The Library of Congress public roundtable copyright transcripts are now online.
Archive of entries posted on March 2007
Stanford Scholar Wins Right to Publish Joyce Material in Copyright Suit Led by Stanford Law School’s Fair Use Project
From Digital50.com:
Stanford Law School’s Fair Use Project announced today that Stanford University Acting Professor of English Carol Shloss won the right to publish her scholarship on the literary work of James Joyce online and in print based on a settlement agreement with the Joyce Estate.
Chemical Release Data Available – EPA Sets New Early Record for Releasing Data to Communities Nationally
EPA Press Release:
EPA’s Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) data is available this year earlier than ever before for local communities and national analysis. Facility-specific data was released last September and the full national data released today.
“EPA is getting quality data out to the public faster through electronic reporting which is good for the environment, good for [...]
How Google Books is Changing Academic History
I was idly trying a search on “roads” to see what sort of a literature would turn up for the period of my dissertation research, 1740-1850. I didn’t expect much. I’ve spent the last two years wandering through the Yale, Harvard, and California libraries, the British Library, Britain’s National Archives, and the immense reserves of [...]
18th Century parliamentary history unveiled through cutting edge 21st Century technology
From Information World Review:
In a momentous century for the UK, one which saw the beginnings of the industrial revolution, the loss of the American colonies and the abolition of slavery in an era often considered as the golden age of parliament, has now seen a wealth of legislative documents and records from the period digitised [...]
FCC to study need for more Net neutrality regulation
From News.com:
The Federal Communications Commission said Thursday that it will study whether stronger language is necessary in its policy on protecting Net neutrality, but consumer groups and Democratic commissioners criticized the move for not being bold enough.
At its monthly open meeting in Washington D.C., the FCC voted to issue a notice of inquiry on “broadband [...]
Net porn ban faces another legal setback
From News.com:
Congress’ efforts to muzzle pornography on the Web were dealt another serious setback on Thursday, when a federal judge ruled a 1998 law was unconstitutional and violated Americans’ First Amendment rights.
U.S. District Judge Lowell Reed in Philadelphia permanently barred prosecutors from enforcing the Child Online Protection Act, or COPA, saying it was overly broad [...]
French UFO Sighting Archive Goes Online
From Discovery News:
France became the first country to open its files on UFO’s Thursday when the national space agency unveiled a website documenting more than 1,600 sightings spanning five decades.
The online archives, which will be updated as new cases are reported, catalogues in minute detail cases ranging from the easily dismissed to a handful that [...]
CRS Clamps Down on Public Distribution
Terrible news from Secrecy News:
In what is being characterized by subordinates as an act of “managerial dementia,” the Director of the Congressional Research Service this week prohibited all public distribution of CRS products without prior approval from senior agency officials.
“I have concluded that prior approval should now be required at the division or office level [...]
LC’s Billington Urges Congress to Restore Support for Digital Initiatives
From Library Journal:
In testimony Tuesday before the House Appropriations Committee’s Subcommittee on Legislative Branch Librarian of Congress James H. Billington described efforts by the Library of Congress (LC) to maintain access to vital “born-digital” material and web-based information, and urged Congress to restore support for the National Digital Information Infrastructure and Preservation Program (NDIIPP), the [...]