Stephen Siwek, a consultant at Economist Incorporated, discusses how the cost of piracy is determined.

A SOPA/PIPA protest, and a Yahoo! founder's departure.

Today, Wikipedia is blacking-out its site to protest the Stop Online Piracy Act. But are the costs of online piracy as high as some claim?

Congress could abandon legislation aimed at curbing online piracy amid a battle between Hollywood and Silicon Valley.

Megaupload vs. Universal Music Group

How a few bills before Congress could alter the web forever.

Things are heating up.

The House Judiciary Committee holds a hearing this morning on the Stop Online Piracy Act. The legislation would give the government a lot more power to enforce copyrights online for things like movies and medicines.

The controversial Stop Online Piracy Act or SOPA will be the sole subject of a House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday. SOPA is the House version of the Senate’s Protect IP act which got strangled by Senator Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) who echoed the views of many in the tech industry that the measure gave law enforcement far too much power in shutting down websites that are suspected of trafficking in unlicensed content…