Archive for Thursday, July 17, 2003
Senate Committee Tables Bill on Privacy
A California Senate committee has postponed action on a bill by Assemblyman Joe Simitian (D-Palo Alto) that would have required Internet services to notify customers of subpoenas seeking their identities and allow more time to challenge the requests in court.
At a hearing Tuesday, leaders of the Senate Judiciary Committee told Simitian that he didn’t have the votes to get Assembly Bill 1143 through the panel, and they suggested that he bring it back next year.
Opponents of the Assembly-passed measure, led by the Motion Picture Assn. of America and several video game companies, argue that it would make it harder to protect their intellectual property from being stolen online.
– Jon Healey
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