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Anti-piracy aims have driven the Ultimate Fighting Championship lately to spend more on federal lobbyists than any other sports organization except the NFL, a new report says. UFC spent $110,000 in the first quarter of this year on firms that lobby at th Full Article at USA Today

The only way the film industry can survive, according to entertainment lobbyists, is for Congress to pass a series of escalating, alphabet soup laws. I’m referring to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) of 1998 and the recent attempts by the ente Full Article at The Washington Post

Largely painted by U.S. media in the aftermath of his January arrest as a childish, self-indulgent, gun-toting oaf, Megaupload founder Kim Dotcom gets a surprisingly comprehensive and nuanced overview in an industry trade serving a not-so-sympathetic con Full Article at paidContent.org

The U.S. House of Representatives passed the Cyber Information and Security Protection Act late Thursday despite concerns over user privacy, the specter of SOPA/PIPA, and a veto threat from the Obama administration. The idea behind CISPA is to empower th Full Article at PC World

Google spent $5.03 million on lobbying in the first quarter of the year, the New York Times reported Monday. According to filings with the US House of Representatives, the company's spending represents a 240 percent increase from a year ago. It's a possi Full Article at Ars Technica

Google isn't fooling around when it comes to Washington. The search giant spent $5.03 million in first quarter, a 240 percent increase over the same period last year and an all-time high, according to federal disclosure records filed with the U.S. House Full Article at AdWeek

Have you heard of the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act? If not, you’re in for a crash course. Leading privacy and civil rights groups have declared last week Stop Cyber Spying Weekin an effort to get the word out about CISPA – yet another me Full Article at PC World

A new bill is pending on Capitol Hill that has privacy advocates preparing for battle. The backlash for CISPA (Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act) is reminiscent of the uprising against SOPA and PIPA earlier this year. Whether or not CISPA pas Full Article at PC World

Tim Berners-Lee at a press conference at W3C We mustn't allow record companies' fear that their business model isn't working to upset the openness of the internet, Tim Berners-Lee told Wired.co.uk in a press conference at W3C. The inventor of the web was Full Article at Ars Technica

For the top stories in tech, follow us on Twitter at PCMag. "I think the article is a pretty good read but is a short summary of a long discussion," he wrote in a Google+ post. "My thoughts got particularly distorted in the secondary coverage in a way t Full Article at PC Magazine

One of the qualifications for scoring a CE-Oh no 'round here is actually being a CEO -- so Sergey Brin does not receive that honor. We will, however, draw attention to what some might call his hyperbolic ramblings. In an interview with the Guardian , Goo Full Article at Engadget

Image: Courtesy of DigitalTrendsInternet activists are sounding the alarms on the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act, or CISPA, a bill that's headed for a vote in the U.S. House of Representatives. CISPA would give private companies new ways t Full Article at PC World

Former Sen. Chris Dodd (L), with director Clint Eastwood in Washington Nov. 8, 2011. UPI/Kevin Dietsch License photo WASHINGTON, April 13 (UPI) -- Chris Dodd , chairman of the Motion Picture Association of America, says he now thinks the Stop Online Pira Full Article at United Press International

In terms of Flixpac details Politico reported on Saturday that Chris Libertelli, head of government relations at Netflix, had filed the paperwork to create a PAC and it speculated that it would act in part to protect against attacks such as the Stop Onli Full Article at paidContent.org

For the top stories in tech, follow us on Twitter at PCMag. The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) and the Protect IP Act (PIPA) might have met their demise following a massive public outcry and an Internet blackout, but now a Kickstarter project wants to en Full Article at PC Magazine

Did the recent contentious debate over two controversial copyright enforcement bills leave you feeling soiled? An entrepreneur Kickstarter.com wants to help -- by printing the texts of the Stop Online Piracy Act and the Protect IP Act on toilet paper. A Full Article at PC World

“Our industries do something that no one else can do,” the Motion Picture Association of America’s Fritz Attaway said at the Association of American Publishers annual meeting this morning. “We create content that people want to have.” On a panel called “ Full Article at paidContent.org

Part of the long-running (and far from over) SOPA/PIPA battle was the drawing of lines in the sand by internet companies. While most recognized the danger of that irresponsible and short-sighted bill and took action against it, some companies supported i Full Article at TechCrunch

A U.S lawmaker has posted the controversial Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) online and is asking the public to comment and make changes to the copyright enforcement treaty. Representative Darrell Issa, a California Republican, posted ACTA on h Full Article at PC World