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general internet news - 7 July (the real general news!)
Search for WMD Finds 'Bomb' on Internet
A Web site lampooning the United States' inability to
locate weapons of mass destruction in Iraq has become one
of the biggest hits on the Internet.
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=3039174
Web users thrown a google in search for French military
victories
A SPOOF website lampooning the military prowess of France
is sweeping cyberspace on the back of the world's most
popular search engine.
http://www.news.scotsman.com/scitech.cfm?id=731272003
Pakistan tackles web porn
Pakistan is to develop software to block pornographic
websites as part of a drive against obscenity on the net,
say officials.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3041022.stm
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2137065,00.html
http://www.silicon.com/news/500019-500001/1/4991.html
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?storyID=3026044
Internet regulation in China
Before 1999, China's Internet laws were considered
uncertain because only few existed. Now, many uncertainties
arise from the new laws and regulations written since,
because they are too wide and potentially overlapping. The
only certainty, it seems, is that the Central Government
will eventually lose its battle to control the Internet.
http://www.idg.com.hk/cw/readstory.asp?aid=20030702006
The 2003 Issue One edition of the Journal of Information,
Law and Technology has just been published. I've chosen 2
articles below, otherwise see the link for the entire
edition.
http://elj.warwick.ac.uk/jilt/03-1/
Trademark Infringement, the Internet and Jurisdiction
The Internet raises many issues relating to jurisdiction.
This is particularly so in respect of registrable
intellectual property rights and there have been a number
of cases, particularly in the United States and the United
Kingdom where questions of jurisdiction have been addressed
in relation to signs placed on websites identical to or
similar to trademarks registered in other jurisdictions.
Important factors are whether the use of the sign in
question on a website is use in the course of trade and
whether that commercial activity is targeted at the
jurisdiction in which a claim of infringement is made. This
article discusses those cases and suggests a test for
determining whether infringement is a possibility in other
jurisdictions, based on the requirements for revocability
of trademarks for non-use or interrupted use for five years
or more. The article also looks at threatened infringement
and the thorny question of whether foreign judgements (that
is, outside the European Economic Area and the
Commonwealth) in trademark cases can be enforced in the
United Kingdom. This is of particular importance in cases
where an attempt to enforce a foreign judgement in a
trademark action in the United Kingdom is met with a
defence attacking the validity of the trademark's
registration.
http://elj.warwick.ac.uk/jilt/03-1/bainbridge.htm
Book review - Law, Information and Information Technology
Unlike similar titled books, such as (Lloyd, 2000), this
430 page hardback book is not a coherent text on its topic.
Rather, it is a selection of papers presented at the
Buchmann International Conference on Law, Information and
IT that was held presumably some time in early 2001.
http://elj.warwick.ac.uk/jilt/03-1/oppenheim2.html
In a Momentous Term, Justices Remake the Law, and the Court
The Supreme Court term that ended last week will leave as
big an imprint as any in recent memory ¯ not only on the
country, but on the court itself in ways few could have
expected when the term began.
http://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/01/national/01SCOT.html
Court ruling shows need for email policy
Companies could find it more difficult to protect their
email systems from inappropriate content, following a
recent court ruling in the US involving an ex-Intel
employee.
http://www.vnunet.com/News/1142062
Hormel fights to defend Spam name
Hormel Foods has filed two legal challenges with the U.S.
Patent and Trademark Office seeking to prevent Spam Arrest,
a Seattle software company, from using the Spam name Hormel
has used for decades on its canned meat.
http://edition.cnn.com/2003/TECH/internet/07/04/spam.hormel.ap/index.html
Gambling sites banned from accepting Dutch punters
A Dutch court has ordered the operators of 21 internet
gambling sites based in other countries to ban Dutch
visitors, according to a report by European Digital Rights,
an association of privacy and civil rights organisations in
Europe.
http://www.out-law.com/php/page.php?page_id=gamblingsitesbanne1057323142&area=news
Tax holiday expiring, regulators aspiring on Web - MICHAEL
GEIST
The Internet in the summer of 1997 enjoyed a sense of
seemingly unlimited potential and limited controls. While
businesses and individuals flocked online, government ran
away from regulating the Internet, adhering to a
self-regulatory philosophy that dictated a hands-off
approach.
http://www.torontostar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1056924608744&call_pageid=971794782442&col=971886476975
Internet Providers Battle To Shape Spam Law
Nowhere is the dust more unsettled than in California,
where a bill is pending that could restrict e-mail
marketing more than in any other state.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A10414-2003Jul4.html
Internet Helps Make Dean a Contender
Howard Dean's prominence in running for president is
largely attributable to his campaign's early embrace of the
Internet.
http://nytimes.com/2003/07/05/national/05NET.html
BBC sweeps European online awards
BBC News Online has won eight of the 21 prizes on offer at
the annual European Online Journalism (EOJ) awards.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3042910.stm
'Raw deal' on printer ink
Consumers are getting a raw deal when it comes to the ink
used in printers, according to research by Which? magazine.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3035500.stm
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