internet news - Nov 1

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

For the latest domain news, including from the ICANN
meeting in Shanghai, see http://www.auda.org.au/about/news/

Fourth Status Report: RIRs Propose Blueprint
On 9 October 2002, the Regional Internet Registries (RIRs)
submitted their proposed "Blueprint for Evolution and
Reform of Internet Address Management" (available in both
HTML and PDF formats). 

http://www.icann.org/committees/evol-reform/status-report-12oct02.htm

ICANN 2002 Annual Meeting in Amsterdam 
ICANN's 2002 annual meeting will be held on Saturday and
Sunday, 14 and 15 December 2002, at the Sheraton Amsterdam
Airport Hotel & Conference Center at Schiphol (Amsterdam)
Airport, the Netherlands.
 http://www.icann.org/amsterdam/

Court Rules for Sony in Domain Name Case  
The civil affairs department of the Seoul District
Prosecutor’s Office declared in favor of Sony, Thursday,
which had been sued by a Lee after he refused to accept a
decision made by the Legal and Organization Affair's
Arbitration and Mediation Center of the World Intellectual
Property Organization to transfer his domain, which
includes the name ‘Sony’ to the company.

http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200210/200210240022.html

http://www.hankooki.com/kt_nation/200210/t2002102417520141110.htm

Cyber-squatting Outlawed (Korea) 
In the future, disturbing the Internet business of a
specific company or prior occupation of Internet domains
for the purpose of money will be prohibited. 
In order to block the various disputes such as domain
ownership disputes, following the sudden rise in Internet
users, the Ministry of Information and Communication
announced that they will formulate an "Internet Domain
Resources Management Bill" and legislate it.

http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200209/200209240031.html

Domain companies look offshore
WHILE Melbourne IT is facing revenue erosion and rising
costs in Australia's deregulated domain name industry,
relative newcomer AusRegistry is talking up aggressive
international expansion plans.

http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,5357066%5E15342%5E%5Enbv%5E15306-15319,00.html

http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/10/25/1035416972720.html

Melbourne IT signs deal with three international ISPs
Melbourne IT says it would provide domain name
registrations and related services to subscribers of three
international Internet Service Providers.

http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/10/25/1035416972720.html

Trade NZ faces off against MED report on domain names
Trade New Zealand is pressing on with legal action against
the current domain name holder of newzealand.com, despite a
position paper written for the Ministry of Economic
Development that suggests it shouldn't.

http://www.idg.co.nz/webhome.nsf/UNID/61FC2153D68DB9C0CC256C5B000D6C86

Court Rules Against Domain Name Hunter
Procuring an Internet domain name that can easily be
associated with a well-known company, only to sell it at a
profit later, constitutes a trademark infringement, a local
judge ruled yesterday.

http://www.hankooki.com/kt_nation/200210/t2002102417520141110.htm

Domainz advises against latest domain name company
A new company has popped up targeting name holders who
don't have a registered .net.nz domain.

http://www.idg.co.nz/webhome.nsf/UNID/3FD84205B8EFA9D6CC256C5D000E6601

Registry rapped over domain name mailing
The Domain Name Registry of Europe has been told to stop a
direct mailing because of fears that it could cause
distress.
 http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t278-s2124441,00.html

New Domain Name Dispute Policy for Australian Open Second
Level Domain Name (reg req'd)
On 1 August 2002, a new mandatory administrative dispute
resolution policy and procedure came into effect for open
second level Australia country code domain names, ie.
.com.au, .net.au and .org.au, asn.au and id.au (".au Domain
Names").

http://www.mondaq.com/article_preview.asp?a=18249&p=5&c=9166&e=on

Vegas airports gobble up new .aero domains
Las Vegas-area airports have staked out eight of the first
1,745 addresses in a new 'dot-aero' domain that opened
earlier this year to aviation and aerospace-related
interests worldwide.
 http://www.n-jcenter.com/2002/Oct/17/NOTE1.htm

They'll be registering .org names in Horsham
On Jan. 1, some traffic in the virtual world will be
directed to a local way station: Horsham. On that day,
Afilias Ltd., an Irish company whose U.S. offices are in
Horsham, will begin to maintain the Internet registry of
domain names that end in .org.
  http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/4309957.htm

VeriSign Posts Narrower 3rd-Quarter Net Loss
VeriSign Inc., a provider of Internet domain names, telecom
and e-commerce security services, on Thursday posted a
narrower third-quarter net loss, but warned of big charges
for amortization of goodwill and investment losses.

http://www.reuters.com/news_article.jhtml?type=internetnews&StoryID=1630806
 http://news.com.com/2100-1023-963272.html

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The next step 
Tim Berners-Lee is best known for inventing the world wide
web. He reveals its future to Owen Gibson 
Having just been named one of the 100 most important
Britons in the history of these islands, you might expect
Tim Berners-Lee to have a slight air of smugness about him.
Add to that the fact that he was in the UK last week to
receive yet another award for his work in inventing what we
know today as the world wide web and you might forgive him
for having a head the size of a house.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/internetnews/story/0,7369,820651,00.html

Digital copyright law on trial
A researcher argues that the DMCA will prevent him from
carrying out legally-protected studies of Internet
filtering software. The case could be the first to limit
the controversial law's broad reach.
 http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2125060,00.html
 
Saddam's inbox revealed online
As the reviled leader of a country crippled by sanctions
and open to invasion, Saddam Hussein does not automatically
spring to mind as a good business prospect.
 http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,822932,00.html

Feds scrutinise Net censorship techniques (Australia)
The Internet censorship debate is poised to fire up again
as the Federal Government investigates new ways of blocking
R-rated Web sites hosted overseas.

http://www.itnews.com.au/storycontent.cfm?ID=0&Art_ID=11154

Making the Web Child-Safe
As the Web has become an electronic playhouse, efforts to
protect children have given rise to new sites, software and
laws.

http://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/31/technology/circuits/31safe.html

Anti-porn law back in court 
Congress' most recent attempt to restrict sexual material
on the Internet is on trial. Again. This week, the 3rd U.S.
Circuit Court of Appeals in Philadelphia heard arguments
for the second time in a lawsuit challenging the Child
Online Protection Act (COPA).
 http://news.com.com/2100-1023-963930.html

Race hate case appeal
AN Adelaide man will return to court tomorrow to appeal
against an order to remove material denying the Holocaust
from the internet.

http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,5376566%5E15342%5E%5Enbv%5E15306%2D15319,00.html

The Internet gets touchy feely
Scientists in Britain and the United States are set to
trial a new technology that could eventually allow people
to touch and feel each other over the Internet.
 http://abc.net.au/news/justin/nat/newsnat-29oct2002-33.htm

Spanish Net Law Sparks Protest
Times have been hard for Georgeos Diaz-Montexano's online
course in Egyptian hieroglyphics. One student in two years
and $12 in tuition. 
But Diaz-Montexano pulled the plug on what he calls the
world's only Spanish-language Egyptology site for a
different reason: fears of hassle or a hefty fine under
Spain's new law regulating cyberspace.
 http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,56021,00.html

Deceptive Spammers Settle FTC Charges
Operators who used spam, deceptive earnings claims, and
fictitious testimonials to sell spam e-mail lists as
business opportunities have agreed to settle Federal Trade
Commission charges that their operations violated federal
laws. The settlements will bar the defendants from making
false, misleading, or deceptive claims about their e-mail
lists, software, service, marketing program, or any other
business opportunity.
 http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2002/10/spammers.htm

Turn Back the Clock and Move Forward with Internet Security
- National Cyber Security Day 
The Federal Trade Commission’s Cyber Security Web site
provides tips, brochures, a "Kidz Quiz," "Dewie" the
e-turtle mascot, and consumer education material. Visit
http://www.ftc.gov/infosecurity.
The National Cyber Security Alliance, a cooperative effort
between industry and government organizations, fosters
awareness of cyber security through educational outreach
and public awareness. Visit http://www.staysafeonline.info
 http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2002/10/cybersecurityma.htm 

Boris Becker sues internet provider
TWO days after receiving probation in his tax evasion case,
retired tennis star Boris Becker was back in the news for
filing suit against Germany's biggest internet provider.

http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,5373453%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html

Australians log off the web
Internet use in Australia, one of the most connected
countries in the world, has fallen for the first time
accompanied by a warning that demand might have levelled.
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/2367155.stm

http://www.abc.net.au/news/scitech/2002/10/item20021028152859_1.htm

http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/communications/story/0,2000024993,20269421,00.htm

http://www.reuters.com/news_article.jhtml?type=internetnews&StoryID=1640211

Internet filtering: preventing porn and pushing
productivity
Datamonitor's recent survey found that European enterprises
rate URL filtering and conditional access solutions as high
priorities in networking investment. Companies are starting
to realize the potential costs of Internet access, both in
productivity and in exposure to lawsuits over offensive
materials - indeed, pornography is the most heavily
restricted content.

http://www.commentwire.com/commwire_story.asp?commentwire_ID=3647

Porn.com
The internet might well be the most fantastic source of
information yet devised, glorious in its diversity. But for
many Britons the net means one thing - sex, or more
speciÞcally, porn. No longer restricted to sticky-carpeted
shops and the top shelves of newsagents, pornography is
more available than ever before - all on account of the
net. Internet users worldwide spent an estimated £2billion
on online pornography during the past year, ranging from
multi-million dollar enterprises in the US to 'amateur'
operations in suburban Britain.
 http://www.observer.co.uk/sex/story/0,12550,818530,00.html

Bush Backs New Online Protections for Children 
President Bush, remarking that it's a "sick world," called
yesterday for an increase in federal funding and new
legislation to combat online predators who stalk children
in cyberspace in hopes of sexually molesting them.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A7714-2002Oct23.html

President Increases Federal Efforts to Promote Online
Safety - Remarks by the President on Children's Online
Safety 
THE PRESIDENT: Thank you all for coming. Welcome to the
White House. And thanks for the work that most of you do on
behalf of protecting this country's children. Because
children are so vulnerable, they need the constant
protection of adults. And because children are so
vulnerable, they're often the targets of cruel and ruthless
criminals.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2002/10/print/20021023-8.html

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2002/10/20021023.html
(fact sheet)

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2002/10/print/20021023.html
(background)

Ii Congreso Nacional De Derecho Informático Y  Comercio
Electrónico
La Facultad de Derecho y Ciencias Políticas de la
Universidad Inca Garcilaso de la Vega, el Centro de
Investigación en Derecho Informático e Informática Jurídica
de la Facultad de Derecho de la Universidad Inca Garcilaso
de la Vega - CIDIJ-UIGV  y el Instituto de Derecho
Informático y Nuevas Tecnologías IDERTEL, instituciones
comprometidas con el desarrollo y difusión del derecho y
las nuevas tecnologías de la información, convocan a todos
los estudiantes, profesionales y público en general a
participar en el "II CONGRESO NACIONAL DE DERECHO
INFORMÁTICO Y COMERCIO ELECTRÓNICO" a llevarse a cabo del
28 al 30 de Noviembre del 2002, en los ambientes de la
Facultad de Derecho y Ciencias Políticas de la Universidad
Inca Garcilaso de la Vega, sito en la Av. Arequipa 3610,
San Isidro.
 http://www.idertel.org/congreso.html


Filter it out: Make e-mail polluters pay
“VICE-PRESIDENT of ideas, idealab”: did any job title
better catch the Zeitgeist of Silicon Valley at its
bubbliest? Surely the holder of that position is now
cleaning tables in some Palo Alto diner? Actually, no.
Scott Banister, the ideas-man in question, is proof that
there is life after dotcom death.
After idealab, a pioneering Internet “incubator”, abandoned
plans for an initial public offering that was once expected
to raise $10 billion or more, Mr Banister and a colleague,
Scott Weiss, started IronPort, a firm dedicated to
improving the efficiency of e-mail delivery. Despite a
drought of venture capital, they have already raised $20m,
and next week they roll out what they hope will be a killer
app: a novel solution to spam, the dark side of e-mail.

http://economist.com/printedition/displayStory.cfm?Story_ID=1392791

ABA clears anti-WTO websites
Anti-World Trade Organisation activists say they have been
vindicated by an official investigation into two protest
web sites.

http://abc.net.au/news/scitech/2002/10/item20021030082925_1.htm

Watchdog acts against Internet scam
The FSA obtains a court injunction against two small
accounting firms who it says milked the public for more
than £11m.
 http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2125055,00.html

http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=1656791

TV can traumatise viewers, study shows
A University of Tasmania study has found people can be
traumatised by watching distressing events on television.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/scitech/2002/10/item20021031155046_1.htm

World over the Web
There’s long been talk about the merging of TV and PCs. Now
we can see the evidence – the UK's first broadband TV
station, Worldart Media Television, has been launched over
the Internet.
 http://www.internet-magazine.com/news/view.asp?id=2861

State of the wireless nation
An international survey is being carried out to see how
many wireless networks are safe and secure.
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/2375505.stm

Playstation 2 is 'console champion'
The games console wars are over with Sony's Playstation 2
emerging victorious, according to gaming analysts.
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/2373399.stm

Nintendo fined for price fixing
The European Commission fines Nintendo 149m euros for
trying to rig the computer game market.
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/2375967.stm

http://www.reuters.com/news_article.jhtml?type=technologynews&StoryID=1654391
 http://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/31/technology/31GAME.html
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