internet news - 20/5

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

Hi all

Well, this looks like this is the last week of the internet news as
it now stands, although I am still looking for possible people who
may wish to use a version of the news for their own information, for
their web site, and/or as a enewsletter. If anyone is interested in
discussing this, please contact me ASAP.

Cheers
David

Domain Name news
1&1 Internet Aims to Boost .info Domain Registrations (WEB HOST
INDUSTRY REVIEW)
European domain name registrar and Web hosting firm 1&1 Internet
(Oneandone.co.uk) said today it would bundle free .info registrations
with every domain name and Web hosting sale made in June and July, in
a bid to boost uptake of the .info domain in the United Kingdom.
 http://thewhir.com/marketwatch/1&1051702.cfm

Casino developer wins right to domain names (Online Casino News)
A federal judge ordered six registrants of Internet domain names that
allegedly infringed trademarks belonging to casino resort developer
Steve Wynn of Las Vegas to return the domain names to Wynn. 
 http://www.onlinecasinonews.com/ocn/article/article.asp?id=1340

DTI asks for help on ICANN reform (ZDNet)
In June the governments of the world will gather to present their
views on how ICANN - possibly the most criticised group on the
Internet - should be reformed. The DTI is taking submissions.
 http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2110469,00.html

Lawmakers Play Up 'Dot-Kids' Proposals (Washtech.com)
The push to create a kids-only Internet domain is gaining ground in
Congress, with House lawmakers scheduled to vote next week on a
proposal and a leading Democratic senator planning to introduce a
similar measure.
 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A34369-2002May17.html
 http://www.newsbytes.com/news/02/176660.html

Landmark decision in .info dispute (ZDNet)
A ruling by the World Intellectual Property Organisation over a .info
domain name has struck a blow against big business, say observers 
The World Intellectual Property Organisation has upheld Spanish
entrepreneur Christian Castresana's right to use InternetNews.info,
rejecting a challenge from media giant INT Media Group.
 http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2110412,00.html

Demandada Verisign por publicidad engañosa (delitosinformaticos.com)
La empresa registradora estadounidense BulkRegister ha demandado a
Verisign por publicidad engañosa en el servicio de renovación de
dominios.
 http://www.delitosinformaticos.com/noticias/102171722681368.shtml

Bill seeks to make falsifying Web data a crime (USA Today)
Fed up with rampant fraud and deceit on the Internet, Congressional
Representatives Howard Coble, R-N.C., and Howard Berman, D-Calif.,
have submitted a draft bill for consideration in the House of
Representatives that would "provide criminal penalties for providing
false information in registering a domain name on the Internet."
 http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/ccarch/2002/05/16/sinrod.htm

Anti Travel Agency Web Site Ordered To Transfer Domain Name (Baker &
McKenzie Global E-Law Alert)
The Danish web site, startur.dk, has been ordered by DIFO, the Danish
domain name complaints board, to transfer its domain name to the
travel agency StarTour. The web site operated as a forum for
dissatisfied travellers who could submit their stories and complaints
to be posted on the web site. Although Danish law does not prohibit
the use of trademarks in so-called anti web sites, DIFO found that
such use should be clearly indicated using words such as 'anti' or
'against'. DIFO emphasised that the defendant had placed banners and
links on the web site implying that this constituted commercial use.
The defendant had tried to sell the web site to StarTour for an
unspecified amount, and for this reason DIFO found that freedom of
speech considerations did not dictate another result. 

Election Campaign For Dot-CA Governing Body Begins Today: Internet
Users Encouraged To Ask Questions To Candidates (CIRA news release)
Today, the Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) officially
launched its second online election campaign for candidates seeking a
seat on the CIRA Board of Directors. During the campaign CIRA's
140,000 members (holders of dot-ca domain names) and the general
public will have the opportunity to raise issues and ask questions to
candidates listed on the CIRA election ballot by visiting
www.cira.ca/bb2002/index.html.
 http://www.cira.ca/news-releases/69.html

Internet news

Africa's Development Hinges On Technology (allAfrica.com/Business
Day)
TODAY is World Telecommunication Day, an event to commemorate the
founding of the United Nations' International Telecommunications
Union in Paris in 1865. This year's theme Information and
communication technologies for all: empowering people to cross the
digital divide gives us an opportunity to reflect on the situation in
Africa.
 http://allafrica.com/stories/200205170331.html

Senate Panel Backs Bill Against E-Mail Spam (Reuters)
A bill aimed at limiting that unwanted junk e-mail known as "spam"
was approved and sent to the floor by the Senate Commerce Committee
on Friday with unanimous support from Democrats and Republicans. 

http://www.reuters.com/news_article.jhtml?type=technologynews&StoryID=977942
 http://www.newsbytes.com/news/02/176656.html

Online Privacy Bill Sent to Senate Floor (Reuters)
A Senate committee on Friday sent an online privacy protection bill
to the full Senate, but business lobbyists vowed to keep trying to
derail the measure before it becomes law. 

http://www.reuters.com/news_article.jhtml?type=technologynews&StoryID=977652

Thirty held over online child porn (BBC)
More than 30 people suspected of buying paedophile pornography on the
web have been arrested in raids across the UK.
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/newsid_1998000/1998515.stm

More Morphing on Morph-Porn Bill (Guardian)
Vermont's Patrick Leahy adores the Grateful Dead, lauds Ben and
Jerry's ice cream and is known as one of the Senate's most ardent
civil libertarians.
But the Democratic head of the Judiciary Committee said this week
that even though he believes a new child pornography bill may violate
the First Amendment, he's co-sponsoring it anyway.
 http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,52621,00.html

A censor in each ear. Well, there's progress (Observer)
John Gilmore is a great programmer and one of the elders of the Net.
The adage that 'the internet interprets censorship as damage and
routes around it' first came from him. He also has a deep
understanding of technology, so when he writes an essay outlining the
disastrous consequences of a Bill now before US Congress, it behoves
us to pay attention.
 http://www.guardian.co.uk/internetnews/story/0,7369,717890,00.html

Internet deals need protection (Business Day)
THE Electronic Communications and Transaction Bill tabled in
Parliament in February has a terminal flaw spam (unsolicited mail) is
still legal.

http://www.bday.co.za/bday/content/direct/1,3523,1086024-6129-0,00.html

Computer crime levels jump (Australian IT)
COMPUTER crime in Australia has jumped sharply, despite record
spending on IT security, a survey has found.
The 2002 Australian Computer Crime and Security Survey found 67 per
cent of the 300 companies surveyed had fallen victim to hacking this
year, twice the amount recorded in 1999. 

http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,4352085%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html
 http://www.abc.net.au/news/scitech/2002/05/item20020520113332_1.htm
 http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/05/20/1021801652259.html
 http://www.newsbytes.com/news/02/176664.html
 http://www.auscert.org.au/Information/Auscert_info/2002cs.pdf
(report)

Senate Panel OKs More Cybercrime Dollars (Newsbytes/Washtech)
The U.S. Senate Commerce Committee today voted to increase funding
for anti-cybercrime programs, despite claims from software and
high-tech groups that last-minute changes to the bill could stifle
innovation.
 http://www.newsbytes.com/news/02/176661.html

Internet Software Piracy Group Head Sent to Prison (Reuters)
The leader of "DrinkorDie," one of the oldest and largest
international software piracy rings on the Internet, was sentenced on
Friday to three years and eight months in prison for conspiring to
commit copyright infringement, U.S. officials said. 

http://www.reuters.com/news_article.jhtml?type=internetnews&StoryID=977584
 http://news.com.com/2100-1023-916824.html

El líder del grupo pirata de software en Internet, "DrinkorDie",
encarcelado (delitosinformaticos.com)
John Sankus, de 28 años, líder de una de las más antiguas y extensas
bandas internacionales dedicadas a la piratería de software en la
Red, "DrinkorDie", ha sido condenado a tres años y ochos meses de
prisión por la violación de derechos de autor, según informó la
agencia Reuters.
 http://www.delitosinformaticos.com/noticias/102180010898703.shtml

Bertelsmann Snaps Up Napster (Reuters)
Embattled Internet music upstart Napster Inc. was handed a new lease
on life Friday as German media giant Bertelsmann BTGGga.D stepped in
with $8 million to buy its assets and keep the online song-swap
service in business.

http://www.reuters.com/news_article.jhtml?type=technologynews&StoryID=978494
 http://news.com.com/2100-1023-916774.html
 http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,52626,00.html

Requiem for Napster (PC World)
Analysis: Outlaw music site composed new tune for digital music,
broadening listeners' expectations forever.
 http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,100004,00.asp

Appeal court ruling the latest word on on-line music (Globe & Mail)
From Quebec language laws to Internet lotteries, Canadian courts have
addressed an unprecedented array of cyberlaw issues in 2002. This
month, the Federal Court of Appeal entered the scene, issuing its
much-anticipated "tariff 22" decision. The ruling provides the latest
word on the dissemination of music on-line, the liability of Internet
service providers, Internet jurisdiction, and the copyright law
balance, all within the context of a potential on-line music royalty.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/printarticle/gam/20020516/TWGEIS

DVD-cracking code ban upheld (CNET)
In another setback for free speech advocates, hacker magazine 2600
has lost its bid for an appeal of a ruling banning it from posting
code that can be used to crack DVD copy protections.
 http://news.com.com/2100-1023-916665.html

España, quinto país europeo en calidad de servicios públicos a través
de la Red (5Dias.com)
El primer balance realizado por la UE sobre servicios públicos en
Internet coloca a España en quinto lugar entre los países europeos.
El informe fue presentado ayer durante una jornada organizada por Cap
Gemini Ernst & Young y Cinco Días para debatir las posibilidades de
la Administración electrónica. El ministro de Administraciones
Públicas (MAP), Jesús Posada, anunció que el Gobierno invertirá tres
millones de euros en el portal del ciudadano. También se adoptarán
medidas para simplificar aun más los trámites a los ciudadanos.

http://www.5dias.com/articulo.html?xref=20020517cdscdiges_3&type=Tes&anchor=cdssec

En Europa se hace imposible controlar la venta de fármacos por
Internet a pesar de su prohibición (delitosinformaticos.com)
La facilidad de acceso de los consumidores a la compra de
medicamentos a través de internet ha sido puesta a prueba por la
Organización de Consumidores y Usuarios (OCU) y el estudio ha sido
remitido al Ministerior de Sanidad.
 http://www.delitosinformaticos.com/noticias/102188425954559.shtml

Abortion Foes Are Ruled a Threat (Los Angeles Times)
An Internet Web site and "wanted" posters created by militant
abortion foes were real threats to doctors and the clinics where they
worked and are not protected by the 1st Amendment, a federal appeals
court ruled Thursday.
 http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-051702threat.story
 http://news.com.com/2100-1023-917077.html
 http://zdnet.com.com/2110-11-917193.html
 http://www.newsbytes.com/news/02/176653.html

Abortion Foes Lose on First Amendment (law.com/The Recorder)
A deeply divided en banc panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of
Appeals on Thursday upheld an unprecedented jury verdict against
anti-abortion activists, saying their protests crossed the line from
provocative speech into true threats. The decision affirms a 1999
jury verdict against an anti-abortion group, as well as a judge's
injunction against the display of "Wanted"-style posters featuring
abortion providers.

http://www.law.com/cgi-bin/gx.cgi/AppLogic+FTContentServer?pagename=law/View&c=Article&cid=ZZZ9FD7EB1D&live=true&cst=1&pc=5&pa=0&s=News&ExpIgnore=true&showsummary=0

Microsoft Judge Doubts States' Enforcement Plan (Reuters)
The federal judge considering what antitrust sanctions should apply
against Microsoft Corp. MSFT.O expressed grave doubts on Friday about
the enforcement mechanism proposed by nine states. 

http://www.reuters.com/news_article.jhtml?type=technologynews&StoryID=978618
 http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2110451,00.html

Microsoft Case May Spotlight U.S.-EU Antitrust Rift
(Newsbytes/Washington Post)
They professed mutual admiration and pledged greater harmony at a
symposium in Brussels this week, but the relationship between the top
antitrust regulators for Europe and the United States remains tense,
legal experts say.
 http://www.newsbytes.com/news/02/176637.html

Microsoft discloses six flaws in web browser (Guardian)
Microsoft has warned that its Internet Explorer software contains six
flaws, some of which could give hackers access to - and even
potentially change - personal information about computer users.
 http://www.guardian.co.uk/internetnews/story/0,7369,717322,00.html

Study ranks supercomputers of the world (ZDNet)
A supercomputer in Japan that ties together 5,120 processors has
widened its lead as the world's most powerful computer under a
revised series of tests from market researcher IDC.

http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/enterprise/story/0,2000025001,20265355,00.htm

Jordan Punishes Net Critic (Wired)
Reporters Without Borders protested Friday the imprisonment of a
former Jordanian legislator and television reporter who published a
letter on a U.S. website accusing government officials of corruption.
 http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,52631,00.html

German state clings to neo-Nazi site ban (IDG)
The German state government of North Rhine Westphalia has
acknowledged difficulties in finding a software solution to filtering
neo-Nazi content. The government confirmed on Friday that its efforts
so far have produced no results and that it will decide within the
next four weeks whether to honor complaints filed by 38 Internet
service providers opposing the web site censorship.
 http://virus.idg.net/ic_863090_1794_9-10000.html

China tightens control of Internet access to teenagers (Hindustan
Times/AFP)
China has announced new regulations to limit teenagers's access to
the Internet at web cafes to during school holidays only and for no
more than three hours at a time, state media said Friday.
 http://www.hindustantimes.com/neweconomy/news170502a.shtml
 http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2002-05/17/content_396916.htm

China allows access to some news organizations' Web sites (Nando
Times/AP)
China has stopped blocking access to the Web sites of at least three
Western news organizations that Chinese have long been barred from
viewing.
 http://www.nando.com/technology/story/404981p-3225805c.html

ICT to bridge the gap (The Star)
Information and communications technology (ICT) has great potential
to fight poverty worldwide, yet its benefits are still not being
fully harnessed, according to the Malaysian Communications and
Multimedia Commission (MCMC).

http://www.star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2002/5/14/technology/14telco&sec=main

Warning: do not act on all virus alerts (Guardian)
Another week, another virus warning. The hot property this time is an
email urging computer users to check their machines for a file named
jdbgmgr.exe, and to delete it if found.
 http://www.guardian.co.uk/internetnews/story/0,7369,717460,00.html
 http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,99943,00.asp

Worm crawls into Kazaa network (ZDNet)
Kazaa is the latest file-swapping network to be hit by a worm. The
Benjamin worm spreads by masquerading as other files on the network.
 http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2110505,00.html

Parenting suffers in e-mail overload (BBC)
Employees in the UK spend more time sorting out their office e-mails
than playing with their children, according to a government study.
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1998000/1998334.stm

Researchers check risks of gay internet chatrooms (Guardian)
Researchers are investigating the possibility that gay internet
chatrooms might have helped increase high-risk sexual activity among
gay and bisexual men.
 http://www.guardian.co.uk/internetnews/story/0,7369,718741,00.html

Bill Of Law On Electronic Crimes (Baker & McKenzie Global E-Law
Alert)
The Constitution and Justice Committee of the Brazilian Senate has
approved Bill of Law No. 84/99, which regulates crimes committed by
electronic means, establishing imprisonment and fine penalties for
some new crimes created by the Bill. The Committee approved the
substitute text proposed by Deputy Leo Alcantara, which modified the
original Bill presented by Deputy Luiz Piauhylino. The approved text
will now be submitted for voting by the Plenary of the Brazilian
Senate on an urgent basis.

Access To Broadband Without ISP (Baker & McKenzie Global E-Law Alert)
The Consumer Protection Foundation (Procon) has issued an opinion
stating that Anatel's regulation regarding ISPs is abusive. The
regulation establishes that in order to access Internet broadband
services, an ISP is required. Procon affirms that broadband servers
cannot require users to contract an ISP in order to access its
services. However, Procon's opinion is not binding on Anatel.

Man Utd signs Lycos for online fans (BBC)
The club is hoping a deal to supply content in Spanish and Chinese
will help it milk its immense overseas fanbase.
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/business/newsid_1997000/1997827.stm

Internet Radio Stations Await Royalties Ruling (Los Angeles Times)
In a ruling that could make or break the Internet radio industry, a
federal official is expected this week to decide how much online
broadcasters must pay record labels and recording artists for the
songs they transmit over the Web.
 http://www.latimes.com/business/la-000035623may20.story

Minnesota Governor Weighs Internet Controls (Los Angeles Times)
Minnesota's Senate and House overwhelmingly approved a bill that
backers say would make the state the first to give Internet users
control over whether service providers disclose their personal
information. Gov. Jesse Ventura will decide its fate.
 http://www.latimes.com/business/la-000035626may20.story
 http://www.nando.com/technology/story/407155p-3246270c.html

New Internet filing-sharing system to launch (Nando Times/AP)
Ace Ha and Sammy Brazil of the emerging hip-hop group MaddWest don't
mind listeners passing around their music for free over the Internet.
They just want a little control.
 http://www.nando.com/technology/story/407128p-3246006c.html

Internet pharmacy charged with filling prescriptions without a
license (Nando Times/AP)
In recent years, busloads of Americans have crossed into Canada to
buy cheaper prescription drugs with help from Canadian doctors.
 http://www.nando.com/technology/story/406178p-3235285c.html


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news, along with the last week's archive archive.



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