Drew Olanoff / The Next Web:
Desperation: Go Daddy calling customers, begging them to stay — Not to keep beating a dead horse (or elephant), but Go Daddy continues to screw up with its latest PR effort is to let you know that it was just kidding, and that it doesn’t really support SOPA.
John Paul Titlow / ReadWriteWeb:
GoDaddy’s SOPA Support Sparks Calls for Boycotts and Domain Transfers — The list of companies that support the controversial piece of U.S. legislation called the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) is fairly predictable. It includes huge media conglomerates, music industry groups, pharmaceutical companies and the like.
Declan McCullagh / CNET News:
How SOPA’s ‘circumvention’ ban could put a target on Tor — A little-noticed section of the Stop Online Piracy Act could make it illegal to distribute Tor and other software that can “circumvent” attempts by the U.S. government to block pirate Web sites. — The controversial Hollywood …
Josh Constine / TechCrunch:
45 Privacy Changes Facebook Will Make To Comply With Data Protection Law — In 2012, Facebook will be making 45 privacy-related changes to comply with the recommendations of an audit by Ireland’s Office of the Data Protection Commissioner (DPC) released today.
Adam Savage / Popular Mechanics:
MythBuster Adam Savage: SOPA Could Destroy the Internet as We Know It — Soon the U.S. Congress will reconvene to consider the Protect IP Act and the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA). Mythbuster and PM contributing editor Adam Savage says that if these sweeping pieces of legislation pass …
Adam Clark Estes / The Atlantic Wire:
Coders Are Already Finding Ways Around SOPA Censorship — A developer who calls himself T Rizk doesn’t have much faith in Congress making the right decision on anti-piracy legislation, so he’s built a work around for the impending censorship measures being considered: DeSOPA.
Grant McCool / Reuters:
Internet poker owner says he broke U.S. gambling law — (Reuters) – One of the owners of three of the largest Internet poker companies pleaded guilty on Tuesday to a criminal charge of deceiving U.S. banks over the processing of gambling proceeds. — Absolute Poker co-owner Brent Beckley …
Stanford Law Review:
Don’t Break the Internet — Mark Lemley is the William H. Neukom Professor at Stanford Law School — David Levine is an Assistant Professor at Elon University School of Law — David Post is a Professor at Beasley School of Law, Temple University — Two bills now pending in Congress …