Mntsnow
01-08-2003, 7:42 AM
When the 107th Congress ended its work last November, politicians discarded dozens of technology-related bills that had been briefly considered but were never enacted. Now that the 108th Congress has begun this week, some of those controversial proposals dealing with spam, copyright and Internet taxes will resurface--and some stand a better chance of becoming law.
Key changes to watch this session include:
• a policy switch by a major marketing trade group that could help break a longstanding logjam on anti-spam legislation;
• a reshuffling of a key committee in charge of copyright legislation that could help bring a stalled measure to mandate copy protection in consumer-electronics devices to a vote;
• renewed calls for enhancing privacy protections following a pendulum swing favoring security after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks
Read more (http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1106-979623.html)
Key changes to watch this session include:
• a policy switch by a major marketing trade group that could help break a longstanding logjam on anti-spam legislation;
• a reshuffling of a key committee in charge of copyright legislation that could help bring a stalled measure to mandate copy protection in consumer-electronics devices to a vote;
• renewed calls for enhancing privacy protections following a pendulum swing favoring security after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks
Read more (http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1106-979623.html)