Some Intresting Newsgoups: (Message areas)

PGP and Security

alt.security.pgp
Place for new users to ask about PGP
sci.crypt
A more serious discussion on the inner workings of encryption

talk.politics.crpto
Talk about encryption and the morality of it and the likes

Copyright

comp.org.eff.talk
A discussion place for EFF Issues
misc.legal
The main newsgroup covering legal issues
misc.legal.computing
Place to discuss copyright and patent issues
misc.int.property
Discussion of intellectual property