Commentary By Lawyers on Law Firm Librarians
Large-Firm Life: An Ode to Librarians, New York Lawyer, April 8, 2005: “Librarians are, by definition, the greatest research tools that any firm has.”
New Foundation Sponsored Resource on Global Health
What is GlobalHealthReporting.org?: “GlobalHealthReporting.org is a project developed and operated by the Kaiser Family Foundation with major support from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to provide journalists and others — including researchers, policymakers and nongovernmental organizations — with the latest news and information about HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria worldwide.” See also World Health Report …
Site Reports That Web Bugs Can Be Activated With Adobe 7
From lwn.net via p2p, this posting, Unexpected features in Acrobat 7 describes the use of a tagging mechanism launched by Remote Approach, a service that “helps companies and individuals who publish and distribute Adobe® Acrobat (PDF) documents to understand the reach and use of their materials.”
Revisions to Privacy Protection Proposals
A Model Regime of Privacy Protection (Version 2.0), by Daniel J. Solove and Chris Jay Hoofnagle, April 5, 2005. GWU Law School Public Law Research Paper No. 136.
Wikipedia Agreement With Yahoo Will Extend Global Access
Press release, Wikimedia Foundation Announces Corporate Support of Wikipedia from Yahoo! Search: “…Yahoo! Search will dedicate hardware and resources to support Wikipedia, a community based encyclopedia written and edited by people from around the world…In addition, Wikipedia content will become available to hundreds of millions of users worldwide through Yahoo! Search via shortcuts that are …
Searches and Seizures in a Digital World
Searches and Seizures in a Digital World, by Orin S. Kerr, forthcoming in Harvard Law Review, Vol. 119, 2006. “This article offers a normative framework for applying the Fourth Amendment to searches of computer data. It begins by exploring the basic differences between physical searches of physical property and electronic searches of digital evidence. It …
Google Introduces Q&A
Google continues to roll out new features, and today’s addition is Q&A, still under development, that allows users to enter a plain language fact query whose answer will appear at the top of the search results page, along with the site reference source. For example, population arkansas.
Privacy Group Publishes Guide to Blogging Anonymously
From the Electronic Frontier Foundation, How to Blog Safely (About Work or Anything Else) “The guide covers basic measures people can take to keep their blogs anonymous and explores what the law says about discussing work-related issues online.” Useful comments on the information in the aforementioned guide are available on this posting, Blogging Anonymously? Yes, …
New Website Monitors and Reports on Lobbying in the U.S.
From the Center for Public Integrity, the launch today of LobbyWatch, an “ongoing investigation into the state of lobbying in the U.S.” The site provides a searchable database with drop-down menus for users to choose information on specific states, countries, issues, agencies and industries. Data is also available on Top 100 Companies and Organizations, Top …
Court Orders CIA to Disclose 1963 Budget to FOIA Advocate
A federal court orders the CIA to disclose its 1963 budget in Freedom of Information Act litigation brought by a pro se plaintiff, Steven Aftergood v. Central Intelligence Agency. This is the first time that a court has ordered the CIA to surrender budget information.” (Federation of American Scientists via FindLaw)
Will A National Law Impede ID Theft?
From the current issue of Managing Technology (Wharton School): Do You Know Where Your Identity Is? Personal Data Theft Eludes Easy Remedies
Hearing on Digital Music and Interoperability
Subcommittee on Courts, the Internet, and Intellectual Property Oversight Hearing on Digital Music Interoperability and Availability, April 6, 2005. Link to Chairman’s Statement and Witness Statements