Seven executives from Megaupload, a very popular site for sharing files, were indicted, The Washington Post’s Sari Horowitz and Cecilia Kang reported Thursday. Federal officials said the site was flagrantly disobeying copyright laws and protections. Megaupload attorney Ira Rothken denied those charges.
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SOPA action delayed in Congress
The action by Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Tex.) on the Stop Online Piracy Act came a couple of hours after Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said that he would delay a cloture vote on a similar Senate bill, the Protect IP (Intellectual Property) Act.
The bills are intended to narrowly address the problem of piracy on foreign Web sites. They differ slightly, but both measures grant the Justice Department the power to order Web sites to remove links to sites that are suspected of pirating copyrighted materials. Proponents of the legislation, including movie studios and recording companies, say that the bill safeguards American intellectual property and protects consumers against counterfeit goods. But opponents argue that the legislation gives the federal government too much power to take control of Web sites and amounts to a form of Internet censorship.
More in Washington Post's SOPA action delayed in House until ‘wider consensus’
Смешное: Аноним взял на себя ответственность за атаки на государственные сайт и сайты развлекательной медиаиндустрии. Аноним. А платить кто будет? Пушкин?
The action by Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Tex.) on the Stop Online Piracy Act came a couple of hours after Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) said that he would delay a cloture vote on a similar Senate bill, the Protect IP (Intellectual Property) Act.
The bills are intended to narrowly address the problem of piracy on foreign Web sites. They differ slightly, but both measures grant the Justice Department the power to order Web sites to remove links to sites that are suspected of pirating copyrighted materials. Proponents of the legislation, including movie studios and recording companies, say that the bill safeguards American intellectual property and protects consumers against counterfeit goods. But opponents argue that the legislation gives the federal government too much power to take control of Web sites and amounts to a form of Internet censorship.
More in Washington Post's SOPA action delayed in House until ‘wider consensus’
Смешное: Аноним взял на себя ответственность за атаки на государственные сайт и сайты развлекательной медиаиндустрии. Аноним. А платить кто будет? Пушкин?
