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some Internet news
Internet use still rising
Internet use in Australia is growing while the number of Internet
service providers continues to fall in the face of stiff competition
for business.
Figures released yesterday by the Australian Bureau of Statistics
show that the total number of ISPs operating in Australia fell by
4per cent to 603 in the September quarter. This follows a 6per cent
fall in the previous quarter.
http://www.it.mycareer.com.au/breaking/2002/01/04/FFXS8OLU0WC.html
SUMMARY OF INTERNET ACTIVITY FINDINGS
http://www.abs.gov.au/ausstats/abs%40.nsf/e8ae5488b598839cca25682000131612/6445f12663006b83ca256a150079564d!OpenDocument
Defying a Taboo, Nazi Protagonists Invade Video Games
EW taboos exist in the blood- and-gore world of shoot-'em-up video
games. But game makers have traditionally respected one rule: no Nazi
protagonists.
Last year that rule was challenged on at least two fronts. In
November, Activision (news/quote) released Return to Castle
Wolfenstein, a game in which players take the role of a United States
soldier on a mission "to thwart Heinrich Himmler's occult and genetic
experiments." The multiplayer version, which pits players against one
another online, allows some players to fight as German soldiers.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/03/technology/circuits/03NAZI.html
New York Strengthens Internet Privacy
New York Gov. George E. Pataki signed into law a bill that requires
state agencies to develop policies to enhance online privacy.
The Internet Privacy Policy Act requires the state's Office for
Technology to develop a model online privacy notice for state Web
sites. The legislation bars state agencies from collecting or
disclosing users' personal information without their consent.
http://www.newsbytes.com/news/02/173331.html
Swedish bank customers turning to Internet
Infuriated by deteriorating service and rising charges, many Swedes
have grown tired of big banks and are taking their business to
financial start-ups, some on the Internet, others at the grocery
store.
http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1007-200-8333800.html
The Year Ahead: Is the Internet becoming safer for children?
A ZDNet UK investigation in 2001 exposed the dangers of Internet
chatrooms, but there is still no law to catch Internet paedophiles
It is more than a year since Britain sentenced its first Internet
paedophile, Patrick Green, to five years imprisonment for the sexual
abuse of a 13-year-old girl who he met in an Internet chatroom. The
ground-breaking trial was sadly not a one-off, and the entire
Internet industry received an unwelcome shake-up in 2001 when a
flurry of Internet paedophile cases continued to hit UK courts.
Internet chatrooms were recognised as a breeding ground for
sophisticated Net predators, and the Home Office was compelled to
pave new legislation that would criminalise the online "grooming" of
children. But with nothing on the statute books to date, there is
little evidence to suggest that Internet chatrooms are any safer for
children than they were a year ago.
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2101792,00.html
Verisign To Launch 'Recycled' Domain Name Business
With the market for Internet addresses continuing to shrink, powerful
domain-name registry Verisign is planning to launch a service that
would effectively allow it to collect multiple fees for some of the
most-attractive monikers.
http://www.washtech.com/news/software/14445-1.html
http://www.newsbytes.com/news/02/173368.html
Last Stand of Oz Domain Fight
It might be described as the last stand of an Internet volunteer
against the advance of 21st century technocrats -- the swan song of a
beard against the suits.
In one corner sits reclusive, volunteer Australian-network programmer
Robert Elz, who communicates only selectively with the outside world
by e-mail and avoids being photographed. In the other sits a
fledgling Australian national Internet managerial organization known
as "auDA."
http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,48973,00.html
Internet naming regulators tackle domain names with non-Latin
characters
The International Telecommunication Union (UIT) and the World
Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) have agreed to cooperate on
the problems posed by the growing number of multilingual domain
names.
http://www.nandotimes.com/technology/story/209411p-2020746c.html
2001: The low-down on domain name disputes
Domain name disputes are almost as old as the domain name system
itself. And the number of disputes will only increase as the Internet
continues to grow. Find out how to exercise your rights online
If someone has registered a domain name that you feel should belong
to you, there are ways to get it back. But be warned; it costs money,
and the burden is on you to satisfy an arbitration panel that the
domain name should be transferred to you. Domain name registrars will
not cancel a domain name or transfer it to you just because you ask
them to, however hard you push.
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2101752,00.html
From BNA Internet Law News
2600 WINS ONE -- CAN KEEP F**KGENERALMOTORS.COM FOR NOW
A federal court judge in New Jersey has refused to issue
injunction against the Eric Corley and 2600 magazine over
the ownership of the domain f**kgeneralmotors.com, which was
linking to Ford Motor's site (now links to both the Ford
site and a Ford sucks site). Decision at
http://www.mied.uscourts.gov/_opinions/Clelandpdf/RHC01-71685.PDF
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