Articles Index

Senator Hatch Is At It Again
Orrin Hatch is at it again. The Senator from Utah has concocted yet another bill aimed at giving his buddies in the RIAA and MPAA broad, sweeping legal grounds to declare virtually any technology illegal by virtue of its ability to "induce" copyright infringement.

Myths Of Copying and Sharing CD's and MP3's
There are many misperceptions and much confusion about where the legal and ethical line is for buying, downloading, sharing or copying music. This article addresses some common myths.

Beware What Your Government Does Behind Closed Doors
Democracy is made stronger by open and honest debate about issues. Some elected officials seem to feel that they know what is best for this country without allowing for a debate or opposing points of view. Case in point- Senator Hatch has excluded major industry groups that oppose his INDUCE (or IICA) Act legislation from the closed-door discussions about it.

Spyware Legislation
Utah created the first anti-spyware law, but it was recently blocked for being written too broadly. There are bills under consideration in the United States House and Senate that aim to eradicate this spyware pest. This article takes a look at spyware legislation.

Big Brother and Computer Security
An article outlining some of the efforts by governemt to legislate computer and network security issues.