DIGITAL DIVIDE
Senators Push Home-PC Tax Credit (CNET)
CABLE
Charter signs with Microsoft TV (CNET)
MEDIA & SOCIETY
White House Sets Meeting With Film Executives to Discuss War on
Terrorism (NYT)
Civil Society meeting at ICANN (EPIC)
DIGITAL DIVIDE
SENATORS PUSH HOME-PC TAX CREDIT
Issue: Digital Divide
Two senators, George Allen (R-Va.) and Barbara Boxer (D-Ca.) are hoping to
persuade the President to include a credit for home PC purchases within his
economic stimulus plan. The proposal, originally authored by Allen, would
give a tax credit to cover the cost of computers, equipment and services, to
any family with students in elementary or secondary schools. Allen's bill
caps the credit at $1,000 per child and $2,000 per family. Under that
proposal More than 35 million families would be eligible for the tax credit,
Allen and Boxer said. The bill is not currently being considered by
Congress.
[SOURCE: CNET News.com, AUTHOR: Sergio D. Non]
(http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-7814778.html)
CABLE
CHARTER SIGNS WITH MICROSOFT TV
Issue: Cable
Charter Communications announced Wednesday that it has signed a seven-year
deal to license Microsoft TV's television software. Seven million of
Charter's cable customers, in 40 states, will be able to access e-mail,
browse the Internet, and receive both local and national news through the
interactive cable television set-top box software. The deal is one of a
number of developments in the interactive television market. While
interactive TV has taken a long term to mature, the promise of monthly
revenue from subscribers has helped it retain its investment appeal.
[SOURCE: CNET News.com, AUTHOR: Richard Shim]
(http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1006-200-7815241.html)
See Also:
AT&T BROADBAND TO SELL TIVO BOXES
[SOURCE: CNET News.com, AUTHOR: Richard Shim]
(http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1006-200-7812943.html)
MEDIA & SOCIETY
WHITE HOUSE SETS MEETING WITH FILM EXECUTIVES TO DISCUSS WAR ON TERRORISM
Issue: Movies
Several dozen top executives in the film and television industry plan to
meet on Sunday morning with Karl Rove, a senior White House adviser, to
discuss what Hollywood can do to aid the war effort. "The gathering is to
brief studio executives on the war on terrorism and to discuss with them
future projects that may be undertaken by the industry," Ken Lisaius, a
White House spokesman, said. "The White House has great respect for the
creativity of the industry and recognizes its impact and ability to educate
at home and abroad." Jack Valenti, chairman of the Motion Picture
Association of America, said he would not object to Hollywood making the
kind of patriotic war movies that characterized the early years of World War
II. Several executives emphasized today that they were not interested in
making propaganda films.
[SOURCE: New York Times, AUTHOR: Rick Lyman]
(http://www.nytimes.com/2001/11/08/national/08HOLL.html)
(requires registration)
CIVIL SOCIETY MEETING AT ICANN
Issue: Internet
On November 13, the Internet Democracy Project will host a special Civil
Society meeting in Los Angeles, CA. This coincides with the weeklong
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) meetings. Topics
to be discussed include the future of .org, recent events concerning civil
liberties in cyberspace (with a special focus on privacy issues), a dialog
with ICANN At-Large Directors, network privatization, and a roundtable on
ICANN At-Large membership. No pre-registration is required for this meeting
and attendance is free.
[SOURCE: Electronic Privacy Information Center]
(http://www.epic.org/)
--------------------------------------------------------------