Today, the House Judiciary Committee continued to wrestle the Stop Online Piracy Act before the second legislative session came to an abrupt end. The hearing picked up this morning after more than 20 ...

A few weeks ago, Congress quickly shelved the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Protect IP Act (PIPA) after incurring vocal public outrage led by Web giants such as Google and Wikipedia. SOPA and ...

As the federal government pushes to modernize the country's copyright laws, a new study suggests that relying on tougher legislation to stop online piracy simply won't work. Bill C-32, the Copyright ...

The Stop Online Piracy Act, H.R. 3261, introduced Oct. 26, has generated a firestorm of controversy, with critics assailing it for its chilling effect on the web and the internet. After deciding to ...

A group of Silicon Valley bigwigs recently wrote an open letter saying pending legislation in Congress will mean censorship and the stifling of innovation. The two bills, called the Stop Online Piracy ...

The bill, introduced by Rep. Lamar Smith in late October, gives both the U.S. government and copyright holders the authority to seek court orders against websites associated with infringing, pirating ...

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid postponed a key vote on an online piracy bill that pits Hollywood against Silicon Valley. The Protect Intellectual Property Act — or PIPA, for short — is aimed at ...

Josh Withrow, a Fellow at public policy think tank R Street Institute, suggests that blocking of copyright infringing sites carries a number of risks. In an opinion piece, he notes that several ...