Following up on a controversial demand made by DOJ to major search engine companies for extensive database records, Google this afternoon posted the following response on their official blog: “In August, Google was served with a subpoena from the U. S. Department of Justice demanding disclosure of two full months’ worth of search queries that… Continue Reading
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Blogs to Riches – The Haves and Have-Nots of the Blogging Boom, by Clive Thomson, New York Magazine. Related references, all from the 2/20/2006 issue of New York Magazine: Linkology – How the Most-Linked-To Blogs Relate (see also this related graph, which is in PDF) A Timeline of the History of Blogging Five Blogs to… Continue Reading
USTR to Strengthen Enforcement in Readjustment of U.S.-China Trade Policy
Press release: “Today, U.S. Trade Representative Rob Portman unveiled the results of a top-to-bottom review of U.S.-China Trade Policy at a news conference. The report, U.S. – China Trade Relations: Entering a New Phase of Greater Accountability and Enforcement (29 pages, PDF), is the first comprehensive statement of U.S. trade policy towards China since it… Continue Reading
Case Study of CD Disk Protection System That Triggered Class Action Suit
Lessons from the Sony CD DRM Episode, February 14, 2006 (27 pages, PDF), by J. Alex Halderman and Edward W. Felton. Continue Reading
Senator Pushes For Investigations into Sale of Cell Phone Records
Press release, February 10, 2006: “U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) today renewed his call to stop the sale and fraudulent use of private telephone records. In letters sent today [text of which are included in this release], Durbin requested a hearing from the Senate Judiciary Committee, and investigations from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Federal… Continue Reading
Yahoo Issues Statement on Chinese Net Censorship
Following-up on recent postings, Net Censorship Abroad – Free Speech Colides With E-commerce? and Hearing Focuses on Internet Censorship in China, see today’s press release: “Yahoo!: Our Beliefs as a Global Internet Company – As a leading provider of Internet-based services, Yahoo! is committed to open access to information and communication on a global basis.… Continue Reading
Net Censorship Abroad – Free Speech Colides With E-commerce?
Follow-up to February 2, 2006 posting, Hearing Focuses on Internet Censorship in China, this WSJ free feature today: Internet Censorship – Web Firms Face Grilling on China. Related news: New York Times, So Long, Dalai Lama: Google Adapts to China – “Google’s local staff works closely with Chinese officials to ensure that search results from… Continue Reading
FCC Proposes Rulemaking to Prevent Sale of Cell Phone Records
Press release: “The Federal Communications Commission today launched a proceeding to examine whether additional security measures could prevent the unauthorized disclosure of sensitive customer information held by telecommunications companies. In a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) adopted today, the Commission seeks comment on a variety of issues related to customer privacy, including what security measures… Continue Reading
Markey Introduces Bill to Block Online Storage of Personal Consumer Data
Press release: “Representative Edward J. Markey (D-MA), the ranking Democrat on the Telecommunications and Internet Subcommittee of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, today introduced the Eliminate Warehousing of Consumer Internet Data Act of 2006 (6 pages, PDF) designed to strengthen consumer’ Internet privacy and prevent companies from storing personal information for indefinite periods… Continue Reading
Global Publishers Investigate Copyright and Brand Infringement By Search Engines
Press release: “A task force of global and European publishers organizations, led by the World Association of Newspapers, has agreed to work together to examine the options open to publishers to assert their rights to recognition and recompense, and to ultimately improve the relationships between content creators/producers and news aggregators and search engines.” Continue Reading
Surveillance Increasingly Woven Into Fabric of Online World
This New York Times essay, A Growing Web of Watchers Builds a Surveillance Society, by David Shenk, offers especially cautionary insight in light of the growing public and political response to revelations about the government’s domestic surveillance program. After Subpoenas, Internet Searches Give Some Pause Survey finds solid opposition to release of Google data to… Continue Reading
Bill to Prohibit Sale of Cell Phone Records Gains Momentum
Additional information and commentary related to January 18, 2006 posting, Legislation Seeks to Prohibit Sale of Cell Phone Records. The legislation referenced, the Consumer Telephone Records Protection Act of 2006 is S. 2178 (PDF). Commentary on the legislation by Anita Ramastry, It’s Time for Congress to Prohibit and Criminally Punish the Sale of our Cell… Continue Reading
