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Thanks to BitTorrrent, Net neutrality debate reignites

November 2, 2007 Following claims of Comcast blocking file-sharing traffic, debate over whether to create laws to keep the Internet open has resurfaced. TAGS: Net Neutrality, Comcast Corp., Barack Obama, cable company, supporter, Webcast, BitTorrent, regulation, cable modem, law, AT&T Corp., DSL, professor, broadband

Who governs virtual worlds?

December 2, 2006 Experts gather to discuss the practicalities and problems of trying to govern behavior in spaces like World of Warcraft. TAGS: governance, virtual worlds, publisher, law, professor, fraud, goods, behavior, expert, games

Bug hunters face online-apps dilemma

April 13, 2007 Security holes in online applications may go unreported because well-intended hackers don't want to risk going to jail. TAGS: Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, Computer Fraud, dilemma, Web application, hacker, law, Web 2.0, chief technology officer, vulnerability, security company, security, professor, bug, PC

FAQ: Wi-Fi mooching and the law

July 8, 2005 Is it legal to use another's network without asking? Is it OK to share your own network? It's not always clear. TAGS: Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, Computer Fraud, IEEE 802.1X, law, Wi-Fi, DSL, prosecutor, wireless network, professor, Verizon Communications, monitoring

Net porn ban faces another legal setback

March 22, 2007 Federal judge says 1998 law targeting Web sites deemed "harmful to minors" goes too far and violates the free speech rights of American adults. TAGS: Child Online Protection Act, minor, setback, porn, First Amendment, law, opinion, prosecutor, filter, Bush Administration, federal judge, material, court, professor, response, Google Inc.

Cold War encryption laws stand, but not as firmly

October 16, 2003 An attempt to overturn U.S. laws restricting the publication of encryption code ends quietly when a federal judge dismisses the suit--but only after assurances the laws won't be enforced. TAGS: Daniel Bernstein, Marilyn Hall Patel, publication, law, First Amendment, encryption, federal judge, government, regulation, rule, attempt, lawyer, attorney, professor, researcher, U.S.

Court sides with alleged 'vacation' spammer

November 28, 2006 Precedent-setting decision says travel agency that sent repeated cruise-vacation e-mails is protected by federal Can-Spam Act. TAGS: CAN-SPAM Act, Oklahoma, anti-spam, law, spammer, vacation, spam, domain name, professor, e-mail, CEO

Putting the DMCA on trial

June 20, 2005 CNET News.com's Declan McCullagh says the Digital Millennium Copyright Act will be put to the test in an important case opening Monday. TAGS: DMCA, Blizzard Entertainment, reverse engineering, Grokster Ltd., law, difficulty, professor, games, server

Lawyers ride shotgun for open source

February 1, 2005 A law center led by Eben Moglen and others will provide free services to developers who use open-source or free-software methods. TAGS: Samba, Open Source Development Labs, Open Source Risk Management, Free Software Foundation, open source, lawyer, Linus Torvalds, Linux, consortium, center, SCO Group Inc., open-source software, law, intellectual property, Unix, IBM Corp.

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