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According to this new Pew Internet Project report, Online Banking: A Pew Internet Project Data Memo, there has been huge surge in consumer adoption of online banking, with a “164% increase…since early 2000.” Approximately 37 million Americans currently perform their banking transactions online.
Thought I would mention what looks to be an interesting conference in London on February 5., 2003: The Politics of Code: Shaping the Future of the Next Internet. Speakers, including Larry Lessig and Esther Dyson will address issues such as privacy, open source, digital rights, id theft, other legal-tech topics.
E-mail is a ubiquitous and well accepted part of the daily work routines of most Americans according to this new report, Email at work, published on December 8, 2002 by the Pew Internet Project. An astounding 98% of employees (57 million Americans) with on-the-job Net access indicate that e-mail is a part of their daily …
The American Library Association provides a guide to key provisions of the E-Government Act that impact public access to government documents. The act was passed by both the House and Senate on November 15, 2002. References: H.R. 2458, P.L. 107-347, E-Government Act of 2002 (Dec. 17, 2002; 116 Stat. 2899; 72 pages).
This Information Week article reports on the huge advantage recently gained by Sony Corp. in the arena of digital rights management (DRM). Their strong position was established as a result of a licensing agreement with ContentGuard Inc., owner of a significant portfolio of DRM patented technologies.
Bonzi.com is the focus of a recent class action suit that charges the company with directing traffic to the company’s web site via the use of deceptive Web banner ads. Examples of these ads are available in this press release on the case here, and the complaint, filed in the Washington State Superior Court, Spokane …
The Poytner Institute school for journalism maintains a range of excellent resources that are of interest to legal researchers. A recent example is their annotated list of government and academic sources for crime statistics.
President Bush signed the Net Radio Act, H.R. 5469, Public Law No: 107-321. Click here to view previous postings on this topic.
From the press release at Rosettabooks.com: “RosettaBooks LLC, a leading publisher of electronic books, and Random House, Inc., the largest English-language trade book publisher, announced today that they have settled the pending litigation filed by Random House last year over RosettaBooks’ publication of e-book editions of several Random House, Inc. titles. With no financial payment …
321 Studios has chosen to play David to Motion Picture Association of America’s Goliath in the legal arena. This small company has released a software application for $99.99 that allows purchasers to easily make copies of DVD movies to blank DVDs. The MPA contends that the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 prevents 321 Studios …
President Bush signed into law the Dot Kids Implementation and Efficiency Act of 2002 (Dec. 4, 2002; 116 Stat. 2766, P.L. 107-317). For more information about this new Internet domain for children, kids.us, please see NeuStar’s (the domain name manager) Proposal for Guidelines and Requirements for the kids.us Second Level Domain.
This SEC press release concerns the agency’s joint action (along with the NYSE and NASD) against 5 high profile broker-dealers for violations of e-mail communications retention requirements. The text of the SEC’s administrative decision is here, and the companies will collectively pay $8.25 million in fines.