Legislation
California broadband users get expanded privacy protection
If you live in California and use a mobile app that collects personal data and transmits that data over a broadband or other connection, you have a whole set of laws that protect you. These laws also allow you to report apps that infringe on your privacy to California’s Attorney ...
SOPA and PIPA protests grow throughout the web
Broadband Expert has been covering the latest protests against SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) and PIPA (Protect IP Act) by Wikipedia and others and the movie industry’s response. Today, Google joined in by showing solidarity with Wikipedia and others by posting a Google doodle that is a black censor bar blocking ...
Film industry head calls Wikipedia blackout a gimmick
The MPAA (Motion Picture Association of America) CEO has called the blackout of Wikipedia protesting the SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) and PIPA (Protect IP Act) a “gimmick.” Broadband Expert wrote about the coming Wikipedia blackout where Jimmy Wales, a co-founder of Wikipedia announced the blackout would happen all of ...
PIPA and SOPA may be in trouble as White House grumblings surface
PIPA (Protect Intellectual Property Act) and SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) may be changed or even put on hold. This legislation is being pushed for fast-track approval by the movie and music companies along with others. The original intent of the legislation is for the United States to be able shut ...
Wikipedia is shutting down Wednesday to protest SOPA and PIPA
If you try to use an English language of Wikipedia on Wednesday you will be totally out of luck. Wikipedia will be taken off line to protect SOPA and PIPA. Jimmy Wales, a co-founder of Wikipedia, is making a whale of a statement by shuttering the popular reference site. Wikipedia has ...
Senator Leahy says to pass PIPA and worry about the DNS blocking effects later
Senator Leahy is pushing to pass PIPA legislation through before anyone takes a look at what the effects of DNS blocking will do to users in the United States and the rest of the world. It would make much more sense to study what the DNS blocking section will do ...
Dump Go Daddy Day is tomorrow December 29th
The Dump Go Daddy Day all started on Reddit where a user by the name of selfprodigy told everyone he was moving his small business domains to another provider. Selfprodigy suggested everyone transfer their domains on December 29th. As social media sometimes does, this idea took off like wildfire through a ...
Go Daddy loses around $370,000 in revenue due to SOPA stance
Go Daddy lost about $370,000 in revenue each year for the coming years just because they came out in support of SOPA. If you want to know what SOPA is, Broadband Expert wrote about it. Shortly after Go Daddy’s name turned up on a list of companies that supported SOPA, a ...
How to get around SOPA and censorship
With everyone up in arms about SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act), people have been busy protesting and writing letters to their congresspersons. Others have taken to the blogosphere and are spreading the protest against Internet censorship. Broadband Expert has written about DaJaz1, a victim of the current DOJ/ICE operations. They were ...
Vint Cerf tells congress not to pass PIPA or SOPA
Vint Cerf, one of the Fathers of the Internet, signed an open letter to congress. The letter urges them not to pass the internet protection legislation currently being considered (PIPA and SOPA) by congress and was also signed by 82 other inventors, company founders and engineers. PIPA, or the Protect IP ...
