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Copyright Office Announces Voluntary Negotiation Period for Rates and Terms for Digital Performance Right in Sound Records and Ephemeral Recordings. [Link]: “The Copyright Office announces the initiation of the voluntary negotiation period for determining reasonable rates and terms for two compulsory licenses for the period beginning January 1, 2005, and ending on December 31, 2006. …
Net Aids Identity Theft of Deceased: A woman at the center of an identity theft scam used the Web to retrieve Social Security numbers and credit information on 80 deceased people in at least five U.S. states, authorities say.”
A U.S. Newswire release dated January 6 states that National Press Club President Tammy Lytle, (who is also the bureau chief for the Orlando Sentinel) sent a letter to Sec. of Defense Rumsfeld expressing opposition to a new policy concerning website content issued by Defense Department Inspector General Joseph Schmitz. In a December 5 memo, …
The California Health Consensus Project launched a weblog today. See this US Newswire release for more details.
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Ten music downloaders in Colorado have settled copyright infringement lawsuits by the RIAA by agreeing to pay fines of up to $4,000 each. [Link]
A trio of recent articles on government data mining programs: The Safeguards Needed for Government Data Mining The Department of Defense Inspector General’s Recommendations, and Beyond – Homeland data mining efforts will differ from Pentagon’s Pentagon failed to study privacy issues in data-mining effort, IG says
From the Center on Democracy and Technology: “On Tuesday, January 6, CDT and the ACLU begin presenting evidence in federal court in Philadelphia in their challenge to a Pennsylvania law that has resulted in the blocking of hundreds of thousands of legitimate websites. The hearing is expected to run for several days. Extensive briefs filed …
Spam Is Still Flowing Into E-Mail Boxes – Senders Evade Federal Law Banning Junk Messages. Previous postings on CAN-SPAM legislation.
Yahoo Gets Set to Give Google Run for Money. The search engine competition is prepared to heat-up in 2004 with the hyping of a Google IPO, and rival Yahoo is reportedly planning their own enhancements in the arenas of paid inclusion and search features.
As a follow-up to the much ballyhooed news about the December 24 FBI warning about terrorists and almanacs, the full-text of the Intelligence Bulletin is now available, courtesy of Cryptome.
Web Conferencing for Libraries: “Can You Hear Me Now?”: “With Web Conferencing Technology (WCT), library users can get quick research consultations, enjoy tech support hand-holding, make and complete information requests and transactions, and receive bulky information content packages. Best of all, they can do it without taking the trouble to physically transport themselves over to …