Dear MICHAEL DOLINSKY: Here's your monthly report on news from the around the IEEE, from the editors of The Institute ________________________________________________________ SPONSORED BY: FREQUENCY DEVICES INC. "NEW" 100dB DSP development/production solutions CLICK HERE: ________________________________________________________ IN THIS ISSUE: 1. Wireless Standards' Popularity Warrants a New Regulatory Group 2. IEEE-USA Wants Digital Millennium Copyright Act Re-Examined 3. Marketplace of Ideas: Privacy vs. Piracy 4. Medal of Honor to Laser Pioneer 5. Building Your Career 6. Student Gets a Running Start 7. 'IEEE Spectrum' Editors to Host Topical Sessions at Intel Developer Forum 8. Managing Your Subscription to 'The Institute' Online Alert ________________________________________________________ A word about the links in this email: Because the URLs are rather lengthy, some email programs might not capture an entire URL for direct clicking. Note that the complete link, contained between the < > symbols, should be selected when clicking or copying and pasting into a browser window. 1. Wireless Standards' Popularity Warrants a New Regulatory Group The radio spectrum used by the IEEE 802 suite of wireless networking standards -- 802.11, 802.15 and 802.16 -- falls under the watchful eye of radio regulatory agencies and coordination bodies around the world. A watchdog group, the IEEE 802.18 Radio Regulatory Technical Advisory Group, keeps up on new developments in radio regulation at these national and international levels. Read on at: 2. IEEE-USA Wants Digital Millennium Copyright Act Re-Examined Two recent court battles, as well as concerns raised by members, have prompted IEEE-USA's Intellectual Property Committee to re-examine its position on the 1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act and to urge the U.S. Congress to clarify some of the law's provisions. Read more at: 3. Marketplace of Ideas: Privacy vs. Piracy A recent U.S. district court ruled that Internet service providers (ISPs) must, in compliance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, divulge the identities of customers who illegally trade music and other files over the Internet. Computer industry advocates say the ruling sets a dangerous precedent by granting copyright holders private information about the industry's customers. Should ISPs be forced to reveal a person's name, address and phone number in response to an alleged copyright infringement? Give us your view at: ________________________________________________________ SPONSORED BY: At MIT's Sloan School of Management, we literally wrote the book on product design. Our 5-day executive course, PRODUCT DESIGN, DEVELOPMENT AND MANAGEMENT (19-23 May at MIT in Cambridge, Mass., USA) will give you the tools you need to build a world-class product development capability for your company, and the hands-on skills to successfully apply them. 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