Journalist Patti Waldmeir says that the recent U.S. 9th Cir ruling in Kelly v. Arriba Soft Corp threatens general linking on web sites. The EFF agrees. Is this case a threat to linking? Nah, not quite. I agree with Denise Howell on this one: This is an over-the-top assessment, and doesn't represent a fair reading of the case. [See post by Denise]
Denise knows a bit about the legal side of the whole linking problem, having written an article about it.
11:22:59 PM
Hey Buzz, Nacchio made a bunch of money last year!
In a follow up to the blogging story involving Joseph Nachio, here is some late-breaking news. Qwest Communications paid Chairman Joseph Nacchio more than $27 million last year . Nacchio's 2001 compensation, excluding stock options, was more than six times greater than his 2000 compensation of $4.22 million, according to Qwest's filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. [New York Times: Technology]
11:04:52 PM
Oops! How do I use the E-mail system again?
While more than 50 companies have expressed confidential interest in acquiring Global Crossing, their identities are no longer secret to one another, courtesy of an e-mail message from Global Crossing's lawyers. [New Yorks Times: Technology]
10:41:54 PM
It makes too much sense to actually work. Doctors, prescriptions, and technology?
An Internet-based system being introduced will allow doctors to send prescriptions directly to a pharmacy's computer from a hand-held or desk-top computer, wireless telephone or text pager. By Milt Freudenheim. [New York Times: Technology]
It's as I suspected....I'm not "the one."
3:51:40 PM
Anonymous Book buying is a fundamental right
"The Colorado Supreme Court announced a decision on Monday in Tattered Cover, Inc. v. City of Thornton. Relying on both the Colorado and United States Constitution, the court determined that a police search warrant for the book-buying records of a criminal suspect was unreasonable. The Court held that the information sought by the search warrant implicated a fundamental right protected by the state and federal constitutions, that is, the "fundamental right to purchase books anonymously, free from governmental interference." [via Rory Perry's Radio Weblog]
