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general internet news (censorship, legal, spam,crime) - 4 May - part 2
Let Freedom Ring? Not So Fast. China's Still China
Jiao Guobiao, a professor at Beijing University, wrote in
an essay that China's censors were still limiting speech.
The essay was banned but was still widely read.
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/03/international/asia/03chin.html
Who can define ‘Jew?’ Internet flap shows challenge of the
digital age
In 1999, at the height of the Internet boom, the
Anti-Defamation League warned that scores of neo-Nazis and
white supremacists were going online.
http://www.jta.org/page_view_story.asp?strwebhead=Google+flap+shows+Web+challenge&intcategoryid=4
us: 9th Circuit to Rehear Internet Jurisdiction Case
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will reconsider a
ruling from last year allowing an East Coast business to be
sued in California, even though it has no stores there.
http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1082923377251
Internet music copyright rules worry EU
The European Commission has warned societies which collect
royalties on behalf of musicians that they may be breaking
competition rules by extending their national monopolies
into the world of the Internet.
http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=5013200
us: Lawmakers Vow to Pass New Law Against Spyware
U.S. lawmakers vowed on Thursday to pass legislation to
stop deceptive software even though regulators advised
against any new laws.
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=technologyNews&storyID=4990994
us: Spyware Poses Risk to Consumers - FTC
The FTC has told the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and
Consumer Protection of the House Committee on Energy and
Commerce that “spyware appears to be a new and rapidly
growing practice that poses a risk of serious harm to
consumers.” In testimony before this Subcommittee, the
Commission stated that the FTC is studying the issues
surrounding spyware “. . . so that government responses to
spyware will be focused and effective.”
http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2004/04/spywaretest.htm
US taps Aussie spammer
The US Government has launched its first criminal case
against spammers, and taken civil action against an
Australian spammer with the help of local authorities.
http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,9430331%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2004-04-30-spam-sleuths_x.htm
US goes after NZ spammer
The US Federal Trade Commission has filed a legal action
against Global Web Promotions, a spam enterprise that
operates out of Australia and New Zealand, as part of its
first criminal prosecution under the new US federal
anti-spam law.
http://www.nbr.co.nz/home/column_article.asp?id=8925&cid=3&cname=Technology
us: FTC Announces First Can-Spam Act Cases
The FTC has cracked down on two spam operations that have
clogged the Internet with millions of deceptive messages
and violated federal laws. A complaint targeting
Detroit-based Phoenix Avatar was developed in a joint
investigation with the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Detroit
and the U.S. Postal Inspection Service. At the request of
the FTC, a U.S. District Court judge has barred the illegal
spamming and frozen the defendants’ assets. Federal
criminal authorities yesterday executed a criminal search
warrant and are in the process of arresting four principals
in that case. In the second case, the FTC filed a legal
action against Global Web Promotions, a spam enterprise
that operates out of Australia and New Zealand.
http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2004/04/040429canspam.htm
nz: Xtra may block dodgy senders
New Zealand's largest Internet service provider, Telecom's
Xtra, may refuse e-mail from some IP addresses in order to
curb a surge in e-mail volumes.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,2894653a28,00.html
ITU Meeting on Countering Spam: July 7-9 2004 - Geneva,
Switzerland
The ITU is organizing an ITU WSIS Thematic Meeting on
Countering Spam which will take place from 7 to 9 July
2004, at the International Conference Center of Geneva
(CICG), next to ITU headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland.
Regularly updated information about the event can be found
at http://www.itu.int/spam/.
http://www.itu.int/osg/spu/newslog/2004/04/29.html#a593
Dr Spamlove
Jon Casimir's hobby of writing poetry has made him probably
the only person in the world who actually looks forward to
checking out his new spam every morning.
http://smh.com.au/articles/2004/04/30/1083224574827.html
uk: MPs urged to reform cybercrime laws
UK computer crime law needs a root and branch reform to
bring it into the Internet age. MPs holding a public
inquiry to see if Britain’s key computer crime law - the
Computer Misuse Act 1990 - were told the law had served us
well but now needed to be updated. Industry representatives
appearing before an All Party Parliamentary Internet Group
(APIG) hearing on subject yesterday were split on whether
significant amendments to existing laws or fresh
legislation on computer crime was needed.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/04/30/apig_cma_hearing/
Terrorism and the Internet
How does one deal with this insidious use of a liberating
public utility? An easy answer would be to find ways to
curtail this freedom. Yet while we must better defend our
societies against terrorism, we must not in the process
erode the very qualities and values that make our societies
worth defending
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_30-4-2004_pg3_5
http://www.crime-research.org/news/30.04.2004/254
Internet and security
New opportunities of the Internet transformed many legal
forms of activity, having cut down terms, simplified
procedures of arranging deals and reduced distance between
contracting parties along with increasing attendant costs.
Almost no one controls modern computer networks. At the
beginning, almost no one could foresee possibility to
attack, to steal data or money through the Internet.
Information security became one of the most crucial social
tasks. Officers of law enforcement reveal thousands of
attempts to illegally interfere with bank, military and
corporative networks annually. According to most experts,
today this phenomenon poses greater cyber security threat
than 5 years ago.
http://www.crime-research.org/news/30.04.2004/237
Norway: High Court Finds Music Website Links Do Not
Constitute Performance
On January 22 2003 a Norwegian district court found that a
man operating a website with the address www.napster.no had
committed copyright infringement by putting direct links on
this site to music files illegally placed on other
websites. The linking was deemed to be a 'performance' of
musical works pursuant to Section 2 of the Norwegian
Copyright Act as it made works available to the public,
which is the exclusive right of the copyright holder.
http://www.cbeji.com.br/br/novidades/jurisprudencias/index.asp?id=2749
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