The non-profit Center for Democrary & Technology is involved in keeping discussions of digital copyright issues front and center. The organization filed comments with the FCC concerning the escalating controvery over proposed copy protection systems for digital TV broadcasts for coypyright holders. They support the position that there must be a balance of the discretionary rights of consumers to use digitial products and services they have legitimately purchased.
Thousands of comments have been filed with the FCC over Notice of Proposed Rulemaking 02-231. These comments are searchable via the FCC’s database here.
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Daily Archives: December 11, 2002
Patent Office Works on Transition to E-Records
As I reported in November, the USPTO has undertaken an ambitious plan to transition to a paperless public access system. However, this new agency announcement indicates that there is now a greater understanding of the tremendous challenges inherent in this project, and the need to ensure that paper copies continue to be available to prevent… Continue Reading
Increased Suveillance By U.S. Gov't
This New York Times article, New Tools for Domestic Spying, and Qualms, provides important perspective on the increasingly contentious issues associated with domestic surveillance and civil liberties in the post 9/11 world. Data on citizens who use public services such as libraries, and a range of commercial services, such as flight training schools and scuba… Continue Reading
Feds Launch Science.gov
From the press release: “Fourteen scientific and technical information organizations from 10 major science agencies have collaborated to create Science.gov, the “FirstGov for Science” web site. Science.gov is the gateway to reliable information about science and technology from across Federal government organizations.” Continue Reading
Liability on the Internet Goes Global
The High Court of Australia issued a ruling on December 10 in the Internet defamation case Dow Jones and Company v. Gutnick. The case may have global implications for the increasingly wired publishing world. It stipulates that Web publishers of any description (be they huge corporate entities or individual weblogers) can be sued anywhere in… Continue Reading
CourtEXPRESS Announces an Upgrade to CaseTracker
From the CourtExpress.com press release: “Attorneys can now choose from three levels of detail when receiving information on tracked cases. Users have the option to receive the entire docket, only new case activity, or entries that match the keyword they specify.” Continue Reading
