Editing Software bug (section)

== In politics ==
=== "Bugs in the System" report ===
The Open Technology Institute, run by the group, [[New America (organization)|New America]],<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://na-production.s3.amazonaws.com/documents/Bugs-in-the-System-Final.pdf|title=Bugs in the System|last1=Wilson|first1=Andi|last2=Schulman|first2=Ross|website=Open Policy Institute|access-date=August 22, 2016|last3=Bankston|first3=Kevin|last4=Herr|first4=Trey|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160921012606/https://na-production.s3.amazonaws.com/documents/Bugs-in-the-System-Final.pdf|archive-date=September 21, 2016}}</ref> released a report "Bugs in the System" in August 2016 stating that U.S. policymakers should make reforms to help researchers identify and address software bugs. The report "highlights the need for reform in the field of software vulnerability discovery and disclosure."<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://homelandprepnews.com/government/19481-cyber-reforms-needed-strengthen-software-bug-discovery-disclosure-new-america-report/|title=Cyber reforms needed to strengthen software bug discovery and disclosure: New America report – Homeland Preparedness News|last=Rozens|first=Tracy|date=August 12, 2016|language=en-US|access-date=August 23, 2016}}</ref> One of the report's authors said that [[United States Congress|Congress]] has not done enough to address cyber software vulnerability, even though Congress has passed a number of bills to combat the larger issue of cyber security.<ref name=":0" />

Government researchers, companies, and cyber security experts are the people who typically discover software flaws. The report calls for reforming computer crime and copyright laws.<ref name=":0" />
{{Blockquote|The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and the Electronic Communications Privacy Act criminalize and create civil penalties for actions that security researchers routinely engage in while conducting legitimate security research, the report said.<ref name=":0" />}}