Topic: digital piracy
With the debate over bills meant to crack down on digital piracy heating up on Capitol Hill, Adweek caught up with Robert Levine, author of Free Ride: How Digital Parasites Are…
The House version of the Protect IP bill, legislation aimed at shutting down rogue websites, got a big reception on the Hill in advance of its introduction late Wednesday. But…
Illegal downloaders could see their Net access slowed, according to a new anti-piracy initiative implemented by Internet service providers at the behest of large copyright owners in the entertaiment industry.…
The tech community has begun to marshal its forces against the Protect IP Act, a bill aimed at shutting down rogue websites. Some 50 venture capitalists fired off a letter…
Advocacy on Capitol Hill is rarely subtle, let alone highbrow. But an event held Thursday by the Copyright Alliance, which lobbies in favor of legislation including the PROTECT IP Act,…
Legislation aimed at shutting down Web sites that steal content may be stalled in Congress , but that doesn't mean those sites can breathe easy. Hoping to at least mortally…
Just hours after the Protect IP Act, a bill designed to thwart digital piracy and the selling of counterfeit goods online, passed the Senate Judiciary Committee in a unanimous vote, its…
The Protect IP Act, a bill aimed at cracking down on rogue sites that steal content or sell counterfeit goods, is on the fast track. Introduced by Sen. Patrick Leahy,…
A bipartisan group of senators led by Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., introduced Thursday a new version of a bill aimed at cracking down on websites that steal content or sell counterfeit…
