Congressional Research Service - 2008 CRS Reports Index

2008 (PDFs)

Title Date Order
The Digital Millennium Copyright Act: Exemptions on the Prohibition on Circumvention

 

December 22, 2008 RL33887
Obscenity and Indecency: Constitutional Principles and Federal Statutes

 

December 10, 2008 95-804
Obscenity, Child Pornography, and Indecency: Recent Developments and Pending Issues

 

December 10, 2008 98-670
Spyware: Background and Policy Issues for Congress

 

November 25, 2008 RL32706
Net Neutrality: Background and Issues

 

November 24, 2008 RS22444
Broadband Internet Access and the Digital Divide: Federal Assistance Programs

 

November 21, 2008 RL30719
Broadband Internet Regulation and Access: Background and Issues

 

November 21, 2008 RL33542
Broadband Loan and Grant Programs in the USDA’s Rural Utilities Service

 

November 17, 2008 RL33816
Pharmaceutical Patent Litigation Settlements: Implications for Competition and Innovation

 

November 4, 2008 RL33717
Follow-On Biologics: Intellectual Property and Innovation Issues

 

October 31, 2008 RL33901
Intellectual Property Rights Violations: Federal Civil Remedies and Criminal Penalties Related to Copyrights, Trademarks, and Patents

 

October 31, 2008 RL34109
Cartoon Network LP v. CSC Holdings, Inc.: Remote-Storage Digital Video Recorders and Copyright Law

 

October 23, 2008 RL34719
The Federal Networking and Information Technology Research and Development Program: Funding Issues and Activities

 

October 23, 2008 RL33586
Telework Legislation Pending in the 110th Congress: A Side-by-Side Comparison of Provisions

 

October 20, 2008 RL34516
Intellectual Property Rights and International Trade

 

October 20, 2008 RL34292
Statutory Royalty Rates for Digital Performance of Sound Recordings: Decision of the Copyright Royalty Board

 

October 19, 2008 RL34020
Text and Multimedia Messaging: Emerging Issues for Congress

 

October 17, 2008 RL34632
“Orphan Works” in Copyright Law

 

October 10, 2008 RL33392
Privacy Law and Online Advertising: Legal Analysis of Data Gathering By Online Advertisers Such As Double Click and NebuAd

 

October 2, 2008 RL34693
Infringement of Intellectual Property Rights and State Sovereign Immunity

 

September 17, 2008 RL34593
Protection of Children Online: Federal and State Laws Addressing Cyberstalking, Cyberharassment, and Cyberbullying

 

September 5, 2008 RL34651
Data Mining and Homeland Security: An Overview

 

August 27, 2008 RL31798
Constitutionality of Requiring Sexually Explicit Material on the Internet to Be Under a Separate Domain Name

 

July 14, 2008 RL33224
Expanding the Scope of the Public Performance Right for Sound Recordings: A Legal Analysis of the Performance Rights Act of 2007 (H.R. 4789 and S. 2500)

 

July 9, 2008 RL34411
Internet Taxation: Issues and Legislation

 

July 7, 2008 RL33261
Intellectual Property in Industrial Designs: Issues in Innovation and Competition

 

July 1, 2008 RL34559
Telework Legislation Pending in the 110th Congress: A Side-by-Side Comparison of Provisions

 

June 11, 2008 RL34516
Broadband Internet Access and the Digital Divide: Federal Assistance Programs

 

June 4, 2008 RL30719
Broadband Internet Regulation and Access: Background and Issues

 

May 27, 2008 RL33542
Follow-On Biologics: Intellectual Property and Innovation Issues

 

May 21, 2008 RL33901
Obscenity, Child Pornography, and Indecency: Recent Developments and Pending Issues

 

May 20, 2008 98-670
“Orphan Works” in Copyright Law

 

May 16, 2008 RL33392
Electronic Rulemaking in the Federal Government

 

May 16, 2008 RL34210
Intellectual Property Rights Protection and Enforcement: Section 337 of the Tariff Act of 1930

 

May 16, 2008 RS22880
Broadband Loan and Grant Programs in the USDA’s Rural Utilities Service

 

May 15, 2008 RL33816
The Federal Networking and Information Technology Research and Development Program: Funding Issues and Activities

 

May 15, 2008 RL33586
Expanding the Scope of the Public Performance Right for Sound Recordings: A Legal Analysis of the Performance Rights Act of 2007 (H.R. 4789 and S. 2500)

 

May 15, 2008 RL34411
“Spam”: An Overview of Issues Concerning Commercial Electronic Mail

 

May 14, 2008 RL31953
Reauthorization of the E-Government Act: A Brief Overview

 

May 14, 2008 RL34492
Broadband over Powerlines: Regulatory and Policy Issues

 

May 13, 2008 RL32421
Federal Advertising Law: An Overview

 

April 10, 2008 RL32177
Federal Enterprise Architecture and E-Government: Issues for Information Technology Management

 

April 10, 2008 RL33417
Avatars, Virtual Reality Technology, and the U.S. Military: Emerging Policy Issues

 

April 9, 2008 RS22857
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office Reforms: Regulatory Impacts Upon Innovation and Competition

 

April 4, 2008 RL34422
Internet Domain Names: Background and Policy Issues

 

March 19, 2008 97-868
Net Neutrality: Background and Issues

 

February 26, 2008 RS22444
UPDATE: Cybercrime: A Sketch of 18 U.S.C. 1030 and Related Federal Criminal Laws

 

February 25, 2008 RS20830
Cybercrime: An Overview of the Federal Computer Fraud and Abuse Statute and Related Federal Criminal Laws

 

February 25, 2008 97-1025
Botnets, Cybercrime, and Cyberterrorism: Vulnerabilities and Policy Issues for Congress

 

January 29, 2008 RL32114
Broadband over Powerlines: Regulatory and Policy Issues

 

January 29, 2008 RL32421
Digital Surveillance: The Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act

 

January 29, 2008 RL30677
Broadband Internet Access and the Digital Divide: Federal Assistance Programs

 

January 25, 2008 RL30719
Innovation and Intellectual Property Issues in Homeland Security

 

January 17, 2008 RL32051
Internet Domain Names: Background and Policy Issues

 

January 14, 2008 97-868
Authorized Generic Pharmaceuticals: Effects on Innovation

 

January 10, 2008 RL33605
Patent Reform in the 110th Congress: Innovation Issues

 

January 10, 2008 RL33996
Broadband Loan and Grant Programs in the USDA's Rural Utilities Service

 

January 9, 2008 RL33816
The Federal Networking and Information Technology Research and Development Program: Funding Issues and Activities

 

January 2, 2008 RL33586

 

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