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Lawmaker Waters Down His Online Blacklisting Bill

Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas) introduced amendments late Monday to the Stop Online Piracy Act — changes that dramatically water down the controversial measure’s scope. A hearing on SOPA before the House Judiciary Committee,...

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Tuesday, December 13th, 2011 Net News No Comments

Canada’s Songwriters Want File-Sharing To Be Legit

SAC or the Songwriters Association of Canada is one of country’s most prestigious assets, with notorious members such as Bryan Adams, Eddie Schwartz, Randy Bachman and Carole Pope. In a talk with TorrentFreak...

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Monday, December 12th, 2011 Net News No Comments

Testing shows proposed 4G network interferes with 75% of GPS devices

A proposed nationwide, open-access 4G wireless broadband network has hit another snag. Testing carried out by a federal agency at the behest of the Department of Defense, Federal Aviation Administration, and a handful...

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Sunday, December 11th, 2011 Net News No Comments

Canadian Songwriters Want to Legalize File-Sharing

With prominent members such Bryan Adams, Eddie Schwartz, Randy Bachman and Carole Pope among its ranks, the Songwriters Association of Canada ( SAC ) is the voice of more than 1,500 Canadian artists....

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Tuesday, December 6th, 2011 Net News No Comments

Anti-Piracy Group Blackmails ISPs to Censor The Pirate Bay

Late September the Antwerp Court of Appeal ordered Belgian ISPs Belgacom and Telenet to initiate DNS blockades of 11 domains connected to The Pirate Bay. The Belgian Anti-Piracy Federation (BAF) applauded the verdict,...

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Monday, December 5th, 2011 Net News No Comments

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