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Monthly Archives: March 2003
Interview With Attorney/Bloggers
In Interview with Bloggers, Director of the Oklahoma Bar Association Management Assistance Program Jim Calloway discussed blogs with two expert techie attorneys and I am pleased to say, colleagues; Dennis Kennedy and Tom Mighell. A public thank you to both for mentioning beSpacific. Continue Reading
Legislation to Protect Children on the Web
From the Washington Post, this timely article, Primer: Children, The Internet and Pornography, tracks the checkered past six years of laws specifically intended to protect children on the Web. Unfortunately, no links to the enacted laws and proposed legislation are provided, so here they are: the Children’s Internet Protection Act; the Child Online Protection Act;… Continue Reading
Newspaper Editors and the Patriot Act II
The American Society of Newspaper Editors recently issued a memo, The Effect of Patriot Act II on Newspapers. It focuses on three areas in which the proposed draft legislation would impact First Amendment rights: “(1) Increased surveillance authority that might chill speech, especially political dissent; (2) Increased restrictions on access to government information, either generally… Continue Reading
Supreme Court Decisions on Sex Offender Registry and Internet
Today the Supreme Court ruled in two cases involving Megan’s law, one from Connecticut and one from Alaska. In Smith et al v. Doe et al, No. 01-729, (PDF – appeal in Doe I v. Otte, 259 F.3d 979, C.A. 9, Alaska, 2001) the court upheld the right of states to use the web to… Continue Reading
EU Approves Hacker Penalties
EU Ministers agreed to establish a new criminal offense, “illegally accessing an information system,” which would include incarceration for “serious cases.” The text of this new policy is buried on page 19 of this 27 page document (PDF), under the heading “Attacks Against Information Systems.” See also this related article in today’s New York Times,… Continue Reading
California Financial Privacy Bill Proceeds
An update on SB 1, the California Financial Information Privacy Act: it received approval from the Senate in a vote of 23 to 6 on March 3. See my previous post on the bill here. Continue Reading
New Tech Magazine Bucks Trend
The recent demise of well regarded techzine Red Herring, just short of its tenth anniversary, follows the discontinuation of other prominent publications in the tech arena, including The Industry Standard in 2001, Upside magazine in 2002, and predictions that continued financial woes at Salon.com will also result in its closure. Amidst all this gloom comes… Continue Reading
New Bill to Protect Consumer Rights In the Digital Age
On March 4, Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren (D-CA) introduced the Benefit Authors without Limiting Advancement or Net Consumer Expectations, or BALANCE Act, that mirrors the text of H. R. 5522, the Digital Choice and Freedom Act of 2002, introduced by Lofgren October 2, 2002. From yesterday’s press release: “This legislation would ensure that consumers are able… Continue Reading
Free Online News Sources Dwindle
This Columbia Journalism Review article, Why Information Will No Longer Be Free, highlights the growing trend by newspapers to cut losses from free access to their websites with the addition of new subscriptions models, expanded advertising campaigns and the collection of more customer personal data for marketing purposes by third parties. Continue Reading
Trademark Decision from Supreme Court Impacts Domain Names
On March 4, the Supreme Court released a unanimous decision in Moseley et al., dba v. V Secret Catalogue, Inc., et al., No. 01-1015, a trademark dilution case (Federal Trademark Dilution Act of 1995 (FTDA) at Section 43(c) of the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. §1125(c). According to Declan McCullagh’s article on the decision, “the justices… Continue Reading
News from AllThe Web, Northern Light and Google
AllTheWeb has redesigned their site, and added a new feature, AlltheWeb URL Investigator. See the company press release, and a review of the changes by Greg Notess. In other search engine news, Northern Light News No Longer Updating, and Google moves into a new arena, Google Content-Targeted Advertising. See Danny Sullivan’s commentary, Google Throws Hat… Continue Reading
