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SOPA backers take new anti-piracy approach
(CNN) — SOPA appears to be dead. But the battle over Internet piracy is not.
In the wake of the debate over the Stop Online Piracy Act, supporters of that now-abandoned bill are looking to Internet service providers for help; they’re also taking other tacks that Web-freedom advocates say could have much the same effect as SOPA would have had.
That bill, which came before the U.S. Congress earlier this year, would have made it easier to shut down websites that illegally share music, movies and other content.
Opponents of SOPA, which included tech heavyweights such as Google, Facebook and Wikipedia, argued it was too broad and could effectively stifle expression online.
Remember the Wikipedia blackout? It was in protest
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Just Google it! Questions dumb people ask online
Editor’s note: Brenna Ehrlich and Andrea Bartz are the sarcastic brains behind humor blog and book “Stuff Hipsters Hate.” Got a question about etiquette in the digital world? Contact them at netiquette@cnn.com.
(CNN) — The online realm is replete with a vast cornucopia of information, just waiting to provide the hungry masses with nourishing nuggets of knowledge — or (as in “The Hunger Games”) scary-ass weapons of mass destruction.
So it baffles us to no end that instead of delving deep into said cornucopia and feasting on the kernels so lavished there when faced with a quandary, folks instead click on over to Twitter or Facebook and type missives akin to: “Der, der, der what day is Christmas this year?”
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Despite privacy fears, 2012 isn’t like 1984
Editor’s note: Pete Cashmore is founder and CEO of Mashable, a popular blog about tech news and digital culture. He writes regular columns about social media and tech for CNN.com.
(CNN) — Last week was a remarkable one for the Web: A week that proved George Orwell’s “Nineteen Eighty-Four” incredibly prescient yet woefully incorrect.
The online world is indeed allowing our every move to be tracked, while at the same time providing a counterweight to the emergence of Big Brother.
Nike last week announced the upcoming launch of the Nike FuelBand, a wristband that tracks your physical exercise and creates a “FuelScore” of your activity level. This score can optionally be shared with your friends on Twitter and Facebook.
Or how about the Fitbit Aria? Announced
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Why 2012, despite privacy fears, isn’t like 1984
Editor’s note: Pete Cashmore is founder and CEO of Mashable, a popular blog about tech news and digital culture. He writes regular columns about social media and tech for CNN.com.
(CNN) — Last week was a remarkable one for the Web: A week that proved George Orwell’s “Nineteen Eighty-Four” incredibly prescient yet woefully incorrect.
The online world is indeed allowing our every move to be tracked, while at the same time providing a counterweight to the emergence of Big Brother.
Nike last week announced the upcoming launch of the Nike FuelBand, a wristband that tracks your physical exercise and creates a “FuelScore” of your activity level. This score can optionally be shared with your friends on Twitter and Facebook.
Or how about the Fitbit Aria? Announced
Article source: http://rss.cnn.com/~r/rss/edition_technology/~3/W7dlaGR227I/index.html
Fed websites back after Anonymous attack
(CNN) — U.S. authorities overreacted in shutting down the online file-sharing site Megaupload and seeking criminal charges against its executives, the company’s American lawyer said Friday.
“We believe that the allegations are without merit and Megaupload is going to vigorously defend against the case,” attorney Ira Rothken said.
Federal authorities shut the site down Thursday, the same day they announced indictments against seven people connected to the site, accusing them of operating an “international organized criminal enterprise responsible for massive worldwide online piracy of copyrighted works.” Four of those charged were arrested Friday in New Zealand at the request of U.S. authorities.
The site, which traffic-tracking service Alexa ranked as the world’s 72nd most visited website before it was taken down, allowed users to share and download files, many of which were copyrighted works made available
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