A new Missouri law went into effect on January 1, 2003 that “requires public (elementary and secondary) schools and public libraries that provide access to the Internet to either: use filtering software; purchase Internet service through a provider that provides filter services; or otherwise restrict minors’ access to the Internet by local rule.”
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Daily Archives: January 9, 2003
Google News Gets Good Rating
According to a survey conducted by online news monitoring service Newsknife, owned by Industry Standard Computing Ltd of New Zealand, Google News is faring well again its competition – “human” powered news sites. Newsknife gave the nod for best news sites for 2002 to CNN, BBC, and Yahoo. Continue Reading
EFF IP Attorney Interview
Via Slashdot, here is a link to an interview on digital IP issues with Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) Senior IP Attorney Fred Von Lohmann, conducted by TechFocus. Topics covered include Kazaa, DVRs, the impact of the DMCA and the need for legislative reform of the act, and balancing fair use with the rights of authors. Continue Reading
E-Commerce Taxation Resource
Professor Annette Nellen of San José State University has created an extensive, well documented and up-to-date resource on net taxation issues: E-Commerce Taxation – Guide to Understanding the Current Discussion & Debate + Links. She includes the full-text of her own work on e-commerce issues, as well as annotated links to government reports (GAO, CRS,… Continue Reading
Federal Gov't and States Different Approach On Net Taxes
Declan McCullagh reports on new legislation, The Internet Tax Non-Discrimination Act, co-sponsored by Rep. Chris Cox and Sen. Wyden. Although not mentioned in Declan’s article, the bill numbers for the new legislation are S. 52 and H.R 49, and appear in the January 7, 2003 Congressional Record. The bills seek to “permanently extend the moratorium… Continue Reading
Surveillance of Kids Net Use
Privacy has been a hot button issue since 9/11, but now it would appear that government surveillance is being joined by another twist on snooping: parents aggressively monitoring their kids’ activities on the Web. This article in today’s WSJ details how parents are using sophisticated new software applications to remotely track how their kids are… Continue Reading
