Archive for the ‘Legislation’ Category
Tuesday, December 11th, 2007
A new bill in Congress would drastically increase the civil and criminal penalties for copyright violations. H.R. 4279 would also create a new intellectual property division within the Justice Department. The proposed law would allow the Justice Department to seize and auction off any computer or network hardware used to facilitate a ...
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Monday, December 3rd, 2007
Lawmakers contemplating new regulations regarding cyberbullying face a nearly impossible task. Their actions come as a response to the suicide of 13-year-old Megan Meier. Megan alledgedly received cruel message from her neighbors from a fake MySpace account. Her parents claim these messages caused her to hang herself in 2006. Now ...
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Tuesday, November 27th, 2007
There is a facinating article entitled The Promise of Electronic Wills in the Michigan Telecommunications and Technlogy Law Review blog urging the states to enact laws to allow electronic wills. The author, Keven DuComb, suggests that there should be a way for citizens to upload the documents onto a secure ...
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Wednesday, November 21st, 2007
Before lawmakers headed home for the Thanksgiving holiday, the United States Senate approved legislation toughening federal computer crime laws. The Senated passed The Identitity Theft Enforcement and Restitution Act. The bill would make it a crime punishable by up to five years in prison for threatening to steal or release ...
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