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Article | 16/05/2013 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...
Article | 16/05/2013 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 wo...
Article | 14/05/2013 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 ...
Article | 13/05/2013 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...
Article | 9/05/2013 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...

Features about legislation

Article | 7/11/2012 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 longstand...
Article | 2/11/2012 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 Pr...
Article | 29/09/2009 iPod volume restrictions on the way
Have you heard? iPods in Europe are about to get a lot more quiet. Regulators have released a new set of standards governing how loud portable music p...