Memory Hole Posts 9/11 Audio and Transcripts

audio: Betty Ong’s Call from 9/11 Flight 11 “Played at the 9/11 hearings, this is a 4-1/2 minute segment of a flight attendant’s call from Flight 11 to an operations specialist.” [Link] 9/11 Transcripts and Police Reports “The Memory Hole has obtained 9/11 documents previously withheld by the Port Authority of New York and New …

Subjects: Government Documents

New Report on Copyright Law and Business Innovation

From the Committee for Economic Development: “Promoting Innovation and Economic Growth: The Special Problem of Digital Intellectual Property, a new CED policy statement is now available. The statement includes an overview of copyright law and business innovation, as well as recommendations for overcoming the challenges inherent in digital media. Developing and testing new business models …

Subjects: Copyright

FDA Launches New Website on Heart Health

Welcome to FDA’s Heart Health Online: “This new web site gives you reliable information about the products used to prevent, diagnose, and treat cardiovascular disease. It includes full descriptions and patient instructions for many medications, medical devices, and diagnostic tests for cardiovascular disease.”

Subjects: E-Government

Democratic Cmte. Releases Report on Homeland Security Gaps and Remedies

Prepared by the Democratic Members of the House Select Committee on Homeland Security, February 2004: “America at Risk: Closing the Security Gap acknowledges that although the United States is safer than it was before September 11, significant security gaps remain. This 135-page report released on the first anniversary of the Department of Homeland Security identifies …

Subjects: Congress, Government Documents

Appeals Court Rules on DVD Decryption Case

From an EFF press release this afternoon: “A California appeals court today overturned a 1999 injunction against Andrew Bunner that prohibited him from distributing the DeCSS DVD decryption computer code, because the court found there was no evidence that DVD Content Scrambling System (CSS) technology was still a trade secret by the time that Bunner …

Subjects: Copyright