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MC Hammer, rap phenomenon and self-confessed geek, doesn’t want Congress to pass the pending SOPA and PIPA bills. Hammer has been very active on Twitter posting anti-SOPA messages and was one of the first to use the blackoutsopa service to change his profile picture. While blacked out pictures will do little to change the positions [...]

During a speech at a CareerBuilder event last night Al Gore voiced his concerns about the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). Responding to a question from the audience, the former US Vice President said that while content creators have legitimate concerns, SOPA is not the right answer. “In our world today there is hardly anything [...]

Supporters of SOPA and PIPA, two bills that aim to deter piracy, claim that they will only affect foreign sites and businesses. However, this view is not shared by a wide range of opponents, including the people behind the popular Reddit community. But how exactly can SOPA and PIPA threaten sites like Reddit? Leading First Amendment lawyer and Internet policy expert Marvin Ammori explains.

Business Insider claims that Sony and Nintendo pulled their support for the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). Really? We doubt it. The report is based on a list of official SOPA supporters published by the House Judiciary Committee. While it’s true that Sony and Nintendo are not on it, that doesn’t mean they don’t back [...]

One of the most often-heard retorts to the domain blocking provisions of SOPA, is that where there’s a will to circumvent them, there will be a way. Although most people know that VPNs and proxies can prove useful, there is also a new generation of solutions such as those provided by MafiaaFire and Newzbin2. But history shows us that for every trusted solution, dozens more will pop up, each aiming to scam and defraud unsuspecting Internet users.

A few days before the election circus in the US will start with the Iowa’s caucus, presidential candidate Ron Paul made a comment on the pending SOPA bill “They want to take over the Internet,” he said. “Can you imagine how much we’re going to be curtailed in the spreading of out information if we [...]

In a sweeping attempt at stopping piracy of their latest movie, a studio has obtained a court order forcing India’s ISPs to block some of the world’s largest file-sharing sites. A company spokesman gave a SOPA-style reason for their actions, claiming that site blocking is the only way they can stop foreign sites from engaging in “rampant online piracy.” Megaupload says the ban presents a great opportunity for them to test their anti-blocking technologies.