From Internet.com: “Sen. Charles Schumer (D.-N.Y.) said Wednesday he will seek to amend the current spam bill pending before the Senate to include requiring the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to create a Do Not Spam list comparable to the FTC’s popular Do Not Call registry.” The downside of the Do Not Call registry – from… Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: July 2003
FTC Launches New Telemarketing Fraud Website
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has launched a new website, Telemarketing Fraud Enforcement, which includes: the text of enforcement action announcements since October 1, 2002 a link to Summary of Enforcement Action Announcements from January-July 2003 a link to consumer information on numerous types of fraud (online and offline), with content available in text or… Continue Reading
Commentary on Fair Use
A new article by Mary Minow, How I Learned to Love FAIR USE or how to bring a $300,000 lawsuit down to $0 if you’re a library, archive, or nonprofit educational institution. See also my posting on Mary’s book, The Library’s Legal Answer Book Continue Reading
Stanford Copyright and Fair Use Site Relaunched
The Stanford University Libraries’ Copyright & Fair Use website has been relaunched with a new design, enhanced navigation and content in areas which include: Primary Materials Copyright & Fair Use Guide Copyright & Fair Use Overview Resources for Librarians Current Issues & Legislation Continue Reading
Google News Offers Enhanced Search Tool
See Google Advanced News Search, and this related News.com article. Continue Reading
SLA Legal Div. 2003 Program Resources
SLA Annual Meeting 2003: Programming for SLA Legal Division. Links to resources that include: Librarians’ Role in Corporate Responsibility The Challenge of Offering Services Globally, links here and here. Copyright: Managing and Licensing Your Collection Continue Reading
New on LLRX.com
Selecting Web Sites for “Beyond Google” Resource Discovery Knowledge is Power: KM Remains Vital to Firm Success Update to A Guide to the U.S. Federal Legal System: Web-Based Publicly Accessible Sources Federal District Court Dockets – Case Summary Information and Case Management Identifiers What Are Blogs and Why Is Everyone So Excited About Them? Adobe… Continue Reading
Microsoft Office 2003 to Feature Link to LexisNexis
From the LexisNexis press release: “LexisNexis will provide a legal research option on Microsofts new Research Task Pane featured in Microsoft Office Outlook® 2003, Microsoft Office Word 2003, Microsoft Office Excel 2003, Microsoft Office PowerPoint® 2003, and Microsoft Office Access 2003.” (thanks Donna). Continue Reading
RIAA Goes After File Sharing Music Downloaders
Music Industry Wins 871 Subpoenas Against Internet Users: “The music industry has won at least 871 federal subpoenas against computer users suspected of illegally sharing music files on the Internet, with roughly 75 new subpoenas being approved each day, court officials say.” See also this RIAA press release, Recording Industry To Begin Collecting Evidence And… Continue Reading
Amazon Plans Huge Online Searchable Archives of Nonfiction Texts
Amazon Plan Would Allow Searching Texts of Many Books. “Executives at Amazon.com are negotiating with several of the largest book publishers about an ambitious and expensive plan to assemble a searchable online archive with the texts of tens of thousands of books of nonfiction, according to several publishing executives involved.” Continue Reading
New Tech Gadgets Compromise Privacy
The Death Of Privacy–Again: “The world around you is being flooded with intrusive technologies, with camera phones as the tip of the iceberg, and the very concept of privacy, especially in public spaces, is going to be radically overhauled as a result.” Continue Reading
Copyright of RSS Blogging Tool Transfered to Harvard
News.com reports that the “Berkman Center for Internet & Society at Harvard Law School is the new keeper of the specification for a popular Web log tool. The Berkman Center took over ownership of the Really Simple Syndication (RSS) 2.0 specification this week after UserLand, a company owned by RSS 2.0 author David Winer, transferred… Continue Reading
