Tuesday, December 31, 2002

ball dropping. Why we drop a ball on Times' Square. [Adam Curry: Adam Curry's Weblog] 11:59:31 PM    comment []

Year in Privacy: Citizens Lose. Each year, governments chip away at citizens' civil liberties. It's a tactic the United States condemned during the Cold War but now uses in the war on terror. A commentary by Lauren Weinstein. [Wired News] 11:55:52 PM    comment []

The Chronicle of Higher Education: College Groups Challenge Copyright Office on Exceptions to Digital-Copyright Law. The groups made a similar but unsuccessful appeal two years ago. But this year, in a departure, the groups are faulting the standards the Copyright Office uses to determine whether exceptions to the anti-circumvention provision should be granted. [Tomalak's Realm] 11:54:46 PM    comment []

Penalties That Last A Lifetime. Plastic::Politics::Law: "By one estimate, the U.S. has 13 million felons who are in prison or have done their time, almost 7 percent of the population. In Florida alone, 600,000 people are disenfranchised voters for life." [Plastic: Most Recent] 11:54:10 PM    comment []

Happy New Year, all! 11:52:18 PM    comment []