The MPA announces plans to work with US Congress to enact a SOPA-like anti-piracy law; SOPA was fiercely opposed by the tech industry and failed to pass in 2012
Winston Cho / The Hollywood Reporter :
Profile of non-profit Fight for the Future, which helped to kill SOPA, pass net neutrality rules, and now leads a fight against FCC's plan to repeal those rules
Cecilia Kang / New York Times :
Q&A with Evan Greer of the nonprofit Fight for the Future, who organized Wednesday's “Net Neutrality Day of Action”
but the rules are still getting scrapped Marguerite Reardon / CNET : Net neutrality fight could end up in court, senator says Jacob Kastrenakes / The Verge : AT&T's ‘support’ for net neutrality means ...
Tumblr, known for its activism on internet issues like net neutrality and the SOPA/PIPA fight, may change to be less outspoken, now that it's owned by Verizon
Kaitlyn Tiffany / The Verge :
Google, Yahoo, Facebook, Twitter, and Tumblr ask to file amicus brief in movie studio suit against MovieTube, which seeks broad site-blocking SOPA-like power
Tech Giants to Hollywood: Stop Trying to Resurrect SOPA — Google, Yahoo, Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr file a brief with the MPAA … See also Mediagazer
Movie studios sue MovieTube, seek SOPA-like power through broad site-blocking court order
Memo to MPAA: Congress didn't pass SOPA — Studios' suit demands “entire Internet” block, filtering infringing sites, EFF says. — Remember 2012, when there was that giant Internet backlash …
Google concerned by reports that MPAA is secretly working with studios to resurrect SOPA
The MPAA's Attempt to Revive SOPA Through A State Attorney General — We are deeply concerned about recent reports that the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) led a secret …
Sony leaks reveal how Hollywood aims to achieve SOPA-style DNS blocking under existing laws
Sony leaks reveal Hollywood is trying to break DNS, the backbone of the internet — Most anti-piracy tools take one of two paths: they either target the server that's sharing the files …