Is the “PROTECT IP” Act—Anti-piracy legislation supported by the Motion Picture Association of America, American Federation of Musicians, Directors Guild of America and Screen Actors Guild, amongst ...

While Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) author Lamar Smith is pressing ahead with the measure’s progress in the US House, Senate Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy has said that he would remove a ...

Political action group Creative America on Tuesday announced a new campaign to raise awareness about “rogue” websites that illegally distribute movies and television programs, as well as aggressively ...

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 ...

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) will not pressure Democrats to vote for the PROTECT IP Act, making passage less likely. And Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) blasted Reid for rushing the ...

Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales announced Monday that the Internet’s collective knowledge bank will be blacking itself out Wednesday, Jan. 18 to protest both the Stop Online Piracy Act moving through ...