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As a follow-up to my posting yesterday on the lawsuits against four college students filed by the RIAA, this article provides further details. The RIAA is seeking $150,000 for each of the music files allegedly copied by the named students. Officials from Princeton and the Michigan Technological University registered their displeasure with the charges as …
On April 3, the Committee on the Judiciary: Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property held a hearing on H.R. 1561, the United States Patent and Trademark Fee Modernization Act of 2003. The Committee provides links to the following: Chairman Lamar Smith James Rogan, Undersecretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property and Director of the …
Rick Klau attended the April 3 ABATechShow presentation on blogs by Tom Mighell and me, and provided live commentary via his weblog. His postings, in reverse chronological order, appear here, here, here, here, and here. Thanks Rick!
The RIAA today announced lawsuits against four students who run local area networks on university campuses used to “illegally distribute millions of copyrighted songs.” According to this Reuters report, two of the students attend Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, one is at Princeton University and the other at Michigan Technological University.
On April 2, the California Supreme Court heard oral argument in the appeal of Intel v Hamidi. Hamidi is a former Intel employee who after his termination, on six separate occasions, used the company’s internal e-mail address listing to send messages to 30,000 employees. See also these related articles: Intel e-mail issue divides court and …
The USA Today reported that 22 states and the District of Columbia have passed laws that restrict public access to information that relates to homeland security. The exemptions to state freedom of information laws includes maps, evacuation and emergency plans, transportation services and infrastructure. According to the article, “Taken together, the measures passed in the …
Behind the Homefront is a blog launched January 24 by the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press. It is a “a daily chronicle of news in homeland security and military operations affecting newsgathering, access to information and the public’s right to know.”
From the press release today: The Thomson Corporation and Elite Information Group, Inc., a leading provider of integrated practice and financial management applications for legal and professional services markets, today announced that they have signed a definitive agreement under which Thomson will acquire Elite. See also this Star Tribune article for more details.
Via A Copyfighter’s Musings, a report on what transpired during the public hearing held April 3 on Massachusetts House Bill 2743; MA Super DMCA Hearing Report. See my previous posting on proposed legislation to extend the DMCA here. From Freedom to Tinker, MPAA Revises Model Super-DMCA Legislation that links to “revised version of its model …
For only the second time in its history, the Supreme Court released same day audio tapes of oral arguments, in this instance, for the Grutter v. Bollinger and Gratz v. Bollinger affirmative action cases. The first time the court released same day hearing tapes to the public they did so on a time delayed basis …
From the GAO, Critical Infrastructure Protection: Challenges for Selected Agencies and Industry Sectors. GAO-03-233, February 28. According to this report, four federal agencies (DOE, HHS, Commerce and the EPA) have not completed an analysis of their respective critical infrastructure assets and their associated vulnerabilities to cyberattacks, five years after mandates to do so. See also …
On March 31, Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) introduced S. 745, “A bill to require the consent of an individual prior to the sale and marketing of such individual’s personally identifiable information, and for other purposes.” Her press release states that the legislation seeks to establish a national standard for the protection of personal information, including …
