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Yesterday Judge Michael J. Davis of the United States District Court of Minnesota released a 22 page decision, Vonage Holdings Corporation, Civil No. 03-5287 (MJD/JGL) Plaintiff, v. The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission, following his October 8 bench ruling. From the Judge’s summary: “Plaintiff Vonage Holdings Corporation (“Vonage“) provides a service that permits voice communications over …
United States Patent 6,632,248, Customization of network documents by accessing customization information on a server computer using uniquie (note: the word unique is misspelled in the patent document itself) user identifiers. “The customization options may include a wide variety of information such as, for example, network addresses (e.g., URLs) of a user’s favorite sites, types …
From the website of California State Assemblyman Joe Simitian: Assembly Bill 68 – Online Privacy Protection The Online Privacy and Disclosure Act of 2003 requires commercial Web site operators that collect personal information online from California residents to post a conspicuous privacy policy stating what information they collect and with whom they share the information. …
Today the Supreme Court agreed to review, again, the appeal of the Child Online Protection Act. Links to resources on the Act, as well as related resources, are available in my August 13 posting, DOJ Appeals COPA Decision to Supreme Court.
A recent GartnerG2 survey: Print Publishers Are Uncertain About Their Digital Future [Link]
Weblog of the Global Internet Policy Initiative (GIPI): “The Global Internet Policy Initiative supports adoption in developing countries of the legal and policy framework for an open and democratic Internet. The project works with local stakeholders in consultative, coalition-based efforts to promote the principles of a decentralized, accessible, user-controlled, and market-driven Internet. [thanks to Robert …
This speech, The Beginning of the End of the Internet?” Discrimination, Closed Networks, and The Future of Cyberspace, was delivered October 9 by FCC Commissioner Michael J. Copps, at an event sponsored by the New America Foundation, Washington, DC. The Internet …”may be dying because entrenched interests are positioning themselves to control the Internets choke-points …
This press release from New Hampshire Governor Craig Benson announces the implementation of E-Library Services, which will “enable viewing all agency reports that are generated by the States budget, financial and human resource computer systems. All such reports will be viewable in a web-browser by authorized users. The e-Info Library Services will be an official …
A new Consumer WebWatch report: Renting Cars Online: An Analysis of the Potential Benefits and Challenges of Booking Through a Car Rental Web Site.
Microsoft Confirms Changes to Windows, IE in Wake of Lawsuit: “On Monday, Microsoft verified that it will be making what it calls “modest” changes to Windows and Internet Explorer (IE) to meet the requirements of a jury verdict against it in the Eolas patent infringement case.”
U.S. Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit, 10/06/03, 02-70518, Brand X Internet Services v. FCC. From the Washington Post: “Currently, the vast majority of the nation’s approximately 14 million homes that subscribe to cable high-speed Internet service have no choice when it comes to their service provider. If the ruling survives a likely appeal, the decision …
Technical Responses to Unilateral Internet Authority: The Deployment of VeriSign “Site Finder” and ISP Response.
