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general internet news - 29 August
Privacy International's Big Brother Awards International
Government agencies and private companies are increasingly
violating the privacy of people everywhere. Enormous
amounts of personal data are being collected, stored and
processed - often illegally - in the pursuit of more
efficient marketing, greater social control, and more
powerful mechanisms for monitoring of the citizen.
http://www.bigbrotherawards.org
Saddam's hometown gets first postwar Net cafe
The first words Ahmed Abdullah typed in the Google search
engine were "George Bush."
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/world/iraq/2003-08-25-tikrit-cafe_x.htm
http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,7058228%5e16681%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html
Swiss revel in reporting Internet crime
A special Internet police unit is being swamped by tip-offs
from the public denouncing suspected criminal websites.
http://nzz.ch/2003/08/15/english/page-synd4132714.html
Posting DVD-cracking code on-line is not free speech
The California Supreme Court yesterday ruled that
publication of software code called DeCSS that can be used
to break the anti-copying protection in DVDs did not amount
to free speech – and therefore it could be banned.
http://www.out-law.com/php/page.php?page_id=postingdvdcracking1061917222
.uk - Tories would close BBC website
The Conservative party would switch off a swath of the
BBC's digital services, including its website and the youth
channel BBC3, if it won the next general election.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/story/0,3605,1029615,00.html
http://www.silicon.com/news/500019-500001/1/5760.html
BBC online comes under government review
http://www.silicon.com/news/500019-500001/1/5741.html
ISP Wants AOL to Stop E-mail Block
Web hosting company C I Host said AOL is illegally blocking
e-mail from its customers and breaking a court order in the
process -- all in the name of the war on spam.
http://www.internetnews.com/IAR/article.php/3069241
EarthLink Files Spamming Lawsuit
EarthLink Inc. filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday against
100 people, mostly in Alabama and Canada, blaming them for
millions of unwanted commercial e-mail messages, otherwise
known as spam.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A54795-2003Aug27.html
FBI hunts down worm writers
The FBI is "confident" that it will capture those who are
responsible for creating and spreading the MSBlast worm and
the Sobig.F virus, the bureau said Tuesday.
http://news.com.com/2100-1002-5068382.html
SoBig.F Packs Few Design Surprises
The self-updating capability that had anti-virus experts
scrambling was in fact present in some of the earlier
versions of the virus; nonetheless, the long-term
implications of SoBig.F still concerns experts.
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,1230672,00.asp
Preventive Scans May Ease E-Mail Viruses
Some of the world's largest Internet service providers, in
an attempt to prevent widespread infection of their
customers' computers, are planning to scan all e-mail
attachments for computer viruses before they reach
subscribers.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A56067-2003Aug27.html
Economists reject European software patent proposals
A proposed law due before the European Parliament next week
would derail Europe's software industry while allowing big
corporations to take over, warn European economists.
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/business/legal/0,39020651,39115945,00.htm
Viet Nam: Sentence reduced for cyber dissident at appeal
Today, prisoner of conscience, Dr Pham Hong Son, had his 13
year prison sentence for espionage reduced to five years in
detention and three years house arrest at an appeal hearing
in Hanoi.
http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGASA410252003
http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=7853
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=3336712
http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,7089256%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/08/28/1062028262546.html
Zippo Puts Web Site's Lights Out
Citing concerns of fire safety officials, Zippo yesterday
shut down the company-sponsored Web site that featured 555
flaming tricks that could be done with Zippo lighters.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A44762-2003Aug25.html
Workers sacked over porn email
A NUMBER of workers at Rio Tinto's Hamersley Iron
operations in Western Australia has been stood down for
receiving and distributing internet pornography.
http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,7090403%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html
Kids get counselling for porn
About 30 Otaki College pupils have been offered counselling
after they secretly viewed internet porn sites on school
computers.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,2639830a1896,00.html
3rd Circuit OKs Posting Addresses of Convicts Under Megan's
Law
New Jersey's Megan's Law has survived yet another court
challenge now that the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
has ruled that the state has the right to post the home
addresses of convicted sex offenders on the Internet. The
decision overturns a lower court's injunction that limited
the state to posting only the offenders' county of
residence on the Internet registry.
http://www.law.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=OpenMarket/Xcelerate/View&c=LawArticle&cid=1059980484669&t=LawArticleTech
Five years jail for trying to sell moon rocks
Advertising moon rocks for sale on the internet and then
skipping trial cost a Utah man almost six years of freedom
today.
http://smh.com.au/articles/2003/08/27/1061663834485.html
Web quandary for regulators by Michael Geist
The issue of Internet regulation has long been tied to the
question of Internet service-provider liability. As the
gateways to the Internet, ISPs were quickly identified as a
potential "choke point" in the system that could
effectively be used to regulate Internet activity.
http://shorl.com/dinefrylehotre
Kenya: Helping to Bridge the Digital Divide
In many rural towns and villages in the Commonwealth,
citizens have no access to computers. For some, who do not
even know what a computer looks like, the Internet is
merely an abstract concept. This lack of access to what
many consider basic technological tools is a major
impediment to development.
http://allafrica.com/stories/200308270854.html
Exploring the Digital Media Crisis
The Berkman Center and Gartner|G2 will convene a
distinguished group of guests on September 18th for Digital
Media in Cyberspace, a conference exploring issues stemming
from research into the current digital media landscape and
unresolved questions regarding its distribution, use and
control. Speakers include Cary Sherman, President and
General Counsel of the RIAA; John Perry Barlow, founder of
the EFF; economist Stan Liebowitz; and Harvard Law
Professors William Fisher and Charles Nesson. For further
background, please see the white paper, "Copyright and
Digital Media in a Post-Napster World."
http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/home/home?wid=10&func=viewSubmission&sid=68
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