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Internet piracy bill passes Legislature, goes to governor

Published on April 24, 2015 in Uncategorized by William March

A bill to combat Internet piracy of music and movies is heading to Gov. Rick Scott for consideration despite opposition from some of the nation’s biggest Internet companies. Senate Bill 604 passed 78-38 in the Florida House on Friday and had previously passed the Senate 36-3. It requires websites that sell commercial music and movies to post identification and contact information on their sites. Backers say it’s a consumer protection measure, to help prevent piracy and save consumers from viruses,…

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Justin Sayfie weighs in against Anitere Flores’ Internet disclosure bill

Published on April 24, 2015 in Top Headlines by Ryan Ray

Attorney and publisher of our friendly rival SayfieReview.com Justin Sayfie is better known on the Internet as a host for Florida news and opinion than an author of it. But this morning, Sayfie stepped out and offered a strident opinion on the issue of a telecoms regulation that may restrict electronic freedom of expression. In a notice in lieu of the morning news aggregation that usually appears at the top of the site, Sayfie writes that SB 604, the “True Origin of…

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Internet companies oppose Florida proposals to regulate web

Published on April 20, 2015 in Statewide/Top Headlines by William March

Some Florida lawmakers want to impose state-level regulations on the free-wheeling online world, and are drawing opposition from some of the nation’s biggest Internet companies including Google, Yahoo, Facebook and Ebay. The conflict is over two proposed laws. One would affect who controls a person’s email and social media accounts and the secrets they may contain when the owner dies or becomes incapacitated. The other would make the state a combatant against Internet piracy of music and movies. The bills’…

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