Controversial online piracy bill shelved until 'consensus' is found House Oversight Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) said early Saturday morning that Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) promised him the House will not vote on the controversial Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) unless there is consensus on the bill. "While I remain concerned about Senate action on the Protect IP Act, I am confident that flawed legislation will not be taken up by this House," Issa said in a statement. "Majority Leader Cantor has assured me that we will continue to work to address outstanding concerns and work to build consensus prior to any anti-piracy legislation coming before the House for a vote." The announcement comes just hours after Judiciary Chairman Lamar Smith (R-Texas), SOPA's sponsor, made a major concession to the bill's critics by agreeing to drop a controversial provision that would have required Internet service providers to block infringing websites. Issa said that even without the site-blocking provision, the bill is "fundamentally flawed."
Mozilla, Firefox join anti-SOPA strike News January 18, 2012 06:26 AM ET Computerworld - Mozilla, the open-source organization responsible for Firefox, joined other major technology companies today to protest anti-piracy legislation by blackening the browser's home page. From 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Meanwhile, the English language versions of Mozilla's sites -- mozilla.com and mozilla.org -- will redirect visitors to an "action page" asking for their support in stopping what it called "Internet blacklist legislation." Mozilla and an estimated 7,000 other sites, including Google, Wikipedia and Reddit, went on a "virtual strike" today to voice their opposition to the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Protect IP Act (PIPA), legislation being considered by the U.S. Some of the sites went completely dark -- Wikipedia blocked its English content, replacing it with an anti-SOPA/PIPA call to arms -- but others, like Mozilla, used milder methods. @gkeizer, on Google+ or subscribe to Gregg's RSS feed . See more articles by Gregg Keizer.
Wikipedia, Reddit to Shut Down Sites Wednesday to Protest Proposed Stop Online Piracy Act This is a rush transcript. Copy may not be in its final form. AMY GOODMAN: If you want to know more about two controversial internet anti-piracy bills moving through Congress, you won’t be able to consult Wikipedia on Wednesday. The White House responded over the weekend to two petitions opposing the bills. While the White House did not take a definite position on SOPA and the Protect IP Act, it has called for legislation to combat online piracy that has hurt the legislation’s main backers: Hollywood movie studios and music publishers who want to stop the theft of their creative content. Well, to talk more about the Stop Online Piracy Act, or SOPA, and the Protect IP Act, we go to San Francisco to talk Corynne McSherry, who is the intellectual property director at the Electronic Frontier Foundation. We welcome you to Democracy Now! CORYNNE McSHERRY: Sure. AMY GOODMAN: So, explain the difference between SOPA and the Protect IP Act. AMY GOODMAN: And explain who is behind these two acts.
#OWS Joins International Day of Action: We Are All Greeks Now Tomorrow, the people of Greece will take to the streets again to occupy Syntagma Square in protest of the extreme austerity measures being imposed on the backs of the Greek 99% to the joy and benefit of the European financial elite. The 99% everywhere are under assault by the same global banking interests. Greece is merely the most severe economic crisis yet to be imposed by the International Monetary Fund and other agents of the 1% in the Global North. Our resistance to austerity will also be global. TODAY: Friday, February 17, 2012 5:00pm to 6:30pm 101 Market Street San Francisco, CA Occupy San Francisco stands in solidarity with the sovereignty of the people in Greece against austerity measures. TOMORROW: Saturday, February 18, 2012 2:00pm until 5:00pm Liberty Plaza (Zuccotti Park) New York City, NY via Real Democracy Greece: Saturday 18th of February, international mobilization day : We are all Greeks! From Occupy Atlanta: We Stand In Solidarity With the People of Greece!
Copyright for teachers Copyright: Definition According to the U.S. Copyright Office, copyright is "a form of protection grounded in the U.S. Constitution and granted by law for original works of authorship fixed in a tangible medium of expression. Copyright covers both published and unpublished works." - Reproduction: Making copies - Adaptation: Changing a work in some way - Distribution: Giving the work to others - Public Performance: Playing/performing a work in front of others - Public Display:Displaying a work for others to view - Digital Transmission of Sound Recordings: Capturing audio files on the internet and burning CDs/file sharing Items in public domain An item is in public domain when it is no longer protected by copyright because of the age of the work (created before January 21, 1923), or it did not meet copyright requirements to begin with. What does copyright protect? What cannot be copyrighted? For more information about copyright, please review the video below.
Readers react to SOPA/PIPA - In Depth Comment agir contre ACTA Cette page recense différentes façons d'agir contre ACTA et de mieux connaître ce dangereux accord. ACTA est un accord multilatéral qui menace Internet tel que nous le connaissons ainsi que nos libertés fondamentales. Le Parlement européen votera ACTA dans son ensemble le mercredi 4 juillet, et a la possibilité rejeter cet accord une bonne fois pour toutes. En tant que citoyens, les deux choses les plus importantes à faire sont : contacter les députés européensinformer les gens des dangers d'ACTA. Contacter nos élus est la chose la plus utile que l'on puisse faire jusqu'à mercredi 4 juillet, et le vote final au Parlement européen, dernière étape de la procédure. [edit] Vous pouvez également consulter Mémoire Politique pour obtenir les coordonnées d'un eurodéputé précis. [edit] Qui contacter ? [edit] Conseils généraux Les arguments clés contre ACTA sont listés ici : ACTA : à retenir. Vous pouvez diffuser les ressources de La Quadrature et d'autres très largement : Voici quelques idées :
Despite Protest Against Anti-Gay Chik-Fil-A , NYU Student Council Sides With Bad Chicken "Chicken Tastes Better Than Equality" (James Thilman / Gothamist) New York University students gathered en masse this afternoon in front of Weinstein Residence Hall on University Place to protest Chick-fil-A's donations to anti-gay organizations. A petition authored by freshman Hillary Dworkoski has already collected nearly 11,000 signatures in support of the restaurants removal from campus. The company—whose only New York location is located within a NYU dorm—has donated nearly $2 million to controversial Christian organizations and Dworkoski believes that violates the university's non-discrimination policy. A number of counter-protesters purchased sandwiches from the polarizing poultry purveyor and set up camp just down the block. "They're only helping our cause," said freshman Mackenzie Taylor who was one of the first to arrive at the rally this afternoon with sophomore Paul Funkhouser. "It's disappointing," said Dworkoski of the SSC's decision, "but this isn't over.
Why Everyone's to Blame for Identity Theft The other day a reporter asked me who’s to blame for the growing epidemic of identity-related tax fraud. I almost replied, “the government and the bad guys,” but I caught myself before committing to that inaccuracy. “We’re all to blame,” I said. I believe that breaches, and the identity theft that flows from them, have become the third certainty in life, right behind death and taxes. While it may seem like hyperbole, more than 1 billion consumer records containing some form of personally identifying information (PII) have been exposed to hackers, identity thieves and spies (forget, for the moment, the NSA) over the past 10 years. Anthem, the second largest healthcare insurer in the nation, recently joined the burgeoning list of mega corporations that have suffered massive data breaches. Unlocking Your Identity Often what’s lacking in the aftermath is perspective. More From Credit.com: How to Use Credit Monitoring to Protect Your Child’s Identity But the fault lies elsewhere.
SOPA, PIPA Opponents Prepare for Capitol Hill Piracy Showdown CIO CIO — Opponents of controversial anti-piracy legislation are gearing up for a major fight in both the House and the Senate as they press for support for an alternative bill they say would avoid draconian measures that, if enacted, could create major security vulnerabilities in the architecture of the Internet. The two lawmakers leading the charge, Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), took to the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas last week to press their case — a fitting setting, as the mammoth trade show gives an annual coming out party for tech firms' latest innovations. "We have been teaming up on this and have been working on this for some time," Wyden said of his partnership with Issa, who in turn added that the two "in many ways are not predictable partners." Continue Reading
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