INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
A day of online activism by Internet titans, bloggers, and citizens may have shifted the political calculus of controversial online piracy and intellectual property legislation.
NET NEUTRALITY
While the FCC’s open internet rules have attracted criticism for being both too weak and too stringent, Andrea Peterson and Lauren Simenauer take a look at what’s really at stake in the net neutrality debate.
INTERNET PRIVACY
Lawmakers from both sides of the aisle agree that the Protecting Children from Internet Pornographers Act of 2011 goes far beyond its stated purpose by granting the government unprecedented powers to monitor our online activities.
TECHNOLOGY AND THE LAW
The indictment of internet activist Aaron Swartz for allegedly downloading 4.8 million articles from JSTOR under a guest account raises questions
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