internet news - 8/4

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

Domain Name News
Judge orders company to stop using Syracuse as domain name (News
Flash)
A federal judge ordered an Internet Web-design company to stop using
Syracuse University as one of its domain names. 

http://www.nj.com/newsflash/business/index.ssf?/cgi-free/getstory_ssf.cgi?g0095_BC_NY--WebLawsuit&&news&newsflash-financial

US judge awards $159 million in cybersquatting case (NZ Herald)
A US federal judge has awarded $US65 million ($NZ159 million) to an
entrepreneur whose Internet domain name "sex.com" was usurped by an
online pornographer, marking the largest verdict ever in a
cybersquatting case. 
 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?storyID=181356

House Committee To Vote On 'Dot-Kids' Bill (Newsbytes)
The U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee today said that it will
vote this week on a proposal to establish a "dot-kids" domain to
cater to child-oriented Web sites.
 http://www.newsbytes.com/news/02/175721.html

Nominet UK to change WHOIS details (Register)
Nominet UK plans to make more information available about individuals
and organisations that have registered domain names.
 http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/24759.html

MOL cybercafes to promote .cc Internet domain names (The Star)
MOL AccessPortal Sdn Bhd has entered into an agreement with VeriSign
Inc subsidiary eNIC Corp to advertise and promote ".cc" Internet
domain names through MOL’s global network of cybercafes in 163
countries, MOL said in a statement.

http://biz.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2002/4/5/business/fcmol&sec=business

More resellers for .my domain (The Star)
The Malaysian Network Information Centre (MyNIC) said it has
appointed 11 more resellers to help market the ".my" top level
country domain, or cache of Internet addresses.

http://www.star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2002/4/5/technology/05nic&sec=main


http://www.mynic.net.my/newhp/announcements/Press-Release-MYNIC-05apr02.htm
(news release)

From Baker & McKenzie Global E-Law Alert
MODIFICATION OF DOMAIN NAME RULES
The Research Support Foundation of the State of São Paulo (FAPESP),
the entity responsible for the registration of domain names in
Brazil, has issued new rules for domain names. According to the
rules, the limit of 10 domain names that a company could register
ceased to exist as of April 4, 2002. Therefore, a company may now
register, under the same taxpayer number, an unlimited number of
domain names. This rule, however, has not modified the restriction on
registration of the same domain name under different domain name
levels for example 'xxx.com.br' and 'xxx.ind.br'.
 
From Baker & McKenzie Global E-Law Alert
Extended Jurisdiction For .no TLD Name Appeal Body
According to a press release from the Ministry of Transport, a
working group within the Ministry has issued a report regarding the
administration of the top level domain '.no'. The working group
proposes to extend the jurisdiction of the current appeal organ
(NORIDS klageorgan) to also include conflicts involving third parties
e.g. a dispute between the owner of the domain name and a third party
claiming that the registration of the domain name represents an
infringement of his/hers rights. Further, it is proposed to authorise
NORID (Administrator of the top level domain '.no') to withdraw a
registered domain name. The working group has proposed a regulation
<http://www.norid.no/name-policy.html#link16> governing the above
issues.

http://odin.dep.no/sd/norsk/aktuelt/pressem/028021-070039/index-dok000-b-n-a.html
(news release in Norwegian)

http://odin.dep.no/sd/norsk/publ/rapporter/028021-220006/index-ved003-b-f-a.html
(proposed wording - in Norwegian)

Second IANA Report on Request for Redelegation of the .jp Top-Level
Domain 
The Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (the IANA), as part of the
administrative functions associated with management of the
domain-name system root, is responsible for receiving requests for
delegation and redelegation of top-level domains, investigating the
circumstances pertinent to those requests, and reporting on the
requests. 
 http://www.iana.org/reports/jp-report-01apr02.htm

Liverpool evict 'cybersquatter' (BBC)
Liverpool football club has won its battle with a so-called
cybersquatter over the use of the domain name Liverpoolfc.com.
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/business/newsid_1916000/1916836.stm


Stop the IPv4 World, I Wanna Get Off (ISP Planet)
The transition from IPv4 to IPv6 on a global scale is a colossal
chore. The task is so extensive, that several major ISP vendors have
asked everyone to hold their horses, at least until a smooth trail
can be blazed. 
 http://isp-planet.com/technology/2002/ipv6_world_waits.html

ICANN at Large email - 7 April
Dear icannatlarge member,
We now have 4 accepted Nominations for 7 seats on the interim
supervisory Panel.

Please see www.icannatlarge.com/voting.htm for the list of seconded
Nominations.

I would like to ask those who find themselves on this list, but who
have not yet accepted, to let all know as soon as possible by posting
in the Forum area under Nominations and Seconds, Acceptances.

We still do not have enough candidates for a meaningful election.

May I ask you all to please take a look at the members' list
(http://www.icannatlarge.com/view.php?sortorder=country) and see who
you would like to nominate or second. See who has been Nominated and
not yet seconded at
http://www.icannatlarge.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=8  under
"Nominations for website supervisory Panel" and "More Nominations".

If you wish to participate by Nominating or seconding candidates, or
even to propose your own candidacy you have to register in the Forum.
Please use your real name when Nominating or seconding a Nomination.

Nominations will now close on Thursday, 11 April and acceptances on
15 April.

Please make the best of this extension. Democracy in a small group
only works when enough people participate.


Internet News
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 http://www.saferinternet.org/news

Bertelsmann Foundation And Aol Time Warner Foundation Call For
Greater Global Commitment To Digital Literacy (news release)
Foundations Present White Paper Recommending New Initiatives for
Education, the Workplace and Civic Engagement for the 21st Century 
German Chancellor Schröder, Spanish Prime Minister Aznar, former U.S.
Secretary of State Albright and EU Commission Members Discuss
Challenges and Solutions at the 21st Century Literacy Summit 
At a special gathering in Berlin of more than 300 policymakers,
business leaders, media experts and academics from 35 countries, the
Bertelsmann Foundation and the AOL Time Warner Foundation today
presented a joint White Paper on the global development of digital
literacy skills for the 21st century. The paper recommends new
policies and practices in three key areas-education, the workplace
and civic engagement-and calls on business, government, educators and
the nonprofit sector to work together to ensure that people
everywhere are prepared to succeed in the Information Age.
 http://www.21stcenturyliteracy.org/press/press2.htm
 http://www.21stcenturyliteracy.org/white/index.htm (white paper in
English & German)

Cyber-attacks on rise: FBI (Australian IT)
Most large corporations and government agencies have been attacked by
computer hackers, but they frequently do not inform authorities of
the breaches, an FBI survey finds. 

http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,4092807%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1916000/1916655.stm

La criminalidad informática en EE.UU. costó miles de millones de
dólares a las empresas durante el 2001 (delitosinformaticos.com)
Según el 'Estudio 2001 sobre crímenes informáticos y seguridad', la
criminalidad informática costó miles de millones de dólares durante
el pasado año a organizaciones gubernamentales y comerciales de
Estados Unidos.
 http://www.delitosinformaticos.com/noticias/101825893615044.shtml

From Quicklinks
Addressing Disputes In Electronic Commerce (ABA) 
The American Bar Association Task Force on E-Commerce and ADR has
released a draft of its final report and recommendations along with
proposed guidelines for best practices for ODR Service Providers.
Proposed guidelines for recommended best practices by online dispute
resolution service providers Addressing disputes in electronic
commerce. The Task Force welcomes comments and suggestions. The
comment period runs until May 31. Please send your comments to
eadr@u.washington.edu. 
 http://www.law.washington.edu/ABA-eADR/drafts/2002.04.05draft.html

Classrooms Need Upgrades, Too (Wired)
In today's schools, it's not unusual for students to sit in the same
kind of desk in the same kind of classroom as their parents did.  
 http://www.wired.com/news/school/0,1383,51518,00.html

Islam And the Internet (Allafrica.com)
But while Trojans, worms and other malicious computer codes were
being exchanged over the internet between Muslims and Jews, an
unusual group exists to bridge the gap, and that is Jews for Allah
(http://jews-for-allah.org/). This is a nice thought in bridging the
divide between Jews and Muslims. As stated on their website, they are
ethnically Jewish, religiously Muslim (see illustration).
 http://allafrica.com/stories/200204050264.html

Cuba's PC dilemma (BBC)
Cuba is keen to promote the use of computers. But few Cubans have
computers and the government controls their sale.
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1910000/1910465.stm

Clinton backs tech war on terror (BBC)
Bill Clinton has been outlining how technology can play a key role in
defeating the new brand of terrorism.
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1912000/1912895.stm

Pedophile Caught in Net Swoop Starts Life Term (Reuters)
A convicted pedophile was serving the first full day of six life
sentences Saturday after police tracked him over the Web in what they
said was Britain's first such Internet surveillance operation. 

http://www.reuters.com/news_article.jhtml?type=internetnews&StoryID=781646

Ottawa urged to tighten porn laws (Globe & Mail)
Critics steaming over Tuesday's acquittal of child pornographer John
Robin Sharpe are calling on Ottawa to tighten the country's
pornography laws.
 http://makeashorterlink.com/?D26C124A

Hong Kong Government Proposing to Ban Internet Gambling (New Malaysia
Free Press)
The Sing Tao newspaper reports that ‘Online betting and bookmaking
could be outlawed and included in gambling law, if proposals
suggested by government officials in the Legislative Council
yesterday are adopted.’ In discussions held April 2, it was proposed
that off-shore bookmaking be made illegal as well. Stephen Fisher,
Deputy Secretary for Home Affairs, said that, ‘Under the proposed law
change, any local citizens involved in betting or bookmaking
activities on the Internet would be breaking the law.’ Even existing,
legal off-shore bookmaking companies would face prosecution if
accepting bets through the Internet from players in Hong Kong. 

http://news.newmalaysia.com/news/external.cgi?http://www.onlinecasinonews.com/ocn/article/article.asp?id=1133

Cure for South Africa's Ills (Wired)
Call her an idealist or call her a geek, but the CEO of the only
bioinformatics company in South Africa believes many of Africa's
problems will be solved by scientists, hackers and open-source
networks.  
 http://www.wired.com/news/medtech/0,1286,51533,00.html

Beware of Net (CNET)
File swappers this week were alarmed to discover that a California
company has quietly attached its software to millions of downloads of
the popular Kazaa file-trading program and plans to remotely "turn
on" people's PCs, welding them into a new network of its own.
 http://news.com.com/2100-1023-877308.html

Google sued by its rival (BBC)
The internet search giant Google is facing a bitter lawsuit against
its rival search engine, Overture Services.
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/business/newsid_1916000/1916311.stm

http://www.reuters.com/news_article.jhtml?type=internetnews&StoryID=782133

Google's Toughest Search Is for a Business Model (NY Times)
As Eric Schmidt prepared the agenda for last September's board
meeting of Google, the Internet search company, he added an item:
"Financing Plans — prepare for initial public offering."
 http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/08/technology/ebusiness/08GOOG.html

Marlboro Man doesn't ride online (CNET)
Philip Morris, the world's largest cigarette maker, is shying away
from smoking--online, at least.
 http://news.com.com/2100-1023-876952.html

Report: MS Foes Bribed Attorneys (Wired)
Microsoft's foes bribed state attorneys general to continue with the
antitrust suit, columnist Robert Novak claimed this week.  
 http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,51596,00.html

IBM: Linux is safer, and better, than you think (The Star)
The whole Linux phenomenon may have started as a hobbyist movement,
but the Open Source operating system (OS) really came to its own –
and became a real threat – when major vendors formulated strategies
around the so-called upstart OS. 

http://www.star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2002/4/8/technology/04fair&sec=technology

Malaysian Govt urged to go Open Source (The Star)
The Association of the Computer and Multimedia Industry of Malaysia
(Pikom) has submitted a white paper on Open Source Software to the
Government for review. 

http://www.star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2002/4/8/technology/09oss&sec=technology

BT accelerates broadband drive (Guardian)
BT is hooking up a further 50 towns and cities to high speed internet
access as its new chief executive, Ben Verwaayen, pledged to place
the service at the heart of BT's future strategy.
 http://media.guardian.co.uk/newmedia/story/0,7496,680736,00.html
From Baker & McKenzie Global E-Law Alert
Racist E-Mail Gives Grounds For Dismissal
The city court of Lyngby has found that a company was justified in
dismissing an employee because of an e-mail which could be construed
as racist. It contained a satiric application form for a resident
permit. The employee's name and the company's name were listed as
senders. When the company became aware of the content, the company
dismissed the employee with immediate effect. It is stated in the
company's guidelines that employees are not allowed to send e-mails
with a racist content. Please note this was incorrectly reported as a
German ruling in last week's alert, we apologize for any confusion.

From Baker & McKenzie Global E-Law Alert
New Internet Related Crimes
As of April 1 2002, the Criminal Code has been supplemented with the
following computer related crimes: (i) unauthorized entry into a
computer system (a hacker attack), (ii) unauthorized modification or
making inaccessible of computer data (e.g., the unauthorized
modification of a website), (iii) obstruction of the operation of a
computer system (e.g., through a virus attack aiming at the freezing
of the system), (iv) possession or offering through a computer system
of pornographic pictures of minors. The crimes at (i) through (iii)
will be punishable regardless of whether any damage was caused or any
profits were made as a result of these crimes. Perpetrators of the
crime at (iv) will be punishable with maximum 8 years, and of the
other crimes with maximum two years imprisonment. 

Cybersmut and Debt Undermine Penthouse (NY Times)
Bob Guccione, the publisher of Penthouse, fought for decades to
introduce pornography to mainstream audiences. In succeeding, he may
have built a gallows for his once hugely successful magazine.
Pornographic images of every bent are now just a click away on the
Web, often at no charge, and Penthouse, which once sold almost five
million copies a month, now has a circulation of 650,000.
 http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/08/business/media/08PENT.html

See http://www.alfa-redi.com/noticia/ for the web version of the
news, along with an archive.


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