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June 14, 2007
Does the Family Choice Bill Actually Undermine Family Choice?
Today the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and lawmakers announced the “Family Choice Act of 2007,” legislation which should be more aptly named the “Nanny State Micromanages the Video Industry Act.
June 7, 2007
Getting the Facts on Fiction
More than 20 years ago Tipper Gore, the wife of then-Senator Al Gore (D-TN), initiated an educational effort.
May 31, 2007
The Reform Drumbeat Goes On….
“Piddle twiddle and resolve, not one darn thing do we solve” said John Adams of Congress in the Broadway musical “1776”.
May 24, 2007
Would the Real Brazil Please Stand Up
Thailand has decided to “compulsory license” the AIDS drug Kaletra, made by the pharmaceutical manufacturer Abbott Laboratories.
May 17, 2007
If It Ain’t Broke, Don’t Fix It
Most of our critical infrastructure in the United States is privately owned, such as the food distribution infrastructure.
May 10, 2007
Making Mountains Out of Molehills
Rampant piracy is costing the software, movie and music industries (and thus the U.
April 26, 2007
First, Do No Harm to the IP System
Until a few years ago, intellectual property was considered a dull topic.
April 19, 2007
If at First You Don’t Succeed, Regulate
As politicians play to their constituencies, the regulators are apparently feeling left out, and so the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has initiated an inquiry to determine whether so-called net neutrality safeguards are needed.
April 12, 2007
What’s Fair?
In the current copyright debates, critics are constantly complaining that intellectual property protections, in particular the Digital Millenium Copyright Act (DMCA), stand in the way of “fair use.
April 5, 2007
The “Spy Act” That Loved Me?
By now we’re all aware of the dangers of being connected to the Internet through viruses, worms, and spyware.
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