Your nerd’s insatiable quest for information and The High has tweaked his brain in an interesting way. For any given piece of incoming information, your nerd is making a lightning fast assessment: relevant or not relevant? Relevance means that the…
Posts Tagged with Technology
Know Your Nerd
11/12/2007 – 8:08 am
Hatch’s Hit List
7/9/2004 – 12:24 pm
The Importance of… brings us Hatch’s Hit List, a new compendium of devices and technology that could be removed from our lives if the INDUCE Act passes.
High Tech Speaks Up
7/6/2004 – 4:46 pm
As reported by The Importance of… and Copyfight, some major players in the High Tech industry are requesting hearings for the INDUCE Act. According to USA Today:
Internet search giants Google and Yahoo, chipmaker Intel, Internet service provider Verizon, auctioneer eBay, website operator…
Congressman Boucher Stands Up
7/6/2004 – 12:20 pm
As reported in The Register’s story Hatch’s Induce Act comes under fire, Congressman Rick Boucher (D - Virginia) is fighting the INDUCE Act, saying that the legislation “is very poorly defined” and that its broad language “could target just about anyone.…
Overstatement and IICA
6/29/2004 – 8:29 am
Susan Crawford presents a compelling case to bring the INDUCE Act to a hearing on the Senate floor in her article Overstatement and IICA. She addresses both sides of the issue on three fundamental questions:
- Will the bill cripple the development of…
More on the INDUCE Act
6/29/2004 – 7:58 am
This is just a quick post with some informative perspectives on the INDUCE Act. Sadly, I do not have the time to comment on all of them at present, though I do hope to post about select articles when my…
The INDUCE Act and the Right to Prepare Derivative Works
6/29/2004 – 7:52 am
Ernest, provides additional insight into the ramifications of the INDUCE Act on his site( The Importance of…) in a new article titled The INDUCE Act and the Right to Prepare Derivative Works. His perspectives on this issue and many others in…
INDUCE ACT Part 3
6/24/2004 – 9:01 am
Senator Hatch’s INDUCE Act is gaining more coverage as each day passes, though I have yet to spot anything from the major media outlets. Are you surprised? No, I didn’t think so. I’m not. Wired has posted a story this morning…
INDUCE Act
6/18/2004 – 6:39 pm
The Electronic Frontier Foundation recently broke the story about the latest rights-constricting work of Senator Orrin Hatch (R-Utah): the INDUCE Act. As the EFF put it:
It’s the Hollings Bill by other means — an over-reaching new form of indirect liability that will force technology…