The possibility of the SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) passing in late January is starting to become much more of a reality to many online presences. Sites such as Google, Facebook, Amazon, Twitter, Wikipedia, and Paypal are among those that are strongly opposed to the proposed bill. A coordinated blackout is supposedly in the works as a last resort effort to let the government know that they won't let it go ...

Ever since ICANN officially opened the doors to .xxx domains for pornography use, non-porn websites have been frantically trying to either secure the respective domains or have them blocked. New .xxx addresses became available to the public last week, but some schools didn't wait that long to secure important addresses, as a way to prevent adult content providers from profitting off them. Beginning two mont ...

I just came across an interesting article on PCMag.com regarding online piracy and looks at it from a different angle. The Swiss government has decided that it will not implement an additional legislative solution to copyright infringement, arguing that the money consumers save via piracy is spent later on other entertainment expenses. In a statement released on Nov. 30, the government's department of intel ...

More competition on the horizon for the already struggling Netflix. Our source says that Verizon is in fact planning a major partnership with RedBox, whose fast-growing business of $1 (now $1.20) DVD-rental kiosks has made it a major player in the content distribution game. They aim to debut a TV and movie streaming and download service this coming May. The service is called Project Zoetrope internally, and ...

In case you haven't checked out youtube recently to get your daily fill of lunacy, you may notice that it's gotten a MAJOR facelift next time you visit. YouTube on Thursday launched the most extensive changes to its appearance, organization and function in its six-year history as the Internet's top video site prepares for the fast-approaching time when people will expect to be able to watch the same video c ...

Google has been teasing us for awhile now with their 'google music' service that will rival other similar services such as amazon and itunes. The event is expected to bring the launch of Google's online music download store, the latest such digital storefront from the search giant. Google already operates a digital store for books, as well as for software applications on both its Android and Chrome platform ...