Nevada Senator Harry Reid has postponed the Protect I.P.vote, while House Judiciary Committee Chairman Lamar Smith announced the committee will “postpone consideration of the legislation until there is wider agreement on a solution.
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Lamar Smith (R-Texas) announced late Tuesday that he expects committee markup on the controversial SOPA to continue in February, citing political party retreats as the reason for the delay.
In November, Google protested against SOPA at a House Judiciary Committee hearing. Generally, Google’s trademark bare home page has only been used to celebrate significant birthdays and events with Google Doodles, or to promote Google features...
But yesterday Google led the protests against the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) being discussed at the House Judiciary Committee. Committee Chairman Lamar Smith (R-TX) made it only halfway through his opening statement before asserting that 'one of...
Unfortunately, search engines routinely point people to rogue websites, including in situations where the customer is looking for a legitimate site," Maria Pallante, acting U.S.register of copyrights, said in prepared testimony to the House...
Google earlier this month added Stewart Jeffries, House Judiciary Committee antitrust counsel for Republicans, and the company "hopes to add one more Republican to its federal relations staff," which is headed by Pablo Chavez, Politico reported.
House Judiciary Committee. Committee chair John Conyers addressed a letter to CEO Mark Zuckerberg, requesting information on third-party access to users' information. Trying to make good with its communication though, Facebook last Thursday had...
Today, the Judiciary Committees of the Senate and House get in on the action as it relates to the recent Yahoo-Google deal. Last week the Senate Commerce Committee held a hearing on online advertising and privacy.
A subcommittee of the Senate Judiciary Committee and a House Energy and Commerce Committee subcommittee on consumer protection are each planning to call a hearing to explore the antitrust and privacy issues.
