Computer-game maker sues U.S. government over office raid
Article Abstract:
Steve Jackson Games Inc, Austin, TX, sues the US government, charging that Secret Service agents violated legal standards involving freedom of speech in a raid on the game-maker's offices, which took place in 1990. Secret Service agents searched Steve Jackson Games's office and seized several computers, together with a bulletin-board system called 'Illuminati.' This case is a focus of contention between those who say that hackers, viruses and other electronic problems are a growing menace that must be dealt with like criminals and crimes, and those who say that law-enforcers are overreacting, seeing criminal activities in the practices of innocent microcomputer users. The lawsuit itself contends that electronic bulletin boards are a form of communications that ought to enjoy the same constitutional protections extended to printing presses and telephones. The lawsuit names the US Secret Service, two of its agents and a Bellcore official.
Publication Name: The Wall Street Journal Western Edition
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0193-2241
Year: 1991
User Contributions:
Comment about this article or add new information about this topic:
Data tap: patient's records are treasure trove for budding industry: doctors' and pharmacies' files are gathered and mined for use by drug makers; firms say names are deleted
Article Abstract:
Physicians and pharmacists routinely release patients' records to data collectors who resell the information to pharmaceutical companies. It is said that privacy is not threatened by this practice because data collectors delete the names of patients when the information is compiled. Nevertheless, some people are concerned, saying that such personal information should not be handed over to unnamed representatives of an unregulated industry. Some physicians and pharmacists resist the practice, and some want legislation and regulation. Privacy is especially important to patients who have AIDS or who suffer from mental or emotional disabilities. There is a potential for harmful personal or social consequences if such information is released.
Publication Name: The Wall Street Journal Western Edition
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0193-2241
Year: 1992
User Contributions:
Comment about this article or add new information about this topic:
Technology
Article Abstract:
Topics ranging from the Internet to Thinking Machines' CM-5 supercomputer are discussed. Advertising may become an integral part of the Internet network; advertisers have been very interested in the Internet because of its access to approximately five million users worldwide. Technical publisher O'Reilly and Associates will be distributing magazines that include ads via the Internet. Some clients of IBM's new mail-order PC company Ambra Computer Corp are complaining that they have been having problems placing orders. The federal government will be offering a variety of public information online and a number of congressmen now have Internet e-mail addresses. Thinking Machines' CM-5 supercomputer was used in the movie 'Jurassic Park.'
Publication Name: The Wall Street Journal Western Edition
Subject: Business, general
ISSN: 0193-2241
Year: 1993
User Contributions:
Comment about this article or add new information about this topic:
- Abstracts: Techniques in inventory management and control. Management accounting: manufacturing in transition - the turning point for cost management practice
- Abstracts: Putting it all together: computer-integrated factories are said to be the savior of industry. But can anyone make the system work?
- Abstracts: Nonprofits dig into databases for big donors. Callers push buttons for what they need. Gearing up: here's a primer on what you'll need and what it will cost to set up your own workplace
- Abstracts: Interpersonal relations as a context for the effects of appraisal interviews on performance and satisfaction: a longitudinal study
- Abstracts: AT&T to offer companies a plan for phone fraud. AT&T goes to bat for customers against credit firms. Mystery voices; when you call an 800 number, you might be surprised to find out who's on the other end of the line