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[ NNSquad ] Business Group Backs Off from SOPA Support / Senator Promises PIPA Filibuster / EU Commission Pans Copyright
Business Group Backs Off from SOPA Support
http://j.mp/vqRC4e (ars technica)
"After initially coming out in favor of the Stop Online Piracy Act, the
controversial and sweeping copyright protection measure now moving
through Congress, the Business Software Alliance now seems to be
reversing itself as the legislation progresses."
Senator Promises PIPA Filibuster
http://j.mp/tjUP33 (Wired)
"Senator Promises But Wyden's office reports Monday that there's
movement afoot to undo that hold, 60 Senate votes are needed. And the
vote could come following the Thanksgiving holiday. If PIPA reaches
the floor, Wyden promises he will exercise another Senate rule: the
filibuster."
EU Commission Pans Copyright
http://j.mp/uEy6dm (ZDNET)
"People have come to see copyright as a tool of punishment, Europe's
technology chief has said in her strongest-yet attack on the current
copyright system. Digital agenda commissioner Neelie Kroes said on
Saturday that the creative industries had to embrace rather than
resist new technological ways of distributing artistic works. She
added that the existing copyright system was not rewarding the vast
majority of artists."
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SOPA may be far from "Gone with the Wind," but it's looking
more and more like "Ishtar."
--Lauren--
Lauren Weinstein (lauren@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren
Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org
Founder:
- Network Neutrality Squad: http://www.nnsquad.org
- Global Coalition for Transparent Internet Performance: http://www.gctip.org
- PRIVACY Forum: http://www.vortex.com
Member: ACM Committee on Computers and Public Policy
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