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Mass. governor vetoes bill for online wine sales

November 22, 2005 Mitt Romney says certain provisions in the proposed law would prevent consumers from purchasing "the bottlings they want." TAGS: winery, Mitt Romney, wine, provision, Massachusetts, Governor, bill, law

New GPL draft takes second crack at DRM

July 27, 2006 Second draft of General Public License 3 "clarifies" digital rights management provisions, a point of contention. Draft version 3 of GPL in full TAGS: GPL, digital-rights management, draft, provision, foundation, GPLv3, Free Software Foundation, open source, Red Hat Inc., Linux

Telecommuters: Beware the tax man

November 2, 2005 Telecommuters employed by a company outside their home state may be at risk of having to pay extra taxes unless Congress adopts a bill protecting them. TAGS: telecommuting, tax, Tennessee, New York, provision, income, computer programmer, employer, convenience, bill, risk, state

Telecom megamergers get final federal OK

October 31, 2005 The FCC gives green light to mergers of Verizon Communications and MCI, SBC Communications and AT&T. TAGS: SBC Communications Inc., merger, approval, MCI Inc., provision, Verizon Communications, AT&T Corp., telecommunications, provider, commission

High court rejects CDA

June 26, 1997 The Supreme Court finds the Communications Decency Act unconstitutional under the First Amendment. TAGS: Communications Decency Act, First Amendment, speech, statute, minor, provision, court, children, law

U.S. spending bill encourages telecommuting

December 2, 2004 Federal agencies that don't let workers telecommute could feel it in their budgets. TAGS: telecommuting, provision, survey, agency, worker, budget, U.S.

The Spy Act that loved me?

April 19, 2007 Policy analyst Bartlett Cleland warns that a patchwork of state spyware laws will end up having the opposite effect desired by proponents. TAGS: antispyware company, provision, regulation, law, decision, cookie, state, protection, spyware, Internet Service Provider, anti-spyware

Patriot Act defender touts 'safeguards'

January 10, 2006 Key Bush administration ally says there are plenty of safeguards in a renewal plan. Opponents aren't convinced. TAGS: USA PATRIOT Act, provision, Republican, Wisconsin, conference, law, politician, senator, terrorism, Democrat, Sen., president

Free Software Foundation releases GPL 3

June 29, 2007 The new license adjusts to software industry changes but carries several new provisions. TAGS: GPL, GPL 3, GPL 2, foundation, Free Software Foundation, license, GNU, provision, Linux kernel, Richard Stallman, Novell Inc., open source, Unix, Linux, IBM Corp., Microsoft Corp.

Which way, open-sourcers?

September 12, 2006 Software advocate says the latest draft of the GPL license is driving a wedge between the open-source and free-software communities. TAGS: GPL 3, GPL, Free Software Foundation, open-source community, Linus Torvalds, Richard Stallman, provision, community, open source, Linux

Public debate on GPL 3 draft begins

January 16, 2006 Free Software Foundation releases the first public discussion draft of the General Public License version 3. TAGS: GPL, GPL 3, Free Software Foundation, provision, digital-rights management, open source, organization, discussion, IBM Corp.

White House panel pushes new identity fraud laws

April 23, 2007 A wealth of state and federal laws already prohibit ID fraud and phishing. But a federal task force says more are needed. TAGS: identity fraud, provision, agency, identity theft, law, phishing, president

So much for the 'new and improved' GPL

April 30, 2007 James V. DeLong says the Free Software Foundation's intellectual hostility toward copy protection threatens to create new problems. TAGS: GPLv3, anti-DRM, Free Software Foundation, digital-rights management, GPL, provision, open-source community, code, Linux, open source, information technology, movie

Lobby bill spares political bloggers

January 19, 2007 Senators strike a section that would have required some "grassroots" lobbying groups to register or face prison time. TAGS: grassroots, amendment, lobbyist, provision, blogger, senator, executive director, proposal, Sen., government, Republican, section

Torvalds says DRM isn't necessarily bad

February 3, 2006 'We are not crusaders,' declares the Linux kernel leader in a debate over proposed open-source license changes. TAGS: Linus Torvalds, GPL, Free Software Foundation, GPLv3, anti-DRM, Linux kernel, digital-rights management, provision, digital signature, Linux, Novell Inc., leader, Red Hat Inc., security, e-mail

ACLU challenges Patriot Act

November 2, 2005 ACLU asks judges to uphold lower court rulings that would eliminate gag provisions on "secret" FBI requests for information. TAGS: USA PATRIOT Act, provision, court, First Amendment, Connecticut, recipient, New York, Internet service, service provider, Internet Service Provider, law, attorney

Telcos, cable companies face off over TV franchises

May 27, 2005 The heat is on this weekend in Texas, where lawmakers will debate legislation that could help phone companies entering the TV market. TAGS: franchise, Texas, cable company, SBC Communications Inc., Cox Communications Inc., Verizon Communications, provision, bill, telecommunications company, spokesman, law, city, telephone company, community, TV, AT&T Corp.

Net neutrality: Now, more than ever

July 27, 2004 Lawrence Spiwak says the FCC's sabotaging new competition and that an anticompetitive agenda will affect more than long-distance carriers. TAGS: provision, Net Neutrality, telecommunications, rate, mobile phone

State governments push for Net neutrality laws

June 26, 2006 Attorneys general in New York and California say they'd like a federal law prohibiting network operators from offering a "fast lane" on the Internet. TAGS: Net Neutrality, Eliot Spitzer, Bill Lockyer, provision, bill, Democrat, Republican, content provider, attorney general, attorney, law, California, spokesman, New York, eBay Inc., broadband

New open-source license targets DRM, Hollywood

January 18, 2006 Free Software Foundation's Eben Moglen says the updated GPL may put open-source products in conflict with movie studios and Tivo. TAGS: Free Software Foundation, GPL, anti-DRM, Richard Stallman, digital-rights management, TiVo Inc., provision, open source, Hollywood, movie, Linux, IBM Corp., operating system
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