On March 5, the government will argue before the Supreme Court that the Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA) should be applied and that federally funded libraries must filter Internet access to patrons. See my previous posting on this case here, as well as recent topical articles from the USAToday, Case tests Congress’ ability to make… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: March 2003
Inexpensive Options to Create PDF Documents
This article reviews two applications, RoboPDF 2.0 ($50) and pdfFactory ($50), that offer a low-cost alternative for attorneys currently using Adobe to create database repositories of documents. Continue Reading
Copyright Office Posts DMCA Comments
The Copyright Office has now posted all the public comments received on DMCA exemptions to the proposed rulemaking on anticircumvention as it applies to copyrighted works. See my previous posting here. Continue Reading
File Swapping and Free Speech on College Campuses
From Findlaw’s Writ, the author of Should Universities Crack Down On Illegal Swapping? champions the position that “universities should take the lead in mounting free speech and “fair use” challenges to the application of NETA and the DMCA.” See also my February 27 posting on this issue, P2P File Sharing on Campuses. Continue Reading
Law Firm Leverages E-Documents
From the March 2003 issue of AmLaw Tech, this article on a customized electronic discovery application called Patterns, developed for Preston Gates, is described as “a search engine on steroids.” Continue Reading
Questions About Bush Cyberspace Strategy
From Slate, this commentary on the recently released National Strategy To Secure Cyberspace contends that the report seeks to engender unfounded fears about cyberterrorism. Continue Reading
Website on Terrorism Issues
From the Council on Foreign Relations, in cooperation with the Markle Foundation, comes this informative and timely website, Terrorism: Questions & Answers. “The purpose of our site is to help sort out issues as they relate to terrorism in a question-and-answer format that is authoritative, easily understandable, and nonpartisan.” Continue Reading
Blog for Visually Impaired
Via Digital Libraries, news about a new blog, VIP2, “for librarians, visually impaired individuals, and others interested in talking about digital books, talking books, digital audiobooks, library services for the visually impaired, and other issues of interest.” Continue Reading
Review of Spyware
From the International Herald Tribune, Net programs to catch spies gives a positive review to the free application Spybot Search Destroy from PepiMK Software. One of its features “is a file shredder under the Tools button that lets you completely delete a file from your computer in a way that leaves no traces of it… Continue Reading
Congressional Websites Show Improvement According to New Report
The Congress Online Project released a report resulting from two years of research, Congress Online 2003: Turning the Corner on the Information Age (html). The entire text of the report is also available in PDF. The report evaluates 610 congressional member, standing committee and leadership websites, identifies effective techniques and tools for design, usability and… Continue Reading
Amazon To Sell Internet Addresses
According to a report in today’s Seattle Times via AP and Bloomberg, and the March 1 WSJ, on December 6, 2002 ICANN granted Amazon.com approval to sell TLD (top level domain) Internet addresses to the public. A search of ICANN’s site yielded confirmation of this approval in a very discreet manner: on a ICANN-Accredited Registrars… Continue Reading
Internet Research Task Force Launched
A new organization, the Internet Research Task Force, comprised of 13 Research Groups, one of whose goal is to fight spam, launched their website last week. The Anti-Spam Research Group (ASRG) has an email list at [email protected]. Continue Reading
