Treffer: News in Brief.

This section provides information on Internet computing and the computer software industry around the world as of November 2004. U.S. District Judge Victor Marrero struck down a key Patriot Act provision on September 29, 2004, ruling that it was unconstitutional for the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation to force Internet service providers to turn over subscriber information without being able to reveal the act and without having recourse to contest such orders before a judge. In the Java front, the Java Community Process consortium has released Project Tiger, also known as Java 2, Standard Edition, version 5.0. Meanwhile, the European Commission has announced an in-depth investigation into the joint Microsoft-Time Warner proposal to acquire ContentGuard, an influential digital rights management company. And finally, the United Nation's World Intellectual Property Organization will convene intergovernmental meetings to examine proposals related to intellectual property and development.