internet news - 4/3

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

Fighting hate on the Internet
Hate material is spreading on the Internet. The question is what, if
anything, can be done about it. What are the technical, legal and
strategic options available?

http://www.oecdobserver.org/news/fullstory.php/aid/422/Fighting_hate_on_the_Internet.html

Domain Name News
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WIPO Continues Efforts To Curb Cybersquatting (WIPO news release)
An encouraging trend witnessed in 2001, which saw a modest decline in
the number of cybersquatting cases in the .com, .net and .org
domains, was quickly reversed as new generic top level domains
(gTLDs) were rolled out, swelling the total number of cases received
by the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) by some 100%
in the last quarter of the year. Moreover, it is anticipated that the
internationalization of domain names will also create new
opportunities for cybersquatters as it becomes possible to register
domain names in non-ASCII characters such as Chinese.
 http://www.wipo.int/pressroom/en/releases/2002/p303.htm

Dot-CA Governing Body Seeks Candidates For Board Of Directors (CIRA
news release)
The Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) is inviting
potential candidates interested in running in the upcoming Board of
Directors' election to submit their names to the CIRA Nomination
Committee for consideration.
 http://www.cira.ca/news-releases/65.html

ICANN's ccTLD Quandary (internetnews.com)
U.S.-based Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
(ICANN) announced Thursday afternoon it's the new operator of the .jp
top-level domain (TLD), providing technical and coordination
functions for the domain extension.
 http://www.internetnews.com/isp-news/article/0,,8_983391,00.html

A Briefing On Public Policy Issues Affecting Civil Liberties Online
From The Center For Democracy And Technology
(1) ICANN President Proposes Radical Changes to Net Management Body
(2) ICANN Reforms Fail to Constrain Authority, Activities
(3) CDT, Partners Restate Principles for ICANN's Public Legitimacy
(4) Board Should Continue Ongoing Processes on User Role at ICANN 
(5) Online Resources About ICANN Restructuring
 http://www.cdt.org/publications/pp_8.04.shtml

Taiwan to Introduce `.Game.TW' Second-Level Domain in July (Yahoo)
A new ".game.tw" second-level domain will be open for registration
beginning July, Taiwan Network Information Center decided.
 http://asia.news.yahoo.com/020301/4/4c5a.html

Tucows Opens Pre-Registrations for .US Domain (Web Host Industry
Review)
Tucows, a provider of Internet services to ISPs and Web hosting
companies, announced that "Sunrise" pre-registrations began yesterday
for .us, the country code top-level domain for the United States. 
 http://thewhir.com/marketwatch/us030102.cfm

MIC to reform Internet domain system (Korea Herald)
The Ministry of Information and Communication said yesterday it will
reform the controversial domain name system (DNS) by seeking a
revision to related laws and regulations. 

http://www.koreaherald.com/SITE/data/html_dir/2002/03/05/200203050040.asp

U.S. Court Stakes Out New Turf In Barcelona.com Ruling (Newsbytes)
Lawyers who squared off in a trademark dispute between the operators
of a tourism portal and Barcelona, Spain, disagree on whether a U.S.
District Court judge made the right call this month when he awarded
the Internet address Barcelona.com to the city. But they agree that
the judge broke new ground in U.S. anti-cybersquatting law.
 http://www.newsbytes.com/news/02/174913.html
 http://www.newsbytes.com/news/02/174903.html

Un tribunal estadounidense falla a favor de transferir el dominio
'Barcelona.com' al Ayuntamiento (delitosinformaticos.com)
El tribunal del estado de Virginia (Estados Unidos) dictó el pasado
22 de febrero una sentencia por la cual falla a favor de transferir
el dominio 'Barcelona.com' al Ayuntamiento de la capital catalana, en
contra de lo que sostenía un matrimonio de empresarios catalanes que
explotaba este web con información turística. 
 http://www.delitosinformaticos.com/noticias/101519611463566.shtml

Parlamento europeo aprueba nuevo dominio .eu en Internet
(delitosinformaticos.com)
Las empresas, organizaciones y los ciudadanos de la Unión Europea
podrán añadir pronto el sufijo .eu a las direcciones de Internet
después de que el Parlamento Europeo aprobó la legislación
correspondiente.
 http://www.delitosinformaticos.com/noticias/101519511897590.shtml

From Baker & McKenzie Global E-Law Alert
Domain Name Conflict
Decolar.com Ltd. which is part of the Despegar Group and operates an
online travel business via "decolar.com," can no longer use the
domain name "decolar.com.br" or the statement "Decolar" in any form
or for any purpose. The decision by a Court of the State of Sao
Paulo, in first degree of jurisdiction, states that a travel agency
named Decolar Viagens e Turismo Ltd. registered the corporate name
and trademark "Decolar" before Decolar.com Ltd., and has consequently
acquired proprietary rights in the mark "Decolar."
 
Internet News
Former Chief of Hewlett Urges Rejection of Merger (New York Times)
When he was chairman and chief executive of Hewlett-Packard, Lewis E.
Platt helped choose Carleton S. Fiorina as his successor in 1999.
 http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/04/technology/04HEWL.html

http://news.ft.com/ft/gx.cgi/ftc?pagename=View&c=Article&cid=FT3F6AUBDYC
 http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/04/technology/04HEWL.html

Digital divisions split town and country (BBC)
Britain's digital divide is in danger of growing so wide it can not
be bridged. 
Research into the social effects of technology has found that some
sectors of society are in danger of being entirely cut off from the
benefits of technologies that keep people in touch while they travel.

 http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1849000/1849343.stm
 http://www.guardian.co.uk/internetnews/story/0,7369,661295,00.html

Rights Groups Press Council Of Europe On Cybercrime Treaty
(Newsbytes)
More than 30 privacy and civil liberties groups are urging the
Council of Europe to turn over information about a new protocol to
the global cybercrime treaty on terrorist e-mail messages.
 http://www.newsbytes.com/news/02/174911.html

The dirty secret that drives new technology: it's porn (Observer)
Nick White wants more sex and, unusually for the head of a large
London-based mobile-phone firm, is happy to admit it. White knows
what turns him on. He wants erotic images and games, he wants sex
messages from girlfriends and his virtual mistress, he wants to talk
dirty. And he wants it any time, anywhere.
 http://www.guardian.co.uk/internetnews/story/0,7369,661150,00.html

Net porn - no pay for public servants: Premier (ZDNet)
NSW Premier Bob Carr has said public servants will be suspended
without pay if caught accessing online porn at work, following
revelations that four officers from the Department of Community
Services have been on full pay for 18 months whilst such conduct was
investigated.

http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/communications/story/0,2000024993,20263785,00.htm

Report cites possible religious bias in school web filters (eSchool
News)
A report released Feb. 25 by the Responsible Netizen Project of the
University of Oregon's Center for Advanced Technology in Education
raises questions about the link between conservative religious
organizations and several internet filtering solutions, including
three used widely in public schools. 
 http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/showStory.cfm?ArticleID=3537
Filtering Software: The Religious Connection
 http://netizen.uoregon.edu/documents/religious1.html

Studies examine Internet access (Nando Times)
For eighth-grader Dale Willis Jr., getting Internet access at home
means he no longer has to wait in line at the library for less than a
half-hour at the computer.
 http://www.nando.com/technology/story/281845p-2540322c.html

Looping emails: Latest scourge of the Internet? (ZDNet)
A simple system administrator mistake is now capable of practically
disabling email systems worldwide, as recent incidents show.
 http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2105350,00.html

Trends Show Internet's Appeal Not Fading - Pew Survey (Newsbytes)
Various reports to the contrary, the Internet is not losing its
importance for Americans, according to a new study from the Pew
Internet and American Life Project. If anything, the study says, the
medium simply is becoming a routine part of everyday life.
 http://www.newsbytes.com/news/02/174928.html
 http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/living/2785620.htm
 http://www.nando.com/technology/story/281181p-2535218c.html
See http://www.pewinternet.org/reports/toc.asp?Report=55 for the
report.

Foreign servers block Chinese e-mails to fight spam (Nando Times)
E-mails sent overseas from China are being bounced back as foreign
servers set up blanket bans on many Chinese Internet addresses to
stem a growing tide of marketing e-mail from the mainland, industry
sources said Friday.
 http://www.nando.com/technology/story/280373p-2529969c.html

Cyberlaw 2001 - Two Dramatic Developments (Mondaq)
Cyberlaw has been a vibrant field in which numerous developments took
place in the year 2001 on the global level. It is not fair to
undermine the importance of some events as compared to others since
each development in the field of Cyberlaw was a step further towards
a more definitive, regulated and orderly cyberspace and towards
evolving the regulated code of conduct for online activities in the
context of electronic medium. 

http://www.mondaq.com/article.asp?articleid=15036&product_id=3&company_id=18559

Online Fraud Loss 19 Times Offline's - Gartner (Newsbytes)
More than 5 percent of online consumers last year were victims of
credit card fraud, a crime that accounted for more than $1 out of
every $100 spent on Internet sales, according to a report published
today. 
 http://www.newsbytes.com/news/02/174918.html

Just Say NO! to Technology That Doesn't Work (MultiMedia Schools)
On September 10, I signed the papers that brought me back to the
classroom. A friend, who is principal of EJ Martinez Elementary
School in Santa Fe, New Mexico, asked me to help her put the
technology part of her house back in order. A day later, tragic
events placed community service into a new kind of perspective. I
don't know how to put out fires or rescue people trapped in
buildings, but I do know how to use technology to enhance learning. I
jumped at the chance.
 http://www.infotoday.com/MMSchools/mar02/dcon0302.htm

MultiMedia Comes of Age: The Future Is Now in Lawrenceville, New
Jersey (MultiMedia Schools)
The set is quiet, the team members take their places, as they do
every day. The stage manager cues the anchor, while computer graphics
illustrate the story. Researchers and script writers see their work
come to fruition, and news that is relevant and important to this
elementary school reaches every classroom, as well as any home in the
community watching a feed through the cable system. The skills and
talents required for success in the 21st century have made their
entrance on cue, as literacy moves beyond reading and writing to
embrace the full spectrum of digital media. And everyone making it
happen is a third grader. 
Remarkably, this is just part of the results of a multimedia and
technology initiative, funded by a successful referendum and a
partnership with Safari Technologies, Inc. 
 http://www.infotoday.com/MMSchools/mar02/gold.htm

Porn viewed at work: survey (news.com.au)
More than 20 per cent of males and nearly five per cent of females
admit to viewing pornography while at work, a new survey has found. 

http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,3871981%255E421,00.html

What Would Jesus Surf? (Wired)
Demonstrating its understanding of communications in the new
millennium, the Vatican set out its "Catholic view of the Internet"
on Thursday in an effort to bring "moral wisdom" to what it considers
a "marvelous technological instrument." 
 http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,50757,00.html

Aussie boldly goes on hi-tech trek (BBC)
The first Australians roamed this great southern land, living a
nomadic, self-subsistent life. For the past six months, George Bray
and his family have been on a similar journey, but with some 21st
Century hi-tech assistance, shooting video as they go. 
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1848000/1848625.stm

Microsoft afronta su juicio por monopolio con la abierta oposición de
nueve Estados 
Acusadores y defensores en el complejo proceso contra Microsoft
llegan por fin esta semana a la sala del tribunal en la que se
decidirán en buena medida las normas del juego empresarial en el
sector de la informática. Los fiscales de nueve Estados mantienen una
oposición abierta al acuerdo extrajudicial alcanzado entre el
Gobierno de EE UU y la compañía, pese a las concesiones de última
hora de Microsoft para lograr su apoyo.

http://www.elpais.es/articulo.html?d_date=20020304&xref=20020304elpepieco_1&type=Tes&anchor=elpepieco

Un detenido por distribuir pornografía infantil en Internet
(delitosinformaticos.com)
La Guardia Civil se ha incautado en Barcelona de diverso material de
pornografía infantil y ha detenido a un hombre presuntamente
responsable de distribuir imágenes de niños desnudos en Internet,
informó el viernes el Ministerio del Interior en una nota.
 http://www.delitosinformaticos.com/noticias/101519531577771.shtml

La falta de políticas de software y de auditorías de sistemas hace
peligrar la seguridad de las Pymes europeas (ZDNet)
Según un estudio realizado por BSA (Business Software Alliance),
compañías de toda Europa están poniendo en peligro sus negocios al
ignorar las consecuencias legales que conlleva el uso de software
pirata. 
 http://www.zdnet-es.com/canales/zdnn/mostrarnoticias_t.html?id=3784


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