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According to this USA Today article, the National Religious Broadcasters and the National Association Broadcasters are not pleased with the webcasting royalty rate compromise reached by the House, which may derail its chances for passage by the Senate.
Legislation (H.R. 4561) that would require federal agencies to “prepare preliminary and final privacy impact statements as part of their rulemaking processes” passed the full House October 7 by voice vote. The measure now moves to the Senate. Testimony in support of the bill from the ACLU is here, and from Privcilla.org here.
This Copyright Office notice of inquiry seeks comments by December 18, 2002 on the “exemption to the prohibition on circumvention of copyright protection systems for access control technologies.”
An interesting interview with Jeffrey Hunker, dean of the H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management at Carnegie Mellon University that focuses on what is at stake in the battle over digital rights management from the perspective of consumers and industry. Privacy, security, and revenue are key factors.
The Community Technology Network Project (CTNP) is a joint program by the Dept. of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the New Internet Computer Company (NIC) to provide thousands of Section 8 housing residents with free access to the Web and e-mail. The press release on this program is here.
This story via Reuters offers insight into the role that the Internet is playing in countries where censorship is commonplace.
Looking for links to public records for the seven counties in Northeast Ohio. Click here. See also Ohio – Online Access to Court Records, and my previous post on September 27.
See Lawrence Lessig’s blog for a first person narrative about his Supreme Court experience.
An Abuse of Copyright and Abusing copyright power.
Testimony by the FTC before the House Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection Committee on Energy and Commerce on September 26 is here, and the agency’s follow-up workshop, Possible Anticompetitive Efforts to Restrict Competition on the Internet, held October 8-10, provides additional documentation.
The Senate and the House have approved DOJ spending via The 21st Century Department of Justice Appropriations Authorization Act that now awaits the President’s signature. Bundled into this authorization is a revision to Section 110(2) of the U.S. Copyright Act, called the Educational Use Copyright Exemption. The title of the Senate version is “Technology, Education …
The California Secretary of State’s website has an extensive, searchable database called Cal-Access that allows users to easily locate up-to-date campaign finance information from candidates, donors and lobbyists.