Internet Law Expert Available to Comment on Piracy Bills

Internet law and copyright expert Ned Snow is available to comment on the House's Stop Online Piracy Act and the Senate's Protect IPA Act, both of which have begun to lose Congressional support. If passed, the bills would curb illegal downloading and streaming of TV shows and movies online.

Internet leader defends coming changes in URLs

Companies and law enforcement agencies nervous about a huge expansion in Internet domains - adding to .com, .net and others - will have many ways to protect trademarks and identify website owners, the ...

Why an International Trade Agreement Could Be as Bad as SOPA

International agreements for regulating intellectual property are a one-way ratchet process: enforcement and protection provisions can go up but never down. A few weeks ago a sleeping giant woke up, when ...

Internet leader defends coming web address changes

WASHINGTON, Jan 11 — Companies and law enforcement agencies nervous about a huge expansion in Internet domains - adding to .com, .net and others — will have many ways to protect trademarks and identify website owners, the head of the organisation that organises the Internet said yesterday. The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers ...

Hollywood's gentler post-SOPA strategy: A charm offensive

In a new charm offensive, Paramount Pictures says it's "humbled" by last month's protests over the Stop Online Piracy Act and Protect IP--and wants to talk.