Despite the tremendous opposition to SOPA and PIPA in the United States, lobbyists are pushing Canada to incorporate SOPA-like provisions into Bill C-11, Canada’s latest attempt to toughen their copyright protections. Michael Geist, a Canadian …

Under the DMCA, jailbreaking is an exemption to the anti-circumvention provisions. However, the exemption expires in 2012 and a digital rights advocacy group is petitioning the Copyright Office to extend the jailbreaking exemption.

Grooveshark faces lawsuits from all the major music labels for copyright infringement. Will the “safe harbor” provision of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act protect it from liability or will Grooveshark’s reliance on the provision be its downfall?

The arrest of Kim Dotcom in New Zealand demonstrates that the Obama Administration values the contributions of the entertainment industry to the United States economy and is willing to protect those contributions.

The Supreme Court recently ruled in Golan v. Holder to uphold section 514 of the Uruguay Round Agreements Act which gives works by foreign authors the same copyright protection available to U.S. works.

A British publisher was barred by German courts from publishing a pamphlet that contained excerpts from Hitler’s Mein Kampf

Polish citizens protested this week to their government signing onto ACTA, voicing concerns that the adoption of its provisions would shift so much power to copyright holders that the people’s fundamental rights to digital privacy would be impaired. With the government going forward anyway, what will the protests accomplish?

In a state rife with division, disagreements over how to enforce anti-piracy legislation are separating traditional allies and showing the degree to which money and experience enable influence.

Justin Bieber’s activism highlights the legislative difficulties of regulating in the Internet age and puts the Commercial Felony Streaming Act in the spotlight.

Despite growing momentum against PIPA and SOPA, and a big Internet blackout on Wednesday, January 18, 2012, the bills are not dead yet; now is the time to call your Congressmen.