Testimony and Statement for the Record of Chris Jay Hoofnagle, Deputy Counsel, Electronic Privacy Information Center, at the Hearing on Use and Misuse of the Social Security Number, Subcommittee on Social Security of the Committee on Ways and Means. U.S. House of Representatives, July 10, 2003.
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Daily Archives: July 10, 2003
DARPA On the Technology Bleeding Edge
DARPA’s Information Processing Technology Office (IPTO) is soliciting proposals for a program called Real-World Reasoning, to “explore and develop foundations, technology and tools to enable effective, practical automated reasoning of the scale and complexity required for computers to perform complex tasks in the real world requiring intelligence.” “Specifically, the program intends to: 1. Develop and… Continue Reading
Cached Pages on Google Raise Copyright Issues
From News.com: “Through a caching feature on the popular Google search site, people can sometimes call up snapshots of archived stories at NYTimes.com and other registration-only sites. The practice has proved a boon for readers hoping to track down Web pages that are no longer accessible at the original source, for whatever reason. But the… Continue Reading
CA Rep. Voices Opposition to E-Mail Spam Decision
The June 30 decision by the California Supreme Court in Intel Corp. v. Hamidi has spurred California Rep. Chris Cox to announce that this “most peculiar ruling … needs legislative correction.” His comments were made during a House Committee on Energy and Commerce hearing on Legislative Efforts to Combat Spam, held July 9. Continue Reading
Webcasters v. RIAA
Webcaster Alliance, Inc. “announced its’ concerns about anticompetitive conduct in the market for Internet radio, which were made in a letter to the Recording Industry Association of America. The Alliance notified the RIAA of its’ intention to initiate legal proceedings unless the RIAA takes concrete steps to address anticompetitive conditions in the market that threaten… Continue Reading
Microsoft Speech Server
Microsoft has released into beta testing its speech server and said it will launch a partner program for solution providers building speech applications. Microsoft’s White Paper: Microsoft Speech Server, Enabling people to use speech as part of their everyday interactions with software and services whether they are using telephones, mobile devices, or PCs. Continue Reading
New ACLU Report on the Patriot Act
From the press release: The American Civil Liberties Union today said that it has found a consistent pattern of factually inaccurate assertions by the Department of Justice in statements to the media and Congress, statements that mischaracterize the scope, potential impact and likely harm of the now-notorious USA PATRIOT Act. Seeking Truth From Justice: PATRIOT… Continue Reading
Law Libraries: Books and Online Services are Both Essential
Revolution or Evolution for Law Libraries? – “More seasoned practitioners are loath to give up traditional libraries; firms would do well to listen to them.” Continue Reading
