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Advocates call for legal protections for copyright consumers

The U.S. Congress should consider a "safe harbor" from legal action for consumers using works protected by copyright as it launches a long-term effort to revamp copyright law, some advocates said Thursday.

By Grant Gross | 16 May, 2013 21:05

Tags: Jon Baumgarten, U.S. Copyright Office, Mel Watt, U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee, University of California at Berkeley Law School, legislation, government, Pam Samuelson, intellectual property, copyright, Microsoft, Jule Sigall, legal
NetChoice: California privacy bills are bad for Internet

E-commerce trade group NetChoice takes aim at state legislation -- and at open access and privacy advocates -- in the newest list of bills it deems would be awful for the Internet.

By Grant Gross | 16 May, 2013 16:55

Tags: Steve DelBianco, NetChoice, U.S. White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, legislation, Aaron Swartz, government, internet, World Wide Web Consortium, Facebook, U.S. National Telecommunications and Information Administration, Yahoo, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, ebay
Court orders names to be withheld before release of Aaron Swartz records

A U.S. federal court has modified a protective order to allow disclosure of the court records of Internet activist Aaron Swartz, but ruled that names and other personal identifying information of those involved in his arrest and prosecution should be redacted.

By John Ribeiro | 14 May, 2013 06:30

Tags: regulation, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, legal, JSTOR, legislation, Aaron Swartz, government, internet
Survey: US residents oppose Internet sales tax

The U.S. Senate has, by a wide margin, supported a bill allowing an Internet sales tax, but the legislation appears to be a tougher sell to the public.

By Grant Gross | 13 May, 2013 20:43

Tags: Endicia, e-commerce, legislation, government, internet
US lawmakers introduce apps privacy bill

New legislation introduced by a group of U.S. lawmakers would require mobile application developers to obtain consent from consumers before collecting their personal data and to secure the data they collect.

By Grant Gross | 09 May, 2013 19:53

Tags: Consumer Watchdog, U.S. House of Representatives, security, Hank Johnson, mobile, legislation, John Simpson, government, privacy, mobile applications

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What Obama's re-election may mean for technology

The US presidential election result leaves President Barack Obama in the White House and maintains the balance of power in Congress. In many longstanding technology debates, policy experts see little movement forward, although lawmakers may look for compromises on a handful of issues.

By Grant Gross | 07 November, 2012 19:06

Tags: Technology Policy Institute, U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, 4g, legal, Motion Picture Association of America, Center for Democracy and Technology, Greg Nojeim, Thomas Lenard, Arlene Holen, Ed Markey, Public Knowledge, U.S. National Telecommunications and Information Administration, broadband, telecommunication, Al Franken, Kevin Richards, U.S. Federal Communications Commission, regulation, privacy, Microsoft, intel, TechAmerica, legislation, government, U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, copyright, intellectual property, Gigi Sohn, Barack Obama, Hewlett-Packard, security, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, data protection
Tech issues don't make much of an appearance in US presidential campaign

With the U.S. presidential election on Tuesday, it's fair to say that technology policy hasn't risen to the top of the agenda in the debate between President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney.

By Grant Gross | 02 November, 2012 17:37

Tags: Scott McNealy, Meg Whitman, U.S. Congress, legislation, Barack Obama, Jot Carpenter, T-Mobile USA, Public Knowledge, Morgan Reed, Mitt Romeny, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, at&t, ctia, U.S. Federal Communications Commission, Association for Competitive Technology, government, U.S. Department of Justice, U.S. Federal Trade Commission, regulation, Bartees Cox

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