The Competitive Enterprise Institute Daily Update

Issues in the News

1. INTERNET

A major computer hacker pleads guilty in federal court to hijacking hundreds of thousands of computers and renting out access to spammers.

CEI Expert Available to Comment: Vice President for Policy Clyde Wayne Crews on the market’s role is protecting cybersecurity.

 

2. SCIENCE

An article in the current issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association urges physicians to sever any financial ties with drug companies.

 

CEI Expert Available for Comment: Senior Fellow Iain Murray on the threat from draconian “conflict-of-interest” restrictions.

 

3. TECHNOLOGY

Microsoft announces that it will begin licensing its source code to other software developers to comply with an antitrust ruling by the European Union.

CEI Expert Available for Comment: Vice President for Policy Clyde Wayne Crews on how the EU ruling threatens innovation.

 

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