[Sigifp-l] Information policy links, week of 10/3/05

[Terrence Maxwell]

SIVACRACY.NET:
Opinions, Rants, and Obsessions of Siva Vaidhyanathan and his Friends
and Family: <http://www.nyu.edu/classes/siva/archives/002167.html>
  *This is an analysis by Milton Mueller on the debate between the US 
and other countries regarding the locus for control of the Internet.  
See also:
*Internet users say debate over control misses point - Technology - 
International Herald Tribune 
<http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/09/30/business/net.php>
Groups representing Web surfers complained that the dispute between the 
U.S. States and the rest of the world over administration is 
overshadowing more important issues.

Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker/Consultant 
<http://zillman.blogspot.com/2005/02/social-informatics-white-paper-link.html> 

*  A good social informatics bibliography

Print Story: The Piracy Arms Race on Yahoo! News 
<http://news.yahoo.com/s/latimests/20051002/ts_latimes/thepiracyarmsrace&printer=1;_ylt=AoHiDW3Q3jkbBqwmLm1mx6Psbr8F;_ylu=X3oDMTA3MXN1bHE0BHNlYwN0bWE-> 
 
* Article on the technological means being used to counteract file 
sharing.  See also:
June Supreme Court Ruling Taking Toll on Music Sharing 
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/30/AR2005093001681.html?nav=rss_technology> 

Legal action for 757 file sharers 
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/4298430.stm>
*The US music industry announces a fresh wave of legal actions against 
suspected illegal downloaders.

Member of DHS committee asks for comment on privacy "framework" 
[Politech] <http://www.politechbot.com/2005/09/30/member-of-dhs/>
* A proposed privacy framework for the Department of Homeland Security

Wired News: More Turbulence for Secure Flight 
<http://www.wired.com/news/privacy/0,1848,69052,00.html?tw=rss.POL>
*  Continuing problems with the TSA's Secure Flight system for 
monitoring flight passenger movement.

In Pennsylvania, It Was Religion vs. Science, Pastor vs. Ph.D., 
Evolution vs. the Half-Fish - New Yo 
<http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/02/education/02evolution.html?ex=1285905600&en=1b90960770882881&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss> 

* The debate over science vs. religion played out in 'intelligent 
design' debates.

BBC site wins e-democracy honour 
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4298662.stm>
*The BBC's grassroots campaign website, Action Network, is named top 
site helping to change e-politics.

O'Reilly Radar > Information Commons 
<http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2005/09/information_commons.html>
* Description of Maya, a system to connect information from different 
databases

Internet Eavesdropping: It's Music to Mercora Users' Ears 
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/09/30/AR2005093000261.html?nav=rss_technology> 

*Article on the rise of Internet radio

Social bookmarking - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia 
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_bookmarking>
* Social bookmarking is the sharing of bookmarks across computers and users.

wURLdBook Research <http://www.wurldbook.com/info/>
*Description of free Web-based information integrator

Yahoo backs digital library plan 
<http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4304192.stm>
*Yahoo is helping create a digital library of books, video and audio to 
rival the one being set up by Google.

ResearchBuzz: Yahoo Announces Open Content Alliance 
<http://www.researchbuzz.org/2005/10/yahoo_announces_open_content_a.shtml>

Lincoln Journal Star 
<http://www.journalstar.com/articles/2005/10/02/sunday_am/doc433afacdac55a272012363.txt>
*Article on the adaptation process libraries are experiencing, given the 
move toward electronic documents.