From Writ, this article, Can Europe Block Racist Websites from its Borders? refers to the Additional Protocol to the Convention on cybercrime, concerning the criminalisation of acts of a racist and xenophobic nature committed through computer systems, ETS No.: 189. This treaty is now open for signature by the States which have signed the Treaty ETS 185, the Convention on Cybercrime.
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Daily Archives: February 6, 2003
Historical Graph of Budget Deficit
Sometimes all you need is a simple, clear picture to see the implications of complex issues. This Reuters graphic illustrates the history of the U.S. Budget Surplus/Deficit from the Presidency of Lyndon Johnson in 1963 through the current Bush administration. Continue Reading
Review of Antispam Applications
From PC Magazine, this review and comparison of ten popular applications to combat spam on your home PC, as well as a six applications for use by IT departments and ISPs. Continue Reading
The Internet and Public Access to Local Gov't Info
The Editor & Publisher of the Salina Journal states his opposition to new legislation (PDF) that would permit the designation of a website as the official government source of publications, in place of community newspapers, which are inexpensive or free, and widely available. Continue Reading
EPIC Brief to Supreme Court in Privacy Case
EPIC announced it filed an amicus brief (PDF) with the Supreme Court in Department of the Treasury, Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms v. City of Chicago. The case involves the Freedom of Information Act and privacy issues related to witholding data on the illegal purchase of firearms in the city. See this EPIC page… Continue Reading
File Sharing Limitations for College Students
As previously reported, college and university students are under growing scrutiny for downloading digital files using campus provided ISP access. Brown University is the latest institution in the news to formalize efforts to control the parameters of student use of file sharing applications. Keeping the DMCA (PDF) firmly in mind, and with an awareneess of… Continue Reading
New Net Surfing Survey
The 2002 National Technology Readiness Survey (NTRS), co-sponsored by the Center for e-Service at the University of Marylands Robert H. Smith School of Business tracks the following data: Impact of the Internet on Work Strides in E-Service Consumer-to-Consumer (C2C) Commerce E-Government Trends From the press release: “The survey suggests companies should accept some personal use… Continue Reading
Net Caucus Technology Fair
The Congressional Internet Caucus Advisory Committee is holding a Technology Fair on February 12, 2003 with demonstrations by Internet Caucus Co-Chairs, Senators Conrad Burns and Patrick Leahy, and Congressmen Bob Goodlatte and Rick Boucher, of the latest wireless, tele-medicine, e-learning, cyber security, online gaming, Internet movies and music technologies. Continue Reading
Monitoring File Sharing Downloads
Copyright and piracy issues associated with file sharing are the subject of news articles, lawsuits and web forum discussion groups. Add another element to this mix: a company whose business is to monitor file sharing traffic from popular applications such as Kazaa and Morpheus. The company is called BigChampagne, and it tracks 25 million searches… Continue Reading
Record Company President Supports Music Downloading
Embrace file-sharing, or die is a new article from Salon, available free and in full-text (but requiring that you view ads in between pages). It is actually the text of a presentation made last week by John Snyder, president of Artist House Records, to the National Association of Recording Arts and Sciences (NARAS) and the… Continue Reading
MA Budget Only Available Online
To save printing costs of approximately $50,000, Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney announced that the new state budget will be available in only one format, online. For those citizens with no access to the Internet, the governor’s office recommended using public library access. Continue Reading
