LOS ANGELES — The Hollywood trade newspaper Variety is putting its Web site behind a "pay wall" starting Thursday – reserving its online content for paid subscribers and hoping its advertisers will stick around despite the smaller Internet audience. Variety plans to shut off free access gradually, asking one in 10 visitors for a user name and password that will be sent to paying subscribers.
Internet piracy versus rightsholders square off again in proposing a new addition to DMCA - the Protect IP act (PIPA), blacklisting "rogue sites" and holding Internet Service Providers responsible to block access to these sites. O'Reilly has stepped up in favor of Silicon Valley.