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The Information Industry Revolution: Implications for Librarians: “With the coming of the Web, change moved at a dramatic pace, as patrons and corporate users began to use online services on their own. Changing user expectations and needs have resulted in new models of library service—use of print and actual visits to the reference desk are …
From the EFF press release: “Claiming that it is an “anti-piracy mechanism,” the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) today mandated that consumer devices capable of receiving broadcast digital television (DTV) signals must implement content control technologies demanded by the entertainment industry. The “broadcast flag” mandate will go into effect by July 1, 2005.” The FCC’s Report …
“The Trademark Trial and Appeal Board (TTAB) of the U.S. Department of Commerce’s United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has expanded the options for electronically filing documents in trademark disputes. Using the Electronic System for Trademark Trials and Appeals (ESTTA) system, parties to a dispute now can file more documents electronically with the TTAB, …
Discussion led by Frederic Haber, General Counsel for the Copyright Clearance Center, on Digital Rights Management.
Amazon’s Search Inside the Book database which allows consumers the chance to search the text of books and print pages (up to 100 in some cases) prior to purchase, ran into controversy with its launch October 23. Today Wired reported that the service will no longer permit users of the service to print pages that …
Microsoft’s new Windows Server 2003 allows users to implement digital rights management applications for Word, Excel and PowerPoint documents as well as Outlook emails. [Link] See my previous posting on this new version here. Microsoft’s press releases is here. See also Microsoft’s Trustworthy Computing White Paper, September 12, 2003.
As I posted on October 27, two students at MIT created an innovative and supposedly legal music downloading service for use by the students. Reports now indicate the service (called LAMP) has been curtailed due to a licensing dispute.
Government Computer News reports that the Navy is piloting the use of enterprise blogging applications for specialized technical projects. This pilot will serve as an evaluation platform for adoption of blogging by other branches of the service.
The increase in the number of attacks against the Internet has raised growing concerns about national security. The San Franscisco Chronicle reported that researchers from UC Berkeley and the University of Southern California received a $5.6 million grant to build a parallel Internet, on a much smaller scale, which will be subjected to malicious attacks …
From the FTC: “As of 8:00 a.m., November 3, 2003, consumers registered with the Do Not Call Registry filed more than 51,000 complaints against telemarketers who continue to call them. More than 33,000 telemarketing organizations have accessed the Registry, with over 650 downloading all of the area codes in the Registry.
From 60 Minutes, Pirates of the Internet: “Illegal downloading of full-length feature films is a relatively new phenomenon, but it’s becoming easier and easier to do.”
New on LLRX.com this week: LLRX Named One of the 10 Best Sites of the Decade Researching Medical Literature on the Internet — 2003 Update To Portal or Not to Portal – That is the Question Competitive Intelligence (CI) Resources: Staying One Step Ahead in Your Research Presentations Without a Laptop FOIA Items of Interest …