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internet news - 28/1
Fm.ly Launches Family Network in SA (allAfrica.com)
A new online service has been established in SA, guaranteeing users
their own surnames as permanent domains.
The service, Fm.ly, launched in SA last week and expects to roll-out
internationally early this year.
LY is the country code for Libya and the Fm.ly Web site is a
second-level domain registered in that country.
http://allafrica.com/stories/200201230858.html
Number of Internet domain names drops in second half of 2001 (Nando
Times)
Growth in Internet domain names slowed considerably last year as
speculators who hoped to make a fortune off easy-to-remember Web
addresses dropped names they couldn't unload.
http://www.nandotimes.com/technology/story/230436p-2212452c.html
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/editorandpublisher/headlines/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1280199
COURT RULES SETTLEMENT BARRED UDRP ACTION
A NY federal court has potentially put the dispute over the cello.com
domain to rest. In the late 1990s, the cello.com owner and Cello
Holdings settled a dispute over the domain, only to have Cello
Holdings launch a UDRP action which it surprisingly won. The UDRP
decision resulted in further lawsuits with the NY court now ruling
that the settlement barred bringing the UDRP action. In fact, the
judge was so annoyed with Cello Holdings that he ordered sanctions
against the company. Case name is Storey v. Cello Holdings (SDNY).
From BNA Internet Law News
WORLD CONGRESS FOR INFORMATICS AND LAW II Madrid - Spain - 2002
Spain, Cradle of a Global World VENUE Law School, Complutense
University of Madrid 23 - 27 September 2002 Organizing.
The main issue of World Congress II is the globalization of
participants and audience, as the first one for its localization was
mostly attended by representatives of the Ibero American Nations
Community. Madrid will permit the incorporation of European and North
American specialists. Although World Congress III will be held in
Cuba, World Congress IV ought to be organized in a non Hispanic
country.
http://www.derechoinformatico.info/index_i.htm
Who's afraid of AOL Time Warner?
AOL Time Warner has become a colossus, but it has failed to redefine
the media business as its merger promised to do. Even its decision
this week to sue Microsoft over the software giant's alleged illegal
tactics to crush Netscape, which AOL bought in 1999, is better seen
as a sign of weakness than strength.
http://www.economist.com/agenda/displaystory.cfm?story_id=952225
Domain names in Brazil
Recent decisions by Brazilian courts have held that the owners of
domain names that contain third parties' trademarks must pay money
damages to the trademark owner even if the trademark owner does not
produce any evidence of damages resulting from the domain name
registration. According to such rulings, the mere registration of a
domain name is sufficient to establish a presumption of damages.
From Baker and McKenzie E-LAW Alert - http://www.bmck.com/elaw/
Districts to Access Internet (allAfrica.com)
EACH district will be able to access the Internet by next year, the
executive director of the Uganda Communications Commission, said
yesterday.
Patrick Masambu said the commission also plans to have every
sub-county connected to a telephone line by 2005.
http://allafrica.com/stories/200201190042.html
Brazil considers mobile phone ban (BBC)
Brazil's mobile phone firms are fearful of proposals to ban prepaid
cell phones because of a rising wave of organised crime.
President Fernando Henrique Cardoso has condemned the phones an
"instrument of crime", following growing outrage over the murder of a
popular mayor in a city of Sao Paolo.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/business/newsid_1777000/1777516.stm
Searchin' for the Surfer's Saint (Wired)
"Lord, keep me from drooling over Internet porn, spreading spam and
wasting my day with online games."
This heartfelt plea may soon get a heavenly hand: A group of Vatican
elders is angling to give the Internet a patron saint -- a holy
helper with a dedicated connection to the Divine.
http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,49995,00.html
The Rise of Complex Terrorism (Foreign Policy)
Modern societies face a cruel paradox: Fast-paced technological and
economic innovations may deliver unrivalled prosperity, but they also
render rich nations vulnerable to crippling, unanticipated attacks.
By relying on intricate networks and concentrating vital assets in
small geographic clusters, advanced Western nations only amplify the
destructive power of terrorists—and the psychological and financial
damage they can inflict.
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/issue_janfeb_2002/homer-dixon.html
In AOL's Suit Against Microsoft, the Key Word Is Access
The sweeping lawsuit filed on Tuesday by AOL Time Warner on behalf of
its Netscape subsidiary against Microsoft reflects AOL's fears that
Microsoft, if left unchecked, will use its software to control how
AOL's media assets are packaged and delivered over the Internet.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/01/24/technology/ebusiness/24SOFT.html
New rules to muzzle the Web (Asia Times Online)
At the end of last year, the number of Internet users in China
reached 33.7 million, up 49.8 percent over the year before, says a
report on the country's Internet industry. But this growing number of
surfers could find the Web slim pickings after sweeping new controls
take effect.
http://www.atimes.com/china/DA22Ad02.html
http://www.totaltele.com/view.asp?ArticleID=47911
Vidaperpetua with 700 Clients in First Year of Ops - Brazil (Business
News Americas)
Brazilian online funeral services provider Vidaperpetua
(www.vidaperpetua.com.br) now has 700 clients from eight countries
using its services following its first year of operation,
Vidaperpetua CEO Dario Loinaz told BNamericas.
http://www.bnamericas.com/story.xsql?id_noticia=86082
Canadian Authorities Condemn 'Hate-And-Run' Webmaster (Newsbytes)
In what was billed as the first-ever human rights complaint involving
a "hate" site on the Internet, Canadian authorities have ordered a
Web ban on the country's most notorious Holocaust denier.
http://www.newsbytes.com/news/02/173974.html
Dept. Of Education To Gauge Tech Role In the Classroom (Newsbytes)
Department of Education Secretary Rod Paige today said it is time to
shift the focus of his agency away from closing the digital divide in
the nation's schools toward a review of how technology can enhance
learning in the classroom.
http://www.newsbytes.com/news/02/173973.html
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