Congress Finds Rare Unity in Spam, to a Point. Promises abound that this will be the year when Congress enacts anti-spam legislation, as bi-partisan support, consumer demand and corporate frustration have reached a crescendo. See my related postings on current legislation here and here, and this June 20 article, Senate Once Again Backs Stringent Penalties for Spam Senders: “With minimal discussion and debate, the Senate Commerce Committee unanimously approved a bill to make it illegal for anyone to use fraudulent or deceptive return e-mail addresses, fake e-mail headers or use false subject lines.”
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Daily Archives: June 24, 2003
A Review of Internet Copyright Issues
From today’s Washington Post, Overview: Short History of Copyright in the Digital Age, Internet Sparks a Copyright Fire. From the battles between the entertainment industry, “fair use rights” advocates, consumers and copyright holders, this article touches on the complex, high-stake issues, legislative initiatives and key players making news in this arena. Continue Reading
“Clustering” Search Engine Worth a Review
Vivisimo, co-winner of the 2002 Search Engine Watch award for Best Meta Search Engine, is featured in this new article, CMU (Carnegie Mellon) trio develops Internet search tool that sorts results in helpful clusters. (via Search Engine News). For more information, see the company’s Clustering Engine webpage. Continue Reading
New Net Filtering Study Released
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and the Online Policy Group (OPG) yesterday announced the release of their joint report, Internet Blocking in Public Schools, A Study on Internet Access in Educational Institutions. “The study found that blocking software overblocked state-mandated curriculum topics extensively — for every web page correctly blocked as advertised, one or more… Continue Reading
Microsoft and Privacy Initiative
Microsoft’s press release: Microsoft Hires Peter Cullen as Chief Privacy Strategist – Internationally Recognized Privacy Industry Leader Brings Extensive Consumer Protection Experience to Microsoft. See also Trustworthy Computing, Microsoft White Paper, October 2002, and One year on, is Microsoft ‘trustworthy’? Continue Reading
Decision on FEC and First Amendment
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia issued a ruling on June 20 in AFL-CIO v. FEC, terminating the Commission’s “public release of all investigatory files not exempted from the Freedom of Information Act.” See this article for more information – Appeals court blocks FEC from documents release. Continue Reading
New International Law Database
Announcement from Jill McC. Watson, The American Society of International Law: The Electronic Information System for International Law (EISIL) database is a collaborative project created by The American Society of International Law with the support of the Mellon Foundation…you can browse through outlines of each subject category. They contain links to primary documents, recommended web… Continue Reading
