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Daily Archives: June 17, 2005

FTC Report to Congress on CAN-SPAM Act

FTC press release: “In a report to Congress required by the Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography and Marketing Act of 2003 (“CAN-SPAM Act”), the Federal Trade Commission says it does not recommend requiring unsolicited commercial e-mail to include a label in the subject line as a means to reduce spam…The report says that although subject line labeling may appear to offer a simple legislative fix for the problem of spam, the Commission doubts that it would materially help consumers or ISPs to block unwanted commercial e-mail or to segregate commercial e-mail from other e-mail messages. The Report states that subject line labeling requirements enacted by numerous states and foreign countries have not been effective to reduce spam.”

  • Subject Line Labeling as a Weapon Against Spam: A CAN-SPAM Report to Congress (June 2005) [Link not active as of 9:00pm EST]
  • Controvery Over Edits to BLM Report on Grazing Impact Study

    From the LA Times, June 17, 2005: “The Bush administration altered critical portions of a scientific analysis of the environmental impact of cattle grazing on public lands before announcing Thursday that it would relax regulations limiting grazing on those lands, according to scientists involved in the study.” BLM Publishes Final Environmental Impact Study on Changes… Continue Reading

    Details Revealed on Google Library Project at U. Michigan

    Following are links to several related documents worth reviewing on the Google Library Project to digitize the entire collections of participating libraries. Google Library: Peril for Publishers? Michigan Digitization Project Brief Overview (12/13/04) PDF Format Cooperative Agreement between the University Library and Google (PDF Format) Sample Titles Google’s Library Digitization Project: Reports from Michigan and… Continue Reading

    Bipartisan Compromise on Patriot Act

    “Today, a bipartisan working group of former senior government officials with expertise in homeland security, intelligence, law enforcement, and civil liberties delivered a set of recommendations for reauthorization of the Patriot Act to lawmakers on Capitol Hill. The bipartisan group, co-convened by John Podesta, President of the Center for American Progress, and Richard Falkenrath, former… Continue Reading