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Created 28 Dec 2019
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CyberLaw 93 03

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[CyberLaw (tm) 3/93] EFF: PUBLIC ADVOCACY & CYBERSPACE I. THE LAW COMES TO CYBERSPACE Three years ago, in April 1990, John Perry Barlow (previously best known as a song writer for the Grateful Dead) received a call from an FBI agent, asking if Barlow would meet with him to discuss an investigation. As described by Barlow, the agent "had been sent to find out if I might be a member of the NuPrometheus League, a dread band of info-terrorists (or maybe just a disaffected former Apple employee) who had stolen and wantonly distributed source code normally used in the Macintosh ROMs." Barlow posted an account of the FBI agent's visit on th...

CyberLaw 93 02

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[CyberLaw (tm) 2/93] E-MAIL & PRIVACY I. CONCERNS ABOUT E-MAIL According to the Electronic Mail Association, electronic mail (e-mail) usage has experienced explosive growth over the past decade. In the U.S. alone, the number of public and private mailboxes grew from less than 1/2 million in 1980 to 19 million in 1991. E-mail can be a valuable tool for businesses to improve responsiveness, enhance productivity and reduce paper flow and handling, among other things. Individual users also benefit from a reduction in time zone and telephone tag problems, and easy access to up-to-date information. E-mail is susceptible, however, to si...

CyberLaw 93 01

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CyberLaw (tm) 1/93 I. NOWITHHOLDING OR BENEFITS, NO COPYRIGHT A case recently decided by a federal appeals court illustrates traps for unwary companies and programmers that could lead to the loss of ownership in a computer program. Focusing upon works made for hire, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit weighed heavily against an employer the failure to provide a programmer with health, unemployment or life insurance benefits or to withhold social security, federal or state taxes from his pay. The Second Circuit ruled such failure to be a virtual admission that the programmer was an independent contractor entitled to be co...

CyberLaw 92 12

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(Part 1, December) CyberLaw (tm) [12/92] I. Court Rules That Technology Advances Privacy Interests An impassioned dispute has been brewing between government agencies seeking to slow the pace of commercial development in the areas of data encryption and telecommunications, and consumer advocates and a range of computer companies arguing for the broad availability of advanced data encryption and telecommunication systems. The government agencies argue that the availability of such systems may threaten national security and crime control. Critics argue that these systems are necessary to protect personal privacy in the "electronic info...
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