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Digital Bill Of Rights Revealed By SOPA Challengers

The Digital Bill of Rights (DBR) was announced at the Personal Democracy Forum in NYC this past Monday by Rep. Darell Issa (R-CA) and Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR). Both Darell Issa and Ron...

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Sunday, June 17th, 2012 Net News No Comments

ACTA – Current Situation In the US And EU

Recent news provided by the Electronic Frontier Foundation informs us about what’s been going on with the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement in both the United States and the European Union. Here’s how things are....

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Monday, April 23rd, 2012 Net News No Comments

ACTA Wants Congressional Support

ACTA or the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement is not so favored by the Obama administration. As such, Senator Ron Wyden (D-Oregon) is asking the presidential administration to secure the success of the treaty. The...

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Saturday, March 24th, 2012 Net News No Comments

Quick take: For-profit college, former employee square off in Wikipedia defamation case

Given the size and scale of its database, it's remarkable we don't see more US defamation lawsuits filed (rather than just threatened) over Wikipedia entries. It's even more remarkable when you consider Wikipedia's...

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Monday, March 5th, 2012 Net News No Comments

Sen. Ron Wyden: "You can’t come up with sensible Internet policy on the fly"

Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) delayed the PROTECT IP Act in the Senate by placing a hold on the legislation last year. That hold kept the bill from coming to the consideration of the...

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Friday, January 20th, 2012 Net News No Comments