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Marco Rubio and Roy Blunt withdraw their support amid a wave of online and street protests.

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg has joined the growing chorus against the proposed anti-piracy bills in the US, saying the two 'poorly thought out laws' are not the 'right solutions' to the problem of piracy but will only harm

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Sea piracy worldwide dropped slightly in 2011 for the first time in five years but Somali pirates have intensified attacks and remained the greatest threat, a global maritime watchdog said Thursday.

The Stop Online Piracy Act and the Protect IP Act would provide significant protection for American consumers from online piracy and content theft. The bills would provide needed tools to combat foreign rogue Web sites. They target only the narrow

Self-described tech geek Jonathan Nelson speaks out against SOPA, the Stop Online Piracy Act, during a protest in San Francisco's Civic Center Wednesday Jan. 17, 2012. Nelson started a group called Hacks and Founders four years ago and helped organize

Websites, blogs, even community chatrooms, could be sued to destruction for linking to anything which turns out to involve "piracy". That crime is less cleanly defined than first appears, seeing as aggressive rights holders can sue if the briefest

It's starting to feel like colonial Boston around the Internet these days. Has anyone developed a Paul Revere avatar or

With free speech advocates, tech companies and even the White House lining up against it, the industry may face a choice: watered-down legislation or none at all.

Websites, blogs, even community chatrooms, could be sued to destruction for linking to anything which turns out to involve "piracy". That crime is less cleanly defined than first appears, seeing as aggressive rights holders can sue if the briefest

(AllHipHop News) President Obama has taken a stance against SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act), a bill that would allow the justice department to force Internet providers and search engines to block all sites accused of copyright

Washington (CNN) — The growing Internet protest–including a planned blackout by some websites Wednesday– against an online anti-piracy bill moving through Congress is "daunting," a Senate Democratic aide said

By Josh Lederman – 01/18/12 03:24 PM ET House and Senate members with difficult reelections less than a year away face a tough decision as opposition to two Internet anti-piracy bills continues to mount. The two bills — the Stop Online Piracy Act

With free speech advocates, tech companies and even the White House lining up against it, the industry may face a choice: watered-down legislation or none at all.

By Suzanne Choney. Updated at 5:05 a.m. ET: Any student burning the midnight oil Tuesday may have been disappointed as what has become a primary research tool, Wikipedia, blacked out its Web pages as part of a global

Washington (CNN) — The growing Internet protest–including a planned blackout by some websites Wednesday– against an online anti-piracy bill moving through Congress is "daunting," a Senate Democratic aide said

Sen. Marco Rubio said this morning that he is dropping support for a controversial Internet piracy bill, contending it is being rushed through the legislative process and could have "unintended consequences." His retreat

A number of major English-language websites around the world, including Wikipedia, have blacked out their pages Wednesday, to protest anti-piracy legislation under consideration by the US Congress. (Jan. 18) (/The Associated Press) Correction:

WASHINGTON – Internet protests on Wednesday quickly cut into Congressional support for anti-web piracy measures as lawmakers abandoned and rethought their backing for legislation that pitted new media interests against some of the most powerful

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The House of Representatives will resume work next month on a controversial bill aimed at stopping online piracy of movies, music and other content, a leading lawmaker said on Tuesday.

Today, January 18, is an important day for the Internet. Corporate websites, from Google to Twitpic, along with civil society groups and individuals, have all joined together in a common cause: to protest two American bills that

SOPA: Despite the anti-SOPA protests scheduled for Jan. 18, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Lamar Smith says Congress will reexamine the bill in February.

Web surfers may be surprised to find this “file not found” message at some of their favorite sites today as some websites “go black” to protest proposed anti-piracy laws under consideration at the federal level. (Patrick Flood photo illustration) Fond

This week Rupert Murdoch has decided to take to Twitter to let us know all about his views on movie piracy. His tweets have provided some nice nuggets of amusement that have been akin to your father telling you he's heard about this thing called the

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The House of Representatives will resume work next month on a controversial bill aimed at stopping online piracy of movies, music and other content, a leading lawmaker said on Tuesday.

"Need to find a better solution than #SOPA #DontBreakTheInternet," the Democratic House leader tweets.