Corporate Web Filtering
Wonder which filtering software program your company is using? Perhaps it is this one.
World Wide Web Consortium Patent Policy Board
This ZDNet article states that the Patent Policy Working Group’s Royalty-Free Patent Policy has been approved, albeit not published in final version to date.
Student Web Site Prevails in Battle with University
The University of California at San Diego has taken alot of flack for their attempt to force a student site to remove web links to revolutionary groups on university owned servers. See my previous posting on this topic. The University has now decided to recind their demand on basis of the students right to free …
Duke's Gift to Fight Copyright Law
According to Declan McCullagh, Duke University law school’s Center for the Study of the Public Domain will be in the position to advocate aggressively against the DCMA and copyright extensions with their new $1 million anonymous grant.
Consumer Protection for Digital Copies
Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren certainly has strong support in Silicon Valley for the Digital Choice and Freedom Act she introduced on October 2. Please see my previous post which provides more details on H.R 5522.
Distance Education Providers Catch a Break From Congress
New legislation signed by the President has altered the copyright landscape for distance educators who may now use excerpts from recordings of dramatic literary and musical works — such as plays, musicals, and operas — on course Web sites without seeking permission from the copyright owners.
EU Introduces Competition in the Web Broadcasting Marketplace
The EU Competition Commissioner has issued a regulation that approves the administration of licensing rights for web broadcasting by 18 countries (15 EU members and three European Economic Area (EEA) countries.
Lessig's Blog and the Eldred Case
Via his blog, Professor Lessig shares some thoughts prior to his oral argument in Eldred v. Ashcroft.
Follow the Eldred v. Ashcroft Case on Google
The Google News Beta has a quick and easy canned search to follow news stories on the Eldred v. Ashcroft case. http://www.theconnection.org/shows/2002/10/20021010_a_main.asp
Jurist Provides Daily Links to Supreme Court Activity
Jurist, the legal education network, a terrific site of legal news, views and resources, has added daily links to Supreme Court news .
Government Employees and Overuse of the Net
The Virginia Transportation Department took actions against 86 employees ranging from firing to suspension of pay for two weeks. The majority of the employees were accessing Internet porn.
International Labour Standards
The International Labour Organization sponsors the ILOLEX searchable database, available in English, French and Spanish. Users may choose to browse in categories of documents (including ILO Constitution, ILC Standing Orders, ILO Conventions and ILO Recommendations), use the Universal Query Form or conduct a free-text search.