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The controversial Inducing Infringement of Copyrights Act of 2004 (Induce Act), S. 2560, is stopped in its tracks, at least for this session. But via Corante and Ernest Miller, see this posting, with details on H.R. 4077 the Piracy Deterrence and Education Act of 2004, “To enhance criminal enforcement of the copyright laws, to educate …
From the FTC, this announcement, Law Enforcement Action Targeting Spyware: “Press conference (October 12) to announce a law enforcement action targeting “spyware” software that takes control of consumers’ computers or monitors their Internet use without their consent. A copy of the complaint (14 pages, PDF) is available via the Center for Democracy and Technology, …
From AP: “The Supreme Court was asked Friday to hold two Internet file-sharing services responsible for their customers’ online swapping of copyrighted songs and movies.” MGM v. Grokster: Petition for a Writ of Certiorari (46 pages, PDF), via EFF. For reference, Ninth Circuit Rules Distributors of P2P File Sharing Networks Not Liable For Copyright Infringement
Press release, October 6, 2004: “Rep. Turner, Ranking Member on the Select Committee on Homeland Security, and Rep. Waxman release a new analysis that compares the 41 recommendations made by the 9/11 Commission to H.R. 10, the legislation developed by House Republican leadership being considered tomorrow on the House floor. The analysis finds that the …
“Google SMS (Short Message Service) enables you to easily get precise answers to specialized queries from your mobile phone or device. Send your query as a text message and get phone book listings, dictionary definitions, product prices and more. Just text. No links. No web pages. Simply the answers you’re looking to find.” [Link to …
From Steven Aftergood and the Federation of American Scientists, the following links: The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: An Overview of the Statutory Framework and Recent Judicial Decisions, updated September 22, 2004 (90 pages, PDF) Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: Selected Legislation from the 108th Congress, updated September 30, 2004
“The House Judiciary Committee passed the Internet Spyware (I-SPY) Prevention Act of 2004, H.R. 4661, which was introduced by Representative Bob Goodlatte. This bipartisan legislation addresses the most egregious activities that are conducted via spyware and make those activities criminal offenses.” [Link to press release from Rep. Bob Goodlatte] See also House Rpt. 108-698 – …
Appeals Court Re-Opens E-Mail Snooping Case: “Privacy advocates and the U.S. Department of Justice (DoJ) will get their day in court, again, to appeal a three-judge panel ruling that allows e-mail providers to store and copy their customers’ e-mails.” Via EPIC, Order, U.S. Court of Appeals, First Circuit, United States v. Councilman, October 5, 2004. …
Via CyberJournalist.net, news about the launch of Newspaperindex.com: “We only include websites with free public access that have a local editorial staff of independent journalists and in most cases a print version as well.”
From Reuters: “German science publisher Springer Science + Business Media will start in January to put all back issues of its 1,250 scientific journals on the Internet, some of which date back to 1886, it said on Wednesday.” [Link]
This news may remind readers of Amazon’s Search Inside the Book service, launched last October. But this time the source is Google, who announced that their Google Print service is no longer in testing mode: “Google’s mission is to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible and useful. Since a lot of the …
“The CIO of the Cleveland Clinic Foundation is among the health-industry executives named to an 11-member federal commission to help the nation develop and implement health-IT standards that will serve as the foundation for establishing a system for universal electronic health records.” [Link] Reference: House Rpt. 108-391 – Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act …