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New flap over SOPA copyright bill: Anti-Web security? — Hollywood-backed legislation to knock suspected copyright-infringing Web sites offline could hinder efforts to secure Internet domain names, a key member of Congress said today. — Rep. Dan Lungren, who heads the Homeland Security subcommitteee …
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Justice Department opposes digital privacy reforms — The U.S. Justice Department today offered what amounts to a frontal attack on proposals to amend federal law to better protect Americans’ privacy. — James Baker, the associate deputy attorney general, warned that rewriting a 1986 privacy law …
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Appeals court: Feds need warrants for e-mail — Police must obtain search warrants before perusing Internet users’ e-mail records, a federal appeals court ruled today in a landmark decision that struck down part of a 1986 law allowing warrantless access. — In case involving …
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Piracy domain seizure bill gains support — A proposed law allowing the government to pull the plug on Web sites accused of aiding piracy received a sizable political boost yesterday. — Dozens of the largest content companies, including video game maker Activision, media firms NBC Universal and Viacom …