Global Online Freedom Act: Governments Can't Protect Freedom By Themselves

We've previously covered the drawn-out battle between EchoStar and TiVo over EchoStar's DVR technology, which TiVo claims infringes its patents. The merits of the patent dispute are, as with most, Byzantine, but a jury has found that EchoStar has indeed infringed TiVo's patents, and appeals courts have affirmed that finding.