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US politicians put SOPA on hold

US politicians put SOPA on hold

...it was announced on Friday. US reprentative Lamar Smith said that the House Judiciary Committee, which he heads, "will postpone consideration of the legislation until... Read more

23 January, 2012 by Don Reisinger

SOPA: Cheat Sheet

Not soap - something that could undermine the fundamental interconnectedness of the internet... Read more

20 January, 2012 by Natasha Lomas

SOPA anti-piracy bill stalls after DNS blow

...Name System blocking from the Stop Online Piracy Act so that the [House Judiciary] Committee can further examine the issues surrounding this provision," Smith said... Read more

16 January, 2012

GoDaddy faces customer complaints over SOPA

...to prosecute not-for-profit copyright infringements. "We have worked with the House Judiciary Committee to make changes we believe are necessary and have made... Read more

23 December, 2011

US bill brings back blocking of foreign websites

...to web users. Representative Lamar Smith, the Texas Republican who heads the House Judiciary committee, said the measure will help "stop the flow of revenue... Read more

28 October, 2011 by Declan McCullagh

Congress pushes for specifics on internet monitoring plan

...a specific proposal?" said Rep. John Conyers, the senior Democrat on the House Judiciary committee. "How many years is this going to take?" Apparently recalling... Read more

26 January, 2011 by Declan McCullagh
1862 Mar Am Civil War Gazette 1.7

1862 Mar Am Civil War Gazette 1.7

...Union) dies in Virginia of wounds from Edward's Ferry U.S. House Judiciary Committee abandons emancipation as unconstitutional Homestead Act in the U.S... Read more

1 March, 2012

Congress isn't swallowing Carnivore

...US Department of Justice faced a sceptical -- and at times downright hostile -- House Judiciary Committee Monday during an oversight hearing on the constitutional issues raised... Read more

25 July, 2000 by Mary Jo Foley

DoJ's Klein grilled over Microsoft

...may have been a routine antitrust oversight hearing, but most of the House Judiciary Committee members in attendance had one thing on their minds: Microsoft... Read more

13 April, 2000 by Mary Jo Foley

US Report: Can government handle Starr report Web traffic?

...connections," Merriman added. 'No worse time' Earlier Thursday, the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, Henry Hyde, announced that at least some portions of the... Read more

11 September, 1998 by Maria Seminerio

Stephen King's cyber nightmare, more Napster nuttiness

...about Carnivore, the week ahead is going to be your week: The House Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing to learn more about the FBI... Read more

1 August, 2000 by Charles Cooper

Google offers rivals ability to resell e-books

...of that 37 percent, Drummond said. He announced the offer during a House Judiciary Committee hearing on digital books issues raised by Google Books project... Read more

11 September, 2009 by Stephen Shankland

US presses ahead with patent reforms

...meetings and arrived just one day after a similar bill cleared the House Judiciary Committee by a unanimous voice vote. The bills were identical when... Read more

23 July, 2007 by Anne Broache

How the Democrats' win affects tech

A Capitol Hill under Democrat control means priorities are bound to change in terms of technology-related legislation Read more

10 November, 2006 by Anne Broache and Declan McCullagh

House rejects net neutrality rules

...to alter antitrust laws — in a way that would have deprived the House Judiciary Committee of some of its influence. But in a last-minute... Read more

12 June, 2006 by Declan McCullagh

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