If you stop and think about the number of companies that have your Social Security Number and a myriad of personal data that could be used by someone to steal your identity it could be a bit nerve racking considering nearly 700,000 people a year are fighting identity theft. The California Law outlined below which states: "The law, which goes
"Operators of peer-to-peer networks cannot escape copyright infringement claims by giving their members the ability to mask the content that changes hands on their networks, a federal appeals court ruled Monday. Calling the tactic a form of "willful blindness," the 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Chicago upheld a lower court's injunction against the Madster file-swapping network that had
"The legislation Congress is considering would legalise opt-out spamming," Linford argued. "All the US spammers we track support the Bill because it means they wouldn't have to hide any more." "If the US passes an opt-out law, which I believe is likely to happen by the start of next year, the spam problem would explode. Providing they don't use deceptive
The Register has received an undisclosed number of letters with threats of Consumers wanting to Boycott the artist supporting the RIAA litigation against file swappers. [The Register] My personal opinion on this that unless there is widespread National Organization and true protest with massive amounts of people sporadic protest will have little or no effect.
If you are a concerned about Copyright laws and the Public Domain and are a citizen of the United States you should visit the referenced site, read the proposal and sign the petition if you so agree The goal of The Eric Eldred Act is "about restoring balance to copyright laws by expanding the public domain" Two house representatives have
In a terrific idea that has served Internet Service Providers well the online music sharing companies are going to Washington DC to get some lobbyist into congressional offices to set the record straight. You can bet you sweet bottom line that the MPAA and RIAA and various other entertainment organizations have had lobbyist in DC for a long time. The
Hey I have a logical way to fix this problem. Some of you may cringe and will require a adult area in the library after all if someone needs information on Breast Cancer or is doing research of an adult manner less fortunate people that do not have computers at home should be afforded the opportunity to get the information