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Supreme Court Rules Against Child Online Protection Act
In a 5-4 decision today (Ashcroft v. ACLU), the Supreme Court held that “The Third Circuit was correct to affirm the District Court’s ruling that enforcement of COPA (Pub. Law 105-277) should be enjoined because the statute likely violates the First Amendment.” For additional documentation and commentary on this case, see the following references: Ashcroft …
Article on Law Librarians and Billable Rates
In the July 2004 issue of the ABA Journal (pages 34-35, text not currently available free online), see the article, The New Librarian, focusing on the topic of hourly rates for billable time, which according to a recent informal survey on the Private Law Libraries Special Interest Section Listserv, range from $80 to $200 for …
New York Times Expands RSS Feeds
The New York Times is now providing 28 topical RSS feeds. Examples include Campaign 2004, Circuits, NYTimes.com Home Page, Technology, and Week in Review. Related resource: From PCWorld.com, News on Demand – Tired of browsing around the Web for timely information? RSS readers deliver exactly the news you need–fast.
New Pew Internet Memo on VoIP
New research by the Pew Internet & American Life Project and the New Millennium Research Project “shows that 27% of Internet users have heard of Voice over Internet Protocol phone calling, and 13% of that population have considered adopting VoIP in the home. This translates into 34 million Americans who have heard of VoIP and …
Gov’t Cmte. Established to Develop Voluntary Voting System Guidelines
See today’s Federal Register: “the U.S. Election Assistance Commission hereby establishes the Technical Guidelines Development Committee…to assist the Executive Director of the Commission in the development of the voluntary voting system guidelines..” Related news: E-Voting Problems Expected, “Even new law setting standards won’t ensure bug-free digital elections this fall, Congress is warned.”
Study Released Today Rates How Sites Respect Customers
The 2004 Online Customer Respect Study of the Top 100 U. S. Companies ($$) evaluates “corporate performance from an online customer’s perspective,” according to the aggregate ratings for the following criteria: ease of navigation, quick and thorough responses to inquiries, respecting customer privacy, open and honest policies, values and respecting customer data. The top five …
Launch of New Anti-Spyware Resource
PestControl, a PC security company, today launched the Center for Pest Research, offering consumers a range of resources to assist in the effort to combat spyware. The site offers updated spyware analysis, whitepapers, how-to guides to identify, locate and eliminate “pests,” and an searchable Alphabetical Index to 21,109 Pest Descriptions.”
2004 State of the First Amendment Survey
“The State of the First Amendment survey, released by the First Amendment Center each year, is a reality check on how Americans view their first freedoms of speech, press, assembly, religion and petition. The survey (PDF, 16 pages), conducted annually since 1997 by the Center for Survey Research & Analysis at the University of Connecticut, …
VeriSign Announces Anti-Phishing Business Solutions
From VeriSign’s press release today: “VeriSign’s Anti-Phishing Solution protects enterprises through a five-tiered solution that helps prevent, detect and respond to attacks, thereby mitigating and eliminating identity theft and email fraud attempts.”
Group Seeks to Ensure Verifiable E-Voting in Maryland
From the Campaign for Verifiable Voting: “The eight plaintiffs in the lawsuit filed a motion for a preliminary injunction today to preserve the integrity of the November 2004 elections and restore public trust and confidence in the system by which Maryland voters will help elect the next President of the United States.” Litigation documents associated …
Spy Act Receives Strong Endorsement from House Cmte.
H.R. 2929, the Safeguard Against Privacy Invasions Act or Spy Act, was approved by the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 45-4, on June 24. Declan McCullagh highlights the latest amendments to the bill: “Network providers may use monitoring software to guard against network security and fraud; software vendors may choose from certain specific notices when …
