Category Archives: public policy

Urgent: more action needed to stop SOPA

Posted on December 14, 2011 by Mike Linksvayer

Update 12/16 The hearings are still going on; please keep calling, emailing, and otherwise spreading the word! Tomorrow the House Judiciary Committee will debate and potentially vote on SOPA, the Internet Blacklist bill that would break the Internet. Our friends at the Electronic Frontier Foundation have compiled a list of 12 actions you can take [...] Continue reading →

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Apply for the 2012 Google Policy Fellowship with Creative Commons

Posted on December 13, 2011 by Timothy Vollmer

We’re happy to announce that for the fourth year Creative Commons will take part in the Google Policy Fellowship program. Submit your application by February 3, 2012. The Google Policy Fellowship program offers undergraduate, graduate, and law students interested in Internet and technology policy the opportunity to spend the summer contributing to the public dialogue on [...] Continue reading →

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Urgent: Stop [U.S.] American censorship of the Internet

Posted on November 12, 2011 by Mike Linksvayer

November 16 the U.S. Congress will hold hearings on a bill that would unfairly, recklessly and capriciously enable and encourage broad censorship of the Internet in the name of suppressing distribution of works not authorized by copyright holders. As Public Knowledge aptly summarizes, the “Stop Online Piracy Act” would seriously “threaten the functioning, freedom, and [...] Continue reading →

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