Final Order by Copyright Office on Cable Royalties

From the Copyright Office, January 26, 2004: “Upon the recommendation of the Register of Copyrights, the Librarian of Congress is accepting in full the determination of the Copyright Arbitration Royalty Panel (CARP) in the Phase I distribution of the 1998 and 1999 cable royalty funds and is announcing the final Phase I distribution of those …

Subjects: Copyright

The Design of International Agreements

The Design of International Agreements, by Andrew T. Guzman, University of California, Berkeley – School of Law (Boalt Hall) [Legal Theory Blog]: From the abstract – “This Article explains why rational states sometimes prefer to design their agreements in such a way as to make them less credible and, therefore, more easily violated. In contrast …

Subjects: Legal Research

New UN Report on Freedom of Information Laws

Freedom of Information, A Comparative Legal Study (pdf, 162 pages), by Toby Mendel, published by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO): this report describes “the international standards which have been established in this area and some of the key features of effective freedom of information legislation…it illustrates the way in which ten …

Subjects: Freedom of Information, Legal Research

CBO Projects Huge Deficit

From the Congressional Budget Office: The Budget and Economic Outlook: Fiscal Years 2005 to 2014, January 2004 and a second report, Paying for Iraq’s Reconstruction, January 2004 [Link, requires readers to choose download format – pdf or WP] CBO Projects Record Deficit – Figure Could Reach $3.5 Trillion in the Next Decade if Tax Cuts …

Subjects: E-Government

Judge Rules Patriot Act Provision on Expert Advise Unconstitutional

Judge Audrey B. Collins, United States District Court for the Central District of California, ruled a section of the Patriot Act unconstitutional on January 25. >li>”The USA Patriot Act places no limitation on the type of expert advice and assistance which is prohibited and instead bans the provision of all expert advice and assistance regardless …

Subjects: Legislation, Patriot Act