EDUPAGE> Edupage, March 12, 2004
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TOP STORIES FOR FRIDAY, MARCH 12, 2004
Judge Sets Oracle Trial Date
Database Tracks Academic References Online
Major ISPs Sue Spammers
E-Voting Hits Snag in California
New Domain Proposed for Mobile Devices
Japanese Authors Claim Copyright Infringement
JUDGE SETS ORACLE TRIAL DATE
A federal judge has set June 7 as the trial date for the Justice
Department's lawsuit against Oracle's takeover of PeopleSoft. In a
setback for Oracle, Judge Vaughn Walker ruled that the company must
turn over documents that the Justice Department says will show the
types and levels of discounts that Oracle offered customers. The
discounts, according to the Justice Department, reflect significantly
better pricing when Oracle is in competition with PeopleSoft and SAP,
hinting at the potential reduction in competition if the takeover is
allowed. In a separate action, however, Judge Walker rejected the
Justice Department's request for a two-tiered system in which
Oracle's in-house attorneys would be denied access to third-party
documents that would be available to Oracle's outside attorneys.
Instead, third parties who have provided confidential material to the
government will have an opportunity to block content they do not want
shown to Oracle's in-house attorneys.
CNET, 10 March 2004
http://news.com.com/2100-1014-5172216.html
DATABASE TRACKS ACADEMIC REFERENCES ONLINE
Thomson ISI, which collects data on the use of academic work, said it
will begin compiling data for online scholarship in addition to that in
print. The new Web Citation Index will track online-only citations of
scholarly writing as well as references in printed material to
online-only sources. Statistics in Thomson ISI databases are generally
regarded as highly influential, especially in the sciences, for
promotion and tenure decisions. Though the Web Citation Index will be
maintained separately from the company's other databases, some
observers said the new index is likely to encourage scholars to publish
online or to use preprint servers, which are databases containing work
that has not yet passed peer review. Others commented that
peer-reviewed journals will remain the primary vehicle for scholarship
and that the new index will not have a significant impact on scholarly
publishing.
Chronicle of Higher Education, 12 March 2004 (sub. req'd)
http://chronicle.com/prm/daily/2004/03/2004031204n.htm
MAJOR ISPS SUE SPAMMERS
Four of the largest ISPs have filed separate lawsuits under the
recently enacted Can-Spam Act. Microsoft, Yahoo, Earthlink, and America
Online filed suits in their home states against individuals and
companies alleged to be some of the largest senders of junk e-mail. The
four companies also filed 220 other "John Doe" suits against defendants
who have yet to be identified because their spam is routed through
others' computers. Randall Boe, an attorney with America Online, said
that the companies hope that their coordinated efforts will help
uncover "the biggest, the baddest, and the most notorious" spammers.
Nancy Anderson, the deputy general counsel of Microsoft, said, "We will
follow the money" to identify and prosecute spammers. David Kramer, an
attorney in California who works in antispam law, said the Can-Spam Act
and these lawsuits are not likely to do much to slow the spread of
spam. He noted that state antispam laws have been in effect for eight
years and that Microsoft filed 60 such suits last year, before the
Can-Spam Act went into effect.
New York Times, 11 March 2004 (registration req'd)
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/11/technology/11SPAM.html
E-VOTING HITS SNAG IN CALIFORNIA
Some California legislators have called on the secretary of state to
decertify paperless touch-screen voting machines before November's
general election, citing the poor performance of the machines during
the state's primary. State Sens. Don Perata and Ross Johnson sent a
letter to Secretary of State Kevin Shelley, saying that the
primary-election "test flight" of the machines "crashed and burned."
According to the "Los Angeles Times," 7,000 voters in Orange County
were given the wrong ballots, and 21 precincts reported more votes cast
than there were registered voters. In San Diego, problems with the
voting machines kept more than half of the precincts from opening on
time, and results from the voting machines were generally no faster
than with traditional paper ballots. Shelley has issued a mandate that
all voting machines create a paper trail for ballots cast, but not
until July 2006, well past this fall's election. Shelley's office is
reportedly "looking at all of the options" for how to handle complaints
about the voting machines.
Wired News, 11 March 2004
http://www.wired.com/news/evote/0,2645,62627,00.html
NEW DOMAIN PROPOSED FOR MOBILE DEVICES
Nine technology and telecommunications companies this week proposed a
new Internet domain specifically for mobile devices. Companies
participating in the proposal include Nokia, Vodafone, Microsoft, HP,
and Samsung. Though the domain name has not been determined yet, it
would reportedly be something like .mobile or .phone, reflecting the
wireless aspect of the domain. With their much smaller screens, mobile
devices require significantly different content and layout from
traditional Web sites, and organizers of the proposed domain said it
would point specifically to sites geared toward that type of content.
An application for the new domain has been submitted to the Internet
Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) and calls for
establishing a new, for-profit organization to manage the domain.
New York Times, 11 March 2004 (registration req'd)
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/11/technology/11wire.html
JAPANESE AUTHORS CLAIM COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT
A group of 33 Japanese authors and poets filed an injunction with the
Tokyo District Court, alleging that several schools and
testing-assistance companies violated copyright by including content in
educational materials without proper consent. The complaint said that
copyrighted content was included in practice questions and that in some
cases that content was sold by the companies named in the complaint. A
number of legal rulings in Japan have favored copyright holders in
disputes with companies that produce exams or other educational
materials, but many continue to use copyrighted work improperly,
arguing that obtaining proper permission requires excessive time and
expense.
Daily Yomiuri, 12 March 2004
http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/newse/20040312wo22.htm
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