The head of the influential U.S. Copyright Office plans to offer an unqualified endorsement tomorrow of a controversial Hollywood-backed copyright bill.Maria Pallante will tell a congressional committee that the Stop Online Piracy Act, or SOPA, is “essential” to thwarting online piracy.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-31921_3-57325554-281/copyright-office-will-endorse-sopa-anti-piracy-bill/Also see:Google, Yahoo join opposition to rogue website legislation
Google, Yahoo, Facebook and several other large Web companies today joined a growing chorus of strong opposition to proposed legislation that aims to curb online IP and copyright theft by foreign sites.The opponents contend that the two proposed laws, the Stop Online Piracy Act (H.R. 3261) and the PROTECT IP Act (S.968), would result in Internet censorship.
http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/407537/google_yahoo_join_opposition_rogue_website_legislation/
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9221857/Google_Yahoo_join_opposition_to_rogue_website_legislationKey Net Firms Oppose Anti-Online Piracy bills
Several leading Internet companies are voicing strong concerns with House and Senate legislation to curb online piracy, saying the measures would impose new burdens that could stifle their industry’s innovation and growth.AOL, eBay, Facebook, Google, LinkedIn, Mozilla, Twitter, Yahoo and Zynga Game Network wrote the top leaders of the House and Senate Judiciary committees on Tuesday about the bills introduced by the chairmen of both panels.
http://techdailydose.nationaljournal.com/2011/11/key-net-firms-oppose-antionlin.php
