Archive for September 18th, 2003

Lots about Librarians and Ashcroft Today

Thursday, September 18th, 2003

Responding to pressure from librarians and a statement by American Library Association President Carla Hayden, US Attorney General John Ashcroft has declassified information about library searches by the FBI under the USA PATRIOT Act. A memo obtained by NBC news indicates that there have been no searches. Read MSNBC’s or The New York Times’ coverage. [...]

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New Bill Proposes Change to Identifying Digital Copyright Infringers

Thursday, September 18th, 2003

From today’s subscriber-restricted Chronicle of Higher Education: “Senators said at a hearing on Wednesday that the recording industry has too much leeway in obtaining private information about Internet users when trying to catch people who are illegally downloading music.” A Kansas Republican senator has filed bill S 1621 that would change a portion of the [...]

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