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Daily Archives: January 21, 2004
House Passes Database Protection Bill
Today the House Judiciary Committee passed the Database and Collections of Information Misappropriation Act, H.R. 3261. The bill has the backing of global publishers Reed Elsevier and Thomson Corp. The Committee’s press release See my previous postings on the legislation here. House Panel Sparks Database Controversy Continue Reading
Another Round of Lawsuits by RIAA
From the EFF advisory, Recording Industry Announces Lawsuits Against Music Sharers: “Continuing a crusade against its own customers, the recording industry today announced lawsuits against more than five hundred individuals accused of illegal filesharing. The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) announced it would seek the identity of “John Does” known by the addresses of… Continue Reading
Key Provisions of Patriot Act Will Sunset in 2005
Bush wants Patriot Act renewed. January 20, 2004 State of the Union Address by President Bush (pdf) Patriot Act Comes Into Play – President urges renewal, while amendments languish in Congress beSpacific postings on Patriot Act Continue Reading
Can Spam Be Tamed?
Going Upstream to Fight Spam. Creative proposals continue to percolate, but a workable solution to truly quelling the tide of spam is proving elusive, with significant costs to ISPs and consumers. Continue Reading
Outsourcing Legal Services Generates Listserv Traffic
By way of another update to my recent postings on outsourcing, the following information was shared today on the Law-Lib listserv: The New Wave of Outsourcing by Ashok Deo Bardhan and Cynthia A. Kroll, Fisher Center for Real Estate and Urban Economics, University of California, Berkeley, Fall 2003 (via Saundra Kae Rubel, Privacy Law Analyst,… Continue Reading
