The FBI, via its National Infrastructure Protection Center, is investigating the DoS attack on the Internet that occurred October 21 (see my previous posting, //www.bespacific.com/mt/archives/000375.html).
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Daily Archives: October 24, 2002
File Trading Warning From RIAA
A joint “outreach letter” from the associations representing the motion picture, music and songwriters groups was sent to the Presidents/CEOs of Fortune 1000 companies. Similar to the “polite” warning sent to college and university presidents (see my previous posting at //www.bespacific.com/mt/archives/000292.html), this letter warns that there is extensive music and video piracy in the corporate… Continue Reading
Lawsuit Seeking Patriot Act Documents
Advocacy groups the ACLU, EPIC, the American Booksellers Foundation for Free Expression and the Freedom to Read Foundation have sued the DOJ under FOIA in an effort to obtain documents related to the implementation of the Patriot Act that involve libraries, bookstores and newspapers. Continue Reading
Adobe's Digital Signature App
According to the Chicago Sun Times, Adobe will offer by year’s end a server based solution for government and corporate clients that will allow the use of digital signatures on PDF documents. Continue Reading
US and EU Counterpoints on Copyright
See this informative Financial Times article for a perspectives on US and EU copyright laws provided by Prof. Lawrence Lessig of Stanford Law School, Thomas Hazlett, senior fellow at the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, law professor Richard A. Epstein, University of Chicago, Edward Welbourne, and Frank Walker, chief executive of the Newspaper Licensing Agency… Continue Reading
