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Congress Finds Rare Unity in Spam, to a Point. Promises abound that this will be the year when Congress enacts anti-spam legislation, as bi-partisan support, consumer demand and corporate frustration have reached a crescendo. See my related postings on current legislation here and here, and this June 20 article, Senate Once Again Backs Stringent Penalties …
H.R. 2517 (introduced June 19 by Rep. Lamar Smith), the Piracy Deterrence and Education Act of 2003, to enhance criminal enforcement of the copyright laws, educate the public about the application of copyright law to the Internet, and clarify the authority to seize unauthorized copyrighted works. In the bill language is the following statement: Trafficking …
The CAN-SPAM Act of 2003, S. 877, was approved by the Senate Commerce Committee today by voice vote. See the following related articles: Senate Panel Overwhelmingly Passes Anti-Spam Bill Center for Democracy and Technology (CDT) commentary in June 16, 2003 Legal Times, Can Spam Be Stopped? – “Rather than legislate a quick fix, Congress needs …
A tempest is swirling around the prepared and spontaneous statements of Senator Orrin Hatch before the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, “The Dark Side of a Bright Idea: Will Personal and National Security Risks of P2P Networks Compromise the Promise of P2P Networks?” on June 17. See this AP article, Hatch Takes Aim at Illegal Downloading …
Information Flows: The Costs and Benefits to Consumers and Businesses of The Collection and Use of Consumer Information, June 18, 2003. Panelists will discuss: The use of consumer information in credit transactions; consumer information in customer relationship management and targeted marketing; methodologies for identifying and measuring the costs and benefits of collecting consumer information; and …
According to this New York Times article from June 16, Net Profiling Lures Advertisers, “visitors to The Wall Street Journal Online today will become the latest lab rats of online advertising, as the Web site starts grouping them into classes like “car buffs” and “consumer techies,” all the better to serve them ads for Lexus …
Online Locator Software Use Grows: There is growing interest and technology development in identifying online users according to location or geography, called geotargeting or geolocating. Marketing can be targeted to specific zip codes or areas. Although this article states that privacy advocates should not be overly concerned, a range of electronic retailing sectors, including entertainment, …
Commercial Law for the New Commerce UCITA (Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act) and UETA (Uniform Electronic Transactions Act) (PowerPoint) by Patricia Brumfield Fry, Visiting Professor of Law, Wm. Mitchell College of Law.
The Man Pushing Faster Internet Access in U.S.: “The United States, where the Internet was invented, now falls behind Japan, Korea and Canada in deploying high-speed Internet access in homes and businesses…Peter K. Pitsch…is the top lobbyist for the Intel Corporation and a coalition of the technology companies in their efforts to press the government …
On June 5, the House approved H.R. 1474 (Check Clearing for the 21st Century Act), “a bill to facilitate check truncation by authorizing substitute checks, to foster innovation in the check collection system without mandating receipt of checks in electronic form, and to improve the overall efficiency of the Nation’s payments system, and for other …
E-Books Catch On, but Only for Core Fans So Far is yet another example of similarly titled articles over the years on how e-book have not (and will not) lead to the replacement of hard copy texts in either the professional or consumer markets.
According to ALAWON, the ALA Washington Office Electronic Newsline, on May 29 Vermont Governor Jim Douglas signed HB 148, the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act (UETA). “This bill included a UCITA (Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act) bomb-shelter provision in its Choice of Law Section. Such bomb-shelter laws have been enacted in four states: Iowa, West Virginia, …
