http://tlp.law.pitt.edu University of Pittsburgh Journal of Technology Law and Policy en-us http://tlp.law.pitt.edu/SP_Gulash_Auto_Dialer.htm An Automated Dialer and Recorded Message Player (“ADRMP”) is a machine which automatically dials a phone number and then plays a pre-recorded message to the individual who answers the phone. Although ADRMP technology has been in use since at least the early 1990s, the legality of its use by debt collectors has recently been called into question http://tlp.law.pitt.edu/SP_Pfeiffer_Genetic_Nondiscrimination.htm Congress is considering The Genetic Nondiscrimination Act of 2007 which would prohibit discrimination on the basis of genetic information with respect to health insurance and employment. If passed, this legislation would amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) and the Public Health Service Act to prohibit employers and issuers of health insurance from http://tlp.law.pitt.edu/SP_Gulash_Internet_Gambling.htm Internet gambling in the United States has become extremely popular over roughly the past ten years. Although it is currently illegal both for Internet gambling companies to operate in the United States and for people in the United states to place bets on the Internet, it is estimated that approximately eight million Americans gamble online http://tlp.law.pitt.edu/SP_Pappasergi_SatelliteRadio.htm On February 20, 2007, the world of satellite radio was turned on its head, as the two major competitors in the market, XM Satellite Radio Holdings, Inc. (XM) and Sirius Satellite Radio (Sirius) announced that the two companies will merge. The new company, which will continue to produce Sirius’ flagship Howard Stern program http://tlp.law.pitt.edu/SP_Johnson_SatelliteRadio.htm Sirius Satellite Radio has proposed to buy its chief rival, XM Satellite Radio in a proposed $5 billion transaction. It is speculated that such a merger would reduce costs of operations for the two companies since they would have the opportunity to share resources, but how much and when, is still rather up in the air. However, such a merger would also create a virtual, if not literal, satellite radio monopoly in the United States. http://tlp.law.pitt.edu/SP_Gulash_PlanB.htm Emergency contraception, also known as the morning-after pill, consists of increased doses of certain oral contraceptive pills which women can take to prevent pregnancy after unprotected sexual intercourse or in cases where the chosen contraception has failed. http://tlp.law.pitt.edu/SP_DiPasquale_BroadbandSocialism.htm Cities across the country have been exploring and implementing wireless broadband access for local business and residents. While this may seem like a wonderful move initially, cities have been faced with opposition by local phone and cable companies who have quickly become up in arms about the threat to their business as internet service providers. http://tlp.law.pitt.edu/SP_DiPasquale_DemandResponseTechnology.htm Until very recently much of the information regarding demand response activities and statistics was unavailable. The Energy Policy Act of 2005 had a goal of making such information more accessible and required the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to report on the status of demand response activity in the United States http://tlp.law.pitt.edu/SP_DiPasquale_UnlockedCellPhones.htm The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) was first issued in 1998 and is used to prevent the evasion of technological measures that protect copyrighted works against unauthorized access. Cell phone providers have taken advantage of the DMCA to guard against user access to their firmware, which is protected under copyright