While we’re on the subject, let’s talk about some bad pending legislation that could affect libraries, privacy or access to information
- The INDUCE Act – criminalizing copyright violating software/hardware [bill/commentary]
- new FOIA exemptions [commentary]
- Family Movie Act – allowing software censoring of DVDs without copyright violations [news article]
- CAPPSII – profiling passengers [eff info]
- US v. Councilman – email privacy rehearing sought [news article]
- various SPY acts [commentary]
There is some good news, however, section 215 of the USA PATRIOT Act will “sunset” a scant fifteen months from now along with many other parts of the USAPA.