Wednesday, February 12, 2003

Useful Discussion abut the Eldred decision and pending copyright issues: http://www.corante.com/copyfight/20030101.shtml#18051 One of Lessig's insightful (as always) blogs: http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/lessig/blog/archives/2003_01.shtml#000869 6:47:26 PM    comment []

I hope good comes out of this. I suppose it's inevitable. Thanks to SANS Institue SANS NewsBites Vol. 5 Num. 06, Feb 12, 2003 Bush Authorized Development of Cyber Warfare Rules (7 February 2003) In July 2002, President Bush signed National Security Presidential Directive 16, which orders the government to develop rules for cyberwarfare. The directive seeks to establish when and how to attack enemy computer networks, which targets should be attacked and who should authorize and launch the attacks. http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn/A38110-2003Feb6 http://www.gcn.com/vol1_no1/daily-updates/21122-1.html DOD's Computer Network Attack Task Force (7 February 2003) The US Defense Department's (DOD's) Strategic Command Joint Task Force-Computer Network Operations is being reorganized into two task forces. One will concentrate on network defense, the other on computer network attack (CNA). http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2003/0203/web-net-02-07-03.asp European Union to Create Cyber Security Agency (6/10 February 2003) The European Commission plans to establish a cybersecurity center to help member states share information about cyber threats and to promote best practice standards. The European Network and Information Security Agency, which has a $26.3 million budget over five years, is due to begin operations in January 2004. http://www.vnunet.com/News/1138546 http://www.msnbc.com/news/869573.asp?0dm=C258T http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,78402,00.html 5:53:14 PM    comment []

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Interbrand, a branding agency in London, just published a web-based poll that ranked Google as the "brand of the year." Professionals and students from 72 counties said Google was the brand that had made the most impact on their lives in 2002, either positively or negatively. Google won about 15 percent of the vote. http://www.interbrand.com/start.asp?id=143 http://www.interbrand.com 5:33:01 PM    comment []

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