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Groups: Congress Should Scrap SOPA, PIPA and Start Over

Digg / Tech Industry News  Tue, 02/07/2012 - 12:38

With Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Protect IP Act (PIPA), Congress needs to take a breath, step back, and approach the issues from a fresh perspective - About 14 million people participated in Jan. 18 online protests against the two bills...

The bills would have harmed free speech, innovation, cybersecurity and job creation ... Senator Patrick Leahy, a Vermont Democrat and lead sponsor of PIPA, has indicated he wants to push forward with legislation


 

OECD Says Countries Must Promote & Protect Global Free Flow Of I...

Techdirt  Thu, 12/15/2011 - 03:40

The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has put out a pretty strong statement telling members they need to "promote and protect the global free flow of information" online.

All of that sounds good, but the real irony comes in the US ambassador's response to this news.


 

SCO: 'Linux is a knock-off of our Unix'

Linux Today  Tue, 08/25/2009 - 08:03

TG Daily: "Is it just me, or does it sometimes seem that the principle role of the IT industry is to act as a job creation scheme for lawyers?"