PIPA

Numbers

WTF Is CISPA?

Beth Callaghan in Numbers on May 1 at 4:45 pm PT

With SOPA and PIPA out of the picture, it seemed like digital privacy was less threatened. Then along came the new cybersecurity bill on the block, CISPA.

Google’s Q1 Federal Lobbying Receipt: $5M

Liz Gannes in News on April 23 at 3:45 am PT

Google spent $5.03 million on federal lobbying in the first quarter of 2012, according to a regulatory document filed Friday.

Netflix Says Its PAC Is Not About SOPA

Peter Kafka in Media on April 9 at 3:12 pm PT

Yes, Reed Hastings wants to influence government. Just like lots of big media and tech companies.

Viacom’s Philippe Dauman Has a Bundle, Will Travel: The Full Dive Into Media Interview

Peter Kafka in Dive Into Media on February 14 at 5:00 am PT

Want Snooki via Google TV, or Apple TV, or whatever new platform wants to play? You’ll have to pay for all of Viacom’s cable channels, too. Speaking of Snooki …

News Corp.’s Chase Carey Says Phone Hacking Doesn’t Indicate a Culture Problem

Liz Gannes in Dive Into Media on January 31 at 4:55 pm PT

“It certainly has been a difficult year,” said News Corp. COO Chase Carey at D: Dive Into Media this afternoon.

Viacom’s Philippe Dauman Says “Mob Mentality” Doomed SOPA and PIPA

Liz Gannes in Dive Into Media on January 31 at 10:30 am PT

Viacom President and CEO Philippe Dauman says he’s unhappy with how SOPA and PIPA turned out.

Voices

Silence of the Lambs: The Missing Voice of Authors in the SOPA Debate

Lisa Alter, Partner, Alter & Kendrick in Voices on January 30 at 12:26 pm PT

The recent mainstream media frenzy surrounding the Stop Online Piracy Act is perhaps most notable for the voice that is absent in the debate: The individual creator of intellectual property.

Privacy Less Controversial Than Piracy? For Now, Web Giants Don’t Sound the Alarm on EU Data Protection.

Liz Gannes in Social on January 26 at 2:29 pm PT

Though Internet companies seemed to have found their political voices during the U.S. SOPA/PIPA debate over Internet piracy last week, they’re less up in arms about another proposed bill.

Digital Music Sales Grow Worldwide, but Big Music Still Frets About Pirates

Peter Kafka in Media on January 23 at 7:42 am PT

Give people a choice, and they might pay for digital music, after all. Also, it helps if they can’t steal it.

Anonymous Fails, Once Again, to Make Its Point

Arik Hesseldahl in News on January 20 at 1:58 pm PT

Big as they were, the attacks carried out in revenge for the Megaupload arrests accomplished nothing significant.