OPEN Act to Replace SOPA and PIPA

So, how many of you out there breathed a sigh of relief when news broke that SOPA was postponed and PIPA was all but dead? Well suck that breathe back in because while those bills have been postponed for the moment the Online Protection & Enforcement of Digital Trade (OPEN) Act has been introduced.

ACTA: What They Don’t Tell You

Not worried about foreign legislature? Get worried. If you thought SOPA and PIPA were bad check out the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), which was first proposed back in June of 2008, but hasn’t actually become an large standing issue until December 3, 2011 when the final drafts of the bill were created. ACTA is a proposed plurilateral agreement for the purpose of establishing international standards on intellectual property rights enforcement. What is ACTA in laymen’s terms?

SOPA Has Woken The Sleeping Giant, And We Are It

“One should always play fairly when one has the winning cards.” 
— Oscar Wilde

If you’ve been online at all today and you aren’t completely daft then I’m sure you’ve seen the black block out banners above and across certain websites, the 503 errors and sometimes humorous albeit inappropriate message on ‘going dark’. The war between the internet and the Government has hit the ground running and me thinks the internet is on the winning side.

Senator McCain’s Imperfections Spur on Young Voters

I was sitting in Political Science class the other day and a debate between two students about the presidential candidates caught my attention. I turned in their direction; because let’s face it I’m nosey by nature, to listen in on what they were saying. A comment the girl made about Senator John McCain caught my attention.