Wyoming legislature passed bills that created criminal penalties for taking data by trespass (SF0012 | WY | 2015) & civil penalties (SF0080 | WY | 2015).
Category Archives: internet property rights
Constitutional Protection for Private Property in Personal Information. WHERE. HOW. WHAT.
New Hampshire voters approved a state constititional amendment to protect from government intrusion personal and private information.
The constitutional language: An individual’s right to live free from governmental intrusion in private or personal information is natural, essential, and inherent.
The passage rate: 80% of votgers supported it
Reason | N.H. Constitution Now Protects “Right to Live Free from Governmental Intrusion in Private or Personal Information”
Property Rights: Property Rights in Online Data? Activist Legislation Say Yes, Yes Please.
Activists are promoting an Internet bIll of Rights, the kind of bill state legislatures love. What would it do to online property rights?
Create ownership rights in:
- personal photos, images, videos, writings and recordings
- that get uploaded to a cloud, social media or wesbite
- prohibits the of the photos, images, videos, writings or recordings without consent
New Private Property Rights. Property Rights in the Internet. 3 Key Points to Issue Coming to State legislatures.
What’s the issue: CATO, and libertarian groups, believe that there are private proeprty rights in the internet
What’s the rational for private property rights on the internet? the Communications Decency Act Section 230 “helps tech companies act non-neutrally toward user generated content on their platforms”
CATO highlights Texas Senator Ted Cruz’s opposition to finding private property rights on the internet.
CATO Institute | Why Is Sen. Ted Cruz so Opposed to Private Property Rights on the…