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Article | 19/01/2011 US official defends domain seizures for copyright violations
The November seizures of more than 80 domain names by two U.S. government agencies were justified and necessary to project U.S. copyright holders, sai...
Article | 1/12/2010 Groups vow to fight gov't takedowns of websites
The Electronic Frontier Foundation and the operator of Torrent-finder.com have separately vowed to fight domain-name seizures by two U.S. agencies in ...
Article | 30/11/2010 Courts shut down 82 sites for alleged copyright violations
Two U.S. government agencies have obtained seizure orders for the domain names of 82 websites accused of selling products that infringe copyright law,...
Article | 20/11/2010 US Senate panel approves website shut-down bill
The US Senate Judiciary Committee has approved a controversial bill that would allow the government to seek court orders to shut down websites offerin...
Article | 27/10/2010 Cloud services raise security, privacy concerns, experts say
A move toward more and more services in the cloud is inevitable, but vendors still need to focus on security, and the U.S. government needs to rewrite...
Article | 30/09/2010 US senators propose changes to website takedown bill
Leaders of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee have circulated proposed changes to a controversial bill that would force domain name registrars to shu...
Article | 29/09/2010 CDT protests bill requiring registrars to enforce copyright
New legislation that seeks to curb copyright infringement by requiring domain-name registrars to shut down websites suspected of hosting infringing ma...
Article | 6/08/2010 US FCC calls off net neutrality negotiations
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has called off negotiations on a network neutrality compromise scheduled for the coming days, saying the ta...