by ericajan | Feb 4, 2012 | Commentary, Legislation/Regulations, Technology
The people have spoken—and the people want their digital freedom! As the 112th Congress found out just last week, the prospect of the federal government infringing on the open and free Internet has been both politically tumultuous as well as philosophically unpopular...
by sagevh | Feb 1, 2012 | Commentary, Legal/Tech News, Legislation/Regulations
On February 10, 2012, the U.S. Copyright Office will stop accepting public comment on proposed administrative exemptions to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act’s “access control” provisions. Fresh from their SOPA and PIPA victories, organizations...
by anickow | Dec 12, 2011 | Commentary, Legal/Tech News, Legislation/Regulations
Netflix may now be able to use Facebook to further alienate its consumers while pursuing a lucrative revenue stream. The House amended the Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA) to relax written consent requirements for sharing information on movie rentals. This opens...
by drlund | Dec 7, 2011 | Commentary, Legislation/Regulations
The first, and often only, financial concern of research participants is how much they are getting paid for participation. In studies that do nothing more than measure reaction time to identify a number in a serial string of letters, there is little reason to be...
by hartwelr | Dec 7, 2011 | Commentary, Legal/Tech News, Legislation/Regulations, Technology
On October 20th Senator Kay Hagen (D-NC) introduced the Computer Professionals Update Act (CPU Act) for consideration in the Senate. The bill seeks to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act to expand the overtime exception for hourly workers to cover a wide swath of IT...
by rajvashi | Dec 7, 2011 | Legal/Tech News, Legislation/Regulations
The Stop Online Piracy Act (along with the Senate version known as the Protect IP Act), introduced last month in the House by Representative Lamar Smith, aims to level a significant blow against offshore “rogue sites” that host copyright material. SOPA...
