internet news - 19/3

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

Domain Name News
ICANN Director Sues ICANN Over Financial Records (Newsbytes)
Karl Auerbach, one of 19 directors of the organization that manages
the Internet's addressing system, today sued the group in a bid to
gain unrestricted access to its financial records.
 http://www.newsbytes.com/news/02/175271.html

http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,3979466%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html
 http://www.washtech.com/news/regulation/15709-1.html

Tilting at ICANN (Salon)
Karl Auerbach, elected to the Internet domain-name authority with a
mandate from the people, explains why he is suing his own
organization.
 http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2002/03/19/auerbach/index.html

Internet News
Ashcroft Vows Crusade Against 'Net' Child Porn (Newsbytes)
U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft today said that the Justice
Department's nationwide crackdown on an online child pornography ring
should send a message to those who deal in such material over the
Internet.
 http://www.newsbytes.com/news/02/175283.html
 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A47037-2002Mar18.html
 http://www.nytimes.com/2002/03/19/national/19PORN.html

http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,3979272%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html
 http://www.nando.com/technology/story/311741p-2686098c.html

Myanmar goes wild with email (Australian IT)
Some 10,000 new email accounts will be handed out to members of the
public in Myanmar, where until now only 4000 carefully selected
citizens have had access to the technology. 

http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,3961980%5E15322%5E%5Enbv%5E15306,00.html

New Pennsylvania law requires ISPs to block child porn (Nando Times)
Beginning in April, Internet service providers with customers in
Pennsylvania will be legally responsible for blocking access to child
pornography.
 http://www.nando.com/technology/story/310731p-2679906c.html
 http://www.msnbc.com/news/725968.asp

TV political censorship not justified on the ground of taste - Law
Report (Times)
The freedom of political speech to be enjoyed by an accredited party
at a public election, especially a general election, must not be
interfered with save on the most pressing grounds.  
 http://www.thetimes.co.uk/newspaper/0,,171-240599,00.html

Confessions of the film censor (Independent)
It looks as if my period as president of the British Board of Film
Classification (BBFC) will end in the summer with a bit of a bang.
Not the sort of uproar I relish, by the way, but part of the job. For
our decision to give the French film Baise-moi one cut and an 18
certificate has already led to criticism even though it doesn't open
until May. The story concerns two young women, low-life characters,
both of whom are brutally raped. One, in partnership with a third
young woman, responds by murdering a series of men whom the pair have
first seduced.

http://argument.independent.co.uk/regular_columnists/andreas_whittam_smith/story.jsp?story=275660

CIA Web Site Cans Cookies After Report (Newsbytes)
A Web site operated by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) today
discontinued marking visitors with a unique identification tag, or
"cookie," after a non-profit group complained about the practice.  
 http://www.newsbytes.com/news/02/175288.html

States accused of trying to 'destroy' Microsoft (Financial Times)
A US court heard on Monday of a "doomsday" scenario in which
Microsoft would be forced to withdraw Windows, the world's most
dominant personal computer operating system with more than 90 per
cent market share, if proposals by nine litigating US states were
adopted. 

http://news.ft.com/ft/gx.cgi/ftc?pagename=View&c=Article&cid=FT3I4H5NYYC
Hearing opens on states' pursuit of penalties against Microsoft
(Nando Times)
Nine states seeking tougher antitrust penalties against Microsoft
told a judge Monday that the software giant should be forced to
release the blueprints for its Internet browser to spark competition
in a market it illegally dominated.
 http://www.nando.com/technology/story/310127p-2677216c.html

Top Murdoch lawyer to fight hacking claim (Guardian)
Rupert Murdoch has called in his most senior legal adviser to fight a
$1bn (£700m) court claim that a subsidiary of his News Corporation
helped hackers spread across the internet secrets about the
technology used by his pay TV rivals, including ITV Digital.
 http://www.guardian.co.uk/internetnews/story/0,7369,669338,00.html

CeBIT strives to get on message (Times)
The annual technology trade show in Hanover, showcasing the latest
innovations from mobile technology firms, has been especially
significant this year.
 http://www.thetimes.co.uk/newspaper/0,,171-240592,00.html
 http://www.thetimes.co.uk/newspaper/0,,171-240593,00.html

Times to charge for internet services (Times)
The Times has become the latest newspaper to admit it can't carry on
giving away its web content for nothing with the announcement of a
host of new paid-for services.
 http://media.guardian.co.uk/newmedia/story/0,7496,669507,00.html

Metadata: the `killer application' for digital broadcasting?
(conference presentation)
Existing digital broadcasting has a failed business model, as it
ignores what the audience wants most: control. Metadata has provided
a hidden "killer application" on the Internet and could be used to
transform digital broadcasting into a viable service. A brief
overview of metadata is provided. The latest metadata developments
and their applicability to digital broadcasting are discussed.
 http://www.tomw.net.au/2002/mka.html

Pay for Content? Ha, Say Users (Wired)To online publishing and
entertainment firms looking to start charging for their content,
there was a simple message from today's Jupiter Media Forum: Don't
hold your breath. 
 http://www.wired.com/news/ebiz/0,1272,51146,00.html

High Court Denies Review Of Ban On Web Urine Sales (Newsbytes)
The U.S. Supreme Court today declined to review a challenge to a
South Carolina law that bans the sale of urine to defeat drug tests,
a case sparked by an Internet entrepreneur who offered his own
drug-free urine for sale on the Internet.
 http://www.newsbytes.com/news/02/175279.html
 http://www.nando.com/technology/story/310012p-2676840c.html

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