The opening paper provides a technical overview of the problem of protecting computerized data and suggests some steps for developing cost-effective systems that provide adequate protection for computerized data. Another paper pertaining to the protection of computerized data reviews how copyright law protects computer software and data in Israel. A transcribed panel discussion considers computerized data protection issues. A discussion of the role of carrier and publisher in electronic publishing notes that it is difficult to regulate or legislate in an environment of rapidly changing technology. A paper on the computerization of society considers the nature of the information industry, computer law, and computerization's threat to privacy. Remaining papers review a proposal for computer legislation in Israel being developed by the Ministry of Justice and provide an overview of computer crime legislation in the United States.