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“The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) today released summary statistics of its latest data on the deployment of high-speed connections to the Internet in the United States: High-speed lines connecting homes and businesses to the Internet increased by 20% during the second half of 2003, from 23.5 million to 28.2 million lines, compared to a 18% …
From the FCC press release: “The FCC today introduced the third in a series of exhibits on the history of various communications technologies. The new exhibit focuses on the history of the Internet, including the communication technologies used to access the Internet.” The Internet: A Short History of Getting Connected
AmericanPresident.org is hosted by the Miller Center of Public Affairs at the University of Virginia, “the nations leading research institute for the study of the American presidency.” The site provides documentation, bios, and links to resources on: Domestic Policy, Economic Policy, Legislative Affairs, National Security, Presidential Politics, Administration of the Government, and Administration of the …
From this EFF press release: “California Assembly Member Joe Simitian (D-Palo Alto) is sponsoring Assembly Bill 1143, the Internet Communications Protection Act (ICPA). The bill protects anonymous speakers on the Internet by requiring service providers to notify them before handing over personal information that’s been subpoenaed. This information could include addresses, phone numbers, and any …
“Lawyers Have Heart is a 10K Run and 3K Fun Walk that raises funds for research and community education programs of the American Heart Association/Greater Washington Region. Since its inception in 1991, the event has raised over $2.5 million and has featured thousands of Washington area private and government lawyers, members of the Administration, Congress …
2004 TechnoLawyer @ Awards: The Legal Profession’s Version of the Oscars.
The Harris Poll® #35, May 19, 2004: “Four out of five adults (80%) who are online report that they have used the Internet to read some kind of news in the last seven days. The types of online news used by the largest numbers of people are the weather (60% of all those online), national …
Way back in October 2000, Roger V. Skalbeck wrote an article on LLRX.com about the free CueCat, a digital device that permitted users to scan bar codes from various products into a PC. Well, in the tradition of all that is old is new again, Wired today published this article, Camera Phones Link World to …
S. Res. 360 – Expressing the sense of the Senate that legislative information shall be publicly available through the Internet. May 13, 2004: From the statement by co-sponsor Sen. Leahy: “In particular, we are calling on the Library of Congress to improve its public website, called “THOMAS (U.S. Congress on the Internet),” in order to …
As a follow-up to my previous postings on ICANN’s dispute with VeriSign’s over SiteFinder, from February, VeriSign Files Lawsuit Against ICANN, this update today from AP, ICANN’s latest challenge tests new Internet services, and the following related information and documents: Verisign Inc. v. Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers et al. (Central Dist. of …
Public Service in a Time of Crisis: A Report and Retrospective on the Legal Communitys Response to the Events of September 11, 2001 (pdf, 74 pages). “The attacks on September 11, 2001 were unprecedented in scope, and the legal needs that grew out of the attacks were varied and far-reaching. This report summarizes the response …
Information Cannot Be Owned by Jean Nicholas Druey, April 2004: “Apart from technology, the information age has up to now badly served its idol. It has failed sufficiently to recognize specific features of information. This is shown with respect to the question whether legal rights on information can take the form of ownership. The answer …
