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California Assembly Bill 1143, as amended April 30, “would establish new procedures for the production by an Internet service provider or online community host of identifying information regarding a consumer..” The bill is now under consideration by the Committee on Judiciary.
According to this article, Bradley University has joined over 200 other universities participating in the ultra-high speed broadband Internet2 consortium. This project is a collaboration between academia, government and industry, and not available to the public. According to Jeff Huberman, dean of Bradley’s communications school, “Boundaries become irrelevant with Internet2. It’s an entirely different playing …
The May 1, 2003 edition of the Subject Index to Literature on Electronic Sources of Information, by Marian Dworaczek, is now available. It “deals with all aspects of electronic publishing and include print and non-print materials, periodical articles, monographs and individual chapters in collected works. This edition includes over 1,500 indexed titles and is updated …
Creating a Unified Digital Campus to Satisfy the Needs of 21st Century Learners:..”institutions must strive to unify all of their disparate technology applications and systems into a single digital campus.” From the Michigan Virtual University.
The Center for Information Technology and Dispute Resolution and the Markle Foundation have announced the launch of the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy Database, which “provides Internet users worldwide with free access to precedents regarding disputes over Web addresses, giving parties the tools necessary to better prepare for Web-based cases than ever before. The …
Via Slashdot, the Administrative Office of the United States Courts released 2002 Wiretap Report (For the Period January 1 through December 31, 2002), available in pdf. Data includes: Jurisdictions With Statutes Authorizing the Interception of Wire, Oral, or Electronic Communications Intercept Orders Issued by Judges During Calendar Year 2002 (federal and state) Types of Surveillance …
The Supreme Court has declined to hear the appeal of Healthgrades.com v. Northwest Healthcare Alliance Inc.
The New York Public Library announced their annual Best of Reference list for 2003, which includes the following websites of note: The Scout Report and Archives; Librarians’ Index to the Internet; Statistical Resources on the Web and Online Newspapers (onlinenewspapers.com & newslink.org).
News about the release of the Melvyl-T catalog from the University of California, which “contains more than 23 million records for material held by the libraries of the 10 campuses of the UC system. The database is updated continually as material is ordered, received and cataloged by the libraries.”
Via Cryptome, these photos of construction underway at the World Trade Center site in NYC. See also this design proposal, with its almost haunting images, which are the work of architect Daniel Libeskind.
In a 34 page decision released this afternoon that surprised many, the entertainment industry at the top of the list, Judge Stephen V. Wilson (Central District of California) “denied a request to shut down Internet song-swapping services Grokster and Morpheus.” The judge wrote, “It is undisputed that there are substantial noninfringing uses for (the) Defendants’ …
ABC News has highlighted the ongoing story on the battle being waged by libraries and booksellers against the Patriot Act (Sec. 215. Access to Records and Other Items Under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act) that permits government access to data about patron reading habits, Internet usage, and book purchases. Opposition to many aspects of this …
