http://wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,60461,00.html
The abuses perpetrated under the Digital Millenium Copyright Act are sufficiently well known among IT folk, but now, from this article, it appears that at least one USA Senator understands what the balance between corporate and individual rights ought to be. He has introduced a bill which would significantly up the ante in difficulty for industries seeking to force data from an ISP and by extension, to violate the privacy of an individual consumer.
The absences of checks and balances in the DMCA should be a serious concern to all those outside the industry who are concerned not only with rights, but with maximizing information flows for the greatest public benefit. One has to hope that this legislation represents the first step in the rollback of rights losses.
Posted by jho at September 22, 2003 10:58 AM