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Slow Start for Long-Awaited Easing of Copyright Restriction describes the challenges faculty are facing in their efforts to properly comply with copyright requirements for distance learning stipulated by the TEACH Act. The article includes a helpful guide for professors, Copyright Checklist for Online Courses, produced by North Carolina State University.
On March 21, in Case No. 02-2705 and No. 02-2707, State of Missouri v. American Blast, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 8th Circuit issued an opinion that upheld “Provisions of 47 U.S.C. Sec. 227(b)(1)(C) [Telephone Consumer Privacy Act of 1991 (pdf)] regulating unsolicited faxes satisfies the constitutional test for regulation of commercial speech …
The Clinton Presidential Center website, still under construction, includes the following statement: “Since President Clinton had the honor of being the first president of the Internet age, this site will function as the first truly virtual Presidential Library. It will encourage users to search for information, communicate through chats, create a dialogue and participate in …
The featured research center on the Library of Congress Today is the Law Library of Congress. It is worth noting this especially useful collection and the expertise of the professionals who work there: “The mission of the Law Library is to provide research and legal information to the U.S. Congress, U.S. Federal Courts and Executive …
See this posting from CNN’s Kevin Sites that states his war blog, begun March 9, ended on March 21. I had alerted readers about this unique blog on March 17. Do check-out J-Log, Journalism Topics and News, Media Views (via JD’s blog), for postings on topical issues that include Ethics and law issues in journalism …
From the Pew Internet Project, this new report: Online campaigners, citizens, and portals in the 2002 elections, “The Internet seems to offer a great two-way conduit for campaigners and citizens, with plenty of room for third parties to provide context and commentary as well. Some are making good on the vision of a lively online …
Kenote Systems announced that the company will provide regular reports on the performance of the communications networks that comprise the Internet backbone, as well as on major government and commercial sites, during the course of the war with Iraq. Keynote reports that for the week of March 10-14, the government websites that performed best were …
From the Technology eReport, published by the ABA General Practice, Solo and Small Firm Section, a brief but interesting article on the growing implemention of innovative technology applications in the courtroom:Trends in the Electronic Courtroom.
According to this article in today’s New York Times, the Bush Administration is well on its way to removing declassified government documents on national security from the public domain, as well as implementing a new policy to prevent such documents acquired in the future from reaching public view. A final order is expected in April …
From the Westlaw® press release: “Using a new database directory that works much like the Internet’s most popular directories, users can quickly and easily find their way from one set of databases to another, pinpointing the information they need in seconds. ”
As I previously posted, Tara Calishain of Research Buzz fame authored a new book, Google Hacks: 100 Industrial-Strength Tips & Tools. Marylaine Block reviews it here. See also this review, Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Google…
Microdoc News offers links and short reviews of the Top 5 Mapping Tools of the Internet, a timely resource given current events.