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Monthly Archives: July 2005
Public Libraries Offer Free Online Resources Not Available From Web Engines
A new article from the 8/15/05 issue of Forbes, Google Isn’t Everything, serves as a useful reminder that public libraries throughout the country offer users access to a vast range of online subscription services, absolutely free. While Yahoo is beta testing a service that permits users to locate news, articles and other resources from selected… Continue Reading
Hearing Focuses on ID Theft Scams Targeted At Older Americans
The U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging held a hearing on July 27, Old Scams New Victims: Breaking The Cycle of Victimization. Link to member statements and witness testimony Related references: FTC Testimony: Identifying and Fighting Consumer Fraud Against Older Americans Fraud and Identity Theft Complaints Received by the Federal Trade Commission From Consumers… Continue Reading
Obstacles to Use of Orphan Works
Whose Work Is It, Anyway? – “The use of ‘orphan works’ of art and literature, whose creators cannot be identified, puts scholars and artists at odds over changes in copyright law.” Related references: Tobe Liebert’s article, The Problem of Orphan Works, published on LLRX.com, May 15, 2005. Solum, Lawrence B., The Future of Copyright, Texas… Continue Reading
Microsoft Publishes New Anti-phishing White Paper
“The focus of this white paper is to describe the basic workings of a new capability, the Microsoft® Phishing Filter, that will be included in the upcoming release of Internet Explorer 7. The Microsoft Phishing Filter will not only help provide consumers with a dynamic system of warning and protection against potential phishing attacks, but… Continue Reading
Commentary on the Genesis and Evolution of the Web
We Are the Web – “The Netscape IPO wasn’t really about dot-commerce. At its heart was a new cultural force based on mass collaboration. Blogs, Wikipedia, open source, peer-to-peer – behold the power of the people…In fewer than 4,000 days, we have encoded half a trillion versions of our collective story and put them in… Continue Reading
New on LLRX.com
Law Library Marketing Resources, by Cindy Carlson. Continue Reading
Web Archives Provide Sources for Discovery
Today’s Wall Street Journal featured a front page article ($), Lawyers’ Delight: Old Web Material Doesn’t Disappear – Wayback Machine and Google Archive Billions of Pages, Including Deleted Ones, which is worth review. It focuses on how old web pages available from the Internet Archive and cached pages from Google can be of particular value… Continue Reading
Forbes Best of The Web Directory
Forbes Best of The Web Directory includes recommendations on more than 3,000 websites and blogs, on topics that include investing, health, e-commerce, management, travel and careers. Continue Reading
New EU Draft Directive on Data Retention
The EDRI-gram newsletter reported on the release of the new EU Commission explanatory memorandum on data retention, July 20, 2005 (16 pages, PDF). “The European Commission has finally produced its draft directive on data retention. According to the Commission, all fixed and mobile telephony traffic and location data from all private and legal persons should… Continue Reading
Key Provisions of House and Senate Patriot Act Reauthorizations Compared
Center for Democracy and Technology Analysis of Senate and House PATRIOT Act Reauthorization Bills, July 26, 2005 (6 pages, PDF) Continue Reading
Calls for White House and DOJ to Explain Events in Plame Leak
Press release: “Today U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer sent a letter to White House Chief of Staff Andrew Card asking for an explanation of the so called ’12 hour gap’ between the time then White House Counsel Alberto Gonzales told Card that White House staff were instructed to preserve all documentary evidence that may relate to… Continue Reading
