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Netflix discusses video privacy act, along with earnings

In its earnings release Wednesday, Netflix highlighted its fight to “modernize and simplify” the Video Privacy Protection Act to allow the company to integrate its services with Facebook in the United States. Read full article >>

Updating the Privacy Protection Act for the Digital Era

Cloud computing is all the rage. Traditionally, people had to store, manage and process data on a personal computer or local server. Cloud computing moves those functions to a remote server accessible from multiple locations.

Music Row executive lobbies for SOPA

The Stop Online Privacy Act, or SOPA was introduced as a way to prevent foreign Web sites from pirating music, movies and other intellectual property from the United States.

Wikipedia may join privacy act protest

Wikipedia may join privacy act protest Associated Press Copyright 2012 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Updated 05:51 p.m., Monday, January 16, 2012 Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales says the online encyclopedia will black out its website Wednesday to protest anti-piracy legislation under consideration in Congress ...

Posner's Remarks on Internet Freedom and Responsibility, October 2011

Congress has postponed floor votes for the Stop Online Privacy Act (SOPA) and the Protect IP Act (PIPA), bills intended to increase protections for copyrighted digital content .