The Piracy Deterrence and Education Act of 2004, Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Judiciary. See also H. Rept. 108-700.
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Daily Archives: September 28, 2004
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
Microsoft Announces Open Source Wiki Application
Thanks to Paige, who alerted me to this article with details about Microsoft’s FlexWiki, a free, “experimental collaboration tool, based on WikiWiki. See also SourceForge.net’s Project: FlexWiki: Summary, and Enter the World of the “Wiki” Continue Reading
Hearing on ID Theft Addresses Protection of Social Security Numbers
Prepared Statement of the Federal Trade Commission on Identity Theft and Social Security Numbers, Before the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, September 28, 2004. Accompanying FTC press release See also the Fair Credit Reporting Act and previous postings here and here on security issues associated… Continue Reading
RocketNews Adds RSS Feeds
From WebProNews, via Search Engine Guide, this update that RocketInfo, a terrific news portal, has added a feature allowing users to create RSS feeds for specific searches. How to generate an RSS feed on RocketInfo: 1) create and run a search; 2) On the upper right hand corner of the Search Results page, you will… Continue Reading
