On March 31, Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) introduced S. 745, “A bill to require the consent of an individual prior to the sale and marketing of such individual’s personally identifiable information, and for other purposes.” Her press release states that the legislation seeks to establish a national standard for the protection of personal information, including social security numbers, drivers’ licenses, health and financial data, using a mandatory opt-in and opt-out procedure.
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Daily Archives: April 2, 2003
30th Anniversary of LexisNexis
See this press release, LexisNexis Celebrates the 30th Anniversary of its Invention of Online Legal Research, noting how original company owner Mead Data Central “revolutionized the field of legal research by launching the world’s first full-text commercial search engine,” 30 years ago today. Continue Reading
EFF Analysis of Patriot II
The Electronic Frontier Foundation just published an in-depth analysis of the January 9, 2003 draft known as Patriot Act II, titled Provisions of the Domestic Security Enhancement Act of 2003 that Impact the Internet and Surveillance. This analysis refers to the purported vaporware bill (there is no offical DOJ statement accepting authorship) as USAPA II,… Continue Reading
Penn State Issues Stern Warning About File Sharing
The Penn State provost, Rodney A. Erickson, issued an e-mail warning to students concerning potential penalties administered by the university and copyright holders against students making illegal copies of copyrighted music, movies and recordings. The tenor and tone of the message conveys the obvious impact made on academic institutions by the industry campaign to blunt… Continue Reading
Knowledge Manangement and Enterprise Blogging
According to this article by Jon Udell, “There will always be a need for automatic ways to propagate awareness within and among corporate teams. With “k-logging” (knowledge logging) — the enterprise flavor of blogging — knowledge that is not explicitly shared can nevertheless be found and made available.” Continue Reading
Library Groups Oppose Super DMCA Legislation
Library associations including the ALA, AALL and ARL are voicing their collective opposition to the Super DMCA bills about which I posted on March 31. According to letters sent to the Colorado and Arkansas legislatures, the library groups contend that the proposed legislation will erode fair use, and “While digital piracy is a serious problem…some… Continue Reading
New Portal to International Courts and Tribunals
Via the Big Ear, this link to the Project on International Courts and Tribunal: “The new Courts and Tribunals section will include information about all currently functioning international judicial bodies, including contact information, cases (pending and decided), and information about the judges, together with news and selected bibliographies (coming soon) about each body.” Continue Reading
Appeal of Norway DVD Piracy Case Scheduled
From Reuters, this announcement that the new trial of Jon Johansen has been scheduled for December 2. He posted to the Web the code to facilitate mass copying of DVDs, and his first trial ended in an acquittal. Continue Reading
Web Portal for Your Sweet Tooth
This site is just too good not to share. With the moniker, The UK’s premier snack information portal, snackspot.org has nothing to do with the law and everything to do with breaking news and reviews of new products in all categories of sweets, snacks and beverages. Enjoy! Continue Reading
Metafilter Blog Archives and Google Search Tool
Current affairs community weblog Metafilter, with over 17,000 members, has a new search tool for its archives, sponsored by Google. An example of how Google plans to mine a broad spectrum of content available through well established blogs. Continue Reading
