Rep. Mike McCaul, R-Texas tries once again to erode privacy laws using CISPA, or the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act. Obama has already threatened to veto the measure.

Diffusing conspiracy theories of right wing nuts

Yesterday, the House of Representatives delivered a monstrous blow to the individual online liberty when they gave big business and big government yet another giveaway, operating under the guise of fighting those darn sneaky Chinese and Russians.

Congress is trying to censor the Internet, again.

At least three articles have suddenly been taken down from Canadian news sites. They concern the proposed ‘Bill C-51′ which would allow the Canadian government to require internet service providers to monitor and log the online and cellular activities of their customers and will give the government the ability to instruct authorities to subpoena these records with only a simple warrant.

I had the pleasure of chatting with the writer and director of The Last War Crime, The Pen, and he had some very startling things to say about his fight with Viacom and Youtube over the promotion of this film.

Is it another wolf in sheep’s clothing or is it a balanced approach to the real problem of online piracy?

In an announcement on Friday, Congressman Lamar Smith, the author of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) officially killed the bill after a day of massive protests that saw Wikipedia and Reddit go dark.

PIPA, the Protect IP Act, along with SOPA, the Stop Online Privacy Act, burned brightly throughout the halls of Congress for a little while, but after mass protest, they seem to have flamed out.

Isn’t it funny when a Republican calls for a law against something only for them to get caught doing what the new law punishes? The latest Republican to commit this kind of hypocrisy is Rep. Lamar Smith of Texas, who happens to be the author of the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA).

One infographic sums up over fifty years of failure to stop progress.

And he’ll only use his powers for good. Promise!!!

The list of politicians opposed to the Stop Online Piracy Act is growing. In a prepared statement, one of the most powerful conservatives in Congress has joined the likes of Darrell Issa, Ron Paul, and Nancy Pelosi in opposition of the controversial bill that would censor the internet.

SOPA poses a danger to the internet as we know it. Basically, under SOPA, an accusation of copyright violation is enough to allow the Department of Justice and any complainant who gets a court order, to shut down a website and websites that facilitate copyright infringement.