris Dodd, a 30-year veteran of the Senate and now chairman and CEO of the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), spoke in... ... blackout protests against Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) that Dodd should frame the discussion this way, and his ... actions against file-sharers. He also conceded that SOPA and PIPA are “dead,” and when pressed by EFF in ... in April that he was “confident” negotiations on SOPA 2.0 were taking place , and the MPAA is again ...

Deeplinks Blog | March 3, 2014 - 11:35am PST Obama Nominates Former SOPA Lobbyist to Help Lead TPP Negotiations President Obama has nominated former SOPA lobbyist Robert Holleyman to join the team of U.S. negotiators leading the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP)... President Obama has nominated former SOPA lobbyist Robert Holleyman to join the team of U.S. ... appoint a prominent supporter of the spectacularly failed SOPA bill indicates the White House's unwillingness to let up ... Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement Obama Nominates Former SOPA Lobbyist to Help Lead TPP Negotiations ...

Deeplinks Blog | October 28, 2011 - 1:33pm PDT SOPA: Hollywood Finally Gets A Chance to Break the Internet As promised, here’s the first installment of our closer review of the massive piece of job-killing Internet regulation that is the Stop Online Piracy... ... like Rapidshare , could be economically strangled via SOPA. You can file a counter-notice, but you’ve only got 5 ... act now , and urge everyone you know to do the same. SOPA: Hollywood Finally Gets A Chance to Break the Internet ...

Event | February 1, 2012 - 5:17pm PST SOPA and PIPA: Copyright Piracy Protection or Internet Censorship? Thomas Jefferson School of Law, in association with the Center for Intellectual Property and the Entertainment Law Society, is presenting a panel on... ... 1155 Island Avenue, San Diego, CA 92101 Register today . SOPA and PIPA: Copyright Piracy Protection or Internet ...

EFF in the News | April 15, 2012 - 9:09pm PDT Say 'hello' to CISPA, it will remind you of SOPA Critics like the the Electronic Frontier Foundation and the Center for Democracy & Technology say CISPA's crazily vague wording makes it possible... ... Transparency Say 'hello' to CISPA, it will remind you of SOPA ...

EFF in the News | April 18, 2012 - 8:22am PDT Expert: New CISPA Bill Isn't SOPA, But Still Attacks Constitutional Rights The Electronic Frontier Foundation says CISPA could lead to "backdoor wiretaps" and would "give companies a free pass to monitor and collect... ... Privacy Security Transparency Expert: New CISPA Bill Isn't SOPA, But Still Attacks Constitutional Rights ...

EFF in the News | July 10, 2012 - 8:05am PDT Anti-SOPA veterans issue declaration of Internet freedom On Monday, a broad coalition of public interest groups and Internet leaders issued a document they called the Declaration of Internet Freedom.... ... and the establishment of five basic principles." Anti-SOPA veterans issue declaration of Internet freedom ...

Deeplinks Blog | August 29, 2012 - 6:37pm PDT Jordanians Protest Internet Censorship Law With SOPA-Style Blackout The United States, Russia, and Malaysia have all recently protested proposed Internet censorship laws by having websites “go dark,” to demonstrate... ... Jordanians Protest Internet Censorship Law With SOPA-Style Blackout ...

EFF in the News | December 12, 2014 - 2:01pm PST Ghost of Antipiracy Bill SOPA Haunts New Copyright Push "Copyright touches everyone's lives now because we all have copying devices in our pockets and in our homes," said Mitch Stoltz, an attorney for the... ... Copyright Act DMCA File Sharing Ghost of Antipiracy Bill SOPA Haunts New Copyright Push ...

Deeplinks Blog | January 16, 2012 - 12:00am PST How PIPA and SOPA Violate White House Principles Supporting Free Speech and Innovation

Over the weekend, the Obama administration issued a potentially game-changing statement on the blacklist bills, saying it would oppose PIPA and SOPA... ... on the blacklist bills, saying it would oppose PIPA and SOPA as written, and drew an important line in the sand by ... to bring PIPA to the floor next week, and we can expect SOPA proponents in the House to try to revive the ... directly involved in copyright infringement, a proposal in SOPA will allow the government to target sites that simply ...

Deeplinks Blog | January 19, 2012 - 12:14pm PST After Historic Protest, Members of Congress Abandon PIPA and SOPA in Droves Yesterday, in the largest online protest in Internet history, more than 115,000 websites altered millions of web pages to stand in opposition to SOPA... ... altered millions of web pages to stand in opposition to SOPA and PIPA, the Internet blacklist bills. Some sites — ... Elizabeth Warren, also said she opposed PIPA and SOPA, stating they "risk chilling the innovation, diversity & ... darkness, the House now has at least 87 opponents of SOPA, and only 27 on-the-record supporters. January 18th was ...

Deeplinks Blog | December 19, 2014 - 11:10am PST As Hollywood Funds a SOPA Revival Through State Officials, Google (And The Internet) Respond Almost three years ago, millions of Internet users joined together to defeat the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), a disastrous bill that would have... ... joined together to defeat the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) , a disastrous bill that would have balkanized the ... about an insidious campaign to accomplish the goals of SOPA by other means. The latest development: Google has filed ... network—is to achieve the goals of the defeated SOPA blacklist proposal without the public oversight of the ...

Deeplinks Blog | December 8, 2011 - 11:15am PST An Alternative to SOPA: An Open Process Befitting an Open Internet The truly frightening legislative proposals known as SOPA and PIPA continue to loom in Congress, promising to put a big lump of coal in the stocking... The truly frightening legislative proposals known as SOPA and PIPA continue to loom in Congress, promising to put ... who traffic in counterfeit and other IP-infringing goods. SOPA and PIPA went far beyond that goal with extreme ... that addresses many of the most glaring flaws in both SOPA and PIPA. We're still reviewing the legislation, but ...

EFF in the News | January 6, 2015 - 2:13pm PST Son of SOPA: Advocacy groups fight renewed efforts by Hollywood to break the Internet Advocacy groups are stepping up their efforts to prevent Attorneys General from reviving parts of the Stop Online Piracy Act on a state level. The... ... Picture Association of America to implement parts of SOPA in his state. “SOPA was a bad idea at the federal level,” the letter says. “And any SOPA revival on a state level is an equally bad idea that, we ...