Wednesday, March 26, 2003

Jim Rome is talking about this.  A dozen Minneapolis librarians who say they were exposed to a barrage of sexually explicit Internet material [downloaded by library patrons] in the downtown library are seeking their day in court. The 12 sued the library system Monday in U.S. District Court in Minneapolis, alleging they endured an intimidating, hostile and offensive workplace that violated state and federal law. The suit seeks damages of at least $400,000 each, plus workplace changes. 10:05:57 PM

Oh, and by the way, the Perry's ppt can be got here. 10:05:57 PM

Thomson & Thomson has an excellent article by Ilene B. Tannen on How to Effectively Analyze a Trademark Search Report.  TT uses frames, so to navigate to this article, click on IP Resources on the top navigation bar, then click on IP Fundamentals on the gutter in the left, then click the link How to Analyze a Report.  Note, there's another link titled Analyze a Trademark Search Report, which is a link to a powerpoint presentation by Perry Viscounty, a partner at Latham & Watkins.  Oh, what the heck, just click here to go directly to Tannen's article, but please go to the TT site as well.  It has a ton of useful resources. 10:05:56 PM

I love buying books on Amazon, but their website can be maddening.  Today, very important images used as navigational tools are not showing up.  Shame on Amazon for not having roll-over text appear so that users could navigate nonetheless. 10:05:56 PM

Just discovered publisher Allworth Press (via Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts). Allworth publishes "business and self-help books for artists, designers, photographers, writers, and film and performing artists, as well as books about business, law, and personal finance for the general public.  The press also publishes classic and contemporary critical writings on art and graphic design." Browsing through their catalog, I see many books I'd like to get. 10:05:55 PM

Warren's Washington Internet Daily reports (sorry, no link to the story) that House Government Reform Committee Chairman Tom Davis put the brakes on any new regulations governing data mining. "We need to be slow about coming in and overregulating" data mining, Davis said, calling the processing of massive data in multiple databases the tool that will drive 21st Century entrepreneurship and law enforcement. Since the hearing was in a subcommittee of Davis' committee, the chairman's statement suggested that one witness's hope for a federally constructed special court system to oversee federal data mining might not become a reality soon. 10:05:54 PM

Dana Parsons of the LA Times writes: What's more troubling to society: someone accused of stashing kiddie porn on a home computer or someone who secretly hacks into that person's computer, infiltrates their private life and turns the findings over to authorities? ... Facing federal charges for possession of child pornography is Ronald Kline, a former Orange County Superior Court judge. He's in the dock because a young computer whiz from Canada named Bradley Willman designed a program to entice child pornography devotees and to then gain access to their home files. Story here (reg req'd).  10:05:52 PM