EDUPAGE> Edupage, October 29, 2003
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TOP STORIES FOR WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 29, 2003
Four New DMCA Exceptions
E-Voting Machines Come Under Renewed Scrutiny
Clearinghouse for Identity Theft Victims
More Data, but No Less Paper
FOUR NEW DMCA EXCEPTIONS
Officials at the Library of Congress are required periodically to
review the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). The latest review
has led to four new exceptions to the DMCA's prohibition against
circumventing electronic copyright protections. Under the new
exceptions, copyright protections can legally be broken to access lists
of Web sites blocked by Internet filters; computer applications
protected by broken or obsolete copy protections; applications that use
obsolete hardware or formats; and e-books that do not allow
disabled-access tools such as screen readers to function. Many DMCA
critics complained that the new exceptions are fairly narrow and called
again for exceptions that would allow users to break copyright
protections in order to play files on various devices and in other
formats. James Billington, the Librarian of Congress, said that his
office does not have the authority to grant those kinds of exceptions
and that such requests are typically made by individuals who do not
understand copyright law.
CNET, 28 October 2003
http://news.com.com/2100-1028_3-5098639.html
E-VOTING MACHINES COME UNDER RENEWED SCRUTINY
Ongoing concerns about electronic voting machines in Maryland have
prompted two lawmakers in the state to request a review of the systems
by an independent state agency. Senator Paula Hollinger and Delegate
Sheila Ellis Hixson have asked the nonpartisan Maryland Department of
Legislative Services to review a report by Science Applications
International Corp. (SAIC) on the voting machines. That report was
requested by the state after concerns were raised about possible
security risks with the machines. Questions have also been raised over
how the state will be able to verify election results or conduct a
recount because the machines do not generate a paper record of votes as
they are cast. David Dill, a professor at Stanford University,
questioned whether SAIC--which has a standing consulting contract with
the state of Maryland--was impartial in its report. Dill suggested that
with the report, SAIC was trying to please the governor and that the
report did not ask whether the machines should be used at all. The
report, said Dill, simply asked whether the risks could be mitigated.
Federal Computer Week, 23 October 2003
http://www.fcw.com/geb/articles/2003/1020/web-diebold-10-23-03.asp
CLEARINGHOUSE FOR IDENTITY THEFT VICTIMS
An organization representing most of the large U.S. financial services
companies has announced a pilot project to create a single point of
contact for people who believe they are victims of identity theft. The
Financial Services Roundtable, which includes Wells Fargo, Bank One,
Citigroup, MBNA, and others, said that with the new program, consumers
can call their banks if they believe personal information has been used
in an identity crime. The banks would then contact the newly formed
assistance center, which would help the consumer with the paperwork and
other details of dealing with the problem. The center would also vet
loan and other applications to make sure the names of people asking to
borrow money are not the same as those who have reported having their
identities stolen.
Washington Post, 28 October 2003
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A29158-2003Oct28.html
MORE DATA, BUT NO LESS PAPER
A study by the University of California at Berkeley shows that during
2002, 5 billion gigabytes of data was generated around the world. That
amount, which is the equivalent of about 800 megabytes per person, is
enough to fill 500,000 U.S. Libraries of Congress. The university
conducted a similar study in 1999, and the new results indicate a 30
percent rise since the first study in the amount of stored information.
The amount of data stored on hard disk drives was up 114 percent from
the earlier study. According to Peter Lyman, a professor at UC
Berkeley, those involved in the 1999 study expected that use of film
and paper would drop as users moved those media into electronic
formats. Although film-based photographs have dropped 9 percent since
1999, paper documents, including books, journals, and others, have
grown by as much as 43 percent. Lyman said that much of the content is
accessed on computers, but users print it out.
Reuters, 29 October 2003
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?storyID=3713686
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