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Sweeping new copyright measures poised to pass in spending bill

The Verge

On Monday, congressional leaders unveiled their massive spending and coronavirus relief measure, including a handful of controversial copyright measures civil liberties activists fear could penalize internet users for everyday online behavior. The CASE Act is a terribly written law that will threaten ordinary Internet users”.

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New ‘felony streaming’ measure is aimed at piracy services, not Twitch streamers

The Verge

Monday night, Congress approved an over $2 trillion government spending and coronavirus relief package that included a handful of controversial copyright and trademark measures. On its fourth page, the bill outlines what would qualify as felony behavior under the law. A felony streaming bill, authored by Sen.

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Uber and Lyft drivers in California sue to overturn Prop 22 ballot measure

The Verge

A group of Uber and Lyft drivers in California filed a lawsuit Tuesday in state supreme court to overturn a ballot measure that allows the companies to continue treating its workers like independent contractors. There have been ballot measures successfully repealed in California in the past, but mostly through additional ballot measures.

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Facebook brings back news after Australian government amends upcoming law

The Verge

Facebook will restore news content to its platform in Australia after the government agreed to amend its proposed News Media Bargaining Code. Facebook and Google have been at loggerheads with the Australian government about an upcoming law that will require them to pay publishers for content shared on their platforms.

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Spain moves closer to passing a startup law

TechCrunch

Spain’s government has agreed on the details of a draft startup law — passing the baton to the parliament to debate and potentially amend the plan ahead of a vote to turn it into actual law. Although it remains to be seen how the parliament may amend specific details.

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Hong Kong’s new anti-doxxing proposal could put tech companies at risk, says new letter

The Verge

A new letter from a tech industry group is driving home the risks of Hong Kong’s proposed anti-doxxing rules. The letter comes in response to series of amendments to Hong Kong’s Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance (PDPO), proposed by the privacy commissioner in response to concerns around online doxxing.

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Towards Global Access for the Print Disabled

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

A Policy Update from an engineer, Jim Fruchterman of Benetech June 8, 2010 The international copyright negotiations in Geneva around a proposed Treaty for the Visually Impaired (“TVI”) have been steadily heating up. I’m measuring this entire effort by how it much it does to change this sorry state of affairs, in both the short and long term.