Labor Sponsored Website Tracks Outsourcing of U.S. Jobs
Job Tracker – Working America: “To find out which jobs in your community have been exported or lost due to trade: Enter your ZIP code or Enter the industry and ZIP code or Select a company.”
Category «Internet»
Regulating Internet Content
Internet Points of Control, by Jonathan Zittrain, Harvard Law School, Public Law Working Paper No. 54 , Boston College Law Review, Forthcoming [Link to abstract] “Early efforts to control the Internet have targeted the endpoints of the network – the sources and recipients of objectionable material – and to some extent the intermediaries who host …
BBC Proposes To Make Available Entire Archive Online
This EFF press release and related testimony document and provide support for the proposed creation of free, online open-source access to the entire archive of the BBC’s radio and television programming. Related news: BBC launches online clips archive
9/11 Archive
“The Library of Congress, in partnership with the Internet Archive, WebArchivist.org and the Pew Internet & American Life Project, has created a collection of digital materials known as the September 11 Web Archive. The September 11 Web Archive preserves the web expressions of individuals, groups, the press and institutions in the United States and from …
Free and Legal Music Downloading Resources on the Web
“Plenty of music available online is not just free but also easily available, legal and most important worth hearing.” [Link] Musicians, record labels, public radio stations and the Library of Congress are among the groups that provide free, legal music downloads, and this article provides links to an illustrative range of such websites.
Pennsylvania Website Blocking Law Struck Down By Federal Court
From the Center for Democracy and Technology: “A Pennsylvania federal court today struck down a state Internet censorship law as a violation of the First Amendment. CDT had challenged the law because it had resulted in the blocking of more than a million innocent web sites.” Memorandum Decision in Pennsylvania Internet Blocking Law Case (11 …
Commentary on Managing Costs for Research Libraries
Research Libraries’ Costs of Doing Business (and Strategies for Avoiding Them)
NY Times Review of Popular VoIP Service
In Internet Calling, Skype Is Living Up to the Hype See also Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP) Opportunity Arises With New Skype Application by Chris Hayes, February 2004.
New ERIC Web Site Launched Today
“September 1, 2004, marks the introduction of the new ERIC Web site. The new site provides users with increased search capabilities utilizing simple, streamlined retrieval methods to access the existing ERIC bibliographic database (1966-2004). For example, users are now able to quickly refine search results through the use of keywords, publication date, publication type, or …
GOP Delegate Data Posted on Website Subject of DOJ Investigation
ACLU Criticizes Secret Service Investigation of News Website That Posted RNC Delegates’ Names Feds Hunt Source of GOP Data
How Americans Use Instant Messaging
“2004 Pew Internet & American Life surveys reveal that more than four in ten online Americans instant message (IM). That reflects about 53 million American adults who use instant messaging programs. About 11 million of them IM at work and they are becoming fond of its capacity to encourage productivity and interoffice cooperation.” [Link] How …
Pentagon Video on Gov’t Docs. Censored Over Copyright Concerns
A DoD video produced as a teaching tool for citizens to learn about access to government documents was edited due to concerns that footage included was subject to copyright restrictions. This report from AP also states that a FOIA request to obtain a copy of the video (clips of which are available at this url: …
