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internet news - 12/3
Domain Name News
FTC busts .usa domain sellers (ZDNet)
The Federal Trade Commission said Monday that it has busted a company
that preyed on people's patriotism by selling them .usa addresses
that don't work on the Web.
http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1105-857033.html
http://news.com.com/2100-1023-856979.html
http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,3935481%5E15322%5E%5Enbv%5E15306,00.html
http://www.iwon.com/home/technology/tech_article/0,2109,217510|technology|03-11-2002::13:59|reuters,00.html
http://www.nando.com/technology/story/298816p-2621107c.html
Transatlantic battle to stop sale of .brit and .usa domain names
(CW360)
http://www.cw360.com/bin/bladerunner?REQSESS=114978A5&690REQEVENT=&CARTI=110679&CARTT=1&CCAT=2&CCHAN=28&CFLAV=1&CPAGEN=ArticlePage&CPAGET=-99999&CSEARCH=&CSESS=-99999&CTOPIC=
Tribunal EEUU cierra sitio que vendía dominios Internet falsos
(delitosinformaticos.com)
Un tribunal de Estados Unidos dió orden de cerrar el sitio web que
utilizó la desgracia ocurrida el 11 de septiembre, para vender
dominios de Internet falsos con sufijos como ".usa" y ".brit," dijo
el lunes la Comisión Federal de Comercio(FTC).
http://www.delitosinformaticos.com/noticias/101588807775494.shtml
Court Shuts Down Website Selling Bogus Domain Names ".USA," ".BRIT,"
Deceptively Marketed as Useable (FTC news release)
An operation that used deceptive spam messages and appeals to
patriotism to sell Web addresses that don't work, including ".usa,"
has been shut down by a U. S. District Court at the request of the
Federal Trade Commission. The court's action ensures that the
defendants will not be able to reemerge by registering the same
domain names offshore. The court also ordered an asset freeze to
preserve money for consumer redress. Officials from the United
Kingdom's Office of Fair Trading have been assisting the FTC on the
issue of domain name sales and are investigating such activities in
the U.K.
http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2002/03/tld.htm
Court: 'Sucks' Site Can Stay Online During Arguments (Newsbytes)
A federal appeals court today allowed a protest site to return to the
Web while First Amendment issues are considered, overturning a lower
court decision.
http://www.newsbytes.com/news/02/175118.html
From Quicklinks
USA - Dot Kids Implementation and Efficiency Act of 2002 (US
Congress)
Bill to facilitate the creation of a new, second-level Internet
domain within the United States country code domain that will be a
haven for material that promotes positive experiences for children
and families using the Internet, provides a safe online environment
for children, and helps to prevent children from being exposed to
harmful material on the Internet.
http://www.cdt.org/legislation/107th/dns/020204hr3833.pdf
From The Filter
http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/filter/about.html
ICANN: Berkman Fellows John Perry Barlow and Diane Cabell are
attending the ICANN meetings to participate, observe, and report on
critical issues including the Lynn restructuring proposal; details
are available here:
http://eon.law.harvard.edu/ghana2002/icann.html
Open Economies: Dr. James Moore, a senior fellow at the Berkman
Center, and Sarah Guerrero, the new legal director of the Open
Economies project, are in Ghana to meet with project partners and
engage in case study work, interviews, and research; details are
available here:
http://eon.law.harvard.edu/ghana2002/openeconomies.htm
Internet Radio: Berkman Affiliates Christopher Lydon, radio
journalist, and Benjamen Walker, producer, are in Ghana to engage in
the second local/global radio initiative of Berkman Internet Radio
Direct (BIRD). The pilot BIRD project took place in Jamaica in
December 2001; Lydon's report on that project with audio excerpts can
be found on Transom.org. Details on the Ghana project, including how
to tune in to radio broadcasts, are available here:
http://eon.law.harvard.edu/ghana2002/internetradio.htm
Also see:
http://eon.law.harvard.edu/ghana2002
Mixed Signals at VeriSign
The big online services company is growing smartly in some
categories, but it has to prove it can cash in on some pricey
acquisitions
http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/mar2002/nf20020312_8765.htm
Internet News
'Anarchy' Met chief returns, unbowed, to the chatrooms (Independent)
At 6.26am, he was back. Unbowed by headlines about his views on
anarchy, "Brian: The Commander" - Britain's most famous cybercop -
was patrolling the chatroom badlands.
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/crime/story.jsp?story=273536
Copyright 'threatens creativity' (Australian IT)
The domination of artistic copyright by cable network owners and big
media companies will dampen technological creativity and innovation,
a US professor has warned.
http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,3929809%5E15306%5E%5Enbv%5E,00.html
Microsoft makes moves to avoid Brussels fine (Financial Times)
Microsoft has made its first concessions to the European anti-trust
authorities in a sign that the US software giant is taking steps to
avoid harsh punishment from Mario Monti, the European competition
commissioner.
http://news.ft.com/ft/gx.cgi/ftc?pagename=View&c=Article&cid=FT37TEAQOYC
Microsoft aims for a new style as partner (Times)
Microsoft, the US software giant tangled in a web of anti-trust
lawsuits, will today try to reinvent itself as a company with a
responsible attitude to rivals.
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/0,,5-233693,00.html
Microsoft's proposed European concessions surpass U.S. settlement
(Nando Times)
Seeking to settle its antitrust woes in Europe, Microsoft Corp. is
proposing concessions that go beyond those agreed to in the United
States to help competitors ensure their equipment can operate with
its dominant Windows software.
http://www.nando.com/technology/story/298747p-2620773c.html
Online Child Exploitation 'Tip Line' Garners Heavy Use (Newsbytes)
The not-for-profit National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
(NCMEC) today reported that it has received more than 64,000 online
tips about suspected child abuse since launching its CyberTipline in
1998.
http://www.newsbytes.com/news/02/175116.html
From BNA Internet Law News
Pennsylvania Law Requires ISPs To Remove Child Porn
Pennsylvania has enacted a new anti-online child porn law that may
require local ISPs to block access to such content or face criminal
prosecution. House Bill 1333 requires ISPs to remove or disable
access to child pornography within five days of notification by the
state attorney general. Law at:
http://www2.legis.state.pa.us/WU01/LI/BI/BT/2001/0/HB1333P3184.pdf
Child pornography on the Internet (Nordic Council & Council of
Ministers)
The Nordic countries place great emphasis on ensuring effective
measures to combat child pornography on the Internet.
http://www.norden.org/pub/velfaerd/lagstiftning/sk/N01_28uk.asp
3 Web Sites Closed in Spam Inquiry (New York Times)
A federal court has ordered the closing of the Web sites of three
companies that used e-mail messages to sell an estimated $1 million
worth of nonexistent Web addresses, federal officials said yesterday.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/12/technology/12SPAM.html
Government site is one in a million (Times)
Marc Andreesen, considered one of the pioneers of the Internet as the
founder of the Netscape search engine, has some high praise for the
Government. Its website (ukonline), he says, is "probably the best in
the world" when it comes to government portals. "No project is as
advanced and as coordinated as this one," he says.
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/0,,750-233252,00.html
AOL Latin America to Get Up to $160 Million From AOL (Yahoo)
Internet company America Online Latin America Inc. said on Monday it
will get up to $160 million in financing from its major backer, AOL
Time Warner Inc. , in a deal that did not please investors due to the
possible impact on earnings, analysts said.
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/nm/20020311/wr_nm/media_aola_dc_2&cid=582
Writing not yet on the wall for digital signatures (Times)
Security fears are delaying a new legal electronic era. When was the
last time you signed an agreement electronically? Probably never. The
age-old tradition of signing legal documents in ink (and in blood in
earlier times) now looks set to change with the Government poised to
implement the European Directive on digital signatures.
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/newspaper/0,,171-232087,00.html
Will NSW opt for Net censorship? (ZDNet)
Is NSW heading for a brave new world of Internet censorship where, by
protecting some, we effectively block access to all?
http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/communications/story/0,2000024993,20263957,00.htm
Banging Saucepans on the Net (Wired)
Imagine having to work while protesters throw eggs and stones at the
building you are in, all the while hearing an unbearable noise of
banging saucepans.
http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,50920,00.html
Spying: The American Way of Life? (Wired)
Last month's revelation that President Bush wants hundreds of
millions of dollars to invent innovative ways to spy on Americans was
greeted not with suspicion, but shoulder-shrugging indifference.
http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,50964,00.html
Inertia the main e-barrier (Australian IT)
Inertia is the greatest barrier to uptake of e-commerce, according to
a national study. "For Australia, the key issue is whether its high
degree of initial internet connectivity can lead on to productive
business use of e-commerce," The Internet's Impact on Global Supply
Chains report, released at the ABARE (Australian Bureau of
Agriculture and Resource Economics) Outlook conference, says.
http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,3931332%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html
A battle for the internet's soul (Independent)
'The net lets us discover the ad-free - but not opinion-free - world.
A lot of us seem to like it'
Have you heard of Martin Sorrell? He's the hugely experienced adman
who predicted, a couple of weeks ago, that any economic recovery
would be "saucer-shaped" rather than showing some dramatic lift-off.
Some thought he was just being Eeyore-ish, and that surely things in
the advertising world would only get better, faster, if not
necessarily cheaper.
http://news.independent.co.uk/digital/features/story.jsp?story=273089
Junk mail mountain beyond a joke (Fairfax IT)
It's a high price for a pile of junk. Time, capacity, software and
management - the escalating bills for countering spam, porn, jokes
and gibberish are out-paced only by the torrent flowing into
corporate e-mail systems every day.
http://it.mycareer.com.au/news/2002/03/12/FFX3PZ5VIYC.html
See http://www.alfa-redi.com/noticia/ for the web version of the
news, along with an archive.
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