HIGH COURT WILL NOT HEAR PROGRAMMER'S APPEAL
The US Supreme Court has declined without comment to hear an
appeal by a programmer who sued his former employer for
changing his programs' source code. William Krause of New
York first charged in 1996 that Titleserv, a title insurance
firm, had committed copyright infringement when it altered
eight programs he had written for the company over a decade
of work. A federal trial court ruled in favour of Titleserv,
and an appeals court upheld that judgment last year.
U.S. SENATOR WARNS ON PATRIOT ACT CONCERNS
A Republican senator said a newly-created privacy and civil
liberties watchdog panel should focus on dispelling
"disinformation" about the controversial Patriot Act.
At a hearing Tuesday to consider presidential nominees to
lead the group, known as the Privacy and Civil Liberties
Oversight Board, Sen. John Cornyn of Texas called on the two
candidates to offer "honest, responsible and fair review" of
the president's counterterrorism policies. He also cautioned
them to be on guard for "false reports or scare tactics."
AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT REJECTS NET REPORT
Australia's federal Government has rejected the findings of
a study that suggested regional Australia's development was
being hobbled by inadequate Internet services. The annual
State of the Regions report found poor download speeds and
coverage, and expensive access to broadband, were
significant factors holding back economic development.
[Australian IT]
CAMBODIAN GOVERNOR LAUNCHES SUIT AGAINST U.S. SITE
The governor of a Cambodian province is suing an American
Internet cafe owner over a Web site that promotes a sleepy
corner of the war-scarred southeast Asian nation as an ideal
place for people who want to kill themselves.
Kampot governor Puth Chandarith said on Wednesday he had
filed a suit against Californian Roger Graham for
disseminating false information and defaming the province on
his Web sites, www.euthanasiaincambodia.com and
www.asian-hearts.com.
[Reuters UK]
