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Congress and Phishing has resulted in phishing laws to protect the internet. discusses the law.

This is another example of a woman who was sued and what the law can do because downloading music illegally is strictly against the law. This article also gives statistics on how illegal music downloading affects record companies negatively.

"In a world first, in September 2021, Chilean law makers approved a constitutional amendment to enshrine mental integrity as a right of all citizens. Bills to regulate neurotechnology, digital platforms and the use of AI are also being worked on in Chile's senate. Neuro rights principles of the right to cognitive liberty, mental privacy, mental integrity, and psychological continuity will be considered. Europe is also making moves towards neuro rights. France approved a bioethics law this year that protects the right to mental integrity. Spain is working on a digital rights bill with a section on neuro rights, and the Italian Data Protection Authority is considering whether mental privacy falls under the country's privacy rights."

Venezuela plans law to ban violent videogames

A leading privacy group has urged US regulators to investigate Google's new social networking service Buzz, one week after its launch. The Electronic Privacy Information Centre (Epic) has made its complaint to the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) It says that Buzz - which is part of Google's Gmail service - is "deceptive" and breaks consumer protection law.

A new teen phenomenon of sending sexually explicit images of themselves via text has led to calls for a change in the law as they face the threat of being classed as sex offenders.

Britain's intellectual property laws are to be reviewed to "make them fit for the internet age," Prime Minister David Cameron has announced.

This article reasons why illegal downloading of music is decreasing. It is because new softwares are allowing people to downloading music free and legally. People prefer this because they are proper, legal and virus free, which makes them easier to use. It suggests that this is a way of making the music industry better by having less thieves as it lessens the law breakers.

A graduate student from Boston University got caught for ilegally downloading music and was in court ordered to destroy all the files that had been received this way. The judge said she could have envisioned a fair use defendant for someone who had downloaded these songs before the law was created but Joel Tenenbaum was fully aware of the fact that was he was doing was wrong.

This web site discusses what Intellectual property is and why it is such a big issue when downloading music. It also includes the different parts of intellectual property and discusses the actual law.

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