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Say not to ACTA

Just when you thought it was safe to continue to enjoy the internet, yet another ugly censorship law raises its ugly head. Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) is an international trade agreement negotiated by the European Union, the United States, Japan, Canada, South Korea, Australia, Mexico, and Morocco, Singapore as well as a few other countries, whose aim is to enforce copyright and tackle counte ...

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Anti-piracy legislation postponed

Opponents of a pair of controversial copyright bills won a temporary reprieve, when upcoming votes in the Senate and House of Representatives were postponed. Lawmakers stopped anti-piracy legislation in its tracks on Friday, delivering a stunning win for Internet companies that staged an unprecedented online protest this week to kill the previously fast-moving bills. Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid said ...

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