[OPLINLIST] First Sale Doctrine Information
Frank Atkinson
franka at ohcapcon.com
Tue Jan 24 09:51:47 EST 2006
FYI: A decent article on the First Sale doctrine.
(The copyright requires redistribution in whole.)
Frank Atkinson franka at ohcapcon.com
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** Google Rejects Gov't Subpoena
** FCC Cites Cell Phone Info Brokers
** "First Sale" Copyright Doctrine
** Internet Fraud and Losses Are Up
** SEC May Put Proxies Online
** Protecting SSNs Shared with Contractors
** Review: Tax Preparation Software
** Review: CloserLook Skip-Tracing
** Resources: Public Records
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Google Rejects Gov't Subpoena
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< <http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060120/ap_on_hi_te/google_records>
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060120/ap_on_hi_te/google_records>
< <http://tinyurl.com/ahjtw> http://tinyurl.com/ahjtw>
(20 Jan) U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales went to court last week to
force Google to comply with a subpoena for "a list all requests entered into
Google's search engine during an unspecified single week.... In addition, it
seeks 1 million randomly selected Web addresses from various Google
databases."
The government had narrowed its original request for all URLs that a
searcher could locate via Google as of 31 July 2005. It had also requested a
list of all queries entered from 1 June to 31 July 2005.
The stated purpose for the request is to defend the constitutionality of the
Child Online Protection Act (COPA). "The production of a set of queries
entered into Google's search engine would assist the Government in its
efforts to understand the behavior of current web users, to estimate how
often web users encounter harmful-to-minors material in the course of their
searches, and to measure the effectiveness of filtering software in
screening that material."
Perhaps more disturbing than the request itself is that we learned about it
because Google refused to comply. Yahoo and Microsoft admitted to complying
with similar requests. "America Online said it didn't fully comply with the
subpoena but did provide a list of search requests already publicly
available from other sources." All the search engines claim their compliance
did not reveal personal information.
SEE: Motion to Compel Compliance
Mercury News (copy of court filing), 18 January 2006
< <http://www.mercurynews.com/multimedia/mercurynews/news/google0119.pdf>
http://www.mercurynews.com/multimedia/mercurynews/news/google0119.pdf>
< <http://tinyurl.com/cptho> http://tinyurl.com/cptho>
SEE: Declaration of Philip B. Stark, Ph.D.
Search Engine Watch (copy of court filing), 18 January 2006
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<http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/blog/pdf/Google_NoticeofStarkDeclaration.
pdf>
http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/blog/pdf/Google_NoticeofStarkDeclaration.p
df>
< <http://tinyurl.com/a7pq7> http://tinyurl.com/a7pq7>
RELATED: Private Searches Versus Personally Identifiable Searches
SEW Blog, 23 January 2006
("I've [Danny Sullivan] written that no private information was given by any
of the major search engines that did respond to the Department Of Justice
subpoena or request for search data. However, as people are discussing and
debating the case more, they're realizing that there is some private
information contained within searches themselves. And this is true. Even
'anonymous' or 'aggregate' search data has some private information.")
< <http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/blog/060123-074811>
http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/blog/060123-074811>
< <http://tinyurl.com/76xs2> http://tinyurl.com/76xs2>
RELATED: Bush Administration Demands Search Records
SEW Forum, 19 January 2006
(Moderated discussion of the privacy issues.)
< <http://forums.searchenginewatch.com/showthread.php?threadid=9701>
http://forums.searchenginewatch.com/showthread.php?threadid=9701>
< <http://tinyurl.com/e4qhe> http://tinyurl.com/e4qhe>
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FCC Cites Cell Phone Info Brokers
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< <http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-124A1.pdf>
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-124A1.pdf>
< <http://tinyurl.com/8awbe> http://tinyurl.com/8awbe>
(20 Jan) The Federal Communications Commission issued two citations last
week to brokers of cell phone records. The brokers, Locatecell.com and
DataFind.org, failed "to comply with an order issued by the Federal
Communications Commission requiring the production of documents and
information."
The above link loads the citation referencing Locatecell.com. For the
citation pertaining to DataFind.org, see below.
SEE: Citation re DataFind.org
FCC, 20 January 2006
< <http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-122A1.pdf>
http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/DA-06-122A1.pdf>
< <http://tinyurl.com/83mkm> http://tinyurl.com/83mkm>
RELATED: How Cell Phone Records Went Online
TVC Alert Research News, 17 January 2006
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#cellphones>
http://www.virtualchase.com/tvcalert/transfer.asp?xmlFile=jan06/17jan06.xml#
cellphones>
< <http://tinyurl.com/bqsmk> http://tinyurl.com/bqsmk>
RELATED: Michigan Gov. Calls for Legislation to Prevent ... Release of
Telephone Records
Government Technology, 24 January 2006
("Last week, Michigan Governor Jennifer M. Granholm called upon the Michigan
legislature to enact new criminal laws prohibiting the unauthorized sale or
release of telephone records and other personal information by
telecommunications service providers and information brokers. Granholm also
asked the Michigan Public Service Commission to investigate whether
telecommunications service providers in Michigan have permitted the
unauthorized release of telephone records.")
< <http://www.govtech.net/magazine/story.php?id=98007>
http://www.govtech.net/magazine/story.php?id=98007>
< <http://tinyurl.com/8hwpp> http://tinyurl.com/8hwpp>
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"First Sale" Copyright Doctrine
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< <http://www.copycense.com/2006/01/communik_first_.html>
http://www.copycense.com/2006/01/communik_first_.html>
< <http://tinyurl.com/9zl5m> http://tinyurl.com/9zl5m>
(23 Jan) In part 3 of a series of articles on copyright issues for
libraries, Kevin Dames discusses the first sale doctrine. "Generally, 'first
sale' allows anyone who rightfully and legal owns a copy of a protected work
to resell, rent, or lend that copy to another person or entity.... Over the
last decade, however, several changes have occurred that threaten first
sale's future viability."
SEE: Educational Use of Copyrighted Materials
TVC Alert Research News, 17 January 2006
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<http://www.virtualchase.com/tvcalert/transfer.asp?xmlFile=jan06/17jan06.xml
#copyright>
http://www.virtualchase.com/tvcalert/transfer.asp?xmlFile=jan06/17jan06.xml#
copyright>
< <http://tinyurl.com/bqsmk> http://tinyurl.com/bqsmk>
RELATED: Copyright Exceptions for Libraries and Archives
Library of Congress, 17 January 2006
("A committee appointed by the Library of Congress will hold two public
roundtables in March 2006 -- in Los Angeles and in Washington, D.C. -- to
gather insights and opinions on how to revise copyright exceptions for
libraries and archives (Section 108 of the Copyright Act).")
< <http://www.loc.gov/today/pr/2006/06-017.html>
http://www.loc.gov/today/pr/2006/06-017.html>
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Internet Fraud and Losses Are Up
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< <http://nclnet.org/news/2006/2005_fraud_trends_01192006.htm>
http://nclnet.org/news/2006/2005_fraud_trends_01192006.htm>
< <http://tinyurl.com/7afhq> http://tinyurl.com/7afhq>
(19 Jan) The National Consumers League last week released its report on
telemarketing and Internet-related scams. It shows an increase in both the
number of reported scams and the amount of money lost.
"[T]he average loss to telemarketing fraud rose from $1,974 in 2004 to
$2,892 in 2005, and Internet fraud losses more than doubled, from an average
of $895 in 2004 to $1,917. The number of scams reported rose by 39 percent
for telemarketing fraud and 12 percent for Internet fraud."
SEE: 2005 Trends: Telemarketing Scams [and] Internet Scams
National Consumers League, 2005
< <http://www.fraud.org/2005_fraud_trend_report.pdf>
http://www.fraud.org/2005_fraud_trend_report.pdf>
RELATED: BOT HERDER PLEADS GUILTY TO FRAUDULENT ADWARE INSTALLS...
U.S. Department of Justice, 23 January 2006
("In the first prosecution of its kind in the nation, a well-known member of
the 'botmaster underground' pleaded guilty this morning to federal charges
related to his profitable use of 'botnets' - armies of compromised computers
- which were used to launch destructive attacks, to send huge quantities of
spam across the Internet and to receive surreptitious installations of
adware.")
< <http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/cac/pr2006/007.html>
http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/cac/pr2006/007.html>
< <http://tinyurl.com/77ewf> http://tinyurl.com/77ewf>
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SEC May Put Proxies Online
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< <http://www.econtentmag.com/Articles/ArticleReader.aspx?ArticleID=14887>
http://www.econtentmag.com/Articles/ArticleReader.aspx?ArticleID=14887>
< <http://tinyurl.com/9tyjh> http://tinyurl.com/9tyjh>
(Jan/Feb 2006) This short article informs about a Securities and Exchange
Commission rule proposal to place proxy statements online. The rule would
give investors the option of continuing to receive them in paper.
SEE: INTERNET AVAILABILITY OF PROXY MATERIALS
SEC RELEASE NOS. 34-52926 and IC-27182, 8 December 2005
< <http://www.sec.gov/rules/proposed/34-52926.pdf>
http://www.sec.gov/rules/proposed/34-52926.pdf>
< <http://tinyurl.com/dxws2> http://tinyurl.com/dxws2>
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Protecting SSNs Shared with Contractors
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< <http://www.gao.gov/docsearch/abstract.php?rptno=GAO-06-238>
http://www.gao.gov/docsearch/abstract.php?rptno=GAO-06-238>
< <http://tinyurl.com/7vrtd> http://tinyurl.com/7vrtd>
(23 Jan) The Government Accountability Office reports on its study of 4
industries that share customer Social Security numbers with contractors. The
industries -- banking, securities, telecommunication and tax preparation --
share SSNs with contractors for limited purposes. But each has different
levels of regulation and oversight.
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Review: Tax Preparation Software
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< <http://www.pcworld.com/resource/article/0,aid,124395,pg,1,RSS,RSS,00.asp>
http://www.pcworld.com/resource/article/0,aid,124395,pg,1,RSS,RSS,00.asp>
< <http://tinyurl.com/7lcmd> http://tinyurl.com/7lcmd>
(23 Jan) PC World reviews "midrange" desktop tax preparation software by
Intuit, H&R Block and 2nd Story Software.
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Review: CloserLook Skip-Tracing
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<http://columbus.bizjournals.com/bizwomen/columbus/content/story.html?story_
id=1217916>
http://columbus.bizjournals.com/bizwomen/columbus/content/story.html?story_i
d=1217916>
< <http://tinyurl.com/cej9l> http://tinyurl.com/cej9l>
(23 Jan) The article provides a brief overview of a new "deep Web" search
service called CloserLook. Amongst other things, the service claims to help
law firms locate people. It purports to retrieve information you cannot find
with a public Web search engine, such as Google or Yahoo.
I attempted to test the skip-tracing tool, Gotcha, which you will find
here[1]. But I stopped when I was asked to transmit a credit number over an
unsecured connection.
I've requested more information from the site and will publish a follow-up
if I am able to test the service. As of this writing, I have received no
response.
[1] <http://www.closerlooksearch.com> http://www.closerlooksearch.com
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