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Streaming Media--Search Tools
A Company For Your Search Radar: StreamSage
From a news release, "StreamSage Inc., the only developer of software capable of automatically indexing, searching, and personalizing audio/video content, has received a prestigious $2 million award from the U.S. Department of Commerce. This award allows StreamSage to continue to pioneer path-breaking automated editing and delivery applications for audio/video content." More on this company later.
Direct to StreamSage (much more background, demo available)

Copyright--Canada
Source: Info Today News Breaks
"Canadian Court Rules in Favor of Freelance Authors"
From the News Break, Robertson v. Thomson Corp. is a major Canadian copyright decision in a $100 million (CAN) class-action suit between Heather Robertson, on behalf of freelance authors, and Thomson Corp.; its electronic publishing affiliate, Information Access Co.; and The Globe and Mail newspaper (recently sold and now owned by Bell GlobeMedia). This is the first Canadian case to examine the ownership of�and the subsequent right to be compensated for the use of�articles by freelance writers in online databases...Canadian copyright law differs significantly from the law in the U.S. However, Robertson will have the same impact on Canadian copyright law as Tasini is currently having in the U.S.

New, Updated, & Newly Discovered Resources (2 Items)
Adult Education--Dictionary
Principles and Principals: A Dictionary of Contemporary Adult Education Terms and Their Users
119 pages .pdf (Note: We learned of this new resource via the ERIC Adult, Career & Vocational Education Clearinghouse
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Elections--United States
Presidential Election 2000--United States
Source: GAO
4 Reports from the General Accounting Office
Elections: Perspectives on Activities and Challenges Across the Nation
GAO-02-3, October 15
Elections: A Framework for Evaluating Reform Proposals
GAO-02-90, October 15
Elections: Status and Use of Federal Voting System Standards
GAO-02-52, July 31
Elections: Statistical Analysis of Factors That Affected Uncounted Votes in the 2000 Presidential Election
GAO-02-122, October 15

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