The EU Directive 2001/29/EC (22 May 2001) “on the harmonisation of certain aspects of copyright and related rights in the information society” has only two signatories as the deadline for its adoption came, and went. Only Greece and Denmark agreed to implement the EU’s counterpart to the U.S. Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), much to the disappointment of software, music and film industry lobbyists who have worked to obtain support for wider implementation of the directive.
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Daily Archives: December 24, 2002
Office of E-Gov Has Many Challenges Ahead
This New York Times article focuses on the issues that will confront government agencies in 2003 as they work to comply with the requirements of the new E-Government Act. The act has the dual purpose of creating comprehensive, user-friendly portals to government documents that are currently widely dispersed among various agencies, along with providing a… Continue Reading
Financial Data Disappearing From Corporate Websites
In this article, Companies Are Divided on Providing Online Data, the New York Times examines the growing trend among corporate websites to limit the amount of financial data they make available to investors, who often make corporate sites their first stop when conducting research. While some companies choose to continue to provide a deep archive… Continue Reading
E-Mail As Evidence in Fraud Trial
U.S. District Court Judge Jed Rakoff, Southern District of New York, ruled that what he termed “explosive” e-mail messages authored by J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. Vice Chairman Donald Layton could be used as evidence in the bank’s lawsuit against 11 insurance companies over $1 billion in unpaid loan guarantees stemming from the collapse of… Continue Reading
Government Surveillance Tools Operational
Recent news articles point to a growing controvery over proposed surveillance programs to collect and review personal data generated by daily online transactions by citizens. This New York Times article, Many Tools of Big Brother Are Up and Running, concludes that the foundation for much of the work to conduct widespread surveillance has already been… Continue Reading
White House Responds to Privacy Controversy
Negative responses continued to reverberated in the press after the White House announcement last week of plans to expand monitoring of Internet usage. Internet News reports that the White House was busy doing damage control over the privacy issues that are at the heart of The National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace (draft version), the details… Continue Reading
