Save The Internet

The People's Media

Lindsy Embree — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 11:06:18 -0500

Full article: Yes!
Joseph Torres
Public interest groups have waged a spirited campaign to prevent a corporate takeover of the Internet.

We Are the Media, and So Are You

Lindsy Embree — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 10:06:40 -0500

Full article: Washington Post
Jimmy Wales and Kat Walsh
It's easy to frame the fight over SOPA and PIPA as Hollywood vs. Silicon Valley but it's absolutely wrong. The bills are dead, thanks to widespread protest. But the real architects of the bills' defeat don't have a catchy label or a recognized lobbying group. They don't have the glamour or the deep pockets of the studios. Yet they are the largest, most powerful and most important voice in the debate — and, until recently, they've been all but invisible to Congress. They are you.

Music Labels' Joint Venture, VEVO, Shows Pirated NFL Game At Sundance

Lindsy Embree — Fri, 10 Feb 2012 08:46:06 -0500

Full article: TechCrunch
Jason Kincaid
Major music labels' efforts to combat piracy are often draconian: threatening tens of thousands of people with lawsuits claiming obscenely high damages; attempting to coordinate their threats with consumers' ISPs; and, most recently, supporting legislation like SOPA and PIPA. Which is why it was shocking to see VEVO, a property jointly owned by some of the biggest record labels in the world, showing a pirated stream of an ESPN football game at its Sundance PowerStation venue last month -- on no fewer than two televisions, and a pair of laptops.

Enough, Already: The SOPA Debate Ignores How Much Copyright Protection We Already Have

Lindsy Embree — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 12:02:34 -0500

Full article: The Atlantic
Margot Kaminski
When it comes to copyright enforcement, American content companies are already armed to the teeth, yet they persist in using secretly negotiated trade agreements to further their agenda.

Patent Troll Claims Ownership of Interactive Web -- and Might Win

Lindsy Embree — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:57:21 -0500

Full article: Wired
Joe Mullin
The city of Tyler, Texas, is better known as the nation's "rose capital" than as a hotspot of the technology industry. It's a quiet, conservative city of about 100,000, full of wide streets and big trucks. This week, though, Tyler is the site of a remarkable battle over the history of the World Wide Web — a trial that could affect the future of e-commerce. The federal courthouse downtown is packed to the brim with dozens of lawyers representing the world's biggest Internet companies, including Yahoo, Amazon, Google and YouTube.

RIAA Totally Out of Touch: Lashes Out At Google, Wikipedia and Everyone Who Protested SOPA/PIPA

Lindsy Embree — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:37:12 -0500

Full article: TechDirt
Mike Masnick
Remember all that talk of how the supporters of SOPA/PIPA were "humbled" by the protests of Jan. 18, and how they had learned their lessons about trying to push through a bill without actually involving the stakeholders? Remember the talk of how they hoped a new tone could be found in the debate? Yeah. Apparently someone forgot to send that memo to RIAA boss Cary Sherman.

Groups: Congress Should Scrap SOPA, PIPA and Start Over

Lindsy Embree — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:35:16 -0500

Full article: IDG News
Grant Gross
Congress should scrap two controversial copyright enforcement bills and start over with attempts to target foreign websites accused of infringement and counterfeiting, more than 70 groups have said.

The Battle Against SOPA Is Far from Over

Lindsy Embree — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:32:08 -0500

Full article: Entrepreneur
AJ Kumar
Even though a pair of controversial anti-piracy bills were recently sidelined in Congress, online businesses' battle against restrictive legislation is far from over. Current incarnations of other proposed bills still exist and pose equal threats to the free flow of information online.

Reddit Founder: SOPA Showed Democracy Works

Lindsy Embree — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 12:27:00 -0500

Full article: Politico
Jennifer Martinez
Social news website Reddit, Wikipedia and scores of other smaller websites that went dark in protest of anti-piracy bills SOPA and PIPA helped turn the inside-the-Beltway lobbying racket on its head, Reddit's co-founder Alexis Ohanian said. The outcry from Internet users proved "that Americans actually still can dictate policy and not just lobbyists," Ohanian said.

Internet Freedom Could Turn on 'Middle Countries'

Lindsy Embree — Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:27:44 -0500

Full article: CIO
Kenneth Corbin
With so much attention focused on online censorship in highly restrictive countries such as China, Iran and Syria, the discussion of global Internet freedom often has tended to exclude the large class of more moderate nations with rapidly growing online populations with only a rudimentary set of laws and policies for the Web.