Search The Directory The Web for Home > News > Online Archives > Wired > 1999 > Politics New! Submit a site   whatUseek Directory Site Listings:   Lawyer: Hackers Have Rights, Too - The lawyer to the stars of digital crime says hacking is getting a bum rap. The evolving rules need to consider the differences between the real and virtual worlds, she asserts. Vince Beiser reports from Las Vegas. [Wired News]   Legal Swamp for Euro E-Commerce - Electronic commerce in Europe is held back by a mess of conflicting laws, a new report claims. If businesses want to open shop, they'll have to cozy up with lawmakers. By Leander Kahney. [Wired News]   Let the Documents Go Free - A pair of Washington-based taxpayer advocacy groups want the Feds to post more material to the Web, and launch a new campaign that they hope will open the floodgates. By Katie Dean. [Wired News]   Libel Law Has Bark, and Bite - A Canadian man who waged a five-year Web campaign against a dog breeder now faces criminal libel charges that could put him behind bars. Matthew Friedman reports from Montreal. [Wired News]   Library Won't Appeal Porn Ruling - A cash-strapped Virginia library decides not to appeal a court ruling that it violated the First Amendment by installing Net filtering software. By Declan McCullagh. [Wired News]   Liddy: Put a Lid on Libraries - Republican presidential contender Elizabeth Dole lays the first plank in her technology platform, calling on Congress to withhold federal funding from libraries that refuse to filter Net content. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]   Life Not Kosher for Mitnick - The infamous computer hacker refuses to eat during his first two days in a new detention facility because there is no kosher food in the joint. Douglas Thomas reports from Los Angeles. [Wired News]   Lights, Camera, No Action - Microsoft engineers pull another all-nighter, trying to produce a videotape to disprove a government claim that Windows 98 and Internet Explorer are inseparable. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]   Lobbyist for the Masses - Proclaiming EParty an egalitarian lobbyist for the rest of us, the group's Silicon Valley founder promises that all issues will be considered. Especially those that hurt Silicon Valley interests. By Heidi Kriz. [Wired News]   Log On, with a Note from Mother - You say you're a grown-up? Prove it. New rules regulating the online privacy of children say email verification doesn't go far enough. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]   Lost in Space and Red Tape - NASA should lead, follow, or get out of the way of private space exploration. That's the consensus at a conference on the future of space. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]   MP3 Foes Cussing Out in DC - Stick MP3s loudest cheerleader up on a stage with a music industry lawyer and you end up with flared tempers and plenty of four-letter words. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]   MP3 Protector Steps Forward - Fearing that the music recording industry will torpedo MP3 at its first opportunity, a British group declares its intention to protect the technology. By Oscar S. Cisneros. [Wired News]   MP3 Search Engine Under Fire - An international music industry group is filing a lawsuit against the Norwegian company that built the MP3 search engine used on the Lycos site. [Wired News]   MS Antitrust Battle Resumes - After a three-month hiatus, the Microsoft antitrust lawsuit resumes Tuesday. Each side has a parade of witnesses lined up to defend, or slam, the world's biggest software company. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]   MS Antitrust Trial Adjourned - In the final hours of the Microsoft trial, government attorney David Boies openly assails the ethics of MIT's business school dean. And the judge questions whether the company was anticompetitive. Declan McCullagh reports from Washington. [Wired News]   MS Asks Again: What's a Browser? - Microsoft lawyers again haggle over the definition of an Internet browser, an important part of the software company's defense in the antitrust lawsuit. [Wired News]   MS Could Face Huge Damages - In closing arguments of Bristol Technology's antitrust trial against Microsoft, lawyers urged jurors to slap the software giant with massive damages. [Wired News]   MS Decries AOL Browser Strategy - America Online continues using Internet Explorer, even though it is in the process of acquiring Netscape Communications. Microsoft officials say they smell a rat. [Wired News]   MS Exec Maligns Courts, Temps - The software giant's CFO shoots off his mouth about "nutty judges" on Monday and tries to eat his words on Wednesday. Chris Stamper reports from Seattle. [Wired News]     [ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 ] Help build the largest human-edited directory on the web.   Submit a Site - Open Directory Project - Become an Editor

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