The Supreme Court will review a number of cases this week, including United States v. American Library Association, No. 02-361, requiring the use of filtering software by all libraries receiving federal funds. For up-to-date information on this case, see the American Library Association web site on CIPA. Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: November 2002
Net Sales Tax Cigarette Sales
An August 2002 GAO report on Internet Cigarette Sales recommends “giving ATF investigative authority… to improve reporting and enforcement.” According to this TechTV article, states have lost $1.5 billion in revenues from such web sales. Continue Reading
File Swapping in Jeopardy at Universities
It would appear that the RIAA and their industry colleagues made a quick and deep impression on university presidents with their warning letter on piracy, about which I previously posted here. TechTV reports that the huge volume of P2P traffic, which has stressed the IT infrastructure at UC Berkeley, has resulted in the implementation of… Continue Reading
NASD To Expand Online Information to Public
The NASD issued a press release stating their intention to create a public portal for easier and more direct public access to broker-dealer data, as well as to broaded the content of the information provided. With their proposal, for which they seek comments by December 2, the NASD indicates that they are trying to strike… Continue Reading
Does Outlook 11 Spell an End to Spam?
Outlook 11, from Microsoft, will offer a whole range of new applications, but the one that is receiving special notice is a “back to the future” function that will purportedly help to kill spam. In version 11, preview mode will no longer provide access to imbedded images and HTML formatted text, which can actually be… Continue Reading
Politics and the Web
Political Web, launched on July 30, is a useful site for research studies on the growing use of the Internet by Congressional and gubernatorial candidates. Funded by the The Pew Charitable Trusts, researchers from the Washington State University issue regular short press releases on their findings, as well as longer, topical reports, such as this… Continue Reading
Anonymity After Corporate Computer Attacks
Corporations have for some time expressed their concern to the government that their identities and losses not be revealed when their IT infrastructures are maliciously attacked and compromised. According to Government Technology (via AP), FBI Director Mueller has promised that agents will use discretion to protect the reputation of companies that report such crimes, as… Continue Reading
Amazon Launches New Retail Store
Amazon’s new apparel store is available here. See this Internetnews.com article for details. Continue Reading
Blogging and the Courts
Denise Howell, the legal blogging wizard over at Bag and Baggage, alerted me to this Wired article about the growing recognition and importance of blogs in the legal arena. Continue Reading
