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THE BORDERED INTERNET & domains
THE BORDERED INTERNET
E-borders loom, for better or worse
by Michael Geist
The development of cyberlaw has long been shaped by the belief that
the Internet is borderless. Many observers argue that
without borders, the Internet is impervious to the real-space laws
that govern traditional geographic boundaries.
Courts have generally accepted this vision of the Internet, as shown
by their reluctance to even consider the possibility that
geographic distinctions might be possible on-line. In "American
Library Association v. Pataki," for example, a 1997 U.S. case
challenging a New York state law that sought to regulate obscene
content found on-line, the court argued that "the Internet is
wholly insensitive to geographic distinctions. In almost every case,
users of the Internet neither know nor care about the
physical location of the Internet resources they access."
http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/GAMArticleHTMLTemplate?tf=globetechnology/TGAM/EBusinessFullStory.html&cf=globetechnology/tech-config-neutral&slug=TWGEISY&date=20010628
Also see related stories at:
http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-6397360.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2001/06/28/technology/28GAMB.html
Dot-debuts seen online
The first of the new domain names, .biz and .info, have become
visible on the internet.
The two new generic top-level domains (gTLDs) were approved by the
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and
Numbers (ICANN) late last year, along with .pro, .name, .aero, .coop
and .museum.
http://australianit.news.com.au/common/storyPage/0,3811,2216126%5E442,00.html
EU MINISTERS STUCK ON SPAM, BUT LIKE DOT-EU
Telecommunications ministers from the EU's 15 member states met at a
high-level meeting in Luxembourg to discuss Internet
issues such as spam and a proposed dot-eu domain extension. The
ministers have agreed they do not like spam, however they
failed to agree on how to control it. Meanwhile, the issue of dot-eu
as Europe's own TLD has strong support within the council
and appears on a relative fast track for approval.
http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/167370.html
http://www.siliconvalley.com/docs/news/reuters_wire/1320751l.htm
http://www.siliconvalley.com/docs/news/reuters_wire/1320454l.htm
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