INTERNET=20
Online People Give Less Time to TV (WP)=20
In the Bronx, an Ounce of Connection (NYT)=20
ICANN Completes Dot-Coop Deal (WP)
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY=20
2 Copyright Cases Decided in Favor of Entertainment Industry (NYT)
CABLE=20
Ted Turner Laments Cable Mergers (WIRED)
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SECURITY=20
"Security or Surveillance?" Briefing at the National Press Club
(EPIC)=20
INTERNET=20
ONLINE PEOPLE GIVE LESS TIME TO TV
Issue: Internet=20
The Web is gaining on television in the battle for attention from the
Internet generation, according to the UCLA Internet Report 2001, an =
annual
survey of the Internet's impact on American life funded by the National
Science Foundation. The study, to be released today, found that =
Internet
users watch 4=BD hours a week less television than do non-Internet =
users. And
the longer people have been online, the less they watch TV. But =
broadcasters
dispute the notion that Internet use is cutting into their business. =
"You
can't view the Internet and TV as some sort of zero-sum game," said =
Dennis
Wharton, a spokesman for the National Association of Broadcasters. =
"Because
you use one new medium, don't automatic assume that it draws away from
another. [The study] seems to suggest that you can't walk and chew gum =
at
the same time, and you can." The study also found that the number of =
people
with Internet access continues to rise. More than 72 percent of =
Americans
have Internet access, up from 67 percent last year, according to the =
study.
Among those without access, 44.4 percent expect to get online in the =
next
year.=20
[SOURCE: Washington Post, AUTHOR: Alec Klein]
(http://www.washtech.com/news/media/13901-1.html)
IN THE BRONX, AN OUNCE OF CONNECTION
Issue: Internet/Health=20
The new Children's Hospital at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx =
isn't
like many other hospitals. Montefiore, which has one of the highest
incidences of asthma, malnutrition and anemia - all illnesses =
associated
with poverty - in the United States, was built with a vision exposing =
its
patients to science and technology beyond the their medical care. From =
their
bedside computers, patients will have links to 2,000 Web sites, =
including
that of the American Museum of Natural History, the National =
Aeronautics and
Space Administration, and Ask Dr. Universe, a science education site =
created
by Washington State University. Hospital administrators have cobbled
together an intranet, that only allows patients to view preselected =
sites.
The intranet also contains a mini- library of medical resources that =
can
answer children's questions about their conditions. Because the =
patients
here range from infants to 21- year-olds, a "smart card" helps deliver
age-appropriate information when they conduct searches. "We are not =
only
here to heal the children," said Dr. Irwin Redlener, president of the
Children's Hospital, which opened a month ago. "We want to help create =
a
life- changing experience. Living in some of the neighborhoods in the =
Bronx
can give children a limited sense of their future. We want them to =
think
anything is possible."
[SOURCE: New York Times, AUTHOR: Yilu Zhao]
(http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/29/technology/circuits/29HOSP.html)
(requires registration)
ICANN COMPLETES DOT-COOP DEAL
Issue: Internet=20
Internet addressing authorities this week signed off on a contract that
clears the way for a ".coop" Internet domain to be included alongside =
.com,
.net and .org in the Web's worldwide addressing system. Internet =
Corporation
for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) officials completed the deal =
with the
National Cooperative Business Association, which was selected last year =
to
operate .coop - an Internet domain that will be reserved for co-op
companies, which are a specific type of employee-owned business.=20
[SOURCE: Washington Post, AUTHOR: David McGuire (Newsbytes.com)]
(http://www.washtech.com/news/netarch/13898-1.html)
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
2 COPYRIGHT CASES DECIDED IN FAVOR OF ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY
Issue: Intellectual Property=20
The entertainment industry won two closely watched cases yesterday that =
pit
owners of copyrighted works against the people who develop technologies =
that
can be used to copy those works. Both cases involve challenges to a =
1998
federal copyright law, the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, which =
critics
say gives too much power to the industries at the expense of consumers =
and
limits the First Amendment rights of researchers. In one case, the =
United
States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in Manhattan ruled in =
favor
of the Motion Picture Association of America in its lawsuit against =
Eric
Corley and his hacking-oriented publication, 2600, over Mr. Corley's
decision to publish a program that could be used to unlock the =
copyright
protection system for DVD's. In the other case, a Federal District =
Court
judge in Trenton dismissed a lawsuit brought by an associate professor =
at
Princeton, Edward W. Felten; the professor had argued that the =
Recording
Industry Association of America threatened him with lawsuits in order =
to
keep him from presenting his research into ways that a digital =
copyright
protection system can be broken.=20
[SOURCE: New York Times, AUTHOR: John Schwartz]
(http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/29/technology/29DVD.html)
(requires registration)
CABLE=20
TED TURNER LAMENTS CABLE MERGERS
Issue: Cable=20
After 30 years in the cable television business, and in many ways =
defining
it, Ted Turner said his only regret was selling his business to Time =
Warner
in 1996 only to be unceremoniously tossed out a few years later. During =
an
hour-long chat at the cable television industry's annual trade show, =
Turner
lamented the loss of competition in the cable market as the industry =
has
consolidated greatly over the years. "I think it's sad we're losing so =
much
diversity of thought and opinion," he said during the luncheon special, =
"A
Video History of Ted Turner." "We're getting to the point where there's
going to be two cable companies left. I doubt the government will let =
the
last two merge, but you never know."=20
[SOURCE: Wired, AUTHOR: Andy Patrizio]
(http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,48706,00.html)
SECURITY=20
"SECURITY OR SURVEILLANCE?" BRIEFING AT THE NATIONAL PRESS CLUB=20
Issue: Security/Privacy=20
On Friday November 30, the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) =
will
host the second in its series of "Security or Surveillance?" policy
briefings at the National Press Club. Issues to be discussed include =
the
technical reliability and privacy implications of new security systems =
and
legal measures being considered both domestically and internationally =
since
September 11.
[SOURCE: Electronic Privacy Information Center]
(http://www.epic.org/)
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