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Article | 4/04/2013 Tech groups protest anti-China provision in US budget resolution
A little-publicized provision in a U.S. government budget resolution that largely prohibits four agencies from using Chinese-made IT products could ba...
Article | 23/01/2013 Google, other tech firms among top lobbying spenders in US
Google, AT&T and Verizon Communications were among the top corporate spenders on lobbying the U.S. government in the fourth quarter of 2012, according...
Article | 19/11/2012 US lawmaker asks Reddit for ideas on website seizures
A U.S. lawmaker has asked users of Reddit for their ideas about legislation to address the controversial recent practice by two U.S. agencies of seizi...
Article | 24/12/2011 GoDaddy pulls its support from SOPA
Giant domain name registrar GoDaddy.com has pulled its support from the controversial Stop Online Piracy Act after owners of several websites announce...
Article | 21/12/2011 SOPA hearing delayed, likely until early next year
A hearing to debate and amend the controversial Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) in the U.S. House of Representatives has been delayed, likely until earl...
Article | 15/12/2011 Former congressional staffers lobby for copyright bills
Eight former staff members of the U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee are now lobbying on behalf of companies or groups supporting contr...
Article | 14/12/2011 Groups still oppose SOPA after proposed amendment
A proposed amendment to the controversial copyright enforcement bill, the Stop Online Piracy Act, has not swayed many opponents to the legislation.
Article | 16/11/2011 W3C releases draft online privacy standards
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has released the first draft of two standards intended to protect the privacy of Web users and allow them to opt o...
Article | 12/11/2011 House hearing on Stop Online Piracy Act scheduled
The U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee will conduct a hearing on the controversial copyright enforcement bill, the Stop Online Piracy A...
Article | 26/10/2011 Group: New version of PROTECT IP may target legal sites
An upcoming version of U.S. legislation designed to combat copyright infringement on the Web may include provisions that hold online services such as ...
Article | 4/10/2011 Groups praise US, seven other countries for signing ACTA
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the Software and Information Industry Association (SIIA) both applauded the signing of the controversial Anti-Counter...
Article | 17/09/2011 Obama signs patent overhaul legislation
U.S. President Barack Obama has signed the America Invents Act, the first major overhaul of the U.S. patent system in about 50 years.
Article | 15/07/2011 Engineers: PROTECT IP Act would break DNS
Provisions in U.S. legislation designed to protect copyright online could break the Internet's Domain Name System by driving users to untrusted DNS se...
Article | 24/06/2011 US House approves patent reform bill
The U.S. House of Representatives has voted to approve a bill that would overhaul the U.S. patent system and allow for a new review of patents after t...
Article | 19/05/2011 Internet trade group wants changes in copyright bill
New U.S. legislation intended to shut down foreign websites that infringe copyrights would cause major headaches because it would allow copyright hold...

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