E-mail is a ubiquitous and well accepted part of the daily work routines of most Americans according to this new report, Email at work, published on December 8, 2002 by the Pew Internet Project. An astounding 98% of employees (57 million Americans) with on-the-job Net access indicate that e-mail is a part of their daily… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: December 2002
E-Gov Act
The American Library Association provides a guide to key provisions of the E-Government Act that impact public access to government documents. The act was passed by both the House and Senate on November 15, 2002. References: H.R. 2458, P.L. 107-347, E-Government Act of 2002 (Dec. 17, 2002; 116 Stat. 2899; 72 pages). Continue Reading
Sony Becomes Key Player in Digital Rights Management Arena
This Information Week article reports on the huge advantage recently gained by Sony Corp. in the arena of digital rights management (DRM). Their strong position was established as a result of a licensing agreement with ContentGuard Inc., owner of a significant portfolio of DRM patented technologies. Continue Reading
Internet Banner Ads Lawsuit
Bonzi.com is the focus of a recent class action suit that charges the company with directing traffic to the company’s web site via the use of deceptive Web banner ads. Examples of these ads are available in this press release on the case here, and the complaint, filed in the Washington State Superior Court, Spokane… Continue Reading
Crime Statistics Online
The Poytner Institute school for journalism maintains a range of excellent resources that are of interest to legal researchers. A recent example is their annotated list of government and academic sources for crime statistics. Continue Reading
Net Radio Act Now Law
President Bush signed the Net Radio Act, H.R. 5469, Public Law No: 107-321. Click here to view previous postings on this topic. Continue Reading
Random House Settles E-Book Suit
From the press release at Rosettabooks.com: “RosettaBooks LLC, a leading publisher of electronic books, and Random House, Inc., the largest English-language trade book publisher, announced today that they have settled the pending litigation filed by Random House last year over RosettaBooks’ publication of e-book editions of several Random House, Inc. titles. With no financial payment… Continue Reading
DVD Copying Controversy Escalates
321 Studios has chosen to play David to Motion Picture Association of America’s Goliath in the legal arena. This small company has released a software application for $99.99 that allows purchasers to easily make copies of DVD movies to blank DVDs. The MPA contends that the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 prevents 321 Studios… Continue Reading
President Signs Kids Internet Law
President Bush signed into law the Dot Kids Implementation and Efficiency Act of 2002 (Dec. 4, 2002; 116 Stat. 2766, P.L. 107-317). For more information about this new Internet domain for children, kids.us, please see NeuStar’s (the domain name manager) Proposal for Guidelines and Requirements for the kids.us Second Level Domain. Continue Reading
SEC Institutes Fines Over E-Mail Retention
This SEC press release concerns the agency’s joint action (along with the NYSE and NASD) against 5 high profile broker-dealers for violations of e-mail communications retention requirements. The text of the SEC’s administrative decision is here, and the companies will collectively pay $8.25 million in fines. Continue Reading
Southern District of NY to Initiate E-Filing
The U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, issued a press release on December 2 stating its plan to implement a new e-filing and case management system in February 2003. Continue Reading
Commentary on Total Information Awareness in the Extreme
This article by Matt Smith was published on November 27, but took some time before generating what has resulted in continually escalating interest in the activities of the TIA program by the mainstream press, privacy advocacy groups, and alternative web sites. Mr. Smith obtained and posted personal information on TIA program director John Poindexter, including… Continue Reading
