internet censorship

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Well, this one's bizarre. Back in March 2010 we wrote about the UK Usenet aggregator Newzbin being found liable for the copyright infringment of its users.

A year later, the ISP BT was ordered to block access to Newzbin2, its successor.

In the wake of the online protests against the pending PIPA and SOPA anti-piracy bills, Rasmussen asked US voters what their opinion is on the issue.

Should the public worry more about piracy or Internet censorship? Through a telephone survey voters were asked the following question.

“Which is a bigger problem, that some people download [...]

For many independent artists obscurity is a bigger problem than piracy, but it’s a problem that The Pirate Bay hopes to solve.

Today the largest torrent site on the Internet rolled out a new promotion platform for filmmakers, musicians, writers and all other artists alike.

To help them reach an audience of tens of millions of people, The Pirate Bay is offering the artists a prime advertising spot on the site’s homepage, replacing the iconic logo.

Would websites like Google, Facebook and Twitter go dark to protest?

The year of Internet censorship wouldn't be complete without the SOPA soap, the row between Megaupload and Universal, three-strikes plans and the countless other censorship attempts and anti-piracy actions that were carried out in the second half of the year.

Luckily, there were also a few positive things to report on.

At nearly the exact time that Dajaz1 was getting its domain back, after the US government wrongly censored its domain for over a year with absolutely nothing resembling due process (and actively stifling attempts by the site to get its day in court and get its domain back), US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was giving a speech in Europe about the

As we head off to take a short break for Thanksgiving, I thought we'd pass along a Thanksgiving greeting card that was sent to me this morning.

Unfortunately, the reports making the rounds today suggest that some are looking to pass a lot more than just the cranberry sauce, and may even be trying to make a big push to do so next week.

One hopes that a continued public outcry against passing the first internet censorship plan in America will make them think twice before going down that path.

Controversial legislation aims to help U.S.