Yahoo, filtering & free speech in the USA, & domain news

[David Goldstein <goldstein_david@yahoo.com.au>]

Yahoo! goes to battle over content freedom 
Internet portal Yahoo! won the first round of its long legal battle
this week after a US judge agreed to rule whether foreign countries
have jurisdiction over material published on American web sites.
 http://www.guardian.co.uk/internetnews/story/0,7369,506351,00.html

Web Filtering Law Does Not Violate Free Speech - DoJ 
A controversial new law requiring all schools and libraries that
receive federal "e-rate" funding to install Internet content filters
does not violate the First Amendment because it gives communities
ultimate control over how the technology should be used, the U.S.
government said on Friday. 
 http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/166706.html

OXFORD TO OPEN INTERNET INSTITUTE
Oxford University is set to steal a march on Cambridge and
international rivals such as MIT, Stanford and Harvard with the
opening of the world's first academic institution dedicated to
studying the impact of the internet on society. The Oxford internet
institute will open in October as a department of the social sciences
division attached to Balliol college.

Full story - Education Guardian
(http://education.guardian.co.uk/higher/news/story/0,9830,506214,00.html)
Press release: e-research - Oxford University
(http://www.admin.ox.ac.uk/po/oii/)

ICANN CEO RESPONDS TO CRITICISM
ICANN CEO M. Stuart Lynn has responded to public criticism from two
ICANN at-large board members who argued that ICANN needs major
structural changes.  Lynn responds that the ICANN board is not a
rubber stamp on issues presented by the staff and that interested
parties should participate in the current at-large study.  Criticism
at
http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,44404,00.html
Response at
http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,44480,00.html

VERIZON STRIKES BACK AT COVAD
Verizon has filed a lawsuit against Covad.  The company alleges that
Covad made false claims that Verizon was not providing lines for
Covad's DSL service and ordered employees to file phoney reports to
mislead consumers and regulators.
Verizon's complaint at:
http://newscenter.verizon.com/kit/suit
Media coverage at:
http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/166752.html
http://www.siliconvalley.com/docs/news/tech/025574.htm
http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,44459,00.html
http://www.thestandard.com/article/0,1902,27090,00.html
http://www.latimes.com/business/20010613/t000049121.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A58368-2001Jun12.html

ICANN To Gauge Privacy Concerns Over 'Whois' Database 
The organization charged with managing the worldwide Domain Name
System (DNS) has launched a study to gauge privacy concerns raised by
the plethora of personal information contained in the "Whois"
database, a publicly searchable resource used to determine the
identity of domain name registrants.
 http://www.washtech.com/news/regulation/10452-1.html



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