Only a partial text is available to non-subscribers, but here is a link to a new Salon article, Total Information Awareness: Down, but not out, that contends Congressional efforts to limit the program may be a case of too little too late. “The federal government is unlikely to stop doing research into how to glean information from credit card databases, driver’s license registrations and every other point at which human lives meet the computer.”
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Daily Archives: January 29, 2003
UK Telecom Surveillance Grows
According to this report from Statewatch, telecommunicatons surveillance conducted by the government is documented to have reached record levels throughout the UK. Continue Reading
New Online Music Venture
The big-six music retailers, organized under the name Echo, have launched a new consortium to license and distribute digital music services. Continue Reading
Kazaa Sues Movie Industry
Sharman Networks Ltd., owner of the file swapping application Kazaa, has responded to the January 23, 2003 order from the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California denying their motion to dismiss a copyright infringement lawsuit by the music and recording industries. Sharman filed its answer and counterclaims on January 27 in which… Continue Reading
Global Cybercrime Hits All Time High
Large scale, corporate cybercrime resulting in the loss of billion of dollars worldwide is escalating dramatically according to this recent New York Times article. The article cites a recent survey from a UK computer security firm, mi2g, which is available here, that the world record for the most digital attacks conducted in one month will… Continue Reading
New Legal KM Study Project
The Legal Technology Institute at the University of Florida Levin College of Law has released a study prospectus, Knowledge Management: An In-depth Look into the Current Use and Future Trends of KM in the Legal Profession and an associated study questionnaire. Continue Reading
SBC's Web Patent Fight
This month SBC Communications Inc. launched an effort to actively protect its patents on a “structured document browser,” U.S. patent No. 5,933,841 and No. 6,442,574. SBC sent a patent infringement notice to information education products website Museum Tour indicating that “any website which has static, linked information (top banners, menus, bottom banners) which are displayed… Continue Reading
Music Swapping Students May Not Remain Anonymous
In October 2002, I posted on the RIAA communicating their strong recommendation to college and university presidents that they put the brakes on the escalating rate of music downloading by students. Last week’s decision in RIAA v. Verizon has given the industry impetus to follow-through on identifying those who engage in extensive downloading of copyrighted… Continue Reading
The Long, Slow Work of Project Gutenberg
Project Gutenberg was established in 1971 as a volunteer effort to make important texts freely available in electronic form to readers around the world. To date, the collection comprises 6,267 e-books. See Any Text. Anytime. Anywhere. (Any Volunteers?) for background on this well known project and the challanges it faces. Continue Reading
