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Two Congressional bills designed to curb pirated content on the internet were stopped dead in their tracks earlier this month after a massive protest by Wikipedia and other websites persuaded lawmakers to take a closer look at the legislation.
[...]This week’s “YouSpeak†asks, “Should the government regulate the internet?â€
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Sumner Redstone (Hon.'94), the majority owner of National Amusements and the chairman of the boards of Viacom, the CBS Corporation, and the MTVi Group, speaks at the School of Law about the challenges of keeping a media company profitable in the [...]digital age. Best known for his mid-1990s statement "Content is king," Redstone discusses the ongoing threat of content piracy and offers a "digital manifesto" for the long-term success of both artists and media companies: collaboration between major media corporations in the fight against piracy and intellectual property theft.
Hosted by Boston University School of Law and College of Communication on September 18, 2007.
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