Monthly archives: September, 2023

Appeals Court Upholds Public.Resource.Org’s Right to Post Public Laws and Regulations Online

EFF: “Technical standards like fire and electrical codes developed by private organizations but incorporated into public law can be freely disseminated without any liability for copyright infringement, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday.  Tuesday’s ruling by a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit upholds the idea that …

Subjects: Copyright, Courts, Freedom of Information, Government Documents, Legal Research

SALI Alliance Defines and Translates 12,000+ Legal Data Tags in 11 Languages

“The SALI (Standards Advancement for the Legal Industry) Alliance, the leading global non-profit dedicated to creating and promoting legal data standards, has released to the draft standard (subject to review and comment) the definitions of 12,000+ standardized legal tags, as well as translations into 11 languages. Michael Bommarito of 273 Ventures provided the translations of the …

Subjects: Knowledge Management, Legal Research

Find COVID‑19 Vaccines

Vaccines.gov: COVID-19 vaccination guidance has been updated. Learn more about COVID‑19 vaccine recommendations. Search for COVID‑19 vaccine options for children or adults to find a location near you. If you do not find a convenient location, check back later or contact your health care provider or local health department. Search for vaccine using your 5-digit …

Subjects: Health Care, Medicine

Bird migration forecast maps

“Bird migration forecasts show predicted nocturnal migration 3 hours after local sunset and are updated every 6 hours. These forecasts come from models trained on the last 23 years of bird movements in the atmosphere as detected by the US NEXRAD weather surveillance radar network. In these models we use the Global Forecasting System (GFS) …

Subjects: Climate Change, Environmental Law

Google Dropped the ChatGPT killler!?

Steve Nouri, LinkedIn – Google Dropped the ChatGPT killler!? Microsoft announced a game-changer(PyEx). How to teach using AI and more: Google dropped the new AI-powered assistant (#chatgpt rival). Duet AI assistant across its Workspace apps: Gmail, Drive, Slides, Docs, etc. It assists users in various tasks, such as converting a Docs outline into a Slides …

Subjects: AI, Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, Education, Internet, Knowledge Management, Search Engines

U.S. v. Google: What to Know About the Biggest Antitrust Trial in 20 Years

WSJ [listen to the article here] – “Search engine faces charges of using illegal agreements with partners such as Apple to maintain a monopoly.” See also NPR – “A court battle kicks off on Tuesday in which the U.S. Justice Department will argue that Google abused its power as a monopoly to dominate the search …

Subjects: Courts, Government Documents, Legal Research, Search Engines

The Atlantic’s Guide to Privacy

The Atlantic’s Guide to Privacy [read free]: “In 2023, digital privacy is, in many ways, a fiction: Knowingly or not, we are all constantly streaming, beaming, being surveilled, scattering data wherever we go. Companies, governments, and our fellow citizens know more than we could ever imagine about our body, our shopping habits, even our kids. …

Subjects: Cybercrime, Cybersecurity, E-Records, Internet, Privacy

Z-Library Opens ‘Z-Points’ Around the World to Share Paper Books

Torrent Freak: “Z-Library, which is commonly known as a pirate ebook repository, has opened up 11 physical book distribution points around the world. From the United States to South Sudan, there are Z-Points in every inhabited continent. The ultimate goal is to broaden the library’s scope to the physical realm, further promoting book sharing. With …

Subjects: Education, Freedom of Information, Internet, Knowledge Management, Legal Research

Law Schools: Want to Help Bend the Arc of the Moral Universe Toward Justice? Hire Law Professors with Public Service Experience

Kincaid, Rachel, Law Schools: Want to Help Bend the Arc of the Moral Universe Toward Justice? Hire Law Professors with Public Service Experience (September 5, 2023). University of Richmond Law Review, Forthcoming, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4562584 “We are living in momentous times. Social justice and the legitimacy of our political systems are at the forefront …

Subjects: Civil Liberties, Climate Change, Education, Environmental Law, Legal Research

An Ed-Tech Tragedy?

UNESCO – “A new book about experiences with educational technologies during the COVID-19 pandemic and the implications for the future of learning. The COVID-19 pandemic pushed education from schools to educational technologies at a pace and scale with no historical precedent. For hundreds of millions of students formal learning became fully dependent on technology – …

Subjects: Education, Health Care