Topic: Patrick Leahy

SOPA and PIPA: What Went Wrong?

For Internet activists, last week's Web protests against two controversial copyright enforcement bills were a huge victory against three powerful...
The NetCoalition, the organization of Internet companies like Google, Yahoo and eBay that was instrumental in turning back anti-piracy legislation...

Stream Gauges May Still Be in Jeopardy

Earlier this month Senators Patrick Leahy and Chuck Schumer secured some funding for the seventeen Lake Champlain Basin stream gauges. But at an...

SOPA Getting a Face-Lift: How Evil Will It Be?

Photo: Richard Drew/AP. . The House version of the Stop Online Piracy Act, the proposed anti-piracy legislation that drew a planned and widespread...

Reid Calls Off Protect IP Act Vote

Photo: studio08denver/Flickr/CC. . Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nevada) on Friday delayed indefinitely a vote on the Protect IP Act, the...

Stopping SOPA

Tweet . . . AFTER this week a lot more people will know that SOPA stands for the Stop Online Piracy Act. Some 30m-40m of them, estimated...
Opponents of the Stop Online Piracy Act and the Protect IP Act cheered Wednesday's Web blackout as a turning point in the debate over the two ...
Two activist groups, one liberal and one conservative, have joined together in a campaign to defeat U.S. lawmakers supporting two controversial ...
Legislation giving equal federal rights to same-sex married couples in the United States cleared a major hurdle Thursday, but it still has far to go before it becomes the law of the land.By a 10-8 vote along party lines, the Senate ...
The IRS has some pretty tough privacy laws. If you've ever tried to order a tax transcript or ask a tax question, you know what I'm talking about...