internet news - 29/4

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

Domain Name News
Who can speak for the Internet? More voices would help (International
Herald Tribune)
Alongside the economic boom times for the tech sector in recent years
grew an increasing recognition of the need for new ways to govern the
borderless new world brought forth by the Internet.
 http://www.iht.com/articles/56121.html

latinoamerICANN
latinoamerICANN nació como iniciativa de los miembros
latinoamericanos en el ICANN, para poder difundir y discutir en
nuestro idioma y desde nuestra realidad los temas concernientes al
sistema de nombres de dominio, así como las implicancias en nuestra
Sociedad.
 http://latinoamericann.derecho.org.ar/

Renewals Plunge a 'Veri' Bad Sign (Wired)
After spending the late 1990s gobbling up dot-com addresses
containing nearly every word in the dictionary, domain-name
speculators are now finding themselves fully gorged.  
 http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,52151,00.html
 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A54829-2002Apr26.html
 http://news.com.com/2100-1023-893064.html

http://news.ft.com/ft/gx.cgi/ftc?pagename=View&c=Article&cid=FT3VKK22I0D

http://www.reuters.com/news_article.jhtml?type=internetnews&StoryID=889321

Maryland Lt. Governor Denied In Cybersquatting Tiff (Newsbytes)
Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, the frontrunner in the race for the
governor's chair in Maryland, has been denied trademark-like rights
to a handful of Internet addresses containing her name.
 http://www.newsbytes.com/news/02/176189.html

ING ordered to change practices (Australian IT)
DOMAIN reseller Internet Domain Group has been ordered to cease some
of its marketing practices after allegations of misleading conduct
from the ACCC. 

http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,4221232%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html

WIPO UDRP Panel Scales Back Personal Names Claims (from BNA Internet
Law News)
A WIPO ICANN UDRP panel has issued an interesting decision involving
several domains sporting the name of Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, the
Lieutenant Governor of the State of Maryland and the eldest daughter
of the late Robert F. Kennedy. The panel declined to transfer the
domains to Kennedy, noting that the second WIPO report on the domain
name process issued last fall indicated that the UDRP should be
limited to personal names that had been commercially exploited.
Kennedy had sought to rely on the Anne McLellan case, in which the
then Canadian justice minister obtained several domains featuring her
name. 
 http://arbiter.wipo.int/domains/decisions/html/2002/d2002-0030.html

UDRP Panelist Orders More German Ministry Domains Transferred (from
BNA Internet Law News)
A WIPO panelist has ordered a series of German government domains
transferred to the government after finding that some of the domains
were being used to redirect users to a Nazi site. Although some of
the domains were not in use, the panelist took the view that the
registrant intended to use the domains to redirect users sometime in
the future.
 http://arbiter.wipo.int/domains/decisions/html/2002/d2002-0110.html

Viacom loses claim over MTV domain name (Straits Times)
Viacom International Inc, a global entertainment company which runs
the Music Television or MTV, claimed that a Taiwanese firm used the
domain name, mtv.com.sg, in 'bad faith' and profitted from it.

http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/breakingnews/story/0,1895,116232,00.html

http://www.disputemanager.com.sg/decisions/SDRP%202002-0001(F)%20Decision.pdf

Internet News
Can you archive the Net? (Times)
The average website lasts just six weeks. Our correspondent wonders
how the British Library can hope to keep such ephemera on file. We
all know that the British Library is widely believed to possess a
copy of every book ever published. In fact, it doesn’t, but since
1842 it has been entitled to receive copies of all books, pamphlets,
magazines and newspapers published in the UK.  
 http://www.thetimes.co.uk/newspaper/0,,170-281852,00.html

Internet Tips: Stop Those Sneaky E-Mail Viruses in Their Tracks (IDG)
Stamp out hidden viruses, recover Outlook Express data in XP, let
children use AOL safely.
 http://virus.idg.net/ic_853076_4394_1-1681.html

ICT in Schools - OFSTED report (UK government)
progress report April 2002
 http://www.ofsted.gov.uk/public/docs02/ictinschools.pdf

Why Gates Won't Apologize (NY Times)
Whatever the outcome of the Microsoft trial, don't expect Bill Gates
to say he's sorry. For the most part, the Bill Gates on the witness
stand at the company's antitrust trial last week was a public
relations dream. Gone was the uncooperative persona displayed on a
videotaped deposition earlier in the case. 
 http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/29/technology/29BILL.html

Microsoft in ITV Digital rescue bid (Observer)
Microsoft has emerged as one of several firms attempting to assemble
a consortium to take over the wreckage of ITV Digital.
 http://www.observer.co.uk/business/story/0,6903,706230,00.html
 http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2109275,00.html
 http://www.thetimes.co.uk/newspaper/0,,175-279909,00.html

Rare Case Has Norwegian Man Convicted of Racism on the Web (Law.com)
A Norwegian was sentenced to prison on Tuesday for posting racist and
anti-Semitic propaganda on a Web site -- a rare conviction for hate
speech on the Internet.
 http://www.law.com/cgi-bin/nwlink.cgi?ACG=ZZZ2CYYEE0D

Gov't to block outbound spam mail (Korea Herald)
The Ministry of Information and Communication (MIC) said yesterday it
will draw up a comprehensive plan to block unsolicited commercial
e-mail, or spam, of Korean origin, from reaching foreign Internet
users.

http://www.koreaherald.com/SITE/data/html_dir/2002/04/25/200204250059.asp

White House Cool to Hollings' Act (Wired)
The Bush administration is lukewarm on a plan to embed
copy-protection technology in software and consumer electronics.  
 http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,52151,00.html

Study: Users aren't buying online ID hype (ZDNet)
Microsoft and other technology makers struggling to define new Web
services business models have another obstacle: consumer distrust of
online authentication systems.  
 http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1105-892838.html

The African Internet - A Status Report
The use of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in
general has grown rapidly in most urban areas in Africa. As an
indication, only four years ago a handful of countries had local
Internet access, now the Internet is available in every capital city.
There are now as many mobile cell phones on the continent as there
are fixed lines, hundreds of new local and community radio stations
have been licensed, and satellite TV is now also widely available.
But although encouraging trends have emerged in the last few years,
the differences between the development levels of Africa and the rest
of the world are even wider in the area of ICTs than they are using
more traditional measures of development: 
 http://demiurge.wn.apc.org/africa/afstat.htm

Ispai plans to approach Trai for issues in Net telephony (Economic
Times)
The Internet Service Provider Association of India plans to approach
the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India in order to establish
quality and pricing norms for ISPs.
 http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow.asp?art_id=8300400

Korean Govt Backs Net Gaming Industry (Newsbytes)
The Korean government has earmarked an additional $14 million in
support of the nation's growing Internet gaming industry, its latest
direct investment in Korea's online development.
 http://www.newsbytes.com/news/02/176182.html

Training the cyberwar troops (ZDNet)
Systems administrator David Riebrandt's first hint that intruders had
hacked the military network came from telltale electronic footprints.
From the logs--electronic records of the information passed on the
network--it quickly became evident that a server with gate-keeping
control over different parts of the system was getting downright
chatty with a foreign computer via the Internet. 
 http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1105-893418.html
 http://news.com.com/2100-1001-893314.html

Court Issues Injunction Against Online Adult Verification Service In
Copyright Dispute (from BNA Internet Law News)
In a case with echoes of Napster, a federal court in California has
issued an injunction against Cybernet Ventures, an online adult
verification service, after a suit was launched by Perfect 10, an
adult site that claimed that Cybernet infringed on its copyright. The
case is of particular interest since the copyright infringement
claims arise not from the Cybernet site itself, but rather from its
network of affiliates who market the verification service. The court
held that Cybernet was likely aware of the infringing content and
that it likely contributed to the infringement since it exerts
considerable control and monitoring over the network sites.  Case
name is Perfect 10 v. Cybernet Ventures. TIF version of the decision
available at (warning: link may result in accessing pornography site)
 http://www.perfect10.com/USDC_DOC.tif

Innocent 'Hello' Sells Hot Sex on the Internet (Reuters)
The greeting "hello" in on e-mail headline used to signal a welcome
note from a friend. Increasingly, it is from a stranger you probably
don't want your children to be talking to. 

http://www.reuters.com/news_article.jhtml?type=technologynews&StoryID=890383

Washington State Fires Six for Racy E-Mails (Reuters)
Who said government work was boring? At least six Washington state
employees who used their e-mail to send raunchy jokes, sexual
overtures and even make plans for an orgy will be fired, the state
Department of Labor and Industries said on Friday, adding that it is
investigating 14 more of its workers to find out if they too abused
their e-mail.

http://www.reuters.com/news_article.jhtml?type=internetnews&StoryID=889639
 http://www.newsbytes.com/news/02/176173.html

Porn 'dinosaurs' being killed off by the internet (Daily Telegraph)
UNCENSORED pornography cheaply available on the internet is seriously
damaging the sales of America's best known soft porn magazines such
as Playboy, Penthouse, Hustler and Screw.

http://www.portal.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2002/04/28/wporn28.xml&sSheet=/news/2002/04/28/ixworld.html

Charities urge leniency for youth pornographers (Guardian)
Teenage boys who download images of child abuse from the internet
should not always be prosecuted as sex offenders, according to
experts on the sexual exploitation of children.
 http://society.guardian.co.uk/children/story/0,1074,690675,00.html

Delincuentes asiáticos ganan el juego a la policía en la red
(delitosinformaticos.com)  
La red Internet, cuyas ventajas han seducido a cientos de millones de
asiáticos, es en este continente una herramienta que cada vez presta
mayor servicio a los delincuentes y sindicatos del crimen organizado.
Detrás del aspecto puramente comercial, económico y cultural se
oculta el lado oscuro de la red, que abarca desde la trata de mujeres
al tráfico de estupefacientes.
 http://www.delitosinformaticos.com/noticias/10200290999982.shtml

Detenido un matrimonio por delitos contra la propiedad intelectual,
industrial y estafa a través de Internet (delitosinformaticos.com)
En la operación "BARBA ROJA", llevada a cabo por el Grupo de Delitos
Informáticos (UDYCO) de la Jefatura Superior de Barcelona y con la
colaboración de la Unidad de Delincuencia Tecnológica de Madrid,
detuvieron a un matrimonio de la localidad de Badia del Vallés por
delito contra la propiedad intelectual, industrial y estafa por
comercialización y venta ilegal a través de Internet, de copias
falsificadas de películas cinematográficas en soporte CD´s, juegos de
videoconsolas y PCs, así como tarjetas codificadas de canales de TV
privados.
 http://www.delitosinformaticos.com/noticias/10200285935261.shtml

Net pirates 'threaten software industry'(BBC)
Tech industry leaders gathered in Brussels have reiterated the
growing threat of piracy to the software industry in Europe.
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1951000/1951231.stm

E-Mail Opens New Door For Familiar Scam Tactic (Newsbytes)
He is a suburban Washington entrepreneur, middle-aged, prosperous --
and too humiliated to discuss how a businessman as smart as he could
fall for such an obvious scam.
 http://www.newsbytes.com/news/02/176181.html

PERÚ: 49% DE LIMEÑOS A FAVOR DE INTERCEPTACIÓN TELEFÓNICA LEGAL
(delitosinformaticos.com)
En el sondeo un 50.5% de limeños se mostró de acuerdo con elevar a
rango de ley el decreto supremo mediante el cual se creó la Comisión
de la Verdad, mientras que un 20.4% se opuso a dicha posibilidad. La
medición también confirma que el presidente Toledo ha vuelto a
descender en los índices de aprobación a su gestión. Por su parte el
48% de limeños considera que su economía familiar sigue igual que
hace un año.
 http://www.delitosinformaticos.com/noticias/101990275228463.shtml

Korean Supreme Court Rules Gambling Laws Apply Online (from BNA
Internet Law News)
The Korean Supreme Court has ruled that the country's gambling laws
apply equally online and offline. The case stems from an online card
game which charged participants for the privilege of playing and
awarded cash prizes to the top winners.
 http://english.joins.com/article.asp?aid=20020422012650&sid=300

£1m for new on-line community for children (No 10 Downing Street
newsroom)
Up to £1m will help to support the development of an on-line
community for children in care. CareZone is an interactive, virtual
world for looked after children, being developed by The Who Cares?
Trust.
 http://www.number-10.gov.uk/news.asp?NewsId=4036

Next generation wireless: Will users pay the price? (CW360)
The prices customers pay for faster wireless bandwidth with
next-generation data services will be the key to how fast those
services are adopted. 

http://www.cw360.com/bin/bladerunner?REQSESS=ik98CUCC&690REQEVENT=&CARTI=112011&CARTT=1&CCAT=1&CCHAN=8&CFLAV=1&CPAGEN=ArticlePage&CPAGET=-99999&CSEARCH=&CSESS=-99999&CTOPIC=

WiFi: Computer Users Plugged In, Without The Plug (Newsbytes)
Donna Gallagher's sitting in the sunroom with her laptop computer,
clicking away on the Ebay auction site. She drifts into the bedroom,
still clicking and bidding. Whoops -- now it's the bathroom -- but
that Prada bag isn't going to get away from her.
 http://www.newsbytes.com/news/02/176191.html

Apple unveils the eMac (ZDNet)
Aiming to boost its fortunes in the education market, Apple on Monday
plans to unveil the eMac, an all-in-one computer similar to the
original iMac, but built around a 17-inch flat-screen monitor.
 http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1103-893781.html

Film and TV critics beware: the 'I want it now' generation prefer
internet spoilers - who will do you out of a job (Guardian)
For the past 100 years the professional critic has, by and large,
been one of two kinds: a journalist or an academic. There a is
longstanding war between Mr Hack and Mr Don. Now a third front opens
up. A new style of film and TV criticism is crawling out of the
cyberslime. It's shamelessly crass and grabs the reader by the
eyeballs. It's aimed at the young. And with 40% of the American
population predicted to be teenage, rich and bored by 2010, it's here
to stay.
 http://www.guardian.co.uk/internetnews/story/0,7369,706889,00.html

Cyber-hooligans head for Japan (Australian IT)
Virtual hooliganism will hit Japan just before the soccer World Cup
finals next month, as a local firm launches a computer game that puts
players in charge of hooligan gangs. 

http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,4168616%5e16681%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html

Losses Persist as BlackBerry Gains Rivals (NY Times)
James Balsillie, co-chief executive of Research in Motion, likes to
compare the company to a country house whose owners wake up one
morning and discover they have a spectacular view of the ocean.
 http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/29/technology/ebusiness/29RIM.html

Macromedia Lays Out Strategy for More Uses for Flash Player (NY
Times)
Macromedia Inc., the publisher of the popular Flash Internet media
player, plans to introduce a strategy on Monday intended to make the
company a player in the next generation of the Internet being pursued
by companies like I.B.M., Microsoft and Sun Microsystems.
 http://www.nytimes.com/2002/04/29/technology/ebusiness/29FLAS.html

Kenyans Launch E.African Internet Coffee Auction (Reuters)
If enthusiasm could be turned into money, then the entrepreneurs
behind east Africa's first Internet coffee auction would be overnight
millionaires. 

http://www.reuters.com/news_article.jhtml?type=internetnews&StoryID=891637

Web to Screen World Cup Highlights for First Time (Reuters)
Fans around the world will be able to watch World Cup highlights on
the internet for the first time, internet company Yahoo! said on
Monday.

http://www.reuters.com/news_article.jhtml?type=internetnews&StoryID=893621
 http://www.nando.com/technology/story/384456p-3064409c.html 

Other News
Log cabin to White House? Not any more (Observer)
The State We're In, Will Hutton's explosive analysis of the British
economy, caused a storm and became an instant bestseller seven years
ago. Now, in The World We're In, he turns his attention to the global
picture. In this exclusive extract he argues that the US can no
longer lay claim to being the land of opportunity.
America is the most unequal society in the industrialised West. The
richest 20 per cent of Americans earn nine times more than the
poorest 20 per cent, a scale of inequality half as great again as in
Japan, Germany and France. At the very top of American society,
incomes and wealth have reached stupendous proportions. The country
boasts some three million millionaires, and the richest 1 per cent of
the population hold 38 per cent of its wealth, a concentration more
marked than in any comparable country.
 http://www.observer.co.uk/comment/story/0,6903,706484,00.html

What Europe can teach Uncle Sam (Guardian)
In the second extract from his eagerly awaited new book, Will Hutton
reveals why the American economic miracle is not all it seems.
Volkswagen should be a basket case. It makes cars and trucks in
high-cost Germany, has a highly unionised workforce who work a 28.8
hour week for up to £23 an hour, and its largest shareholder is the
state government of Lower Saxony, owning 18.6% of the company's
shares. Its directors only have a small number of share options, and
its chief executive is paid less than £700,000 - a tiny fraction of
the £22m and £15m made by his opposite numbers at Ford and General
Motors. The total value of stock options available to every VW
employee in 2000 was £1.2m: when Jacques Nasser lost his job as CEO
of Ford, he had over £11m of unexercised share options alone. Worse,
its shareholders voting rights are limited to 20%, so the company can
neglect to promote shareholder value, allowing it to become
schlerotic and uncompetitive.
 http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,3604,706810,00.html

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