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Submission + - Tech industry representatives get a chance to spea (gigaom.com)

Submitted by Nemesisghost on Tuesday January 10, 2012 @10:40AM

Nemesisghost writes: Rep. Darrell Issa (R-California), a major opponent of the Stop Online Piracy Act has announced he plans to call a hearing where Tech industry representatives will get to speak out about how legislation like SOPA will negatively affect the internet. From the article:

Representative Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) has called a hearing that will bring more voices from the technology industry to Washington, D.C. to discuss how legislation such as the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) would affect the Internet. On Jan. 18, industry representatives that include Brad Burnham from Union Square Ventures; Lanham Napier, the CEO of Rackspace Hosting; and Alexis Ohanian, co-founder of Reddit.com, will testify before Congress.

Submission + - U.S. Copyright Czar Cozied Up to Content Industry, (wired.com)

Submitted by Nemesisghost on Friday October 14, 2011 @10:48AM

Nemesisghost writes: According to emails obtained via a Freedom of Information request, the Copyright Czar played an important role in brokering the deals between ISPs and copyright holders to punish subscribers whose IP address participated in copyright infringement.

Submission + - Air Force Network Admins Find out about Drone Viru (wired.com)

Submitted by Nemesisghost on Tuesday October 11, 2011 @04:35PM

Nemesisghost writes: Wired's Danger Room reports that the network admins of the 24th Air Force found out about the virus infecting the drone cockpits at Creech Air Force Base in Nevada by reading their story.

Submission + - Obama wants your old email (wired.com) 4

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on Thursday April 07, 2011 @05:14PM

Nemesisghost writes: "Obama is asking Congress to not change the law that gives law enforcement access to your emails stored in the cloud that are older than 6 months. Google, AOL, AT&T and other companies are urging a change in the law(Electronic Communications Privacy Act) pass in 1986 to reflect the change in technology."

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