Protect IP – ISOC LIVE NOTICEBOARD

5:44 pm on November 16, 2011 · censorship (19), copyright (79), Protect IP (2), SOPA (14), trademarks (3), USG (40)

House Judiciary Committee holds hearing on HR.3261, opposition mounts #SOPA

November 16, 2011 by isoc-ny

Today, Wed. November 16 2011 the U.S House of Representatives Judiciary Committee held a hearing on H.R. 3261, the Stop Online Piracy Act, which was introduced October 26, 2011. This hearing, of which no recording is currently available, was controversial – not only because of the provisions of the Act, but also because, with the exception of Google, every invited witness is a vocal proponent.

Opponents have deemed today American Censorship Day and statements have been issued opposing the bill including letters from corporations, advocacy groups, members of Congress and law professors.

A petition on the White House site has already surpassed its target of 25k signatures.

2:03 am on July 5, 2011 · copyright (79), David Post (1), internet freedom (81), net freedom (7), Protect IP (2)

90+ Law & IP Professors sign letter opposing Protect IP Act #copyright #netfreedom

July 5, 2011 by isoc-ny

Writing on the Volokh Conspiracy blog on July 4 David Post – author of In Search of Jefferson’s Moose: Notes on the State of Cyberspace – notes that over 90 Law and IP professors have signed a letter opposing the proposed Protect IP Act. He says:

The bill, which will allow the government to obtain injunctions against domain names hosting allegedly copyright-infringing or trademark-infringing material, and to have those domain names deleted from the Internet’s databases, represents a serious assault on the fundamental principles that have built the Net — the design principles at the heart of its technical infrastructure, and the free speech principles it has done so much to foster and cultivate around the globe, all at the behest of your friends in the recording and motion picture industries.

The full text of the letter is below