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internet news - 13 January
Contempt Claim Brought in Internet Libel War
Two defendants embroiled in an Internet libel suit with
their former employer are now demanding contempt
proceedings for opposing counsel at Orrick, Herrington &
Sutcliffe and Pillsbury Winthrop, arguing they are
misrepresenting a court order. The motion for contempt is
the latest shot fired in the suit Varian Medical and Varian
Semiconductor filed against two former employees for
posting thousands of Internet messages about Varian.
http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1039054542552
International efforts help combat child porn
NZ Internal Affairs Dept reviews 2002, pleased with
cooperation between internat enforcement agencies to combat
child porn.
http://home.nzcity.co.nz/news/default.asp?id=27755
Censorship and the Internet
The Department of Internal Affairs' Inspectors have the
role of investigating New Zealand Internet websites and
newsgroups and enforcing censorship legislation. We take a
proactive role in prosecuting New Zealanders who trade
objectionable material via the Internet. If a publication
is categorised as 'objectionable' it is automatically
banned by the Films, Videos, and Publications
Classification Act 1993.
http://www.dia.govt.nz/diawebsite.nsf/wpg_URL/Services-Censorship-Compliance-Censorship-and-the-Internet
Penalties for child porn traders paltry - lawyer
New Zealanders convicted of trading in child pornography on
the Internet are getting away with the equivalent of "a
smack on the back of the hand", an advocacy group says.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,2179989a11,00.html
Two years jail, $19,000 fine for New Zealander at centre of
international Internet child pornography network
A New Zealander, Glenn William Roberts, who ran the servers
at the centre of an international Internet child
pornography network was sentenced to two years imprisonment
and fined $19,000 today by the Waitakere District Court.
http://www.dia.govt.nz/web/press.nsf/d77da9b523f12931cc256ac5000d19b6/e4930adbcd34492fcc256c8b0014eef7
Cyber tips help catch child porn sites
A cyber tip line launched in Manitoba three months has
resulted in about 15 child porn Web sites being shut down.
http://canada.com/national/story.asp?id=%7B98522A35-6DE8-46A0-9807-8BBA177DAF41%7D
A Plan to Stop Online Kiddie Porn
When it comes to child pornography, the Internet porn
industry would rather police itself than let the government
get involved. The new effort to review X-rated sites for
child-porn content would give them an official "seal of
approval."
http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,57136,00.html
Child Pornography Was Research, Says British Rock Star
The British rock star Pete Townshend admitted today to
having paid to view child pornography on the Internet but
denied he was a pedophile and said it was for research
purposes.
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=2028626
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Observer/uk_news/story/0,6903,873125,00.html
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/crime/story.jsp?story=368616
What changes will be made to the European Community's
audiovisual policy? Work programme for reviewing the
"Television without frontiers" Directive
On a proposal from Viviane Reding, the Commissioner
responsible for culture and audiovisual affairs, the
College today adopted a report on the application of the
"Television without Frontiers" (TVSF) Directive, together
with a work programme for 2003 aimed at reviewing the
Directive. The latter was adopted in 1989 and amended in
1997. The 2003 work programme will consist of a series of
consultations with a view to arriving at operational
conclusions on the relevance bearing in mind economic and
technological developments of the existing Community rules,
in particular concerning matters such as access to events
of major importance to society, the promotion of cultural
diversity, television advertising and the protection of
minors.
http://europa.eu.int/rapid/start/cgi/guesten.ksh?p_action.gettxt=gt&doc=IP/03/6|0|RAPID&lg=EN&display=
Over 26 Million Using the Net
The Ministry of Information and Communication (MIC) and
Korea Network Information Center (KNIC) announced Friday
that according to their surveys taken in December 2002.
http://english.chosun.com/w21data/html/news/200301/200301100019.html
Irish student's Internet browser wins top award
A computer browser that is said to least quadruple surfing
speeds on the Internet has won the top prize at an Irish
exhibition for young scientists, it was announced.
http://sg.news.yahoo.com/030111/1/36eyi.html
http://www.nandotimes.com/technology/story/712974p-5244591c.html
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