Stop Online Piracy Act – The European Union Times ⚡ Shocking Hidden News Reports ⚡ https://www.eutimes.net We deliver exclusive hidden news that you won't just find anywhere, information that nobody wants you to know about. Updated 1 minute ago. Sat, 04 Apr 2015 00:36:53 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 Norway readying draconian SOPA-like internet law https://www.eutimes.net/2013/05/norway-readying-draconian-sopa-like-internet-law/ https://www.eutimes.net/2013/05/norway-readying-draconian-sopa-like-internet-law/#respond Mon, 06 May 2013 20:53:02 +0000 http://www.eutimes.net/?p=27294 Norway is taking steps to tackle websites like The Pirate Bay to eliminate online copyright infringement by amending the Copyright Act. The revisions are popular in parliament and if passed will grant authorities the right to block sites at the ISP level. The proposed amendments make it easier to locate both website owners and end-users […]

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]]> https://www.eutimes.net/2013/05/norway-readying-draconian-sopa-like-internet-law/feed/ 0 Dutch Parliament denies ACTA before EU vote https://www.eutimes.net/2012/05/dutch-parliament-denies-acta-before-eu-vote/ https://www.eutimes.net/2012/05/dutch-parliament-denies-acta-before-eu-vote/#respond Tue, 29 May 2012 21:42:18 +0000 http://www.eutimes.net/?p=21578 Lawmakers in Holland have voted to strike down the international Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), slammed by many as a free speech and information access choker. Dutch MPs have also ruled the government will never sign any such agreement. The Dutch parliamentarians have opted not to wait for the EU’s vote on ACTA which is set […]

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]]> https://www.eutimes.net/2012/05/dutch-parliament-denies-acta-before-eu-vote/feed/ 0 Germany refuses to sign ACTA amid protests https://www.eutimes.net/2012/02/germany-refuses-to-sign-acta-amid-protests/ https://www.eutimes.net/2012/02/germany-refuses-to-sign-acta-amid-protests/#respond Fri, 10 Feb 2012 22:14:51 +0000 http://www.eutimes.net/?p=19730 Germany has delayed signing the ACTA treaty on intellectual property theft after its Justice Ministry voiced its concerns about the legislation. It is the fifth EU country to challenge approval of the debated treaty. ­The Justice Ministry said that the European Parliament should vote on ACTA before it is considered by the state’s parliament. Three […]

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]]> https://www.eutimes.net/2012/02/germany-refuses-to-sign-acta-amid-protests/feed/ 0 SOPA and PIPA Postponed Indefinitely by US Congress https://www.eutimes.net/2012/01/sopa-and-pipa-postponed-indefinitely-by-us-congress/ https://www.eutimes.net/2012/01/sopa-and-pipa-postponed-indefinitely-by-us-congress/#comments Sat, 21 Jan 2012 14:48:53 +0000 http://www.eutimes.net/?p=19428 The Internet was awarded a major victory Friday morning as US Congress announced that they will indefinitely postpone voting on the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Protect IP Act (PIPA). The win, while a major success viewed in the eyes of advocates for a free and open Internet, is for the meantime, however, […]

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]]> https://www.eutimes.net/2012/01/sopa-and-pipa-postponed-indefinitely-by-us-congress/feed/ 2 SOPA: Co-sponsors Defect, Backtrack After Blackout https://www.eutimes.net/2012/01/sopa-co-sponsors-defect-backtrack-after-blackout/ https://www.eutimes.net/2012/01/sopa-co-sponsors-defect-backtrack-after-blackout/#respond Thu, 19 Jan 2012 10:28:42 +0000 http://www.eutimes.net/?p=19404 Cockroaches scatter as spotlight is pointed at Internet censorship bill. Lawmakers have begun to jump ship following a day of protest against the draconian internet legislation, the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Senate version of the bill, the Protect IP Act (PIPA). As many major websites such as Wikipedia and Google participated in […]

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]]> https://www.eutimes.net/2012/01/sopa-co-sponsors-defect-backtrack-after-blackout/feed/ 0 Reddit to shut-down over SOPA and PIPA https://www.eutimes.net/2012/01/reddit-to-shut-down-over-sopa-and-pipa/ https://www.eutimes.net/2012/01/reddit-to-shut-down-over-sopa-and-pipa/#comments Wed, 11 Jan 2012 21:57:42 +0000 http://www.eutimes.net/?p=19250 The passing of the Stop Online Piracy Act, or SOPA, could very well scrub the Internet clean of any content that the US government considers questionable. The massively popularly website Reddit is well aware of these implications and is ready to show the world just what harm SOPA could do to the Internet. On January […]

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]]> https://www.eutimes.net/2012/01/reddit-to-shut-down-over-sopa-and-pipa/feed/ 1 Thousands leave GoDaddy over registrar's support for SOPA https://www.eutimes.net/2011/12/thousands-leave-godaddy-over-registrars-support-for-sopa/ https://www.eutimes.net/2011/12/thousands-leave-godaddy-over-registrars-support-for-sopa/#respond Fri, 30 Dec 2011 22:29:31 +0000 http://www.eutimes.net/?p=19081 Thousands of website domains were transferred on Thursday from the Internet’s top registrar Go Daddy as part of a colossal campaign against the service for its support of the Stop Online Piracy Act. With managing close to 50 million domain names, Go Daddy is the largest registrar on the web and has customers across the […]

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]]> https://www.eutimes.net/2011/12/thousands-leave-godaddy-over-registrars-support-for-sopa/feed/ 0 Bloggers unite to crush SOPA https://www.eutimes.net/2011/12/bloggers-unite-to-crush-sopa/ https://www.eutimes.net/2011/12/bloggers-unite-to-crush-sopa/#respond Wed, 28 Dec 2011 22:58:21 +0000 http://www.eutimes.net/?p=19047 The war over copyright infringement on the Internet might seem like an easy one for some members of Congress, but for supporters of the Stop Online Piracy Act, Capitol Hill is about to battle it out with some big opponents: bloggers. From micromessages warning of the dangers of the act on Twitter in under 140 […]

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