United Nations Treaties and Principles on Space Law. “The Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space is the only international forum for the development of international space law. Since its inception, the Committee has concluded five international legal instruments and five sets of legal principles governing space-related activities.” Via Metalfilter.
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Daily Archives: April 29, 2003
More News on Anti-Spam Efforts
Spammers obviously continue to irritate a very raw nerve, and Capitol Hill is piling on. Recent federal legislation from Senators Wyden and Burns, Senator Schumer, and now Senator Lofgren’s announcement of the introduction of the Restrict and Eliminate Delivery of Unsolicited Commercial E-mail (REDUCE) Spam Act, added to state legislative efforts, indicate that the battle… Continue Reading
DARPA Funds TIA Privacy Study
“The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is funding a contract to examine privacy protection in the use of terrorist tracking applications, such as the DARPA-led Total Information Awareness (TIA) program.” From Federal Computer Week. Continue Reading
NY Senator Schumer Wages War Against Spam
Senator Charles E. Schumer announced the release of a new study (The Dark Side of E-Commerce: The EMail Spam Epidemic) indicating that “New York City residents receive 8.25 million junk emails a day and spend 4.2 million hours a year eliminating spam messages.” This announcement also stated the Senator plans to introduce new legislation to… Continue Reading
Corporations Leverage Search Technologies
Interesting article from News.com that highlights how Ford Motor Company leveraged the technology of Ask Jeeves to analyze, design and implement more effective website features in response to consumer concerns during the Firestone tire recall, and thereafter. Continue Reading
New FTC Study on False Claims and Spam
This new report from the FTC, False Claims in Spam (16 page pdf), states that is the first extensive review of deceptive and unfair practices that appear in unsolicited commercial e-mail (UCE). The study analyzed 1,000 spam e-mails drawn from a pool of 11,000 such messages, and concluded that at least one form of deception… Continue Reading
Supreme Court Rejects Internet Jurisdiction Case
The Supreme Court has declined to hear the appeal of Healthgrades.com v. Northwest Healthcare Alliance Inc. Continue Reading
