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The real reasons why SOPA and PIPA are real bad

Following last week's Backspin, reader Alex Gonzales (Sweetwater, Texas) wrote to me: "Just read your SOPA article and I guess I'm just not seeing the big picture. If the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and Protect Intellectual Property Act (PIPA) could put an end to online piracy and stop a lot of those damn viruses, maybe even stop hackers -- what's bad about that? You say bad for business, bad for Internet -- but how? How is stopping/policing the bad stuff on the Internet bad? Give me some real reasons as to why [SOPA/PIPA] is bad. And don't tell me to go read the SOPA/PIPA bills in their entirety."

By Mark Gibbs | 28 January, 2012 02:20

Tags: US Department of Justice, Stop Online Piracy Act, SOPA, security, riaa, Recording Industry Association of America, Protect Intellectual Property Act, piracy, PIPA, music piracy, mpaa, movie piracy, Motion Picture Association of America, law, Intel, due process, doj, constitution
Websites protest anti-piracy legislation

January 18 is a date that will live in ignorance, as Wikipedia started a 24-hour blackout of its English-language articles, joining other sites in a protest of pending US legislation aimed at shutting down sites that share pirated movies and other content.

By AAP | 19 January, 2012 08:30

Tags: wikipedia, SOPA, piracy, anti-piracy
Federal government quietly changes copyright document

The Attorney’s General Department (AGD) has made unannounced changes to its latest discussion paper on copyright, removing a proposal for a streamlined process for copyright owners to access user details from ISPs for legal reasons

By Chloe Herrick | 17 October, 2011 12:36

Tags: safe harbour provisions, Pirate Party, piracy, ISPs, copyright, Attorney-General's Department (AGD)
System to notify consumers of Web piracy

Hollywood studios, recording labels and internet service providers have created a program to alert internet subscribers when their accounts are used to access movies, songs and other content that entertainment companies consider unauthorised.

By AAP | 08 July, 2011 14:59

Tags: piracy, illegal downloading
In pictures: iiNet issues piracy discussion paper

Aims to encourage legitimate use of online content

By CIO Staff | 15 March, 2011 17:28

Tags: piracy, online content, iinet, copyright, AFACT v iiNet

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Gotcha! Pursuing software pirates

You might not realize it, but two out of every 10 of your co-workers might be using pirated software, according to industry statistics. You might be, too, for that matter, particularly if you work in manufacturing or at a small or midsize company with 100 to 500 PCs. You just might not know it.

By Julia King | 15 September, 2009 08:06

Tags: software piracy, piracy, movie piracy, anti-piracy

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