Internet providers to act against online pirates
Wiki Lisa Richwine Reuters Consumers who illegally download copyrighted films, music or television shows might see their Internet speed slowed or access restricted under an…
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Anonymous Threatened Orlando Mayor According to Police; Still Fueling the Web Crackdown
Mayor of Orlando, Buddy Dyer (Photo: Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel) Madison Ruppert, Contributing Writer Activist Post I never used to have a problem with Anonymous and…
Secure Communities: Backdoor Big Brother Biometric Surveillance Operation Underway
image source: FBI Activist Post Border control operations have long been a convenient cover for introducing policies and technologies that provide a staging ground for…
Alert system to notify consumers of online piracy
image source Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Hollywood studios, recording labels, artists and Internet service providers have created a program to alert Internet subscribers when…
Google Takes Down Over 11 Million CO.CC Sites
AFP file image Amy Lee Huffington Post Google has taken down over 11 million sites it has deemed “spammy.” According to The Register, the .co.cc…
Protect IP Act Gives Government Power to Seize Websites On a Whim
Law professors warn that new legislation allows state to seize websites merely for linking to other websites that host copyrighted material Paul Joseph Watson Prison…
Hollywood’s Obsolete Business Model Smearing Protectors of Internet Free Speech
Mike Masnick TechDirt When the entertainment industry got the usual suspects to push the PROTECT IP Act forward, the story around DC was that this…
US anti-piracy body targets foreign website owners for extradition
As long as a website’s address ends in .com or .net, if it is implicated in the spread of pirated US-made films, TV or other…
Anonymous continues the work of LulzSec, proving they actually didn’t disband
M. Ruppert, Contributing Writer Activist Post Regardless of what you think about the illegal immigration laws in Arizona, you must take notice of the fact…
Groups Ask: “Please Protect Our Privacy from E-Verify”
Image source Sandra Fulton ACLU Citing a variety of privacy concerns, a broad coalition of advocacy groups from across the political spectrum including libertarians, consumer…
California tells online retailers to start collecting sales taxes from customers
Beginning Friday, Amazon.com and other large out-of-state retailers will be required to collect sales taxes on purchases that their California customers make online. California Capitol,…
FDA Releases Draft Guidance on Nanotechnology
Alliance for Natural Health When is organic not organic? When nanoparticles are involved. A new Action Alert. Last year we reported on nanotechnology, the process…
KKR to Buy Top ISP Domain Reg. “Go Daddy”- But who is KKR?
Jack Blood, Contributing Writer Activist Post If you haven’t heard much about KKR (Kohlberg, Kravis, Roberts and Co) it’s probably not your fault. Like many…
Google sees growing struggle over web censorship
Reuters DUBLIN (Reuters) – Internet giant Google’s tussles with some governments over Internet censorship could get worse, Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt said on Monday, adding…