Posted December 6, 2011, 7:30 AM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in The Web, Industry News
Kaspersky has moved to distance itself from an industry trade group amid growing controversy over H.R. 3261, better known as the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). Introduced in late October, the bill would essentially allow the US government to censor…
Posted November 28, 2011, 6:30 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in The WebWith Video
Keeping with recent tradition, the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the Department of Justice have initiated a sweeping crackdown on websites accused of selling counterfeit goods and pirated software. ICE had performed a similar operation last year, as…
Posted November 23, 2011, 8:43 AM by Lee Kaelin | Filed in Industry News, The Web
After initially backing the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), the Business Software Alliance (BSA), which counts the likes of Apple, Microsoft, Adobe, Intel, Dell, Symantec and 23 other tech companies among its members, has withdrawn their support saying that valid and…
Posted November 18, 2011, 10:30 AM by Lee Kaelin | Filed in Industry News
Google has been vocal about their feelings surrounding the proposed new bill that could see ISP's blocking access to websites accused of copyright or trademark infringement. However, in a rather ironic turn of events, a Google funded survey by Columbia…
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