Tuesday, May 20, 2003

Tech-savvy Congress Article [InfoWorld 05.15.03] on Congress' investigation into P2P, privacy and other issues also shows we have a tech-savvy Congress. Excerpts below - "Representative Christopher Shays, a Connecticut Republican, suggested that Congress sometimes overreacts to problems, and he asked witnesses for the best solutions to p-to-p users accidentally sharing private data." "But Representative Dutch Ruppersberger, a Maryland Democrat, said he was concerned about how p-to-p services use information obtained through spyware or adware, but he questioned the effectiveness of a law. "At this time, I think we need legislation, but I'm fearful that whatever we write up in Congress will be obsolete within one year," he said." 5:49:01 AM