From FindLaw: “Memorandum of Understanding (September 20, 2004). Thirty-Two Page Agreement Between Bush And Kerry Campaigns Covering Every Aspect Of The Three Presidential Debates And One Vice-Presidential Debate” [HTML]
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Monthly Archives: September 2004
Cornell Legal Information Institute Releases New Version of US Code
From Thomas R. Bruce, Director, Legal Information Institute, Cornell Law School: We’ve finally unveiled the new version of the US Code…It represents a real improvement over the last version, in that the formatting is far more accurate, we are able to link many more crossreferences than previously, the search engine is greatly improved, and the… Continue Reading
New Search Engine Features Clustered Results
Press release: Vivísimo Launches Clusty.com – Unique New Search Site Brings the Power of Clustering to Web Search, Shopping, People Finding, Wikipedia and More [Link] Vivísimo…today unveiled Clusty.com, the first full-service search site powered completely by breakthrough clustering technology. Instead of simply presenting long lists of results, Clusty.com groups search results into folder topics, giving… Continue Reading
Florida Child Welfare Site Closed After Revealing Personal Data
Children’s Private Records Posted Online In Florida Continue Reading
Senate May Vote Next Week on Controversial Bill to Limit File Sharing
From the September 30 New York Times: Panel Considers Copyright Bill Related posting, Discouraging Online Networked Trafficking Inducement Act of 2004 For reference, see also the Resource Room for the Inducing Infringement of Copyrights Act of 2004 (formerly known as the INDUCE Act), sponsored by advocacy group Public Knowledge. Continue Reading
Consumer Reports’ Surveys Competition in Online International Airfares
Global Concerns: An In-Depth Examination of Travel Web Sites Selling International Airline Tickets “Consumer WebWatch wanted to determine if competition was more or less intense in the international market. The conclusion of this test is that online competition within the international airfare arena is indeed robust. Despite relatively high ticket prices, many of the sites… Continue Reading
Yahoo Really Gets RSS – A Big Step Forward
In his September 27 posting on the Yahoo! Search Blog, Scott Gatz from the My Yahoo! Team details the new RSS features incorporated in the redesigned My Yahoo! beta release. For additional information, see also New My Yahoo Beta, Featuring RSS and Atom, from Jeremy Zawodny’s blog (Jeremy is a Yahoo developer, author, blogger and… Continue Reading
Patriot Act Provision Struck Down by Federal Judge
In a 120 page decision today, Doe and ACLU v. Ashcroft et al., No. 04-CIV-2614, Judge Victor Marreo, Southern District of New York, “struck down an entire Patriot Act provision that gives the government unchecked authority to issue “National Security Letters” to obtain sensitive customer records from Internet Service Providers and other businesses without judicial… Continue Reading
Review of State Sponsored Policies and Technologies Used to Filter Internet Access
A Starting Point: Legal Implications of Internet Filtering (PDF 16 pages) “In this paper, the Open Net Initiative (ONI) considers some of the legal implications of controlling access to Internet content through filtering. ONI — a research partnership of the Berkman Center, University of Toronto’s Citizen Lab, and the University of Cambridge — documents Internet… Continue Reading
Piracy Deterrence and Education Act of 2004 Passed By House
The Piracy Deterrence and Education Act of 2004, Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. See also H. Rept. 108-700. Continue Reading
Essay Addresses New Regulatory Framework for Electronic Evidence
From Orin Kerr, news of the publication of a draft of his new essay, Digital Evidence and the New Criminal Procedure. “This essay shows how existing rules of criminal procedure are poorly equipped to regulate the collection of digital evidence. It predicts that new rules of criminal procedure will evolve to regulate digital evidence investigations,… Continue Reading
Gov’t and Corp. Use of Social Security Numbers and Issues Related to ID Theft
Social Security Numbers: Use Is Widespread and Protections Vary in Private and Public Sectors GAO-04-1099T, September 28, 2004, Highlights-PDF “The use of SSNs by both private and public sector entities is likely to continue, but the more frequently SSNs are used, the more likely they are to be misused given the continued rise in identity… Continue Reading
