Professor Pamela Samuelson, School of Information Management and Systems, University of California at Berkeley, published a new article, The Constitutional Law of Intellectual Property After Eldred v. Ashcroft, 50 J. Cop. Soc’y (forthcoming 2003). Link via A Copyfighter’s Musings, which reviews the article, and its significant citations from other forthcoming articles. Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: June 2003
New Law Review Article on CIPA
Steven D. Hinckley, Associate Dean for Library and Information Technology & Professor of Law, University of South Carolina, authored, Your Money or Your Speech: The Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA) and the Congressional Assault on the First Amendment in Public Libraries, in the Washington University Law Quarterly, vol. 80, No. 4, Winter 2002 (via The… Continue Reading
New SEC Rule Puts More Corporate Filings Online Faster
Electronic filing of all Section 16 reports will become mandatory on June 30, 2003. See Release No. 33-8230 which states: We are adopting rule and form amendments to mandate the electronic filing, and website posting by issuers with corporate websites, of beneficial ownership reports filed by officers, directors and principal security holders under Section 16(a)… Continue Reading
National Security, Freedom of Information and Gov’t Docs
An interview with Steven Aftergood, Project on Government Secrecy, Federation of American Scientists: Government Secrecy in the Age of Information, by Joe Fitzgerald and Antonia Badway, Biodefense Quarterly, Summer 2003 (a publication of the Johns Hopkins Center for Civilian Biodefense Strategies). Continue Reading
Airline Passenger Screening Program Scaled Back
According to this June 14 Washington Post article, the controversial CAPPS II airline passenger data collection and surveillance program will be scaled back as a result of considerable opposition from the public and advocacy groups. The article also states that “new details about the system are expected to be included in a Privacy Act notice… Continue Reading
Locating and Targeting Consumers Online
Online Locator Software Use Grows: There is growing interest and technology development in identifying online users according to location or geography, called geotargeting or geolocating. Marketing can be targeted to specific zip codes or areas. Although this article states that privacy advocates should not be overly concerned, a range of electronic retailing sectors, including entertainment,… Continue Reading
EIN Numbers Available Online from IRS
New Online EIN application process: “An Employer Identification Number (EIN), also known as a Federal Tax Identification Number, is a nine-digit number that the IRS assigns to business entities. The IRS uses this number to identify taxpayers that are required to file various business tax returns. EINs are used by employers, sole proprietors, corporations, partnerships,… Continue Reading
Surveillance Oversight and Disclosure Act
From ALAWON, the American Library Association Washington Office Newsline: “On June 11th, Representatives Joseph M. Hoeffel (PA-D), Sam Farr (CA-D), and House Judiciary Chairman John Conyers (MI-D) announced their joint sponsorship of H.R. 2429, the Surveillance Oversight and Disclosure Act. This bill would require greater reporting by the Justice Department on USA PATRIOT Act activities,… Continue Reading
UK Guidelines on Employee Web Monitoring
From Internet Magazine, news of the publication, by the UK Information Commissioner, responsible for data protection & freedom of information, of the third part of the Employment Practices Data Protection Code – Monitoring at Work, the Do’s & Don’t for workplace monitoring. Links to these documents, and to the other parts of the guide, are… Continue Reading
DOD Technology and Privacy Advisory Committee
From the June 11, Federal Register, notice of Meeting of the Technology and Privacy Advisory Committee (TAPAC). “The purpose of the meeting is for presentations of interest and discussion concerning the legal and policy considerations implicated by the application of advanced information technologies to counter-terrorism and counter intelligence missions.” Related information from Cryptome: Secretary of… Continue Reading
Copyright Office Publishes Agreement Under the Small Webcaster Settlement Act
Notification of Agreement Under the Small Webcaster Settlement Act of 2002, Federal Register, June 11, 2003. “The Copyright Office is publishing an agreement which sets rates and terms for the reproduction and performance of sound recordings made by a noncommercial webcaster under the section 112 and 114 statutory licenses.” See also a recent posting with… Continue Reading
The Cost of E-Discovery
Federal Decision Deals With Who Pays the Costs: Judge Shira Scheindlin’s ruling in Zubulake v. UBS Warburg, 02 Civ. 1243, U.S. District Court, Southern District of New York, May 13, 2003, “lists seven factors to test in order to determine which side of a case should pay for electronic discovery.” Continue Reading
