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Daily Archives: June 5, 2003
Martha Stewart Responds to Indictment on New Website
In response to the SEC’s June 4 indictment on securities fraud, Martha Stewart purchased full-page ads in today’s major newspapers declaring her innocence, and launched a new website, which currently includes a letter/appeal from her, and a statement from her attorneys. Apparently, more information about what promises to be a high-profile case will be added… Continue Reading
EU Declaration on Freedom of Communication on the Internet
Declaration on freedom of communication on the Internet, Strasbourg, May 28, 2003, Adopted by the Committee of Ministers at the 840th meeting of the Ministers’ Deputies. “The member states of the Council of Europe…should not subject content on the Internet to restrictions which go further than those applied to other means of content delivery.” Continue Reading
New Technology Speeds Up Net Downloads
See this recent paper authored by 12 CalTech scientists, Fast TCP: From Theory to Experiments, which details their work, demonstrated through a number of controlled and public experiments, that allows users to download text, images and video from the Internet at “6,000 times the capacity of the ordinary broadband links.” definition of TCP Continue Reading
Patriot Act Resources for Libraries
The USA PATRIOT Act, and What You Can Do, by Mairi McFall and Karen G. Schneider, CLA Intellectual Freedom Committee Sample Search Warrant Procedures for Libraries by Mary Minow The Library’s Legal Answer Book Continue Reading
Court Orders Verizon to Reveal Identity of File-Sharing Customers
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia has ruled that ISP Verizon Communications must provide the RIAA with the names of four customers accused of using the service to pirate copyrighted music using file sharing sofware. For a history of this case, please see this link. The RIAA press release is here. Continue Reading
