Volume V

Issue : 4: February 22, 2007

• Travel Websites Clamp Down on False Reviews
• Canadian Court Orders U.S. Website Probed for Privacy Violations
• Company Fined for Laptop Theft
• Virtual Wallet Funds Frozen by FBI
• IBM Worker Sues His Employer for Being Fired for Accessing Adult Chat Rooms While at Work
• MySpace Action Dismissed
• RIAA Found Liable for Defendants Costs in File Sharing Case
• Connecticut Moves to Ban Internet Hunting
• Wal Mart Launches Online Video Store
• Canadian Copyright Collective Seeks Private Copying Levy for iPods

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Connecticut Moves to Ban Internet Hunting

Connecticut lawmakers are considering whether to ban state residents from using a computer mouse to point, click and kill penned animals herded before a Web-based camera. Although the practice of “Internet Hunting” is not a major concern in Connecticut, the state is following 25 other states that have banned the practice as a response to the creation of a website in 2005 by a Texas businessman that allowed hunters to shoot boar, sheep and other animals using the Internet and a Webcam. The proposed legislation would forbid the operation, sale or use of computer software or service that allows a hunter "when not physically present, to remotely control a firearm or weapon to hunt a live animal or bird".

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