[Sigifp-l] Information Policy Post 5/7/03

[Terrence Maxwell]

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

Global Patent System in the Works?
<http://www.technologyreview.com/articles/schwartz0503.asp>
A single global patent system could simplify the international patent 
process. Will the United States sign on?

HOMELAND SECURITY

Patriot Raid.
<http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=15770>
While I understand the need for some measure of security and precaution in 
times such as these, the manner in which this detention and interrogation 
took place raises serious questions about police tactics and the 
safeguarding of civil liberties in times of war.

US Says Canada Cares Too Much About Liberties.
<http://www.canada.com/search/story.aspx?id=78a2260b-4770-4682-be60-e6fe1d3b8144>
"The [US] State Department report on global terrorism for 2002 suggests that 
while Canada has been helpful in the fight against terrorism, it doesn't 
spend enough on policing and places too much emphasis on civil liberties."

At Justice, NSEERS Spells Data Chaos.
<http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/may2003/tc2003052_6532_tc073.htm>
"This shadowy program has gathered extensive personal data on immigrants. 
But who has the info, and what's it being used for? Answers are hard to 
find."

PRIVACY

Proposal to End Spam.
<http://news.com.com/2010-1071-998513.html>
"A few months ago, [Larry] Lessig made an unusual wager: If Congress enacts 
an antispam law that offers bounties for the reporting of spammers, and the 
law fails to "substantially reduce the level of spam," he will resign from 
his dream job at a top law school."

Liberty Confronts Menace of Spam.
<http://news.ft.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=FT.com/StoryFT/FullStory&c=StoryFT&cid=1051389718756>
"The volume of spam is fast approaching 350bn pieces a year in the US alone. 
Since it can be sent free, there are no limits to its further expansion. It 
will soon constitute a majority of American e-mail; it already makes up 70 
per cent of the traffic passing through the servers of America Online, the 
country's largest internet service provider (ISP)."

2002 Wiretap Report.
<http://www.uscourts.gov/wiretap02/2002wttxt.pdf>
Compared to 2001, authorizations of State wiretaps were down, but Federal 
wiretaps were up.  The average cost of wiretaps for 2002 was $55,000 - up 
from about $48,000 for 2001.
See also: http://www.uscourts.gov/wiretap02/contents.html

SPEECH

Hackers Send Racist Email at NYU.
<http://www.nydailynews.com/news/local/story/81111p-74369c.html>
"Hate-filled E-mails targeting African-Americans, Arabs and Muslims flooded 
the inboxes of undergraduate students during a recent hacking spree at NYU's 
Stern School of Business."

PRESS

Media Tonic for War Fever.
<http://www.technologyreview.com/articles/wo_jenkins050203.asp>
"Many Americans got their news and attitudes about the Iraq war from 
alternative sources showing far more skepticism than mainstream U.S. 
television."

MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION POLICY

CDT Policy Post.
Volume 9, Number 9, April 28, 2003
<http://www.cdt.org/publications/pp_9.09.shtml>
Contents:
(1) CDT Report Analyzes Public Policy Concerns About ENUM Technology
(2) What is ENUM, and Has It Been Deployed Yet?
(3) Policy Issues Raised by ENUM
(4) Recommendations for ENUM Implementations

The Filter
No. 5.8
<http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/filter/>
Contents:
[1] In the News: Grokster/Morpheus & RIAA v. Verizon
[2] Dispatches: Zittrain on Net Jurisdiction
[3] Berkman News: OSCOM '03, Christopher Lydon online
[4] Conference Watch: Words on Fire, ILAW @ Stanford
[5] Bookmarks: ETCON, CFP archives, Super-DMCA resources
[6] Quotable: Super-DMCA legislation
[7] Talk Back

INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION POLICY

GILC Alert
Volume 7, Issue 3
29 April 2003
<http://www.gilc.org/alert/alert73.html>
Contents:
[1] Jailed Tunisian Net dissident resumes hunger strike
[2] China limits Net discussions of SARS epidemic
[3] File trading software distributors win legal battle
[4] US state super-DMCA bills may curb Net free speech
[5] Record companies bully student Net file sharers
[6] Vietnamese prosecution of Net dissident draws fire
[7] Kazakhstan restricts access to news and politics websites
[8] US court throws out anti-DMCA lawsuit
[9] German gov't steps up Net censorship
[10] Australian Net blocking plan criticized
[11] ISONews.com cofounder faces jail time
[12] Iranian website editor arrested
[13] Intel e-mail case heads to California high court
[14] Net café chain settles copyright claims
[15] Al-Jazeera news site faces many problems
[16] Report: US gov't may make controversial spy laws permanent
[17] US high court refuses to hear foreign intelligence spy case
[18] Japan ponders cybercrime measures
[19] Austria loses surveillance costs case
[20] US gov't supports music label Net user personal info grab
[21] Cisco Systems plans spy-friendly computer hardware
[22] US gov't pushes built-in Net phone spy systems
[23] New Zealand universal Net ID system sparks privacy concerns
[24] Big Brother Awards ceremonies held in UK, US

The Role of NGOs in the World Summit on the Information Society.
<http://www.dfn.org/fft/fft2003-04-16.htm>
"The April 16, 2003 meeting, held at DFN's offices in New York City, focused 
on the role of non-governmental organizations working in the field of human 
rights and development in the World Summit on the Information Society 
(WSIS)."

Australia - Escape Game Gets Federal Funding.
<http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/04/29/1051381951157.html>
"It's a dose of virtual reality that the Immigration Minister could probably 
do without: a computer game in which players try to escape from Australian 
detention centres has received $25,000 in federal funding."

US Buying Mexican Voter Information.
<http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article3186.htm>
"A probe has been launched into how the Atlanta-based corporation 
ChoicePoint Inc. was able to purchase data on Mexico's 65 million registered 
voters as well as six million licensed drivers in Mexico City.  According to 
an investigation carried out by the Mexico City newspaper Milenio, 
ChoicePoint was commissioned by the U.S. government to obtain the data."

Compiled by Dylan Thomarie
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