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internet news - 19 Sept
Registries wanted for .eu domain (reg req'd)
The European Commission is calling on potential registries
for the new .eu top level domain to send in their
applications before October 25.
http://www.legalmediagroup.com/default.asp?Page=1&SID=11056&CH=6&CN=&CountryName=&Type=NewsInBrief
A New Internet Domain for Europe
In the future, European webmasters can register their sites
with an .eu suffix. It’s the latest move by the EU to
promote e-commerce and even e-identity in Europe, as well
as to stand up to the .com behemoth.
http://dw-world.de/english/0,3367,1446_A_633214_1_A,00.html
ACCC Alleges Misleading Conduct by Internet Registrations
Australia (news release)
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has
instituted Federal Court proceedings against domain name
reseller Internet Registrations Australia.
http://203.6.251.7/accc.Internet/digest/view_media.cfm?RecordID=802
ACCC tackles IRA over "misleading" Web practices
Controversial Australian domain name reseller Internet
Registrations Australia is being taken to court by the
Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC)
amidst allegations of misleading conduct.
http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/ebusiness/story/0,2000024981,20268297,00.htm
http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,5120815%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/09/14/1031608343618.html
Third Status Report: Formation of ccNSO Assistance Group -
Committee on ICANN Evolution and Reform
At its meeting in Bucharest on 28 June 2002, the ICANN
Board adopted and endorsed the Evolution and Reform
Committee's (ERC's) Blueprint for Reform, and directed the
ERC to oversee further detailed implementation and
transition work based on the Blueprint for Reform, with the
continued involvement and participation of the ICANN
community.
http://www.icann.org/committees/evol-reform/status-report-17sep02.htm
Update Regarding RIR Submissions - Committee on ICANN
Evolution and Reform
On September 13, the three existing regional Internet
registries (RIRs) – APNIC, ARIN, and RIPE NCC – posted a
statement to the ERC comment list stating that they cannot
support the ERC's proposed changes to the composition of
the ASO, the proposed changes to the support mechanisms of
the ASO, and the proposed changes to the role of the ASO
within ICANN because the ERC has not been responsive to
their earlier postings. The ERC is concerned that the RIRs
have gained that impression because the ERC, while
considering comments from all sources, has not explicitly
noted in its Interim Implementation Reports each point of
agreement or disagreement with each individual comment. We
have paid careful attention to RIR submissions and
statements (and the numerous private conversations with
members of the RIR staffs and the addressing community)
over the past several months – and indeed have incorporated
some of the suggestions in our recommendations and other
postings – even though we have not responded point by point
to the RIR submissions any more than we have to those from
other sources.
http://www.icann.org/committees/evol-reform/update-16sep02.htm
Danish court ruling could force domain-name law reforms
(reg req'd)
A court defeat for a Danish internet registrar over
registration rights for the co.dk domain could lead to an
overhaul of the country's domain name regulations.
http://www.legalmediagroup.com/default.asp?Page=1&SID=11035&CH=6&CN=&CountryName=Denmark&Type=News
Senate Subcommittee Considers .kids.us Proposal
On September 12 the Senate Subcommittee on Science,
Technology, and Space held a hearing on proposed
legislation (S. 2537) to mandate the creation of a
".kids.us" Internet domain for child safe material. While
CDT agrees that protecting children is a high priority,
federally-mandated creation of such a domain would raise
more questions than it would answer, and would not lead to
safer online experiences for children. In a letter to the
Subcommittee CDT urged the consideration of alternate
online-safety programs, such as education for children and
parents.
http://www.cdt.org/dns/020912dotkids.shtml
ICANN Issues Preliminary Selection of New .org Operator
On August 19, staff at ICANN (the Internet Corporation for
Assigned Names and Numbers) released a preliminary report
naming the Internet Society (ISOC) as the new operator of
the .org Internet domain. ICANN is the organization
responsible for overseeing critical Internet functions such
as naming and addressing. Over the past several months,
ICANN solicited bids from eleven would-be operators of
.org. The August 19 report kicks off a week-long
opportunity for public comment (comments should be mailed
to org-eval@icann.org), and a final selection from the
ICANN Board of Directors is expected in September, with the
new operator to assume operation of .org January 1. .org is
one of the Internet's most popular domains, with over 2
million registrations.
http://www.cdt.org/dns/icann/
http://www.vnunet.com/News/1135086
http://www.reuters.com/news_article.jhtml?type=internetnews&StoryID=1455540
Stelios faces challenger in easy domain name crusade
The ongoing crusade against any domains that feature the
word "easy" by Easy Group and its head Stelios Haji-Ioannou
may finally have come unstuck with art print site
Easyart.com.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/27126.html
Cybersquatting law gets longer reach
Expanding the reach of a 1999 federal act meant to curb
cybersquatting, the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has
ruled that aggrieved parties can use the act's in rem
provisions not just to stop bad-faith Internet domain name
registration, but also to combat trademark infringement and
dilution.
http://www.nlj.com/special/090902dow.shtml
Virtual Countries, Inc. v. Republic of South Africa
(subscription req'd)
In dispute over domain name, foreign government and tourism
board had sovereign immunity under Foreign Sovereign
Immunities Act where actions complained of had no direct
effect in United States.
http://www.law.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=OpenMarket/Xcelerate/View&c=LawDecision&cid=1028906392547&t=LawDecision
Go Daddy offers anonymous domain registration
A new sister company of Go Daddy Software Inc is to start
offering internet users anonymous domain name registration
from today, becoming the first major domain name registrar
to do so.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/27150.html
http://thewhir.com/marketwatch/god091702.cfm
Public Announcement: Operations Updates Effective
Dot-ca Registrations Cross the 300,000 Milestone
The Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) revises
its policies and rules on a quarterly basis to respond to
the demands of registrants and potential registrants,
better meet the needs of CIRA Certified Registrars, and
implement operational improvements. The following revisions
to CIRA's operations are effective September 15, 2002:
http://www.cira.ca/news-releases/77.html
From VeriSign Digital Branding Bulletin
September has been an active month in the domain name
world. ICANN's preliminary appointment of a new registry
for .ORG — and its subsequent decision to delay a final
decision — caused a stir this month. The European
Commission announced their search for a registry to launch
the .EU domain name, and ICANN tentatively approved
VeriSign's much talked about Wait List Service. Meanwhile,
in the Middle East, the United Arab Emirates (.AE)
announced plans to become only the second Top-Level Domain
to allow registration of domain names without significant
restrictions (the other is Israel), while China blocked
access to Google and AltaVista, and the Top-Level Domains
of Afghanistan (AF) and Bangladesh (.BD) remain dormant.
http://www.verisign.com/services/cdns/news/nl_200209.html
The Notebook Company reserves more domains
The Notebook Company, the notebook and accessories retailer
(www.notebook.co.za) - which believes 90% of its revenue is
driven via the Internet - has announced that it has
reserved a number of additional domain names to ensure
"Internet continuity".
http://www.sundaytimes.co.za/business/technology/Tech2.asp
Holocaust denier ordered offline
Australian Jews have won a landmark ruling ordering an
Adelaide man to stop publishing racially offensive material
on the Internet.
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/09/17/1032054820128.html
http://news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,5119879%255E15318,00.html
http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,5119879%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html
http://zdnet.com.com/2110-11-958221.html
http://www.reuters.com/news_article.jhtml?type=internetnews&StoryID=1457125
http://abc.net.au/news/newsitems/s678264.htm
http://www.abc.net.au/pm/2002/09/17/20020917pm10.asx
(audio)
For the judgement, see:
http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/cth/federal_ct/2002/1150.html
ABS records decline in Internet use in Aust
There has been a small decline in Internet use in
Australia. The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) says
there were 4.2 million Internet subscribers at the end of
March this year - 3.7 million were householders.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/scitech/2002/09/item20020918145201_1.htm
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/09/18/1032054861068.html
http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,5121814%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html
For ABS Statistical Release, see:
http://www.abs.gov.au/Ausstats/abs%40.nsf/e8ae5488b598839cca25682000131612/6445f12663006b83ca256a150079564d!OpenDocument
Number of Internet service providers continues to decrease
http://www.abs.gov.au/Ausstats/abs%40.nsf/5f1e01afb32859f9ca25697500217f48/c37cc3ff17cbfce9ca256c370082e2ac!OpenDocument
Hong Kong tops mobile internet league table
The mobile internet will be "one of the major [telecoms]
demand drivers of this century" according to a new report
from the International Telecommunication Union. And
countries such as Hong Kong which can display a combination
of high existing internet and wireless usage and
infrastructure, and open telecoms markets, will be among
those that realize the benefits of the mobile internet
first.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/27166.html
Sense and censorship
The Chinese government's lifting of a ban on the internet
search engine Google means that the nations media are freer
than they have been for 50 years.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/internetnews/story/0,7369,793815,00.html
China blocks ABC website
CHINESE internet users have been blocked from accessing the
ABC website during the visit to Australia of Chinese
Premier Li Peng, Greens Senator Bob Brown has claimed.
http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,5128224%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html
New MP calls for ISPs to filter porn
ISPs should be required to filter content for pornography
says new United Future MP Paul Adams, who raised the issue
in parliament this week.
http://www.idg.co.nz/webhome.nsf/UNID/FC004E551DFF527BCC256C370016B1AE!opendocument
Porn tops computer crime boom
Internet child pornography is one of the biggest areas of
crime being tackled by a specialised police unit in
Northern Ireland.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/2257716.stm
Diving Coach Is Arrested in Child Porn Case
A Thousand Oaks diving coach, who worked at Newbury Park
and Agoura high schools last spring, has been arrested on
suspicion of possessing images of minors in sexual
situations and of intent to distribute child pornography.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-porn18sep18.story
Lecturer 'lured under-age girl on the internet'
A BRITISH college lecturer is facing up to 40 years in jail
in America after he allegedly influenced an under-age girl
via the internet to have sex with him.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,172-419055,00.html
Watchdogs launch attack on filter law
Free speech proponents are stepping up their fight against
Internet filtering in schools, waging a grassroots campaign
against a law that requires Web blocking as a condition of
federal funding.
http://news.com.com/2100-1023-958518.html
School Communities Give Internet Filtering Law Failing
Grade (news release)
School administrators, along with students, teachers,
parents, and school librarians, in San Francisco, New York,
and Boston will speak out today against federal mandates
for Internet blocking or filtering software in public
schools.
http://www.eff.org/Censorship/Academic_edu/Censorware/20020918_eff_pr.html
http://www.eff.org/Censorship/Academic_edu/Censorware/20020916_eff_pr.html
Internet Filtering Software Wrongly Blocks Many Sites (news
release)
The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and the Online
Policy Group (OPG) today released preliminary results of
research on Internet blocking or filtering in schools.
The research examined the effects of N2H2's Bess and
SurfControl, two of the most commonly used Internet
blocking software products, on Internet searches of all
topics from the state-mandated curriculums of California,
Massachusetts, and North Carolina.
http://www.eff.org/Censorship/Academic_edu/Censorware/net_block_report/20020918_eff_pr.html
EFF Intenet Blocking Report
http://www.eff.org/Censorship/Academic_edu/Censorware/net_block_report/
Controversial Web Filtering Storms Schools
As schools across the nation get settled into the academic
year, students may notice something strange about accessing
the Internet on campus computers, as some sites, whether
pornographic or not, simply may not load.
http://www.internetnews.com/isp-news/article.php/1465271
U.K.'s data-retention proposal dealt blow
Europe's data protection commissioners have dealt a blow to
the U.K. government's plans to force telecom companies and
Internet service providers to store communications traffic
data, according to U.K. privacy lobbyists. The government
is proposing that ISPs and phone companies retain their
customers' telecom traffic data for up to two years and
give law enforcement agencies access to that data--if
needed--in a criminal investigation. This data would
include catalogs of Web sites visited, records of e-mail
recipients, lists of telephone numbers dialed and the
geographical location of mobile phones.
http://news.com.com/2110-1017-958132.html
White House cyberdefense plan gets mixed reaction
Computerworld While many in the private sector applaud the
government's effort, some say the national strategy plan
released today lacks teeth.
http://virus.idg.net/ic_950088_1794_9-10000.html
Bush advisor presents cybersecurity plan draft
The Bush administration will present on Wednesday a draft
of its much anticipated cybersecurity plan, according to a
White House spokesman.
http://virus.idg.net/ic_949663_1794_9-10000.html
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/2266161.stm
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31347-2002Sep17.html
http://news.findlaw.com/ap_stories/a/w/1155/9-17-2002/20020917020007_10.html
http://news.com.com/2100-1023-958159.html
http://www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/internet/09/17/cybersecurity.ap/index.html
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-cyber17sep17.story
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/technology/tech-tech-security-clarke.html
http://www.reuters.com/news_article.jhtml?type=internetnews&StoryID=1461682
Cyber-Security Plan Changes Little
A national report on securing computer networks that will
be submitted to President Bush avoids calls for new federal
mandates and encourages businesses to use security
improvements to reassure worried consumers.
http://news.findlaw.com/ap_stories/high_tech/1700/9-17-2002/20020917154502_21.html
Lawyer warns Aust business on e-monitoring
A leading local lawyer has warned Australian business they
could face a heavy cost if their electronic usage policy
does not detail the extent they log employees' technology
habits.
http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/hr/story/0,2000024989,20268323,00.htm
Employee monitoring: a political minefield?
Eyeing up staff's e-mail exchanges, or monitoring their Web
surfing activities, has the potential to be a huge headache
for Australian businesses. How do enterprises balance this
emotive issue?
http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/enterprise/story/0,2000025001,20268255,00.htm
Over-regulation threatens e-business, action plan says (reg
req'd)
Governments around the world are being warned that
over-regulation poses a threat to e-business. In its third
Global Action Plan for Electronic Business, the Alliance
for Global Business (AGB) is calling on the world’s
governments to focus on self-regulation and technological
innovation to create a global environment in which
e-commerce can flourish.
http://www.legalmediagroup.com/default.asp?Page=1&SID=11037&CH=6&CN=&CountryName=&Type=News
New centre aims to redress IP balance (reg req'd)
A US university has announced the creation of an
intellectual property research centre that it claims will
analyze the correct balance between intellectual property
and the public domain. Funded by an anonymous donation of
$1 million, Duke University’s Center for the Study of the
Public Domain will focus on the necessity of having a range
of material freely available to all.
http://www.legalmediagroup.com/default.asp?Page=1&SID=11055&CH=5&CN=&CountryName=UnitedStates&Type=News
Stephen Pollard: This is the worst way to protect the Third
World
If it were not for copyright protection, India's innovative
software industry would not even exist
http://argument.independent.co.uk/commentators/story.jsp?story=333962
IP rights harm developing countries, says report (reg
req'd)
An independent commission has claimed that developing
countries are unlikely to benefit from the present global
IP system. The Commission on Intellectual Property Rights,
set up by the UK government, declared in its final report
that the global IP system erects cost barriers to many
products and technologies that developing countries need.
http://www.legalmediagroup.com/default.asp?Page=1&SID=11043&CH=5&CN=&CountryName=UnitedKingdom&Type=News
UK competition watchdog clarifies IP guidelines (reg req'd)
The UK's competition body plans to clarify its draft
guidelines on intellectual property rights. It is the first
time the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has put out such
guidelines for intellectual property professionals to know
how the OFT plans to enforce the UK competition act. The
draft guidelines highlight important points IP
practitioners need to consider to comply with the act.
http://www.legalmediagroup.com/default.asp?Page=1&SID=11046&CH=5&CN=&CountryName=UnitedKingdom&Type=News
Sony to appeal Australian copyright ruling on chipping (reg
req'd)
Sony has announced it will appeal a decision by the
Australian Federal Court not to consider devices that allow
for pirated software to be played on Sony PlayStation
consoles as a copyright breach.
http://www.legalmediagroup.com/default.asp?Page=1&SID=11030&CH=5&CN=&CountryName=Australia&Type=News
Sun releases low-cost Linux PC plans
Sun is planning a follow-up to its StarOffice broadside
against Microsoft with a range of Linux-based PCs.
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2122434,00.html
Slapper worm threatens net attack
A malicious web worm is enrolling vulnerable net machines
into a network that could be used to attack high profile
websites.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/2263693.stm
http://www.idg.co.nz/webhome.nsf/UNID/5DAAE147483C511DCC256C370071D8DC!opendocument
Bit by bit, digital freedom disappears
Another stage in Microsoft's five-year plan to control our
PCs and the Internet will kick off early next year with the
launch of Advanced Micro Devices' latest chip, Opteron,
aimed at business uses.
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/09/14/1031608343597.html
Sun Ready to Push Linux as Alternative to Microsoft
Sun Microsystems plans to throw its weight behind the "open
source" software movement on Wednesday as part of an
industry effort to offer an alternative to Microsoft's
Windows.
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/18/technology/18SUN.html
Morocco takes polls to web
Morocco has launched a website with information about next
week's parliamentary elections to promote greater openness
in a country with a history of flawed polls.
http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=1454971
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