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The June 30 decision by the California Supreme Court in Intel Corp. v. Hamidi has spurred California Rep. Chris Cox to announce that this “most peculiar ruling … needs legislative correction.” His comments were made during a House Committee on Energy and Commerce hearing on Legislative Efforts to Combat Spam, held July 9.
Text below is from the Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2004, (House of Representatives – July 08, 2003), (Page: H6276) SEC. 8124. Limitation on Deployment of Terrorism Information Awareness Program: (1) Notwithstanding any other provision of law and except as provided in paragraph (2), if and when research and development on the Terrorism Information Awareness …
July 8, 2003 – Legislative hearing on H.R. 2214, the “Reduction in Distribution of Spam Act of 2003.” Witness List, Honorable Jerry Kilgore (Attorney General, Commonwealth of Virginia), Honorable Will Moschella (Ass’t AG, Office of Legislative Affairs), Joe Rubin (US Chamber of Commerce), Chris Murray(Consumers Union). Antispam Legislation Hits Rocky Road– No one is pleased: …
From the press release by Rep. Matt Pierce: Effective July 1, Senate Enrolled Act 320 (Public Law 22) “provides a way for victims of identity theft to restore tainted credit histories, and expands the legal definition of the crime to make prosecutions easier.” the law expands the definition of identifying information as follows: “Identifying information …
Webcast of Hearings are now available from the House of Representatives, Committee on Judiciary. (Real Player is required)
Reps. Lofgren and Doolittle Announce the Public Domain Enhancement Act to Address the Need for Copyright Reform. From the press release of June 25: Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-San Jose, CA) and Rep. John Doolittle (R-Rocklin, CA) introduced the Public Domain Enhancement Act, addressing the need to reform copyright laws identified in the recent Supreme Court …
The CAN-SPAM Act of 2003, S. 877, was approved by the Senate Commerce Committee today by voice vote. See the following related articles: Senate Panel Overwhelmingly Passes Anti-Spam Bill Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT) commentary in June 16, 2003 Legal Times, Can Spam Be Stopped? – “Rather than legislate a quick fix, Congress needs …
June 17, 2003 – Legislative hearing on H.R. 2344, the Intellectual Property Protection Restoration Act of 2003 (to restore Federal remedies for infringements of intellectual property by states), Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property. Witness List
On March 27, Sen. Biden introduced S. 731, the Secure Authentication Feature and Enhanced Identification Defense Act of 2003″ (SAFE ID Act), to prohibit fraud and related activity in connection with authentication features. “This bill will increase penalties for illegally using authentication features, such as holograms or watermarks, to create false, misleading or inaccurate identification. …
From ALAWON, the American Library Association Washington Office Newsline: “On June 11th, Representatives Joseph M. Hoeffel (PA-D), Sam Farr (CA-D), and House Judiciary Chairman John Conyers (MI-D) announced their joint sponsorship of H.R. 2429, the Surveillance Oversight and Disclosure Act. This bill would require greater reporting by the Justice Department on USA PATRIOT Act activities, …
H. R. 2275, People’s Right to Know Act: To reinstate the requirement that firearms dealers comply with the Freedom of Information Act by providing information about firearms purchasers.
On June 5, the House approved H.R. 1474 (Check Clearing for the 21st Century Act), “a bill to facilitate check truncation by authorizing substitute checks, to foster innovation in the check collection system without mandating receipt of checks in electronic form, and to improve the overall efficiency of the Nation’s payments system, and for other …
