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Web's site of libel puts publishing on the spot
The freedom of the Internet is clashing with the restrictions of the
law.
Australia was warned this week that it could become a publishing
backwater unless it relaxed its strict rules on defamation to meet
the challenges of the Internet.
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/05/31/1022569833381.html
Europe votes to end data privacy (Guardian)
European law enforcement agencies were given sweeping powers
yesterday to monitor telephone, internet and email traffic in a move
denounced by critics as the biggest threat to data privacy in a
generation.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/internetnews/story/0,7369,725204,00.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_2016000/2016848.stm
http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,52882,00.html
European Parliament accepts directive on data protection for
electronic communications (RAPID)
The European Parliament voted today to accept a compromise on the
proposed Directive for the protection of personal data and privacy in
the e-communications sector. The compromise was negotiated between
the Spanish Presidency, the European Commission and the European
Parliament during the past month. Now that the directive is agreed by
the Parliament, it will be formally adopted within a few months and
will be applied by the end of 2003.
http://europa.eu.int/rapid/start/cgi/guesten.ksh?p_action.gettxt=gt&doc=IP/02/783|0|RAPID&lg=EN&display=
The Penguin Continues Its March
Linux is now proliferating on powerful government computer systems in
the United States and abroad, with technology giants increasingly
providing support.
http://www.wired.com/news/linux/0,1411,52863,00.html
AOL Test May Renew Browser War
Will the next version of AOL include a browser that's not Internet
Explorer? The real question may be: If it does, then why?
http://www.wired.com/news/ebiz/0,1272,52873,00.html
Court: Library Filter Law Illegal
The Children's Internet Protection Act, which mandates that public
libraries must install filtering software on Internet-accessible
computers, is unconstitutional. Judges don't like the buggy
technology, either.
http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,52903,00.html
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/25535.html
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-Internet-Filtering.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40127-2002May31.html
http://news.com.com/2100-1023-929577.html
http://www.internetnews.com/bus-news/article.php/1152031
http://www.reuters.com/news_article.jhtml?type=internetnews&StoryID=1035937
Critics Say ICANN Should Compete For Net Governance Duties
(washingtonpost.com)
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)
should be forced to compete for the right to continue managing the
Internet's global addressing system, a group of influential public
interest groups said today.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A29579-2002May29.html
Cannibals in cyberspace
The issue of Internet governance has all the appeal of a rare
intestinal disease and less political clout than an orphan drug.
There is no Julia Roberts waiting in the wings to testify before
Congress on behalf of democratic values in cyberspace. So as the
private body tasked with overseeing the stability of the Internet
hovers on the brink of disaster it comes as no surprise that few are
aware of the situation and that even fewer care.
http://www.msnbc.com/news/759558.asp
Groups Say Bush Administration Is Ignoring Digital Divide
(washingtonpost.com)
The Bush administration has prematurely abandoned efforts to close
the so-called "digital divide" between technology haves and
have-nots, a trio of consumer groups said Thursday.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A35195-2002May30.html
http://www.reuters.com/news_article.jhtml?type=technologynews&StoryID=1031580
Many Dot-Name Domains Break The Rules - Study (Newsbytes)
Thousands of recently registered "dot-name" domains violate
regulations governing the new Web addresses, according to a study
released today.
http://www.newsbytes.com/news/02/176829.html
Edelman's study of dot-name registrations is on the Web at
http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/people/edelman/name-restrictions/ .
VeriSign Tells Staff To Take A Vacation
Employees of Internet addressing and security giant VeriSign Inc.
will go on vacation this summer, whether they want to or not, as the
company cuts costs.
http://www.newsbytes.com/news/02/176825.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A36486-2002May30.html
NO USE MEANS NO BAD FAITH IN ICANN UDRP CASE (from BNA Internet Law
News)
In a case that may be seen as a response to the much-cited
Telstra decision which found that no use can be bad faith
use, a WIPO UDRP panelist has declined to transfer
ingrammicro.org and ingrammicro.net after finding that the
registrant, listed as Ingredients Among Modern Microwaves,
had not used the domain in any fashion and therefore there
was no evidence of bad faith use. The panelist also noted
that the complainant, Ingram Micro, already owns the dot-com
version of its name, so the registrations did not prevent
the company from reflecting its trademark in a corresponding
domain name. Decision at
http://arbiter.wipo.int/domains/decisions/html/2002/d2002-0301.html
Statistical model tackles World Cup predictions
It may provide the best tournament guide - and suggests bookmakers
have underestimated Brazil’s chances. The approach combines human
intuition, in the form of bookmakers' odds, statistical analysis and
brute force computer simulation.
http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99992353
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