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Microsoft Partners With Amazon: “The Amazon service will enable users to make purchases without launching a browser or leaving their Office document, presentation or email message. Users will also be able to take data from Amazon, such as book information for footnotes and bibliographies, and embed it in their documents.”
Supreme Court Order List, released 10/06/03 (83 pages, pdf).
Copyright and authors, by John Ewing: “This article provides a (very!) brief history of copyright and its philosophy in order to show that the publishers simple view is inaccurate, and suggests that understanding copyrights nature is the first step to solve the problems of copyright in the modern world.”
Microsoft Confirms Changes to Windows, IE in Wake of Lawsuit: “On Monday, Microsoft verified that it will be making what it calls “modest” changes to Windows and Internet Explorer (IE) to meet the requirements of a jury verdict against it in the Eolas patent infringement case.”
U.S. Court of Appeals, 9th Circuit, 10/06/03, 02-70518, Brand X Internet Services v. FCC. From the Washington Post: “Currently, the vast majority of the nation’s approximately 14 million homes that subscribe to cable high-speed Internet service have no choice when it comes to their service provider. If the ruling survives a likely appeal, the decision …
From dc.internet.com: “VeriSign says it will hold the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) “fully accountable” for its actions in forcing the .com and .net registrar to close its controversial Site Finder service. Editorial statement by VeriSign Senior VP Mark McLaughlin on the benefits of innovative e-commerce services. See also VeriSign Complies with …
Spam Fighters Turn to Identifying Legitimate E-Mail: “…many e-mail software experts now contend that the most powerful way to clean people’s mailboxes is to focus not on catching the spam, but on identifying the legitimate mail.”
Analysis of the MediaMax CD3 Copy-Prevention System, by John A. Halderman: “MediaMax CD3 is a new copy-prevention technique from SunnComm Technologies that is designed to prevent unauthorized copying of audio CDs using personal computers. SunnComm claims its product facilitates “a verifiable and commendable level of security,” but in tests on a newly-released album, I find …
“As applications and users multiply, companies are turning to ID management software to improve access to applications, password management and the provisioning of resources. [Link]
Technical Responses to Unilateral Internet Authority: The Deployment of VeriSign “Site Finder” and ISP Response.
Copyright Issues Present Ongoing Dilemma: To Link or Not To Link? Digital Dilemmas: Ethical Issues for Online Media Professionals
From the FCC’s new Environmental and Historic Preservation website: The FCC has specific responsibilities pursuant to the National Environmental Protection Act (NEPA), the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA), and other related statutes to evaluate the impact of its actions on the quality of the human environment. NEPA requires agencies of the Federal Government to evaluate …