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The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) announced the availability of a new book, Intellectual Property – A Power Tool for Economic Growth, to coincide with World Intellectual Property Day (April 26, 2003). A 21 page overview of the book is available here in html, and here in pdf.
News that the Florida House of Representatives pushed ahead the vote on pending Super DMCA legislation by one day, and passed H79, Relating to Communications Services, on Thursday, April 24, – YEAS 109 NAYS 0. See my previous posting on this and other Super DMCA legislation here.
The Consumer Electronics Association issued a press release today in support of Friday’s decision in the file sharing case of Grokster and Morpheus. See also, Copyright Battle Now Turns to Other Fronts, from the LA Times (registration req’d), and not surprisingly, Kazaa applauds P2P ruling–heads back to court. Also, this Interview With the President of …
In his article Management by Blog? author Jimmy Guterman indicates that blogs have not yet achieved corporate buy-in, although they may be on the crest of the wave as the next gen app even though big muscle KM systems still have a hold on the spotlight.
News about the release of the Melvyl-T catalog from the University of California, which “contains more than 23 million records for material held by the libraries of the 10 campuses of the UC system. The database is updated continually as material is ordered, received and cataloged by the libraries.”
Over a year ago, health care attorney Jeff Drummond launched HIPAA Blog, where he posts information and resources on medical privacy issues. This site is well worth a visit for links to related federal and state legislation and regulations, association and government website postings, news stories, and of course, commentary. This link is via UnivAtty.
Via Cryptome, these photos of construction underway at the World Trade Center site in NYC. See also this design proposal, with its almost haunting images, which are the work of architect Daniel Libeskind.
On April 14, Secretary of State Powell issued this press release, Cooperation for the Safeguarding of Iraqi Antiquities and Cultural Property. See my related postings on the recent lootings of the Iraqi National Museum and libraries. For reference, from the State Deparment website, see U.S. Laws and International Laws which address “the looting and destruction …
The International Herald Tribune reports that “More than 1.5 million Britons will have a chance to vote Thursday in 17 local elections using electronic voting systems that computer security experts on both sides of the Atlantic say are fraught with danger and an invitation to fraud.” From the UK Electoral Commission, see Britain launches largest …
The 17 year old case of Air India Flight 182, which exploded off the coast of Ireland on June 23, 1985 killing all 329 passengers and crew onboard, is scheduled to begin today in the Supreme Court of British Columbia (BC). A new website, ONTRIAL/Air India, sponsored by the Law Courts Education Society of British …
In a 34 page decision released this afternoon that surprised many, the entertainment industry at the top of the list, Judge Stephen V. Wilson (Central District of California) “denied a request to shut down Internet song-swapping services Grokster and Morpheus.” The judge wrote, “It is undisputed that there are substantial noninfringing uses for (the) Defendants’ …
ABC News has highlighted the ongoing story on the battle being waged by libraries and booksellers against the Patriot Act (Sec. 215. Access to Records and Other Items Under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act) that permits government access to data about patron reading habits, Internet usage, and book purchases. Opposition to many aspects of this …
