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Date: Mon, 15 Nov 1999 16:11:37 -0500
From: Adam Powell
Here is a roundup of technology-related items from free! the Freedom Forum on line:
Congress may block Webcasting of radio, TV shows, sports http://www.freedomforum.org/technology/1999/11/15webcasting.asp
News, information converge on KU's Digital Jayhawk http://www.freedomforum.org/technology/1999/11/15digitaljayhawk.asp
Judge: Freedom of speech and religion don't give churches the right to broadcast personal details http://www.freedomforum.org/speech/1999/11/15coconfidencebroken.asp
Online news fills international void left by print, broadcast; growing international audiences on line make more world news a must. http://www.freedomforum.org/professional/1999/11/12onlinenews.asp
If you 'AskJeeves,' computer revolution will rewire global economy: a report on business journalists debating implications of new information technologies http://www.freedomforum.org/technology/1999/11/12askjeeves.asp
Oral tradition helps keep radio days alive in Jamaica; so do low incomes, love of music, distrust of authority http://www.freedomforum.org/international/1999/11/12jamaica.asp
Federal judge orders couple to remove Web links to Mormon text. The Corporation that holds copyrights for Mormon church wins extension of earlier order forcing critics to take church handbook off their Web site. http://www.freedomforum.org/speech/1999/11/11utmormonsuit.asp
Supreme Court takes hard look at driver's license data law; some justices seem skeptical because they think federal law intrudes on the power of states. http://www.freedomforum.org/press/1999/11/11sctcondon.asp
Pacific Islands satellite TV would serve up regional news to the world; proposed service to be discussed by broadcast executives from several island nations. http://www.freedomforum.org/international/1999/11/11pina.asp
Judge rejects 'fair use' Web posting of copyrighted matter, denies motion to dismiss copyright-infringement lawsuit filed by Los Angeles Times, The Washington Post against FreeRepublic.com. http://www.freedomforum.org/technology/1999/11/10webfairuse.asp
Students, teachers criticize Net filtering in NYC schools; virtually impossible for students in city schools to do sophisticated research, say teachers http://www.freedomforum.org/speech/1999/11/10nynetfilter.asp
Internet advertisers, data firms promise privacy option for Web users: Visitors could switch off personal information-gathering technology used at many Web sites. http://www.freedomforum.org/technology/1999/11/8internetadvisers.asp
Microsoft, U.S. mull out-of-court settlement. Details not clear, but fine against software giant is ruled out. http://www.freedomforum.org/technology/1999/11/8microsoft.asp
Judge rules Microsoft is monopoly: Finding could lead to sanctions against computer giant. http://www.freedomforum.org/technology/1999/11/5microsoft.asp
Federal appeals judges express concern over COPA; ACLU attorney tells court that federal law designed to keep kids from accessing online smut is too vague, could hinder protected speech. http://www.freedomforum.org/speech/1999/11/5copa.asp
Federal appeals court strikes down N.M. law regulating speech on the Internet; judges find state law violates the First Amendment 'because it effectively bans speech that is constitutionally protected for adults.' http://www.freedomforum.org/speech/1999/11/4newmexico.asp
U.S. objects to Israeli satellite help for Yugoslav TV http://www.freedomforum.org/international/1999/11/5intlrdp.asp
Yugoslavs block Free B92 radio Web site http://www.freedomforum.org/international/1999/11/3b292.asp
RealJukebox raises privacy concerns; company issues corrective patch to block collection of customer data by popular online music player. http://www.freedomforum.org/technology/1999/11/2realjukebox.asp
Protecting kids, free speech online seen as not mutually exclusive. Panelists weigh filtering issue; one emphasizes promoting good sites more than forbidding bad. http://www.freedomforum.org/technology/1999/11/2protectingkids.asp
Dick Morris gazes ahead to cyber-voting: Campaigning will never be the same as Internet merges with politics, former presidential adviser says. http://www.freedomforum.org/newseumnews/1999/11/2cybervoting.asp
FEC opens Internet campaigning issues up for public comment; commissioners say independent Web sites supporting George W. Bush don't count as contributions. http://www.freedomforum.org/speech/1999/11/1fecinternet.asp
Coverage of Freedom Forum technology-related programs in Berlin:
German media take varied approaches to Net: Die Welt and MTV embrace Internet, while Frankfurter Allgemeine does not. http://www.freedomforum.org/international/1999/11/9berlinmedia.asp
His news vision diverges from convergence: Dirk Max Johns of ZDF.MSNBC says news consumers want news from different media at different times. http://www.freedomforum.org/technology/1999/11/4futuremedia.berlin.asp Listen to Dirk Max Johns' presentation using RealAudio (should be available on demand by Wednesday) http://webevents.broadcast.com/nov99/freeradio991110.ram
Portable, high-tech reporting system: journalism, anyone? Presenting the "Urban Jungle Pack," a multimedia, interactive system that news reporters - or anyone - could use to gather and transmit video, audio, photos and text. http://www.freedomforum.org/technology/1999/11/4junglepack.berlin.asp Listen to the Urban Jungle Pack demonstration using RealAudio (should be available on demand by Wednesday) http://webevents.broadcast.com/nov99/freeradio991110.ram
Europe's journalism schools face challenges familiar in U.S.; roundtable discussion takes note of need to teach management, ethics, technology as well as basics. http://www.freedomforum.org/education/1999/11/3mediaatmil.berlin.asp
Jon Katz columns:
'The Insider' tells truth about what's become of journalism: most people running modern journalism have no journalistic tradition, won't raise tough issues or risk offending powerful forces in business, politics. http://www.freedomforum.org/technology/1999/11/12katz.asp
Welcome to the Post-Microsoft Era. Microsoft and Bill Gates have stood not for innovation, but for acquisition of others' innovations; not for free dissemination of information but for domination of information markets. http://www.freedomforum.org/technology/1999/11/9katz.asp
Publications:
To download the Media Studies Journal edition devoted to the future of journalism, "What's Next?" go to http://www.mediastudies.org/wn.html
To download "Business Journalism in the New Information Economy," go to http://www.freedomforum.org/newsstand/reports/businessjournalism/printbusine ssjournalism.asp
To download "Worlds Apart: Science and the News Media," go to http://www.freedomforum.org/newsstand/reports/wapart/printwa.ASP
More technology publications and resources are at http://www.freedomforum.org/technology/resources.asp
Useful Web sites from "Next Media Reader: New Technology and the American Newsroom" http://www.freedomforum.org/professional/1999/5/12profjourn.asp
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