[Air-l] Tech/Internet policy News extracts/daily feed, fyi

[RG Lentz]

Dear AOIR colleagues,

Public Knowledge, a new not-for-profit policy advocacy organization, 
provides a subscription based daily news feed similar to Benton's but 
covering different issues that might be of interest to some of you who 
follow regulation/policy re: intellectual property, open source, etc. How 
to get it: http://www.publicknowledge.org/.

"Public Knowledge is a new public-interest advocacy organization dedicated 
to fortifying and defending a vibrant information commons. This Washington, 
D.C. based group works with wide spectrum of stakeholders - libraries, 
educators, scientists, artists, musicians, journalists, consumers, software 
programmers, civic groups and enlightened businesses - to promote the core 
conviction that some fundamental democratic principles and cultural values 
- openness, access, and the capacity to create and compete -- must be given 
new embodiment in the digital age."

Here's a sample:

3/17 News:

Policy:
Study Questions Net Sales Tax Payoff:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A21580-2003Mar13.html

Legal:
Charges Are Filed in Computer Hacking:
http://makeashorterlink.com/?F68B216D3


Market:
Buyers Would Pay More to Copy Digital Music:
http://boston.internet.com/news/article.php/2109811

Mass Rollout of DVR Technology Stuck on 'Pause':
http://makeashorterlink.com/?K14B256D3


Wireless:
Verizon To Unveil Ultra-Fast Wireless--Mobile Network to Debut In D.C.
Area This Summer:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31065-2003Mar15.html

Pumping Life Into the Pay Phone--A pilot program in Canada is
converting the telephone booth into a wireless Internet access point:
http://www.wired.com/news/wireless/0,1382,58050,00.html

HP gets into the wireless swing--Hewlett-Packard will broaden its
wireless portfolio, having already talked up four new alliances:
http://news.com.com/2100-1039-992840.html?tag=fd_top

TI unveils a design called Wanda--Texas Instruments has introduced a
new chipset and related design for making cell phones that can connect
with three different kinds of wireless networks:
http://news.com.com/2100-1039-992826.html?tag=fd_top


Broadband:
In Broadband, Comcast Lets Users Find Their Own Flourishes:
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/17/technology/17BAND.html


Privacy / Security:
Helping cops keep tabs on wireless data--Cops are finally getting to
see firsthand whether pager-favoring, tech-savvy criminals have
upgraded to America's newest wireless networks:
http://news.com.com/2100-1039-992832.html?tag=fd_top

Who's Winning Privacy Tug of War?:
http://www.wired.com/news/privacy/0,1848,58064,00.html


Media:
Media Watchdogs Caught Napping--In the run up to a conflict in Iraq,
foreign news websites are seeing large volumes of traffic from America,
as U.S. citizens increasingly seek news coverage about the coming war:
http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,58056,00.html

Yahoo to Launch Paid Video Services:
http://makeashorterlink.com/?Y17B246D3

Political Targets With Moving Parts:
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/17/arts/design/17MIRA.html

Listen to the Warm: A Growing Selection of Players and Titles:
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/13/technology/circuits/13dbox.html


Open Source:
Free-Software Guru Is Out of Work but Not Out of Steam--Bruce Perens is
not ready to stop baiting Microsoft or fighting for shared code:
http://makeashorterlink.com/?L56B126D3

Former employee takes on Microsoft with Lycoris:
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/ 
134654640_btinterface17.html

Top Ten Linux Tips:
http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,3973,935959,00.asp


P2P:
StreamCast's Griffin Steps Down as CEO:
http://makeashorterlink.com/?H2FA216D3


IP:
Patent Donations Are Criticized:
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/17/technology/17PATE.html

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RG Lentz
UT Austin