From ZDNet:
Brewster Kahle is on a mission. He wants the whole planet to have access to human knowledge. All human knowledge. And he’s striving to make that possible–one byte at a time.
Archive of entries posted on June 2006
Brewster Kahle’s modest mission: Archiving everything
Government Drops Demand for Library Records
From an ACLU press release:
The American Civil Liberties Union today declared victory in their legal battle with the FBI over a Connecticut library group’s right to keep patron records private. After dropping their vehement defense of the gag provision accompanying the request, the FBI has now abandoned the demand all together.
Rep. King Seeks Charges Against Papers Over Terror Reporting
Fox News reports:
The chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee urged the Bush administration on Sunday to seek criminal charges against newspapers that reported on a secret financial-monitoring program used to trace terrorists.
Rep. Peter King cited The New York Times in particular for publishing a story last week that the Treasury Department was working with [...]
Morehouse College to Inherit King Papers
The Associated Press reports:
A collection of Martin Luther King Jr.’s handwritten documents and books won’t be sold at auction and instead will be given to his alma mater, officials said Friday.
A coalition of business, individuals and philanthropic leaders led by Atlanta Mayor Shirley Franklin bought the collection for an undisclosed amount, said Morehouse College President [...]
Library board sets special session
From the Atlanta Journal Constitution:
Gwinnett County’s library board will meet in a special session Wednesday to reverse a decision to cut funding for Spanish language fiction books, the board’s chairman said Monday.
White House becoming more secretive after leaks
From the Examiner.com:
The Bush administration is becoming more secretive in response to press disclosures about the tracking of global financial transfers and other counter-terrorism measures, said Homeland Security Director Michael Chertoff.
New Jersey Director Blasted for Requiring Subpoenas
From American Libraries:
Michele Reutty, director of Hasbrouck Heights Public Library and president-elect of the New Jersey Library Association, will face a closed hearing in July with the library’s board of trustees over her requiring police to obtain subpoenas before giving them patron records during a May investigation.
In Digital Age, Advancing a Flexible Copyright System
From the New York Times:
So closely is copyright associated with the phrase “all rights reserved” that some people have difficulty imagining any other system. But an unusual global alliance of artists, scientists and lawyers, meeting here over the weekend, has been working in recent years to forge a “creative commons” that allows artists to decide [...]
House Judiciary Committee Demands NSA Records
From the Center for Democracy & Tachnology:
In a surprise move Wednesday, the House Judiciary Committee passed a resolution that demands the Administration turn over requests made by the NSA and other federal agencies to phone companies to obtain information about ordinary Americans without warrants. The resolution had the support of Chairman James Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.), who [...]
Gov’t Break a Law? Change It
From Wired.com:
The White House is nearing an agreement with Congress on legislation that would write President Bush’s warrantless surveillance program into law, the Senate Judiciary Committee chairman said Sunday.
Bush and senior officials in his administration have said they did not think changes were needed to empower the National Security Agency to eavesdrop — without court [...]