How do you protect content and intellectual property on the Internet? Despite many iterations of security solutions and legal prohibitions, the problem of digital piracy remains a huge one for the industry. Part of the challenge is that the line between the legitimate use of commercially-protected content and piracy can be murky, raising enforcement issues that potentially threaten law-abiding consumers. As Datamation reports, the digital rights advocacy group, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, has lobbied against a controversial Senate bill, the Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act, designed to address digital privacy.
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), a prominent digital-rights group, is hailing the Senate Judiciary Committee’s decision to delay consideration of a controversial bill that would give law enforcement new authorities to combat Internet piracy.
The Combating Online Infringement and Counterfeits Act would create a legal avenue for the Justice Department to take action against websites set up primarily to traffic in pirated goods and content, including a provision for obtaining a court order requiring domain registries to shut down offending sites.
