Thursday, April 18, 2002
Privacy fears move closer to reality
In a post-Sept. 11 world, the technical opportunities for surveillance seem endless: national identification cards, face-recognition systems and video cameras on street corners. But who will ensure that those technologies are not abused in the name of protecting citizens from terrorism?
Big Blue Drops Business Bombshell
Most kuro5hin readers have probably heard of ebXML. If you have, you probably also thought that it was a free standard. So did the members of the ebXML working groups, until IBM dropped this bombshell.
Law experts leery of DRM solution
Scarlet Pruitt
In fact, five hours of presentations and debate over the issues of fair use and DRM at the twelfth annual Computers, Freedom and Privacy conference in San Francisco Tuesday produced a wealth of questions and one clear answer: that it is too early in this era of technological innovation to start locking down digital content.
Deep Linking Returns to Surface
Michelle Delio
Some sources believe the future of deep links may be decided by the outcome of a preliminary injunction filed by the Danish Newspaper Publishers' Association. The association wants the court to ban newsfeed service Newsbooster from deeplinking to Danish newspaper stories.
Stefan Bechtold - The Link Controversy Page
