How I Lost the Big One “In this article adapted from his upcoming book, Eldred v. Ashcroft lead counsel Larry Lessig explains how the decision how to argue Eldred was made, and what he believes went wrong.” [Link from The Eldred Act] Continue Reading
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Monthly Archives: March 2004
Database Protection Bill Moves Forward in Congress
See Hands Off! That Fact Is Mine and Weaker database bill gets House committee vote. See other postings on H.R. 3261, the Database and Collections of Information Misappropriation Act (DCIMA). See also the Consumer Access to Information Act of 2004, HR 3872. From Wired, Hands Off! That Fact Is Mine Continue Reading
Challenges to Finding Credible Health Info on the Web
Press release: “Today URAC and Consumer WebWatch (CWW), a project of Consumers Union, released a report that finds problems with access to credible health information on the Internet and makes expert recommendations for improving access to health information for consumers.” Setting the Public Agenda for Online Health Search, A White Paper and Action Agenda (pdf,… Continue Reading
E-Voting Machines Register Problems
Rough Start For Touch-Screen Voting Machines Scattered glitches as e-voting gets biggest test Super Tuesday puts electronic voting to test Continue Reading
New GAO Report Critical of USDA IT Security
Information Security: Further Efforts Needed to Address Serious Weaknesses at USDA. GAO-04-154, January 30. Highlights. Continue Reading
Yahoo Introduces New Program to Mine Deep Web
From the Yahoo press release issued today: “YAHOO! Search launches new content acquisition program providing more relevant, comprehensive online content for users. Includes telationships with NPR, The New York Public Library,…Wikipedia, a free, multilingual online encyclopedia with articles in more than 50 languages; and the National Science Digital Library (NSDL), the National Science Foundation’s online… Continue Reading
Supreme Ct. Heard Oral Arguments Today on Child Online Protection Act
This Washington Post (reg. req’d) article reviews today’s arguments in Ashcroft v. ACLU, No. 03-218. Child Online Protection Act (original statute); amended statute. Brief for Petitioner Brief for Respondents Continue Reading
Will Search Engine Consolidation Herald An End to AltaVista and AllTheWeb?
According to this Pandia article (via Search Engine Guide): “…we have to announce that the AltaVista and AlltheWeb search engines are going to die. In the near future Yahoo! will replace these unique search engines with data from the new Yahoo! search engine.” Continue Reading
Memory Hole Posts 9/11 Audio and Transcripts
audio: Betty Ong’s Call from 9/11 Flight 11 “Played at the 9/11 hearings, this is a 4-1/2 minute segment of a flight attendant’s call from Flight 11 to an operations specialist.” [Link] 9/11 Transcripts and Police Reports “The Memory Hole has obtained 9/11 documents previously withheld by the Port Authority of New York and New… Continue Reading
9/11 Commission Finally Obtains Extension
Hastert u-turns on Commission: “Speaker J. Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) has dropped his opposition to a 60-day extension requested by a national commission to write a report analyzing the causes of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.” [the new deadline is July 26, 2004] Response by the Chair and Vice Chair of the Commission Bush to Limit… Continue Reading
New Report on Copyright Law and Business Innovation
From the Committee for Economic Development: “Promoting Innovation and Economic Growth: The Special Problem of Digital Intellectual Property, a new CED policy statement is now available. The statement includes an overview of copyright law and business innovation, as well as recommendations for overcoming the challenges inherent in digital media. Developing and testing new business models… Continue Reading
FDA Launches New Website on Heart Health
Welcome to FDA’s Heart Health Online: “This new web site gives you reliable information about the products used to prevent, diagnose, and treat cardiovascular disease. It includes full descriptions and patient instructions for many medications, medical devices, and diagnostic tests for cardiovascular disease.” Continue Reading
