Intellectual Property Issues Oracle v. Google and the Dangerous Implications of Treating APIs as Copyrightable There has been no lack of ink spilled on the legal battle between Oracle and Google surrounding Google’s use of Java APIs in its Android OS. And no wonder, what with testimony by both Larrys (Page and Ellison), claims of [...]

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A Very Special Joint Meeting of the The San Francisco Bay Region and Silicon Valley Chapters An Evening with SLA National Leadership: Janice Lachance, Brent Mai, and Deb Hunt Thursday, May 31, 2012, 5:30 – 8:00 pm Delancey Street Restaurant San Francisco   Please join us for dinner and a panel discussion featuring CEO Janice [...]

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Intellectual Property Issues As An Author, Why I Truly Hate Ebook DRM As an author of multiple technical books, and a prolific online writer, I care a lot about intellectual property issues as they pertain to my content. On one level, you might think I would be extremely concerned about people stealing and re-using my [...]

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Public Policy Top 10 donors make up a third of donations to super PACs Contrary to expectations, the much-criticized court decisions that gave us "super PACs" have not led to a tsunami of contributions flowing from the treasuries of Fortune 500 corporations – at least not yet anyway. What the Citizens United decision and a [...]

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Freedom of Information  Classified Info in Criminal Trials, and More from CRS from Secrecy News by Steven Aftergood Former CIA officer John C. Kiriakou is to be arraigned today on charges of leaking classified information to the press in violation of the Espionage Act and the Intelligence Identities Protection Act — charges that he denies.  [...]

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Public Policy Darrell Issa: Possibly ‘billions’ in GSA waste Oversight Committee Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), who will hold a hearing Monday on the General Services Administration “culture of wasteful spending,” said the agency may be squandering “perhaps billions of dollars.” “What we expect to find [in the hearing] is, again, what you have is a [...]

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Freedom of Information Dale Corson and Scientific Freedom: Dale R. Corson, a nuclear physicist who died last week, is best remembered as the Cornell University President who peacefully led his campus through the turmoil and upheaval of the Vietnam era.  But he also played an influential role in deliberations over the role of secrecy in [...]

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Here’s the complete list of SLA neighborhood dinners going on this month.  RSVP to the host of your choice! Lafayette/Orinda Wednesday, April 11, 6:15 PM Uncle Yu’s, 999 Oak Hill Road, Lafayette (7 minutes walk from BART) RSVP to Dan Holmes, dholmes@sierranevada.org; 925-255-3807 Albany/North Berkeley Tuesday, April 17, 6:00 PM Aangan Restaurant (http://www.hamroaangan.com/) RSVP to [...]

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by Ian Palmer A few months ago, my Reprints Desk colleagues and I conducted focus groups with information professionals and others who rely on journal articles for use in research, sales, marketing, legal and regulatory functions. We discovered that curated content and the distribution of this content was by far one of the most important [...]

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By Judy Bolstad, Editor ————————————————————- Contemporary Historians at the Presidio 2012: Voices and Views Location: Golden Gate Club, 135 Fisher Loop, Presidio of San Francisco Barbara Janis shares that The Presidio Trust continues its series of popular talks featuring nationally known historians speaking at the Presidio of San Francisco. Covering larger themes in American and [...]

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