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Whitehouse Chokes on Bad SOPA, Sends Back to Kitchen
The Whitehouse has chimed in against the upcoming SOPA anti-online piracy bill, hailed by big media, but feared by internet companies and free-speech advocates. In a blog post yesterday, Victoria Espinel, Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator at Office of Management and Budget, Aneesh Chopra, U.S. Chief Technology Officer, and Howard Schmidt, Special Assistant to the President [...]
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Anti-Piracy Bill Could Shut Down Questionable Websites
A bill under consideration in the US House of Representatives could, if passed, have far-reaching effects on the use of copyrighted material on the web, and on artists rights to comment, alter and remix it, reports Martha Lufkin in The Art Newspaper. The Stop Online Piracy Act, introduced by Republican representative Lamar Smith, would empower [...]