Internet trade group wants changes in copyright bill
New U.S. legislation intended to shut down foreign websites that infringe copyrights would cause major headaches because it would allow copyright holders to target legitimate Web services with...
View ArticleInternet activist charged with hacking into MIT network
The cofounder of online news site Reddit has been charged with computer intrusion, fraud and data theft for allegedly stealing 4.8 million documents from a Massachusetts Institute of Technology...
View ArticleSenators push for changes in cybercrime law
The main U.S. law targeting cybercrime may need to be changed because it has allowed law enforcement agencies to target people who simply violate websites' terms of service or their employers' computer...
View ArticleLessig, Demand Progress support investigation of Swartz prosecutor
Demand Progress, the tech activist group founded by the late Aaron Swartz, and Harvard law professor Lawrence Lessig have called on supporters to press the U.S. Congress to investigate Swartz's...
View ArticleThe end of an extraordinary life: Aaron Swartz
I had already submitted my last column when I heard about Aaron Swartz's death. Some might say that it's too late to comment on this story since the crowd has moved on, but it's never too late to write...
View ArticleLawmakers pledge to change hacking law during Swartz memorial
U.S. lawmakers pledged to rewrite an antihacking law as hundreds of people gathered in Washington, D.C., to mourn the death of Internet activist and innovator Aaron Swartz.
View ArticleDisney calls for extended copyright in international trade agreement
Disney has reportedly used a stakeholders meeting for the controversial Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement to call for extended copyright terms.
View ArticleLawmakers: Tougher computer hacking laws may be needed
The U.S. Congress may need to create stiffer penalties for criminal computer hacking to deter the growing number of attacks on U.S. government agencies and businesses, some lawmakers said Wednesday.
View ArticleActivists decry computer crime proposal
A proposal in the U.S. Congress to strengthen the penalties in the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act is a "giant leap in the wrong direction" for digital rights activists calling for changes in the law...
View ArticleMegaupload's lawyers: DOJ's charges have no basis in law
The U.S. Department of Justice's copyright infringement case against file storage service Megaupload is "prosecutorial overreach" based on a misreading of U.S. law, the site's lawyers argue in a white...
View ArticleCourt 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...
View ArticleNetChoice: 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.
View ArticleAaron's Law would revamp computer fraud penalties
Two U.S. lawmakers have introduced a bill that would prevent the Department of Justice from prosecuting people for violating terms of service for Web-based products, website notices or employment...
View ArticleAdvocacy groups plan day of protest against NSA surveillance
A group of activist groups and Internet companies are planning a coordinated protest of U.S. National Security Agency surveillance on Feb. 11, with the hope that millions of people will join them.
View ArticleReddit, Mozilla, EFF to hold day of protest, activism in memory of Aaron Swartz
A broad coalition of well-known organizations announced today that it will stage an online protest against wide-ranging government surveillance of Internet users on Feb. 11, in memory of activist Aaron...
View ArticleWhite House declines to act on petitions to fire Aaron Swartz prosecutors
The White House has declined to act on two petitions, collectively signed by 90,000 people, that called for the president to fire the federal prosecutors who charged the late Internet activist Aaron...
View ArticleInternet activist charged with hacking into MIT network
The cofounder of online news site Reddit has been charged with computer intrusion, fraud and data theft for allegedly stealing 4.8 million documents from a Massachusetts Institute of Technology...
View ArticleSenators push for changes in cybercrime law
The main U.S. law targeting cybercrime may need to be changed because it has allowed law enforcement agencies to target people who simply violate websites' terms of service or their employers' computer...
View ArticleLessig, Demand Progress support investigation of Swartz prosecutor
Demand Progress, the tech activist group founded by the late Aaron Swartz, and Harvard law professor Lawrence Lessig have called on supporters to press the U.S. Congress to investigate Swartz's...
View ArticleThe end of an extraordinary life: Aaron Swartz
I had already submitted my last column when I heard about Aaron Swartz's death. Some might say that it's too late to comment on this story since the crowd has moved on, but it's never too late to write...
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