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Megaupload Shutdown May Help SOPA's Supporters and Critics
By Andrew Chow, Esq. | Last updated on
The Justice Department's Megaupload shutdown raises questions about a pair of anti-Internet piracy bills being considered by Congress: Do the feds even need...
EA's Battefield Court Battle: 1st Amend. Right to Depict Helicopter
By Cynthia Hsu, Esq. | Last updated on
Game maker EA's Battlefield is now a court -- instead of a virtual warzone. The company has filed for declaratory relief. It wants a California court to rule...
Police Target Xbox Users for Stakeouts, Console Searches
By Stephanie Rabiner, Esq. | Last updated on
First, it was computers. Then it was cell phones. And now? It's gaming consoles. Hacktivist group Anonymous recently targeted the email account of a...
Is Homeland Security Watching You Online?
By Andrew Chow, Esq. | Last updated on
FindLaw columnist Eric Sinrod writes regularly in this section on legal developments surrounding technology and the Internet. Are George Orwell's fears of a...
Man Gets 1 Year in Prison for Uploading Pirated 'Wolverine' Movie
By Stephanie Rabiner, Esq. | Last updated on
About a month before its 2009 theatrical release, Gilberto Sanchez uploaded a bootleg copy of X-Men Origins: Wolverine to popular download site Megaupload. The...
Wikipedia Blacks Out for SOPA Protest
By Stephanie Rabiner, Esq. | Last updated on
Enjoy your Wikipedia while you can tonight. When the clock strikes midnight Wednesday morning, the entire world will be unable to access Wikipedia's...