RAIN 060307
Records and Archives In the News is a compilation of news stories 
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Big Names Square Off in $457M Trade Secrets Case
The Recorder
Two powerhouse Silicon Valley attorneys kicked off a $457 million trade 
secrets trial last week between a small multimedia firm and Bank of 
America with a debate over an alleged "conspiracy" surrounding 
licensing contracts for wireless technology. Robinson & Wood partner 
Archie Robinson argued that Bank of America conspired against his 
client, K.C. Multimedia, to steal computer source code. Representing 
BofA, Ruby & Schofield partner Allen Ruby suggested that KCM's lawsuit 
was driven by greed.
<<http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1141652122347>>

The Wichita Eagle, Tue, 07 Mar 2006 1:41 AM PST
Key slave-era document now in state's collection
<<http://www.charlotte.com/mld/kansas/news/14035944.htm?source=rss&channe
l=kansas_news>>
In December 1858, abolitionist John Brown stole a stallion and rode it 
into Missouri, attacking two pro-slavery homesteads and stealing their 
slaves.

The Daily Texan, Tue, 07 Mar 2006 0:11 AM PST
Center offers literary sort of Ransom
Norman Mailer likes to be photographed in a certain plush, wing-backed 
chair. Richard Avedon, among others, photographed him there. This seems 
to be Mailer's favorite chair, perhaps the chair he writes in. When he 
was younger, though, Mailer had steamier, close-up head shots taken.
<http://www.dailytexanonline.com/media/paper410/news/2006/03/07/LifeArts/
Center.Offers.Literary.Sort.Of.Ransom-1657583.shtml?norewrite&sourcedomai
n=www.dailytexanonline.com>

PROTECTING your assets
SC Magazine - London,UK
... US credit bureau, ChoicePoint, for example, was recently fined over
$15 million after a hacker falsified credentials used to sign up for 
sensitive
ChoicePoint ...
<http://www.scmagazine.com/uk/news/article/545042/protecting-assets/>

Picking up the paper trail
Albert Lea Tribune - Albert Lea,MN,USA
... The computers allow providers to access medical records and other 
online
resources as well as order lab tests and prescriptions. ...
<http://www.albertleatribune.com/articles/2006/03/07/news/news5.txt>

The Polar Bear Expedition: Where history and the future meet
U of M News Service (press release) - Ann Arbor,MI,USA
... Michigan history comes to life at the University of Michigan's 
Bentley
Historical Library thanks to innovative approaches to presenting 
archival
content online ...
<http://www.umich.edu/news/?Releases/2006/Mar06/r030706>

Moving to preserve historic musical works
Jamaica Gleaner - Kingston,Jamaica
... He argued that the collection should not be made into an "archival
construct" but instead should be engaged by ordinary Jamaicans not put
on a shelf like ...
<http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20060307/ent/ent1.html>

Blu Ray Media Being Shipped By TDK
Discwrite - UK
... Blu-ray Discs? inorganic material is impervious to light. This makes
the discs well suited for archival. Composed of copper and ...
<http://www.discwrite.co.uk/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=519>

Treasure trove of historic film
Red and Black - Athens,GA,USA
... else, Compton said. Archival footage also has been featured in 
documentaries
about Jimmy Carter and the Fox Theatre. Abolins said ...
<http://www.redandblack.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2006/03/07/440cfd4adef5c>


Public to access records on Internet
Reporter-Times - Martinsville,IN,USA
... building. The company would install computer hardware at the 
administration
building that would access the county records. There ...
<http://www.reporter-times.com/?module=displaystory&story_id=31069&format
=html>

The Inside Story
Law Times - Aurora,Ontario,Canada
... A Lawyer's Guide to Records Management Issues reviews the ethical,
legal, and practical issues of document retention, as well as electronic
documents and ...
<http://www.lawtimesnews.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=44
2&Itemid=82>

SMU won't let man see Bush library plan
Dallas Morning News (subscription) - TX,USA
Southern Methodist University officials said Monday they are denying a
Dallas lawyer's request to see SMU's proposal for the George W. Bush 
Presidential
Library ...
<http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/dn/education/stories/DN-bush
smu_07met.ART0.North.Edition2.1b47.html>


UD: Shush on Bush library plan
Dallas Morning News (subscription) - TX,USA
The University of Dallas is asking a judge to keep its plans for the 
George
W. Bush Presidential Library under wraps. Friday, the ...
<http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/news/city/parkcities/stories
/DN-udlibrary_04MET.ART.West.Edition2.22dc805c.html>

Do All Presidential Briefings Get Videotaped?
Slate - USA
... Explainer thanks Steve Branch of the Ronald Reagan Presidential 
Library,
John Dickerson of Slate, and Timothy Naftali of the University of 
Virginia.
<http://www.slate.com/id/2137535/>

America's secret history
Scripps Howard News Service - Washington,DC,USA
... recently bumped up against the program when they noticed that old,
mostly innocuous documents had been pulled from open shelves at the 
National
Archives. ...
<http://www.shns.com/shns/g_index2.cfm?action=detail&pk=EDSECRETS-03-06-0
6>

Tracking Heirs and Deadbeats, Starting With 10 (Often Dusty) ...
New York Times - United States
... Along with the telephone books that guide his detailed searches of
public documents and his negotiations with government agencies to 
release
information not ...
<http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/06/nyregion/06sleuth.html>

Archives Defends Vetting Decision
newswire.co.nz - Havelock Nth,Hawkes Bay,New Zealand
... of government ministers for classified material. This follows the 
inadvertent
release of top secret documents in the so-called Lange papers, detailing
spying ...
<http://www.newswire.co.nz/main/viewstory.aspx?storyid=305379&catid=30>

Providence again hit by data theft, this time in Washington
Seattle Post Intelligencer - USA
... Another left a laptop in a car while running into a store. ... None
of the stolen records so far appears to have been used by criminals. ...
<http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/6420AP_OR_Providence_Data_Theft.html
>

Service To Remotely Wipe Data From Lost Laptops
InformationWeek - Manhasset,NY,USA
... Portal Software, an Everdream customer since 2004, had a laptop with
sensitive company data stolen from a car roughly 18 months ago. ...
<http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=18150161
6>

Electronic Discovery: When Data Retention Is a Bad Idea
Microsoft Certified Professional - USA
... the migration of business from paperwork to electronic records, the
process ... E-discovery services examine company archives to find 
relevant
files, preserve them ...
<http://www.mcpmag.com/columns/article.asp?EditorialsID=1255>

Apartment Store files for bankruptcy; money from renters ...
The Missoulian - Missoula,MT,USA
... The records at the Apartment Store were in such a mess that it took
until June for Kimball to realize the extent of the problem, Sullivan
said. ...
<http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2006/03/07/news/local/news02.txt>

Wall Street Journal
Google Has Plan to Act
As Hard Drive for Users' Files
<http://online.wsj.com/article/SB114170518095191209.html?>

Wall Street Journal
Keeping Track
Of Miniature Books
Is No Small Feat
Katrina, Thieves and Cats
Have Claimed Tiny Texts;
'No, That's a Crumb'
<http://online.wsj.com/article/SB114170040528791088.html?>

Wall Street Journal
The Business of History
<http://online.wsj.com/article/SB114170261911791150.html?>

Beacon challenges subpoena to search computer drives
Providence Journal (subscription) - Providence,RI,USA
... The letter protested not only the "overreaching" of the state's 
records
request, but also "the heavy-handed and inappropriate means" by which
regulators sought ...
<http://www.projo.com/news/content/projo_20060307_beacon7.da27d6c.html>


Information specialist to help shape FOI bill
Cayman Net News - grand cayman,Cayman Islands
... Trust, a UK-based charity and with "InForm Consult" and "Cornwell
Affiliates", private UK companies, to provide specialist electronic
records input to e ...
<http://caymannetnews.com/2006/03/1043/shape.shtml>

Bill would shield e-mails, other correspondence
Louisville Courier-Journal - Louisville,KY,USA
... those Wilkey described -- from private individuals detailing 
personal
information -- already are exempt from disclosure under the state 
open-records
law, said ...
<http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060304/NEWS0
101/603040375/1008/NEWS01>

Johnny Cash Archives Reveal Unreleased Treasures
Chart Attack - Canada
Johnny Cash's son John Carter Cash has stumbled upon a goldmine of music
from his late father and will release some of the intimate recordings
in a two-CD set ...
<http://www.chartattack.com/damn/2006/03/0734.cfm>




Peter A. Kurilecz
Richmond, Va
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