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U.S. District Judge Richard G. Stearns (MA) dismissed a lawsuit by the ACLU on behalf of Harvard law student and cyber-activist Ben Edelman who argued a first amendment right to create software to decrypt an Internet blocking program by N2H2. The filtering software, used by public and school libraries, is marketed as “CIPA compliant.” Edelman …
This AP report briefly describes an innovative new program underway in Iowa, sponsored by the National Library of Medicine. It currently includes 150 doctors who will direct patients to reliable sources of health-related information on the web.
Dave Pollard posted this commentary, Why Complex Intranets Don’t Work and ‘Librarians’ Do: Re-intermediation, that appeared as the Library Link of the Day. He makes an interesting case for the continued, if not expanded, need for expert researchers to leverage the demand within organizations for knowledge resources and information.
Incentives to Preserve Digital Materials: OCLC Research White Paper by Brian Lavoie. (via David Mattison)
The Nando Times 24-hour free news service, and the free Nando SportServer, will both cease operations within 60 days, according to their parent company, Internet and newspaper publisher McClatchy Co. See the respective announcements from each site here and here.
The American Library Association (ALA) launched a new website today. The press release states the following: “The new site will feature a better search engine, one-stop pages detailing ALA’s work in major areas of interest, a more modern look and feel and more content to help library professionals in their daily work. The home page …
The Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) transfers communications over the Internet rather than through the PSTN (public switched telephone network). According to this AP story, the FBI is seeking regulatory action that includes VoIP communications so as to facilitate surveillance asociated with criminal activities and terrorism. Technology to transfer voice communications via the Internet was …
From the press release today: The Thomson Corporation and Elite Information Group, Inc., a leading provider of integrated practice and financial management applications for legal and professional services markets, today announced that they have signed a definitive agreement under which Thomson will acquire Elite. See also this Star Tribune article for more details.
Via A Copyfighter’s Musings, a report on what transpired during the public hearing held April 3 on Massachusetts House Bill 2743; MA Super DMCA Hearing Report. See my previous posting on proposed legislation to extend the DMCA here. From Freedom to Tinker, MPAA Revises Model Super-DMCA Legislation that links to “revised version of its model …
This site is just too good not to share. With the moniker, The UK’s premier snack information portal, snackspot.org has nothing to do with the law and everything to do with breaking news and reviews of new products in all categories of sweets, snacks and beverages. Enjoy!
The Pew Internet & American Life Project issued a press release today on a new report that indicates “some 77% of online Americans have used the Internet in connection with the war in Iraq.” A link to the full-text report, The Internet and the Iraq war: How online Americans have used the Internet to learn …
From Edward Felton’s Freedom to Tinker, this page, State Super-DMCA Bills and Laws, provides a chart listing legislation introduced in nine states (AL, CO, FL, GA, MA, MD, MI, SC, TN, TX) that would preclude corporate and personal use of firewalls, routers and encrypted e-mail. See also this related posting from LawMeme about an April …
