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House Takes Senate's Bad Internet Censorship Bill, Tries Making It Worse

Nate Anderson | Ars Technica | November 5, 2011

Imagine a world in which any intellectual property holder can, without ever appearing before a judge or setting foot in a courtroom, shut down any website's online advertising programs and block access to credit card payments. The credit card processors and the advertising networks would be required to take quick action against the named website; only the filing of a “counter notification” by the website could get service restored.

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Megaupload And The Government's Attack On Cloud Computing

Cindy Cohn and Julie Samuels | Electronic Frontier Foundation | October 31, 2012

Yesterday, EFF, on behalf of its client Kyle Goodwin, filed a brief proposing a process for the Court in the Megaupload case to hold the government accountable for the actions it took (and failed to take) when it shut down Megaupload's service and denied third parties like Mr. Goodwin access to their property. [...] Read More »

Megupload User To Court: Hold Government Accountable

Julie Samuels | Electronif Frontier Foundation | October 30, 2012

It’s been almost a year since Kyle Goodwin lost access to the lawful property that he stored on Megaupload. EFF, on his behalf, has asked the Court to order his data returned, and, more recently, has also asked the Court to unseal the confidential search warrants surrounding the third-party data at issue.  And it appears Mr. Goodwin is making some headway... Read More »