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CAJ note: We are careful to vet our information and rarely use material from Prison Planet because often times it cannot be independently verified. But this article fits the President’s pattern of imperial governing, so we offer it with the suggestion that you contact your Senators and ask them to confirm or deny this. If […] January 28th, 2012 | Tags: "executive agreement", "global governance", "Thought Crimes", Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, Evgeny Morozov, Google, intellectual property, Internet ID, Open Society Institute (OSI), Protect IP Act (PIPA), Sen. Ron Wyden, Stanford University, Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) | Category: Barack Obama, Censorship, China, Congress, Federal Trade Commission, George Soros, Internet, Right to Privacy, TAKE ACTION!, technology, US Constitution | Comments are closed
Liberty Chick Big Government 1/19/2012 The collective of hackers known as Anonymous attacked numerous government and recording industry websites this evening, shutting the sites down for hours as of this posting. The attacks stem from a two year investigation into content sharing website Megaupload.com. The Department of Justice unsealed an indictment today (after waiting an […] January 19th, 2012 | Tags: "Anonymous", copyrights, file-sharing, hackers, intellectual property, Kim “Dotcom” Schmitz, Megaupload.com, Recording Industry Association of America, Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), UniversalMusic.com | Category: Department of Justice, FBI, Internet, legislation | Comments are closed
18 January 2012 If Congress has their way you will soon see online images and warnings similar to the one below:
Common American Journal is joining other U.S. bloggers and websites in a “black out” for 24 hours to raise awareness about Congress’s attempts to “protect” intellectual property with legislation known as SOPA […] January 18th, 2012 | Tags: Christopher Dodd, H.R. 3261, intellectual property, Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), Protect IP Act (PIPA), Sen. Rand Paul, Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) | Category: 1st Amendment, Censorship, Congress, Department of Justice, federal regulations, Internet, legislation, lobbyists, Politics, Progressives, TAKE ACTION!, technology, Video | Comments are closed
Jennifer Martinez Politico 1/10/2012 To the ranks of same-sex marriage, tax cuts and illegal immigration, add this to the list of polarizing political issues of Election 2012: the Stop Online Piracy Act. The hot-button anti-piracy legislation that sparked a revolt online is starting to become a political liability for some of SOPA’s major backers. Fueled […] January 11th, 2012 | Tags: intellectual property, Karen Kwiatkowski, OPEN Act, Protect IP Act (PIPA), Rep. Bob Goodlatte, Rep. Lamar Smith, Rep. Marsha Blackburn, Rep. Paul Ryan, Richard Mack, Sen. Bob Corker, Sen. Lindsey Graham, Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) | Category: Bloggers, Censorship, Congress, Department of Justice, Elections, federal regulations, Internet, Lobbying | Comments are closed
Donny Shaw OpenCongress 11/22/2010 The Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act has all the qualities of a bill on the fast track for becoming law. Its chief sponsor is the chairman of the committee it was referred to, it has a long list of bipartisan cosponsors, including a mix of conservative and liberal senators, and […] November 24th, 2010 | Tags: COICA, intellectual property, internet domains, S.3804, Sen. Patrick Leahy, Sen. Ron Wyden | Category: 1st Amendment, Censorship, Congress, Department of Justice, Internet, legislation, technology | Comments are closed
Ed Morrissey HotAir.com 11/19/2010 Thanks to a bill that has received bipartisan support in the Senate, the Department of Justice may soon have the power to suspend domain names if the Attorney General deems a site as having copyright infringement “central to the activity” conducted by the site owners. Hollywood and the recording industry has […] November 21st, 2010 | Tags: Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act (COICA), domain names, due process, intellectual property | Category: 1st Amendment, Censorship, Department of Justice, Internet, legislation, Property rights | Comments are closed
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