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L.A.C.K. & Censoround
November 20, 2002
Congratulations to Steven Cohen!
Hey, how about a big congratulations to Steven Cohen, creator of the indispensible Library Stuff, whose wife Barbie had a baby girl yesterday!
[TT] Library Stuff
posted by Chris Zammarelli at
1:02:31 PM
November 19, 2002
Mad Onion parody
Mad Magazine has published a parody of The Onion that is either brilliant or simply just sour grapes over the fact that The Onion matters and Mad Magazine doesn't.
[TT] Mad Magazine
posted by Chris Zammarelli at
3:49:17 PM
Ashcroft wants to be your big brother
John Ashcroft is watching. Legally.
That will pave the way for more news stories like this one.
[TT] SFGate.com & Bloomberg.com
posted by Chris Zammarelli at
3:28:12 PM
Homeland Security Act
Hello, Homeland Security Act. Good-bye, the Freedom of Information Act, the right to privacy, and probably a whole lot more things even the politicians who drafted it didn't think of.
[TT] ZDNet
posted by Chris Zammarelli at
3:26:05 PM
Jesse Helms' parting shot
Seriously, who knew that Jesse Helms would be a hero to web radio?
[TT] Salon.com
posted by Chris Zammarelli at
3:17:00 PM
DMCA comments page
Got something to say about the Digital Millenium Copyright Act? Let your voice be heard at a comments page set up by the Copyright Office.
[TT] US Copyright Office
posted by Chris Zammarelli at
2:58:57 PM
November 18, 2002
Harry Potter cashes in
Not surprisingly, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets made scads of money at the box office this past weekend.
[TT] San Diego Union-Tribune
posted by Chris Zammarelli at
1:05:10 PM
Challenge to Sonny Bono
The Eldred v. Ashcroft case, which challenges the Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act, was heard by the Supreme Court on October 9, and the court's Web site has a transcript.
[TT] Supreme Court of the United States
posted by Chris Zammarelli at
1:04:00 PM
.us is thinking of the children
The .us domain will be used for websites that are safe for kids.
[TT] New York Times
posted by Chris Zammarelli at
1:01:00 PM
TIA, privacy
The New York Times has an editorial about the Pentagon's proposed Total Information Awareness program.
Meanwhile, privacy advocates are concerned about what effect the homeland security bill will have on civil liberties.
[TT] New York Times via Reuters
posted by Chris Zammarelli at
12:59:49 PM
Anti-PATRIOT Act editorial
Here's something you're going to be seeing a lot of in the near future: editorials speaking out against the USA PATRIOT Act.
[TT] Daytona Beach News-Journal
posted by Chris Zammarelli at
12:53:47 PM
Freedom to read
A sixth-grader learns a valuable lesson about the freedom to read what you want, and writes a very good commentary on it for SFGate.com.
Maybe she should talk to parents in Texas.
[TT] SFGate.com & MySA.com
posted by Chris Zammarelli at
12:45:06 PM
November 8, 2002
Harry Potter fever
All the world has Harry Potter fever, for various different reasons.
[TT] Guardian Unlimited Film
posted by Chris Zammarelli at
11:18:17 AM
Copy-protected CDs
No matter how hard they try, the music industry is just never going to make a totally copy-protected CD.
[TT] NewScientist
posted by Chris Zammarelli at
11:16:20 AM
November 7, 2002
Cox firewall bill
Rep. Christopher Cox has introduced a bill that creates a federal office to develop anti-firewall software to use against China.
[TT] MSNBC
posted by Chris Zammarelli at
12:12:42 PM
Hartford Public Library story retracted
Bill Olds has been forced to retract his column about the FBI bugging the Hartford Public Library when a senior FBI official pointed out they visited the library with a warrant to search a computer that may have been used in a hacking case, not a terrorism case. Olds said that his sources now believe they were "in error."
[TT] Hartford Courant
posted by Chris Zammarelli at
11:58:00 AM
November 6, 2002
Hartford Public Library update
Bill Olds' article about the FBI bugging the Hartford Public Library is picking up more press.
[TT] MSNBC
posted by Chris Zammarelli at
2:19:00 PM
AOL privacy case
AOL has lost a case in which it tried to protect the privacy of a subscriber.
[TT] CNN
posted by Chris Zammarelli at
12:46:53 PM
USA PATRIOT Act article
An article about the USA PATRIOT Act seems strangely appropos today. For more, read this overview by Library Journal.
[TT] In These Times & Library Journal
posted by Chris Zammarelli at
12:30:25 PM
Fifth Harry Potter book almost done
J. K. Rowling has revealed that the fifth Harry Potter book is almost done, and someone's gonna die!
[TT] BBC News
posted by Chris Zammarelli at
12:22:00 PM
BookNotes on the mid-terms
Craig at BookNotes is a bit bitter about the election results.
[TT] BookNotes
posted by Chris Zammarelli at
12:20:58 PM
It's Perfectly Normal update
posted by Chris Zammarelli at
12:16:00 PM
November 5, 2002
Global Crossing
This isn't really L.A.C.K. related, but I'm wondering if it's a bad idea for American Lawyer to headline a complimentary article about the top global law firms with the name of a corporation that's in serious financial straits? Check out their November cover story.
[TT] American Lawyer
[TT] Reuters
posted by Chris Zammarelli at
3:24:22 PM
Has the FBI bugged Hartford Public Library?
Check out this article that claims to have evidence that the FBI has bugged Hartford Public Library to track down terrorists. This of course is completely legal under the USA PATRIOT Act.
[TT] Hartford Courant
posted by Chris Zammarelli at
10:26:23 AM
November 4, 2002
Who's the new Dumbledore?
The Chicago Sun-Times has speculated on who will replace Richard Harris in the Harry Potter movies. Note to Cindy Pearlman: not only are there only three Lord of the Rings movies (not "about 300"), but also the three movies have already been filmed.
[TT] Chicago Sun-Times
posted by Chris Zammarelli at
12:51:41 PM
Mistry cancels book tour
Rohinton Mistry, a Canadian author of Indian descent, has cancelled a U.S. book tour because of racial profiling at airport security.
[TT] Yahoo! News
posted by Chris Zammarelli at
12:46:19 PM
Supreme Court to hear CIPA arguments
The Supreme Court will hear arguments about CIPA on November 15.
[TT] Law.com
posted by Chris Zammarelli at
12:44:09 PM
November 1, 2002
GartnerG2 survey on burning CDs
82% of people polled in a GartnerG2 survey believe it's perfectly kosher to make a back-up copy of a CD. The other 18% work in the music industry.
[TT] BBC News
posted by Chris Zammarelli at
4:22:47 PM
No Censorship Radio
Political humorist Barry Crimmins, who recently signed a book deal with Seven Stories Press, will be appearing on WMBR's No Censorship Radio tonight, which you can hear at 630p EST on their live webcast.
[TT] Barry Crimmins
posted by Chris Zammarelli at
10:03:08 AM
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