On February 21, Microsoft announced the Windows Rights Management Services For Windows Server 2003. The company also released a white paper, Microsoft Rights Management Solutions for the Enterprise: Persistent Policy Expression and Enforcement for Digital Information, that details new digitial rights management applications for the Windows OS. According to Microsoft, they have “combined and extended rights management technologies developed for use with music, eBooks, and videos to help safeguard enterprise information.”
The Herald reports that implementation of the Windows Rights Management Services will raise the level of corporate monitoring of computer generated documents, and have a significant impact on how internal corporate documents and e-mails are used, disseminated, stored and purged. The software can “restrict who may view, copy or forward e-mails or sensitive information” and “can automatically delete files after they reach a certain expiration date.”
See also CNet’s article, Microsoft expands rights management tool, which highlights how a range of rights to documents within an organization can be established and closely regulated according to specific users, so as to ensure confidentiality and security.
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Daily Archives: February 24, 2003
The Google Brand
Search engine Google is often the subject of news articles, but the February 15 announcement of the company’s purchase of the popular Blooger software has generated a steady stream of commentary and speculation in the blogging world and in the ‘mainstream’ press. What follows are several recent articles worth reviewing on the growing impact of… Continue Reading
More on Eldred Case and Copyright
The February 2003 issue of Spectrum (PDF), from the American Association of Law Libraries (AALL), published an article, beginning on page 7, “Supreme Court Hears Case on Copyright, Mickey Mouse and Congress.” Please see my previous post here for background on Eldred et al. v. Ashcroft, Attorney General. See also Larry Lessig’s February 20 article… Continue Reading
Discovery and Electronic Evidence
The ABA Law Practice Management Section recently launched a new e-zine, Law Practice Today, that focuses on “law practice marketing, management, technology, and finance.” From the February 14 issue, an article by attorney Joseph Kashi, Systematic Discovery and Organization of Electronic Evidence, focuses on how “gaining an early, effective, and systematic approach to your electronic… Continue Reading
Controvery Continues Over Florida State Library Closure
This commentary from the Lakeland, Florida Ledger clearly states the ramifications of cost-cutting plans by the state’s governor which will result in dismanteling a unique and valuable historical library collection developed over the course of 157 years. There is an effort underway to petition the legislature via collecting digital signatures to block implementation of the… Continue Reading
Public Libraries and Internet Access
The Institute of Museum and Library Services commissioned a recently published study from the Information Institute at Florida State University, Public Libraries and the Internet 2002: Internet Connectivity and Networked Services, (PDF) to evaluate the extent of Internet connectivity in U.S. public libraries. The results, gleaned from 1,100 respondents, indicate that almost all public libraries… Continue Reading
FTC Workshops on ID Theft
The Federal Trade Commission is sponsoring two free workshops, Technologies for Protecting Personal Information: The Consumer Experience (May 14, 2003), and Technologies for Protecting Personal Information: The Business Experience (June 4, 2003), according to this February 21 press release. See also the text of the Federal Register notice on these workshops, for which written comments… Continue Reading
Web Resource on State Legislatures
From the Capital Hill newspaper Roll Call, you may access web links to state legislatures, including audio and or video proceedings as available. Continue Reading
Librarians and the Patriot Act
For librarians around the country, concerns about the Patriot Act and patron privacy rights have only increased in the wake of recent news about the administration’s proposed Patriot II legislative initiative. From Sunday’s Ohio Toledo Blade, this article, Libraries fear loss of privacy as FBI searches for terrorists, illustrates the conflicting positions at issue involving… Continue Reading
