Social Issues

Magazine articles on the internet's impact on society, privacy, spam, hacking, scams, regulation.

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PC World June 12, 2002 Anne Ju	Hollywood, Techies Square Off Over Copy Locks Consumer advocates charge entertainment industry exaggerates piracy losses, while copyright-holders call controls a minor hassle.
New Architect July 2002 Bret A. Fausett	Do You Copy? What the courts are saying about fair use and linking rights. A U.S. Court of Appeals recently examined fair use issues for images on the web in Kelley v. Arriba.
PC World July 2002 Anne Kandra	Don't Let Your Favorite Site Get Hijacked Schemes, scams, and incompetence can trip up a Web site you love.
PC World July 2002 Andrew Brandt	Wireless Industry Moves to Can the Spam Concern overe a possible consumer backlash prompt trade groups to support limits on location-based ads.
PC World July 2002 Brad Grimes	Finally, Real Relief From Spam One Web service and a little common sense give peace of mind.
Salon.com June 5, 2002 Andrew Leonard	A new teenage wasteland? Script kiddies, Web site defacers, chat-room gangsters: Today's digital troublemakers get a bad rap. But in "The Hacker Diaries" we learn that they're really all right.
PC World June 3, 2002 Daniel Tynan	Spammers Claim Rights, Too Opt-In Marketing Services challenges antispam efforts, organizations in court.
CIO June 1, 2002 Sarah D. Scalet	Dr. Crime's Terminal of Doom Most computer attacks come from the outside. But the costliest ones come from the inside. Here's how to manage the risk without making honest employees feel like crooks
CIO June 1, 2002 Ken Segarnick	Courts Say It's OK: Peep Away Readers' questions about the legal consequences of electronic monitoring: What rights, if any, does an employee have in protecting his privacy in the workplace?... Can the company access my personal AOL account?... etc.
CIO June 1, 2002 Daintry Duffy	Suckers.com The SEC believes showing consumers how easily they can be suckered by investment scams on the web is far more effective than warning them with a brochure
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