Legal Research News and Information with an Emphasis on Wisconsin
YouTube is developing a Video Identification system which will help copyright holders identify their works on YouTube. From the about page: We have worked with Google to develop one-of-a-kind technology that can recognize videos based on a variety of factors… Copyright holders can choose what they want done with their videos: whether to block, promote, …
Thanks to a grant from the US Dept of Justice, Wisconsin will soon be launching a new statewide victim notification system. From the Wisconsin Radio Network: [According to Corrections Secretary Rick Raemisch], the project is intended to make sure all victims have easy access to the status of an offender or defendant as they move …
A couple interesting stories on book digitization crossed my path this week. The first is an article in EdTech about UW Madison’s involvement in the Google Book project. Google this spring began scanning 500,000 of the University of Wisconsin–Madison’s 7.9 million library holdings, including collections on American and Wisconsin history, medicine, engineering and genealogical materials. …
There is an AP News story making the rounds about a devious little hooky-enabling product called The Excused Absence Network. For about $25, students and employees can buy excuse notes that appear to come from doctors or hospitals. Other options include a fake jury summons or an authentic-looking funeral service program complete with comforting poems …
There is a very troubling post over at Out of the Jungle about public libraries which were forced to close due to budget cuts and are now being reopened under the management of an outsourced, for-profit company at reduced hours. From the post: But I am concerned about the trend of moving a publicly funded …
Update: 10/23/07 RSS feeds will be added to “Court Record Events” by the end of the day according to Jean Bousquet over at Wisconsin Courts. And based on this post, they are also working on adding search terms to the feed titles, as well as, beefing up the RSS info page. A big thanks to …
As part of National Library Week, Marquette University Law Library will be hosting Laura N. Gasaway, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill School of Law to speak on “Amending the Copyright Act for Libraries” The event will be held at the Marquette University Law School, Friday, April 18, 2008, 12:00 …
HeinOnline will soon be enhancing title browsing. From the HeinOnline Weblog: We added the ability to browse volumes within a title without taking you to an entirely new page. On a collection’s list of titles you will now see a “+” to the immediate left of each title which indicates that when it is clicked, …
In doing some research for my upcoming presentation at the WI Solo and Small Firm Conference, I came across and interesting set of statistics. According to the Wisconsin Lawyers Mutual Insurance Company, fourteen percent of their legal malpractice claims arose from failure to know or properly apply law. Statistics like these underscore the importance of …
There is a wonderful story in today’s Capital Times about UW Hospital resident, Dipesh Navsaria, who measures his young patients’ development by putting a book in their hands and watching their reaction. From the article: Navsaria… says the child’s response speaks volumes. If the patient shows interest and curiosity, he can tell if books are …