The Voice of Webcasters (VOW) provides information and resources on the effort to “promote and defend the industry,” and seeks support for passage of H.R. 5469 , the bill to suspend for 6 months the implementation of royalty rates. The group also sponsors a moderated listserv for members of the industry.
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Daily Archives: October 9, 2002
Eldred v. Ashcroft: A Primer
The Washington Post has published a useful background report outlining the issues of the Edlred case argued in the Supreme Court on October 9. Included are links to primary documents, a list of organizations and their web sites that support Eldred and the government’s position respectively, and reactions to the arguments from the American Library… Continue Reading
Understanding the Privacy Space
From the peer-reviewed Internet journal First Monday, Understanding the Privacy Space this report reviews “133 different privacy-related software tools and services.” Continue Reading
Corporate Web Filtering
Wonder which filtering software program your company is using? Perhaps it is this one. Continue Reading
World Wide Web Consortium Patent Policy Board
This ZDNet article states that the Patent Policy Working Group’s Royalty-Free Patent Policy has been approved, albeit not published in final version to date. Continue Reading
Student Web Site Prevails in Battle with University
The University of California at San Diego has taken alot of flack for their attempt to force a student site to remove web links to revolutionary groups on university owned servers. See my previous posting on this topic. The University has now decided to recind their demand on basis of the students right to free… Continue Reading
