By Jim Harper, Director of Information Policy Studies, CATO Institute, this article from the San Francisco Chronicle, Surveillance and the War on Terrorism, What’s in a name?, reviews the cycle of name changes associated with the government’s air passenger surveillance database program.
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Daily Archives: October 16, 2004
New LexisNexis Butterworths Service
Via Managing Information.com, this news about the launch of LexisNexis Butterworths. Use this link for information on content available through this subscription based service (from the menu on left hand side of the page, choose Content). Continue Reading
E-Voting Machine Manufacturer to Pay Damages for DMCA Violation
Press release: “The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) capped its historic victory in a copyright abuse case against electronic voting machine manufacturer Diebold today. The corporation agreed to pay $125,000 in damages and fees…Diebold is the first company to be held liable for violating section 512(f) of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), which makes it… Continue Reading
National Annenberg Election Survey
“National Annenberg Election Survey of 2000 was the largest academic election poll ever conducted, and the 2004 survey will match it in size, with a total of about 100,000 interviews. Polling began in October, 2003 and will continue until after the election in November 2004. The survey examines a wide range of political attitudes about… Continue Reading
