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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, statute, provision, speech, minor, court, law, children

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

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, legislation, law, decision, cookie, state, protection, spyware, Internet Service Provider, anti-spyware

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, provision, Novell Inc., Linux kernel, Richard Stallman, GNU, open source, Unix, IBM Corp., Linux, Microsoft Corp.

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, provision, lobbyist, blogger, executive director, senator, proposal, Sen., government, Republican, section

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, open source, community, Linux

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, Free Software Foundation, anti-DRM, digital-rights management, GPL, provision, open-source community, code, information technology, Linux, open source, movie

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: Eliot Spitzer, Net Neutrality, Bill Lockyer, provision, Democrat, Republican, bill, attorney, content provider, attorney general, California, law, spokesman, New York, broadband, eBay Inc.

Senators quiz FBI director on Patriot Act

May 2, 2006 They ask for clarity on the agency's use of secret requests for subscriber information from Internet service providers. TAGS: USA PATRIOT Act, Sen., provision, senator, request, service provider, Internet service, Democrat, letter, agency, Internet Service Provider, U.S.

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, telecommunications, Net Neutrality, rate, mobile phone
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