From Reuters: “Telemarketers may not dial the 51 million phone numbers on the national “do-not-call” list while a U.S. appeals court decides whether their free-speech rights are being violated, the court said on Tuesday.”
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Daily Archives: October 7, 2003
The Challenges Inherent in Managing Library Portals
The recombinant library: portals and people, by Lorcan Dempsey, VP, Research, OCLC. …”library time and resources should be freed to think about selection and use of the collection, not consumed by the messy mechanics of acquisitions and processing; and the user experience should be shaped by learning and research needs not by the arbitrary constraints… Continue Reading
Copyright Lawsuit Results in $19 Mln Damages Judgment
As a follow-up to my August 14 posting, Publisher Sues Financial Services Firm for Copyright Violation, this news from Reuters, Legg Mason told to pay $20 mln in copyright suit. “Lowry’s, which is based in North Palm Beach, Florida, said it brought the lawsuit because Legg Mason permitted wide distribution (via the company’s intranet) of… Continue Reading
Ashcroft Memo On Sec. 215 of Patriot Act
As a follow-up to my September 18 posting, Ashcroft Relents on Releasing Info On Library Records, the CDT has published a copy of the Memorandum for Director Robert S. Mueller from AG Ashcroft, Patriot Act Section 215. Continue Reading
Microsoft and Amazon in New E-Commerce Collaboration
Microsoft Partners With Amazon: “The Amazon service will enable users to make purchases without launching a browser or leaving their Office document, presentation or email message. Users will also be able to take data from Amazon, such as book information for footnotes and bibliographies, and embed it in their documents.” Continue Reading
Supreme Court Order List
Supreme Court Order List, released 10/06/03 (83 pages, pdf). Continue Reading
Understanding Copyright
Copyright and authors, by John Ewing: “This article provides a (very!) brief history of copyright and its philosophy in order to show that the publishers simple view is inaccurate, and suggests that understanding copyrights nature is the first step to solve the problems of copyright in the modern world.” Continue Reading
