– Facebook’s contractual rights to users’ photos problematic: (Spicy IP)PharmaEuropean Commission probes pharmaceutical sector: (Philip Brooks),WHO Board sets course on IP, avian flu, tighter publication policy: (Intellectual Property Watch),India: The Competition Act, patents and over hyped drugs: (Part I - Spicy IP), (Part II – Spicy IP), (Part III – Spicy IP),Ignoring not the solution –… [read post]

The trend was especially evident in the governance of behavior traditionally beyond the reach of states—transnational economic activity.[10] There was a sense that the appropriate approach to the management of behavior (by states or private institutions) was increasingly centered on the ability of decision makers to deploy data within algorithms to develop finely tuned systems of reward and punishment, which would manage appropriate behavior, hold individuals accountable, and contribute to… [read post]

OMRDD worker registry Last Act: 02/26/07 referred to mental health LAW / CORRECTNSA5911 Tedisco (MS) -- Requires department of motor vehicles to provide police officers with information on level 3 sex offenders based on license or registration inquiry BLURB : V & T L. level 3 sex offenders Last Act: 02/26/07 referred to transportation LAW / CORRECTNSA5944 McDonough (MS) -- Requires school bus stops not to be located near the residences of sex offenders BLURB : Ed L.… [read post]

HIV/AIDS policy review Last Act: 03/07/07 referred to health LAW / CORRECTNSA6354 Benjamin (MS) -- Facilitates absentee voting in local jails and designates several agencies as assisting agencies for voter registration purposes BLURB : Cor. voter regis. corr. facilit Last Act: 03/07/07 referred to election law LAW / CORRECTNSA6387 Aubry -- Establishes defendants and inmates shall be entitled to receive a copy of their criminal records at certain times BLURB : Cor. inmates copy of… [read post]