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House Takes Aim at Patriot Act Secret Searches: “The U.S. House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly on Tuesday to roll back a key provision (amending H.R. 2799, see link below), which allows the government to conduct secret “sneak and peek” searches of private property, of a sweeping anti-terrorism law passed soon after the Sept. 11 attacks.” …
From MIT News (via The Register): “MIT recently received a subpoena from the Recording Industry Association of America that was issued under the terms of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. The subpoena requests the name and address of the individual whose computer was, according to the RIAA, sending out copyrighted songs on the Internet…MIT of …
From Internet.com: “Sen. Charles Schumer (D.-N.Y.) said Wednesday he will seek to amend the current spam bill pending before the Senate to include requiring the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to create a Do Not Spam list comparable to the FTC’s popular Do Not Call registry.” The downside of the Do Not Call registry – from …
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has launched a new website, Telemarketing Fraud Enforcement, which includes: the text of enforcement action announcements since October 1, 2002 a link to Summary of Enforcement Action Announcements from January-July 2003 a link to consumer information on numerous types of fraud (online and offline), with content available in text or …
A new article by Mary Minow, How I Learned to Love FAIR USE or how to bring a $300,000 lawsuit down to $0 if you’re a library, archive, or nonprofit educational institution. See also my posting on Mary’s book, The Library’s Legal Answer Book
The Stanford University Libraries’ Copyright & Fair Use website has been relaunched with a new design, enhanced navigation and content in areas which include: Primary Materials Copyright & Fair Use Guide Copyright & Fair Use Overview Resources for Librarians Current Issues & Legislation
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SLA Annual Meeting 2003: Programming for SLA Legal Division. Links to resources that include: Librarians’ Role in Corporate Responsibility The Challenge of Offering Services Globally, links here and here. Copyright: Managing and Licensing Your Collection
Selecting Web Sites for “Beyond Google” Resource Discovery Knowledge is Power: KM Remains Vital to Firm Success Update to A Guide to the U.S. Federal Legal System: Web-Based Publicly Accessible Sources Federal District Court Dockets – Case Summary Information and Case Management Identifiers What Are Blogs and Why Is Everyone So Excited About Them? Adobe …
From the LexisNexis press release: “LexisNexis will provide a legal research option on Microsofts new Research Task Pane featured in Microsoft Office Outlook® 2003, Microsoft Office Word 2003, Microsoft Office Excel 2003, Microsoft Office PowerPoint® 2003, and Microsoft Office Access 2003.” (thanks Donna).
Music Industry Wins 871 Subpoenas Against Internet Users: “The music industry has won at least 871 federal subpoenas against computer users suspected of illegally sharing music files on the Internet, with roughly 75 new subpoenas being approved each day, court officials say.” See also this RIAA press release, Recording Industry To Begin Collecting Evidence And …
Amazon Plan Would Allow Searching Texts of Many Books. “Executives at Amazon.com are negotiating with several of the largest book publishers about an ambitious and expensive plan to assemble a searchable online archive with the texts of tens of thousands of books of nonfiction, according to several publishing executives involved.”
