January 2012
9 posts
22 EU Countries Ratify ACTA, Key Parliament Member... →
Most member states of the European Union have signed the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) at a ceremony in Tokyo, Japan on Thursday, Jan. 26. ACTA is a global treaty that tries to normalize copyright protection and IP standards. It’s similar to SOPA and PIPA, proposed U.S. laws whic…
Watch(via Information Diet Livestream)
Our Director of Government Affairs is on right now, explaining how things work (or don’t work on the hill with SOPA and PIPA)
Freakonomics » How Much Do Music and Movie Piracy... →
Supporters of stronger intellectual property enforcement — such as those behind the proposed new Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and Protect IP Act (PIPA) bills in Congress — argue that online piracy is a huge problem, one which costs the U.S. economy between $200 and $250 billion per year, and is responsible for the loss of 750,000 American jobs.
These numbers seem truly dire: a $250 billion per...
Ship or Die: Contact Congress - Talk directly to... →
shipordie:
Today Ben and I are announcing the release of a new iPhone app called Contact Congress. What it does is really simple: grabs your location (or you can give us an address), locates your representatives, and lets you get on the phone with them in two taps.
Why we built it
Like many…
Watch(via LiveLeak.com - Al Gore comments on SOPA)