Google spent some of its lobbying funds this year on the Stop Internet Piracy Act (SOPA). Google spent more on U.S.lobbying efforts than any other technology firm in America, according to statistics from the Center for Responsive Politics (CRP).
Google and other Internet companies oppose and stop the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). Technology giants – and often competitors – Google, Facebook, Amazon, and eBay are expected to join forces to form a lobbying group known as the Internet...
Google is routinely directing people to unlawful sources of content," said RIAA's executive vice president of anti-piracy Brad Buckles. Google, meanwhile, says the artificial limit is a technical issue and not a purposeful act.
It was thought that YouTube won its case against Viacom in 2010, when courts ruled that YouTube's efforts to stop piracy were in compliance with the safe harbor provisions. Judge Jose Cabranes reversed an earlier decision that had protected YouTube...
It seems RIAA President Cary Sherman is still steamed that Google was able to derail the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and Protect IP Act (PIPA) by encouraging more than 7 million people to sign petitions opposing the legislation.
Even in his January 20 statement condemning the shelving of SOPA and criticizing the government for “failing to act,” MPAA Chairman and former Senator Chris Dodd promises that millions of American jobs will continue to be lost or affected by piracy.
Google added 4.5 million names to a petition opposing controversial anti-piracy bills SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) and PIPA (Protect IP Act), the Los Angeles Times reported. The petition, which is still available via Google’s End Piracy, Not...
Whether it’s called SOPA, PIPA, OPEN Act, or some other acronym, the U.S.government, driven by pressure largely out of Hollywood, is determined to put piracy safeguards in place. If enacted, S.968 - Protect IP Act (PIPA) and HR.3261, The Stop...
To call attention to two bills that would result in massive web censorship and hurt American businesses, Google today has carried through on its promise to protest the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and Protect IP Act (PIPA) by blacking out its...
But tomorrow, millions of people visiting Google’s home page will be greeted with a link demonstrating the company’s opposition to controversial anti-piracy bill SOPA, the Stop Online Piracy Act. Over the weekend, Google also responded to tweets...
It was part of "Operation In Our Sites", the domain name seizing initiative designed to crack down on online piracy and counterfeiting. Google's opposition to SOPA may have motivated a judge to rule they and other search engines and social networks...
But yesterday Google led the protests against the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) being discussed at the House Judiciary Committee. The group is not pro-piracy but believe the act is too extreme and contradicts existing "safe harbor" legislation.
Eric Schmidt compares blocking access to illicit filesharing sites such as PirateBay to China blocking websites via the Great Firewall and says that Google will challenge UK government plans to fight piracy (such as the Digital Economy Act).
Each year, online piracy and the sale of counterfeit goods cost American businesses billions of dollars and result in hundreds of thousands of lost jobs," said Leahy, the Tech, the MIT newspaper reported.
While this is mainly aimed at music and movie piracy and is backed by the entertainment industry, it will be interesting if it could be applied to website content theft. House of Representatives passed the Prioritizing Resources and Organization...
Instead, the music industry immediately focused on the negative effects of piracy. While some may secretly harbor the dream of being the next David Hasselhoff (present company excluded), it's important to not act on that dream and be the corporate...
Piracy tops the agenda at copyright conference. Despite an Act of Leniency, China Has Its Eye on the Web. Overture launched a new Local Match program today to allow its advertisers in the United States to more easily target listings toward those...
Now MP3 search service Kazaa, often accused of helping music piracy, employs the Digital Millennium Copyright Act to get Google to remove links to sites that distribute a version of Kazaa that it claims violates its copyright.
Hollywood Faces Online Piracy, but It Looks Like an Inside Job. The content of a report on me indicates that the credit data is old, collected and disseminated by credit agencies prior to the passage of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act.
We want to look first at the technical aspect of how their engine is set up and how the database functions, what resources it takes to inform them about unauthorized links, and what they can do technically to remove them," said Frank Creighton...
