Category: Legislation

While we don’t often comment on politics, earlier today, president Obama laid forth a proposal to the Federal Communications Commission to enact the toughest Open Net-Neutrality laws possible.  His commentary that the Internet should remain unregulated with respect to control of content access is the first real proposal for such openness from his administration. Obama’s detailed proposal came through an open letter to the people on Whitehouse.gov and is as follows: An open Internet is essential to the American economy,…

The SOPA Bill which was initially intended as an anti piracy bill, is now looking like it is becoming less of a threat to become Law.   The White House and President Obama spoke out against the bill this past weekend and congress has now officially dropped the bill. This does not mean that there will not be some type of legislation forthcoming, as the PIPA bill is still being actively pursued in the Senate, in spite of seven senators coming…

PIPA, the senate version of SOPA is now officially on the rocks.  Seven members of the Senate who are co-sponsors of the bill are now asking Majority Leader, Harry Reid, not to hold a vote on PIPA.   Apparently, they have been feeling the heat from their constituents and are finally agreeing that there are just too many issues with the bill as written that would severely censor the internet, cause litigation and impede on the 1st Amendment rights of Americans….