general internet news - 24 May

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

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CHILD PROTECTION
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nz: Wealthy child porn trader unmasked
A High Court judge has refused to suppress the name of a
wealthy Auckland businessman convicted of internet
pornography charges.
 http://stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,2914051a10,00.html

nz: Groups applaud naming man convicted for child sex abuse
images
Groups working to fight the trade in child sex abuse images
today applauded a court decision denying name suppression
to Auckland company director ************.
 http://stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,2914976a11,00.html

UK police catch US abuse suspect
West Midlands Police's paedophile unit helps rescue six
boys from a sexually abusive foster father in the United
States.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/west_midlands/3738319.stm

uk: Man admits child porn charges
A 49-year-old man who admitted downloading child
pornography from the internet has been given a three-year
suspended sentence.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/northern_ireland/3732627.stm

uk: Law lets paedophiles slip through Net
Scottish police have investigated 24 cases of internet
grooming of young girls in the past year but been powerless
to prosecute all but a ‘handful’ of the paedophiles
involved, Scotland on Sunday can reveal.
 http://news.scotsman.com/index.cfm?id=586062004

uk: A man who sold chid porn nabbed
A 20-year-old admitted down-loading a stash of child
pornography on to his computer before peddling it to other
internet users. Nathan Weedall, of Hungerford Terrace,
Crewe, kept 176 indecent images and 10 indecent video films
of children to be shared online.
 http://crime-research.org/news/21.05.2004/284

ie: Irish government moves to impeach judge over child porn
allegations
An Irish judge involved in a child pornography case is
locked in a legal battle with the Dublin government, which
is moving to impeach him for his behaviour.

http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/story.jsp?story=523698

us: Real-time FBI Internet probe
"For more than three weeks, every Web site, every e-mail,
every photo image, every chat room conversation he viewed
or took part in was scrutinized, as the 26-year-old Morgan
unwittingly became the first person in the United States to
have his Internet usage monitored live by federal agents
probing child pornography under a new law."
 http://p2pnet.net/story/1511

us: FBI Uses First Internet Wiretap to Nab Child
Pornography Suspect
For the first time, law enforcement agents used an Internet
wiretap to catch a suspected pedophile, and it happened in
Sacramento.
 http://www.kxtv.com/storyfull.asp?id=7187

us: Ad Council and National Center For Missing & Exploited
Children unveil first national multi-media campaign to
address online sexual exploitation (news release)
The Advertising Council, in partnership with the National
Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC), announced
today the launch of a national public service advertising
(PSA) campaign designed to raise awareness about the
prevalence of online sexual exploitation and to help
parents and teens better protect against online sexual
predators. The PSA campaign is the first national,
multimedia campaign to address this issue and it is being
unveiled this morning by Ad Council President & CEO Peggy
Conlon and NCMEC President & CEO Ernie Allen during NCMEC's
annual congressional breakfast and 20th anniversary
celebration in Washington, D.C.

http://www.missingkids.com/missingkids/servlet/NewsEventServlet?LanguageCountry=en_US&PageId=1630

us: National Center For Missing & Exploited Children
celebrates twenty-year anniversary by honoring outstanding
law enforcement on Capitol Hill (news release)
In recognition of its twenty-year anniversary and National
Missing Children's Day, the National Center for Missing &
Exploited Children (NCMEC) held its Ninth Annual
Congressional Breakfast and National Missing and Exploited
Children's Awards on Capitol Hill today. Federal, state and
local officials, along with Members of Congress were in
attendance as awards were presented to law enforcement
personnel for their exceptional efforts to recover missing
children and resolve child sexual exploitation cases.

http://www.missingkids.com/missingkids/servlet/NewsEventServlet?LanguageCountry=en_US&PageId=1631

http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20040519005543&newsLang=en

us: County worker arrested in child porn case
A county-employed computer technician and local labor
official was booked into Marin County Jail yesterday on
suspicion of transmitting child pornography over the
Internet, police said.

http://www.marinij.com/Stories/0,1413,234~24407~2162791,00.html

us: Police: Man put kid porn on Web
Staff writerA Burbank man faces child pornography charges
after police said he posted illegal images on a personal
Web site.

http://www.dailysouthtown.com/southtown/yrtwn/seast/212seyt4.htm

ca: Man Jailed for Porn After Cellphone Pictures
A man who used a cellphone to take nude pictures of his
girlfriend and then posted them on the Internet has been
jailed for distributing child pornography in what officials
say is Canada's first criminal conviction involving camera
phones.

http://cnn.aimtoday.cnn.com/news/story.jsp?floc=FF-RTO-PLS&idq=/ff/story/0002/20040514/0730191226.htm

us: Agent's Computer Seized In Child Porn Crackdown
The personal computer and files of a U.S. Border Patrol
agent from the El Centro sector were seized as part of an
international crackdown on child pornography.

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ibsys/20040521/lo_kgtv/2216223
 http://www.nbc4.tv/news/3331307/detail.html

us: Trial date set for former Campton teacher facing child
pornography charges
Nearly nine months after his arrest on child pornography
charges, former Campton Elementary School teacher Kevin
McQueeney is scheduled to go before a federal jury the week
of July 6.

http://www.citizen.com/news2004/May2004/May_20/plymouth_05.20.04a.asp

us: Former Union City teacher sentenced on child
pornography charges
A former teacher who pled guilty to child pornography
charges will spend more than two years behind bars and pay
a $10,000 fine.

http://www.woodtv.com/Global/story.asp?S=1877372&nav=0RceNDvn

us: Newspaper Reporter Arrested On Child Porn Charges
A Visalia, Calif., newspaper reporter is facing
child-pornography charges after a raid on his home by
federal agents.
 http://www.nbc4.tv/news/3332276/detail.html

us: Fresno Bee reporter arrested
A reporter for the Fresno Bee's Visalia publication was
booked into Fresno County jail on suspicion of possessing
child pornography.

http://www.gainesvillesun.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20040521/APN/405211009

http://www.bakersfield.com/state_wire/story/4704140p-4753910c.html

us: Former firefighter enters no contest plea
A former West Covina firefighter who stole $1,170 from his
union to pay for child porn while on duty will serve a
month in jail and be on probation for three years.

http://www.sgvtribune.com/Stories/0,1413,205~12220~2162237,00.html

us: Girl's find leads to porn trial
A Pittsburg, Texas, man pleaded guilty Thursday to
possession of child pornography that included more than 100
sexually explicit photos of young children.

http://www.texarkanagazette.com/articles/2004/05/22/local_news/news/news02.txt

us: Officer in child-porn inquiry resigns
A 15-year veteran of the Aurora Police Department who is
being investigated over possession of child pornography
resigned from the force last week.

http://www.suburbanchicagonews.com/sunpub/60504/news/fv0520cop.htm

us: Chico man subject of first real time' child porn
surveillance
A Chico man charged with Internet pornography was the first
person in the United States to have his computer usage
monitored live by federal agents investigating sex crimes
against children, the Sacramento Bee reported.

http://www.chicoer.com/Stories/0,1413,135~25088~2162593,00.html

us: Over 300 child-porn charges leveled
An accused child pornographer could face a maximum of 2,540
years in state prison if convicted of charges issued
yesterday by a Barnstable County grand jury.
 http://www.capecodonline.com/cctimes/over30021.htm

us: City computer allegedly used in child pornography case
A former El Centro city employee arrested Monday for
allegedly possessing child pornography was reportedly using
a city computer to access the porn, El Centro police
revealed today.

http://www.ivpressonline.com/articles/2004/05/21/news/news03.txt

us: Kiddie-Porn Probe Turns Up More Local Suspects
A San Diego police officer, a San Diego pediatrician, an El
Centro border patrol agent and an El Centro teacher are the
latest to be linked to child pornography on the Internet,
NBC 7/39 reported.
 http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/3333978/detail.html

us/ru: Growing global crackdown on child exploitation
The Russians were watching Dr. Gregory Kapordelis for about
six weeks. Prompted by a tip in early March from the Grand
Europe Hotel in St. Petersburg, Russia, a police officer
there began investigating whether the Gainesville, Ga.,
anesthesiologist was flying to Russia to have sex with
boys, some as young as 12.

http://www.accessnorthga.com/news/hall/newfullstory.asp?ID=81614

us: Border Agent's Computer Seized In Kiddie-Porn Probe
Federal officials seized the computer of a Border Patrol
agent this week in connection to an international
child-pornography investigation.
 http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/3332665/detail.html

us: Mobile pediatrician charged with sodomy
A pediatrician who resigned last week from a University of
South Alabama hospital has been arrested and charged with
sodomy.

http://www.tuscaloosanews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20040521/APN/405210767

http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/mld/ledgerenquirer/8724303.htm

uk: Former carer jailed for child porn
A former care worker who was caught with a cache of child
porn has been jailed for nearly two years.

http://www.thisislocallondon.co.uk/news/crime/courtreports/display.var.492345.0.former_carer_jailed_for_child_porn.php

us: Middle school teacher faces child porn charges
A teacher at a suburban Syracuse middle school is accused
of possessing child pornography.

http://www.wrgb.com/news/regional/regional.asp?selection=article_11305

us: Businessman Charged with Child Porn
Federal authorities have lodged child pornography charges
against a Gonzales businessman.

http://www.kplctv.com/Global/story.asp?S=1879910&nav=0n4JNFXY

us: TX truck driver pleads guilty to child porn
A trucker from Arlington has pleaded guilty to federal
child pornography charges involving videos of young boys,
U.S. attorney's office said Tuesday.

http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/news/state/051904_APstate_truckerporn.html

http://www.kvue.com/news/state/stories/051804cccakvuestatetruckerporn.1d63d4c3d.html

http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/metropolitan/2578445

us: State ousts 23 employees for using computers to look at
porn
Twenty-three transportation employees have left state
government as a result of an investigation into employees
using office computers to look at pornography, The
Courier-Journal reported Saturday.

http://www.whas11.com/topstories/stories/052204cckkWHAS11porn.1ea2fb6bb.html
 http://www.wkyt.com/Global/story.asp?S=1887782

http://www.courierjournal.com/localnews/2004/05/22ky/A1-porn0522-7555.html

us: Rapist admits procuring 'Net porn
Rapist James Comfort, already facing 40 years in prison for
sex with teens he met through the Internet, admitted in
federal court today that he received child pornography via
the computer.

http://www.democratandchronicle.com/news/0520EF4AQA7_news.shtml

us: Newnan man arrested after child porn found on school
computer
A former Coweta County schools employee arrested two weeks
ago for arranging a illicit rendezvous with an undercover
police officer whom he thought was 15 has been arrested a
second time, police said.

http://www.thecitizennews.com/main/archive-040521/news/ptc-02.html

us: Child-porn probe used first live Internet wiretap
Every time Jason Heath Morgan sat down in his Chico
apartment and tapped a key on his computer, the law was
watching. For more than three weeks, every Web site, every
e-mail, every photo image, every chat room conversation he
viewed or took part in was scrutinized, as the 26-year-old
Morgan unwittingly became the first person in the United
States to have his Internet usage monitored live by federal
agents probing child pornography under a new law.

http://sacbee.com/content/news/crime/story/9358093p-10282573c.html

http://avn.com/index.php?Primary_Navigation=Articles&Action=View_Article&Content_ID=91168

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CENSORSHIP, FILTERING & REGULATION
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cn: Reporters Without Borders condemns unfair trial of Du
Daobin
Reporters Without Borders described as "shocking" the
opening on 18 May of the trial of Du Daobin for "incitement
to subversion" in the city of Xiaogan. Du's lawyer Mo
Shaoping who was only notified on 14 May found it
impossible to reach the city in time. Du was therefore
appointed a lawyer, Li Zongyi who refused to enter a not
guilty plea.
 http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=10432
Apenas iniciado, el juicio de Du Daobin ya no es equitativo
 http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=10430
A peine ouvert, le procès de Du Daobin est déjà inéquitable
 http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=10428
 
vn: Cyber-dissident Nguyen Vu Binh enters third week of
hunger strike
Reporters Without Borders today voiced deep concern about
the health of cyber-dissident Nguyen Vu Binh, who has been
on hunger strike since 5 May when an appeal court upheld
his seven-year prison sentence and he responded by
announcing that "freedom or death" were now the only
options left to him.
 http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=10431
Nguyen Vu Binh en grève de la faim depuis plus de quinze
jours
 http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=10429

vn: New Crackdown on Internet Use
Vietnam is stepping up its campaign against "bad and
poisonous information on the Internet," state media
reported, in the wake of a recent string of dissidents who
used the Web to criticize the government.

http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-fg-briefs21.5may21,1,6776678.story

Web Content Filtering: Don't Go There
Web filtering is possibly the most controversial category
of products we review here at PC magazine. No other topic
so quickly suggests thoughts of an Orwellian Big Brother or
so starkly divides employees and managers. You may consider
blocking and monitoring Web access appropriate for children
at home or school, but does it have any place at work?
 http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1759,1538518,00.asp

us: Congress to Take on Peer-to-Peer Companies
Software sharing is commonplace today, but it has also
become the vehicle for kids to unknowingly download
pornography — and that has gotten the attention of
Congress.
 http://www.family.org/cforum/fnif/news/a0032129.cfm

us: XXXchurch Wants No More XXX
Two young Christian ministers set up the XXXchurch to stop
people from watching porn and engaging in
self-gratification. Their edgy approach has won a lot of
attention, but no love from fellow Christians.
 http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,63502,00.html

us: Senator undecided over whether to fire aide for sex
'blog'
Sen. Mike DeWine said Thursday that he has not decided
whether to fire an aide who allegedly posted her exploits
in an Internet diary, including accepting $400 from a
married man for sex.

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/webguide/internetlife/2004-05-21-aide-blog_x.htm

http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-na-briefs22.4may22,1,1725808.story

Internet governance: change
Moves are afoot at the United Nations that could decide the
way the internet is run worldwide in the future.

http://www.computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/UNID/FC9514D462BD4B2DCC256E9A006E8930

Resolution on WSIS II (Tunisia)
Meeting at its Annual General Assembly on 17 May 2004 in
Warsaw, Poland, the IPI members unanimously called for
plans to hold the second World Summit on the Information
Society (WSIS) in Tunisia in November 2005 to be abandoned
unless that country demonstrates its respect for human
rights, notably freedom of expression and press freedom.
 http://www.freemedia.at/resolutions2004.htm#wsis

us: Free Speech Crux of Terrorism Case (reg req'd)
Sami Omar Al-Hussayen's lawyers say he was trying to foster
dialogue on his fatwa-filled websites.

http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-na-boise23may23,1,2734122.story

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au: New Aust taskforce to chase online fraudsters
A special taskforce to hunt down cyber-criminals has been
formed by the Australian government together with the
finance industry.

http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/security/0,2000061744,39148171,00.htm

us: Report: E-mail 'phishing' scams soared in April
"Phishing" attacks — e-mail scams designed to fool people
into handing over credit card numbers or other valuable
financial data — numbered 1,125 in April, nearly tripling
from March, the Anti-Phishing Working Group said Thursday.

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/computersecurity/2004-05-21-phishing-report_x.htm
	

uk: Internet baby sale mother jailed
A woman who tried to sell her unborn baby over the internet
to two childless couples has been jailed for two years.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/west_yorkshire/3734889.stm

http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/05/21/britain.mother.ap/index.html

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/05/21/net_surrogate_mum_jailed/

kr: Internet game players' group threatens suit against NC
Soft
Online game players are threatening to file a class action
suit against NC Soft, Korea's largest Internet game
developer and publisher. They claim the fees to play the
game Lineage are too high and that the company has been
negligent in attending to various technical and ethical
problems involving the game.

http://joongangdaily.joins.com/200405/20/200405202349190639900090609061.html

Vietnam orders new crackdown
Vietnam is stepping up its campaign against "bad and
poisonous information on the internet," state media
reported.

http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,9621782%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html
 http://uk.news.yahoo.com/040520/323/eu3fn.html

us: Pirates of the internet: International Law Enforcement
Sails After Criminal Warez Groups
Let's get one thing straight: we're not talking here about
kids who make the occasional illegal download of a popular
song from the Internet and share it with friends (though
that, of course, is wrong).
 http://www.fbi.gov/page2/may04/051704piracy.htm

au: Law planned to make phishing an offence
The Federal Government will introduce legislation during
the winter sitting of Parliament to make credit and debit
card skimming an offence. Skimming includes situations
where legitimate credit and debit card data is illicitly
captured or copied, usually by electronic means.
 http://smh.com.au/articles/2004/05/20/1084917693354.html

us: New Bill Allows Parents to Sue Over Entertainment Their
Children Watch
A new bill introduced in Congress last month wants to allow
parents to take the law into their own hands every time
their children are exposed to material that they feel is
objectionable for minors to see, hear or read.

http://avn.com/index.php?Primary_Navigation=Articles&Action=View_Article&Content_ID=95553

Russian Internet will be protected from computer crimes
Vladimir Putin, the President of the Russian Federation,
signed a decree "On measures to assure information security
of the Russian Federation in the sphere of international
informational exchange".
 http://www.crime-research.org/news/22.05.2004/285

The USA at risk of cyberterrorism
Cyberterrorism expert Andy Cutts of Dartmouth's Institute
for Security Technology Studies addressed the Dickey
Center's War and Peace discussion panel Friday, briefing
the group on Operation Livewire, a recent nationwide
cyberterror simulation that tested America's preparedness
in the event of a major cyber attack.
 http://crime-research.org/news/20.05.2004/287

Athens Olympics braced for wave of cyberattacks
The Athens Olympics organisers are bracing themselves for a
wave of cyberattacks once the games are under way, but they
insist that a physical breach of security still represents
the biggest threat.

http://ups.asia.cnet.com/c/as.ch.nt.stories/asia.cnet.com/newstech/security/0,39001150,39180135,00.htm

http://software.silicon.com/security/0,39024655,39120825,00.htm

uk: Los usuarios pasan por alto los sitios web ilegales
Una investigación que ha llevado a cabo ICM Research,
solicitada por ISPA (Internet Service Providers
Association), ha revelado que la mayoría de los usuarios no
conocen que consecuencias implica la publicación de
contenido ilegal a través de la Red.

http://delitosinformaticos.com/noticias/108497293128838.shtml

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SPAM
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Spammers Jam German Government E-Mail
The German government's e-mail system was brought to a
standstill by spammers over the last week. The amount of
junk and virus-infected mail has posed an ever growing
problem to both governments and European businesses.

http://www.dw-world.de/english/0,3367,1432_A_1209705_1_A,00.html

http://www.techworld.com/security/news/index.cfm?NewsID=1603&Page=1&pagePos=2

http://reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=5199624

us: McCain urges FTC to crack down on illegal spam
Senate Commerce Committee Chairman John McCain urged the
Federal Trade Commission to boost enforcement on
unsolicited e-mail, which has increased after a new law
designed to limit so-called "spam" messages.

http://www.azcentral.com/news/articles/0521McCain-Spam-ON.html

http://business.bostonherald.com/technologyNews/view.bg?articleid=28690

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A43622-2004May20.html

us: FTC questions can-spam measures
Outgoing US Federal Trade Commission chairman Timothy Muris
continued to voice doubts about creating a national
"do-not-spam" list similar to the popular "do-not-call"
telemarketer registry he championed.
 http://afr.com/articles/2004/05/21/1085028500770.html

us: FTC Rule Requires Warning on Sexually Explicit Spam
(news release)
Effective today, spam that contains sexually-oriented
material must include the warning “SEXUALLY-EXPLICIT: ” in
the subject line or face fines for violations of federal
law.
 http://ftc.gov/opa/2004/05/sexexplicit.htm

us: Sexually explicit spam must carry warnings
Sexually explicit Internet spam must now carry a warning
label. A Federal Trade Commission rule went into effect
Wednesday requiring that unsolicited commercial e-mail that
contains sexually oriented material include the words
"SEXUALLY EXPLICIT" in the subject line.
 http://afr.com/articles/2004/05/21/1085028500776.html

http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/8706069.htm

http://avn.com/index.php?Primary_Navigation=Articles&Action=View_Article&Content_ID=90608

us: CAN-SPAM Gets Mixed Reviews in Senate Testimony
Less than five months after the passage of the CAN-SPAM
Act, government and industry representatives expressed a
variety of opinions on the act's effectiveness at a Senate
Commerce Committee hearing this week in Washington.
 http://internetnews.com/ec-news/article.php/3357141

us: FBI plans spammer smackdown
It's been nearly six months since President Bush signed the
first federal spam law with criminal sanctions--and not one
bulk e-mailer has been criminally charged under it so far.
 http://news.com.com/2100-1028_3-5217299.html
 http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1105_2-5217299.html

Can Spam Be Canned?
Senders of mass junk e-mail have proved to be a resilient
bunch, exacting revenge on the software makers that want to
put them out of business.

http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-fi-spam23may23,1,7267568.story

au: Spam buster to run against Howard
Prime Minister John Howard is staring at a grass-roots grab
for moderate liberal votes in his Sydney seat of Bennelong
following the revelation that Coalition Against Bulk
Unsolicited Bulk E-mail (Caube) founder Troy Rollo will
stand against him as an independent in the next federal
election.

http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;386301474;fp;2;fpid;1

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uk: Over 50s urged to catch net bug
A York to London express train equipped with the latest
wireless internet technology is one of hundreds of
initiatives aimed at encouraging the over 50s to get
online.
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3729825.stm

Britons Becoming Nation of Text Maniacs - Survey
Britain is becoming a nation of text maniacs, and losing
the art of conversation into the bargain, according to a
new survey.

http://reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=technologyNews&storyID=5205177

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ONLINE MUSIC
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Sharman Presses for Evidence
Sharman Networks, maker of the Kazaa file-trading
application, demands in court proceedings that the music
industry provide the names and addresses of people who
allegedly infringed copyright. The industry rep balks. 
 http://www.wired.com/news/digiwood/0,1412,63509,00.html

Legal Napster launches in UK
Digital download service Napster on Thursday scored a major
victory over archrival iTunes when it became the first of
the high-flying Internet music stores to make a European
debut.

http://news.zdnet.co.uk/business/0,39020645,39155269,00.htm
 http://www.silicon.com/0,39024729,39120827,00.htm

http://www.itnews.com.au/storycontent.asp?ID=10&Art_ID=19710
Überraschender Napster-Start in Großbritannien
 http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/47528

Oxfam enlists music downloaders to fight poverty
The charity Oxfam is to enlist music downloaders -- a group
once regarded by record company executives as "thieves" and
"freeloaders" -- to help it fight poverty and remove world
trade imbalances.

http://reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=5227347

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Classical Finally Cracks the Internet
Internet2, the next generation, with enough broadband
capacity to transmit huge quantities of data, makes it
possible for musicians to join forces from great distances.
 http://www.nytimes.com/2004/05/23/arts/music/23MIDG.html

us: California official sees progress in modifying e-voting
Secretary of State Kevin Shelley said he is confident that
10 counties will be able to use their touch-screen voting
machines in the Nov. 2 election, though voters in four
other counties will remain banned from using their
electronic voting systems.

http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/8713728.htm

PayPal is turning into a huge online-payments business
Paying through the mouse

http://economist.com/finance/displayStory.cfm?story_id=2693526

Berners-Lee extols Semantic Web at WWW Conference
World Wide Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee would like to see
the global content network he helped develop turn into a
giant transactional database.

http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;409255969;fp;2;fpid;1

Could the brain become redundant?
Imagine being able to record every interesting conversation
you have ever held in your life, not to mention all the
photos and writing you have done. Top Internet researchers
attending the annual World Wide Web conference in New York
this week are wondering what it will mean when individuals
can recall nearly every waking moment. It's a vision of the
world where everyone becomes a digital pack rat.

http://reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=5210067
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