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Anti-Terrorism Bill Poses Threat To Small-Time Hackers' Rights

Civil liberties groups are concerned that the anti-terrorism bill proposed by the Bush Administration would lump small-time hackers in with murderous terrorists. The draft proposal from Attorney General John Ashcroft would expand law enforcement's freedom to catch and punish terrorists. It . . . . Civil liberties groups are concerned that the anti-terrorism bill proposed by the Bush Administration would lump small-time hackers in with murderous terrorists. The draft proposal from Attorney General John Ashcroft would expand law enforcement's freedom to catch and punish terrorists. It would also expand the definition of ``federal terrorism offenses' to include various crimes, including damaging computers by breaking into them or writing viruses. The Electronic Frontier Foundation, a San Francisco-based cyber civil liberties group, is ``greatly alarmed' by the hacker provision, wrote executive director Shari Steele in an e-mail to the Chronicle. The link for this article located at Computer News Daily is no longer available. . Civil liberties groups are concerned that the anti-terrorism bill proposed by the Bush Administratio. civil, liberties, groups, concerned, anti-terrorism, proposed, administratio. . LinuxSecurity.com Team

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DeCSS Case Analysis: The Legal Battle Over Hacker Publication Rights

The film industry and a hacker publication will head back into court Tuesday in the DeCSS case, a legal dispute that could dictate whether it's legal to publish or link to certain materials online.. . .. The film industry and a hacker publication will head back into court Tuesday in the DeCSS case, a legal dispute that could dictate whether it's legal to publish or link to certain materials online. A panel of appellate judges will decide whether to uphold a lower court ruling preventing online hacker magazine 2600 from linking to code that theoretically could be used to crack DVD security. But legal experts say the case could have wide-ranging ramifications for linking, publishing and copyright on the Internet. "The courts have to craft a ruling that tells people when they may or may not publish certain content," said UCLA law professor and computer scientist Eugene Volokh. The link for this article located at ZDNet is no longer available. . The film industry and a hacker publication will head back into court Tuesday in the DeCSS case, a le. industry, hacker, publication, court, tuesday, decss. . Anthony Pell

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