general internet news - 16 June

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

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CENSORSHIP & CONTENT REGULATION
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us: Web Site Pushes .xxx Top-level Domain
Child protection advocate Mary Conyers' Web site
Protecteverychild.org (protecteverychild.org) is pushing
the movement to create a separate .xxx domain for Web sites
that feature adult content. Protecteverychild.org, with
members in 39 US states as well as in Puerto Rico, Zambia,
Israel, China, Canada, and Australia, has received
grassroots support from a number of child advocacy groups
as well as the US Internet Crime Task Force. Adult
entertainment giant Vivid Video has also endorsed the idea.
 http://thewhir.com/marketwatch/web061104.cfm

Vietnam releases cyber-dissident two years before end of
jail term
Vietnam has released a "cyber-dissident" more than two
years before the end of his four-year jail term for posting
essays critical of the communist regime on the Internet.
 http://uk.news.yahoo.com/040614/323/evuv9.html

vn: Le cyberdissident Le Chi Quang libéré
Le Chi Quang, arrêté en février 2002 pour avoir publié sur
Internet des essais critiques à l'égard du gouvernement, a
été libéré, le 14 juin 2004, deux ans avant le terme de sa
peine. Son état de santé - il souffre de graves problèmes
rénaux - pourrait être à l'origine de cette mesure
anticipée.
 http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=10606

Vietnam Orders Net Clampdown 
Vietnam has ordered local governments nationwide to closely
monitor Internet use and enforce regulations aimed at
cracking down on "bad information" sent or read on the Web,
an official said Tuesday.
 http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,63764,00.html

Thailand blocks English gambling websites to stem Euro 2004
betting
Thai police ordered local internet providers to block
access to England-based betting websites in an effort to
stem record gambling expected in the kingdom during the
ongoing Euro 2004 football tournament.
 http://uk.news.yahoo.com/040614/323/evuvn.html

China creates web vigilante site
The Chinese authorities have begun a new website for people
to report on what officials describe as illegal or
unhealthy information on the internet.
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3796363.stm

http://reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=5398929

Chinesische Website gegen "ungesunde" Internet-Inhalte
 http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/48148

cn: Authorities free ailing cyber-dissident Le Chi Quang
Reporters Without Borders welcomed the release today of
cyber-dissident Le Chi Quang, two years before he was due
to complete his prison sentence, and it called on the
authorities to show similar clemency toward the six other
cyber-dissidents currently detained in Vietnam.
 http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=10607

Cyber-dissident Du Daobin sentenced to four years of house
arrest
A sentence of four years of house arrest passed today on
Chinese cyber-dissident Du Daobin by a court in Xiaogan (in
the central province of Hubei) is lenient compared with the
long jail terms usually imposed on cyber-dissidents in
China, Reporters Without Borders acknowledged.
 http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=10598
Condenado a cuatro años de residencia vigilada el
ciberdisidente Du Daobin
 http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=10597
Le cyberdissident Du Daobin condamné à quatre ans de
résidence surveillée
 http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=10599

China Gives Cyber Dissident Suspended Sentence
A prominent Internet dissident was given a suspended
sentence for subversion on Friday in a rare display of
leniency by a Chinese court.
 http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml;?storyID=5400532
 http://smh.com.au/articles/2004/06/14/1087065067224.html

China cracks down on pornographic websites (reg req'd)
China has shut down five pornographic websites in the past
few days after launching a campaign for people to report
"illegal" online content, state media has reported.
 http://smh.com.au/articles/2004/06/15/1087244901155.html

French National Assembly, Senate adopt electronic
communications bill
France’s Assemblee Nationale and Senate have voted on the
electronic communications bill transposing the European
Union’s directives on the subject.
 http://www.dmeurope.com/default.asp?ArticleID=1986

eu: Self-regulation beats state control
The control and monitoring of illegal content is more
effectively controlled by industry self-regulation than by
state legislation, according to new research funded by the
European Commission.
 http://www.journalism.co.uk/news/story937.shtml

us: Electronic Arts to Stop Advertising for Online Casinos
on Its Web Site
Electronic Arts, the video game giant, delivered a blow to
the online casino industry with a decision to stop running
advertisements for Internet casinos on its Web site.

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/12/business/media/12gamble.html

Russian providers fight Hamas
Russian hosting provider "Arbatek" stopped to provide web
hosting for a number of websites that have a direct
relation to Palestinian terrorist organization Hamas,
Webplanet informs.

http://news.com.com/Microsoft%3A+Linux+threat+is+rising/2100-7344_3-5231561.html

us: Smut Sites Fear Credit Crackdown 
This month is going to be a big pain in the harness for
Bondage.com. The company that processes its credit card
payments is pulling out of the adult online business,
leaving the site to scramble for alternative ways to accept
money.
 http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,63799,00.html

us: Legal Threats Stalk Adult Sites
Porn webmasters fear the federal government is ready to
rampage. Will new obscenity standards cripple the industry?
 http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,63838,00.html

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ONLINE CRIME & ILLEGAL CONTENT
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UK must take cybercrime-busting lead
A government project announced today is urging the UK to
take the lead in making cyberspace a trusted place to work
and to not let progress come at the cost of security.

http://networks.silicon.com/webwatch/0,39024667,39121279,00.htm

Internet threats
Internet technologies' evolution, distribution of devices
providing access to the global network and insufficient
elimination of defects in various web applications incurred
an unprecedented threat on the Internet.
 http://crime-research.org/news/08.06.2004/331

ru: Hacker offers to shut Putin's site
Hackers in Russia have put their services up for sale,
offering to 'take out' any website for a price.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/news/0,12597,1237084,00.html

Europe to finally outlaw computer crime
After a year of discrepancy in the EC about the issue of
computer crime, European countries are finally close to
agreeing a uniform approach to fighting activities such as
denial-of-service (DoS) attacks and hacking, after more
than a year of disagreement about the issue.
 http://crime-research.org/news/09.06.2004/421

US expert says no such thing as cyber terrorism yet
According to INQ7, CYBER TERRORISM is more hype than
reality, at least for now, an American expert said Thursday
during a videoconference with Philippine government
officials at the US embassy in Manila.
 http://crime-research.org/news/15.06.2004/428

us: Survey: 2 million bank accounts robbed
Nearly 2 million Americans have had their checking accounts
raided by criminals in the past 12 months, according to a
soon-to-be released survey by market research group
Gartner. Consumers reported an average loss per incident of
$1,200, pushing total losses higher than $2 billion for the
year.
 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5184077

us: FTC: All eyes on consumer privacy
The Federal Trade Commission plans to make consumer privacy
rights a higher priority, according to a top official. The
FTC's director of consumer protection, Howard Beales, said
Thursday that his outfit is gearing up to bring more
privacy-related cases against Internet operators, with one
expected in the coming weeks.
 http://news.com.com/2100-1024_3-5230750.html

us: Saudi Acquitted of Internet Terror
An Idaho jury yesterday rejected the federal government's
case against a Saudi doctoral student accused of aiding
terrorists by running an Internet network that sought to
raise money and recruit fighters for holy war abroad.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31491-2004Jun10.html

us: Acquittal in Internet Terrorism Case Is a Defeat for
Patriot Act
The Saudi computer student was expressing his views under
1st Amendment, his lawyer says. The jury returns six
not-guilty verdicts.

http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-na-boise11jun11,1,3323946.story

UK government plans new cyber-security initiatives
The British Government will announce next week a raft of
major IT security initiatives in response to the increasing
threat posed by electronic attacks on government and
corporate systems.
 http://www.dmeurope.com/default.asp?ArticleID=2051

uk: Cost of cyber-crime continues to decline
The number of cyber-crime incidents and malicious hack
attacks has fallen again year on year as it has since 2001,
according to a survey by the Computer Security Institute
(CSI).
 http://www.vnunet.com/news/1155804

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CHILD PROTECTION
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Europe to fight child porn
European Ministers spoke for fighting child porn.
Communication Ministers assigned a 45 million euro budget
to fight child porn.
 http://crime-research.org/news/14.06.2004/424

http://212.2.162.45/news/story.asp?j=107088904&p=yx7x896yx&n=107089664

EU-Telekommunikationsrat uneins über Förderhöhe für "Safer
Internet"
 http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/48186

uk: Doubts over web filtering plans
BT's plans to filter some websites set a dangerous
precedent, warns technology analyst Bill Thompson.
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3797563.stm

uk: Can we really police online chat?
Keeping track of potentially dangerous paedophiles who lurk
in online chatrooms from the relative "safety" of their own
home is an onerous task.
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3791603.stm

UK bobbies add chatrooms to their beat
UK police officers plan to patrol internet chatrooms as
part of a multinational crackdown on paedophile rings.

http://management.silicon.com/government/0,39024677,39121222,00.htm

http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/news/0,12597,1235186,00.html

Filter puts phone porn fears to rest (reg req'd)
Preventing children from accessing pornographic pictures or
websites through internet-connected mobile phones could
soon become a lot easier.
 http://smh.com.au/articles/2004/06/14/1087065069453.html

GSMA Joins Internet Content Rating Association (ICRA) (news
release)
The GSM Association (GSMA), the global trade association
representing more than 630 GSM mobile network operators
across 200 countries today announced that it has joined the
Internet Content Rating Association (ICRA).
 http://www.gsmworld.com/news/press_2004/press04_21.shtml

La Policía, en su lucha contra la pornografía infantil,
planea escuchar en los chats
Desde varios países se está proponiendo que la escucha en
los chats puede favorecer la localización de pedófilos, que
utilizan esta vía como comunicación para transmitir fotos y
organizar planes, o para captar víctimas.

http://delitosinformaticos.com/noticias/108685994354537.shtml

us: Ashcroft Proposes New Child Porn Measures
Attorney General John Ashcroft proposed tougher records
inspections Monday for the pornography industry to ensure
that no minors are being used in sexually explicit films,
books, magazines and Web sites.

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040614/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/child_pornography_1

http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?tl=1&display=rednews/2004/06/14/build/nation/75-porn-standards.inc

http://www.avn.com/index.php?Primary_Navigation=Articles&Action=View_Article&Content_ID=106508

us: Libraries oppose Internet filters, turn down federal
funds
Libraries that receive federal funds have until month's end
to install Internet filters on their computers, but many in
New Hampshire are giving up the money without much regret.

http://www.boston.com/dailynews/165/region/Libraries_oppose_Internet_filt:.shtml

us: Holden signs legislation on child porn, sexual abuse
Gov. Bob Holden on Monday signed legislation to extend the
statute of limitations for child sexual abuse, strengthen
penalties for child pornography and outlaw cross burnings.

http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/local/8923973.htm?1c

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ibsys/20040614/lo_kmbc/2247456

za: Gigaba heads new bid to fight child porn
Fighting child pornography has been identified as a major
priority by new Home Affairs Deputy Minister Malusi Gigaba.

http://www.suntimes.co.za/zones/sundaytimes/newsst/newsst1087189330.asp

Legal Threats Stalk Adult Sites 
The landmark federal prosecution of an infamous porn
producer is putting the fear of John Ashcroft into the
owners of countless adult websites, even those whose
content is far milder than the material under attack.
 http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,63838,00.html

us: New laws: Flagpole patriotism fine, `cyberstalking' not
Starting Thursday, homeowners will be guaranteed the right
to fly Old Glory even if neighborhood covenants ban
flagpoles. The new state law is among more than 200 that
take effect this week, including a crackdown on child
rapists, "cyberstalkers" and coaches who prey on their
players.

http://www.kgw.com/sharedcontent/APStories/stories/D8339LD80.html
 http://www.katu.com/news/story.asp?ID=68047

us: Sheriff's detective urges supervising children's use of
computers
In the early days of television, social commentators warned
about the mind-warping powers of "the boob tube." And in
the last decade, society has also come to understand that
as enlightening as the Internet can be, the new media is
also fraught with danger - especially for young children
and teenagers who log on.

http://www.sourcenewspapers.com/articles/2004/06/14/news/news9.txt

us: A change: searching hard drives for fraud, rather than
porn
Crime has taken an unusual turn for the Caddo Parish
district attorney investigator who searches confiscated
hard drives - he's been looking for something other than
child pornography.

http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20040613/APN/406130663

us: Family Tech: Rethinking 'stranger danger' for teens:
Part 1
Janis Wolak is a mother of two (17 and 20), sociologist,
and research professor at the University of New Hampshire's
Crimes Against Children Research Center. I recently heard
her present her latest findings on Net-based sexual
exploitation of children, and - though she was addressing
professionals in children's advocacy - she said some things
that were very interesting to me as a parent. I'm sharing
them with you, because I haven't seen Janis's fresh
perspective represented anywhere in the media or other
public forums.
 http://netfamilynews.org/nl040611.html#1

uk: Schools urged to smash internet myths
Children are confused about the dangers posed by using the
internet with some believing it puts them at risk of
catching HIV or being abducted by aliens, according to
research published today.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/news/0,12597,1233311,00.html

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SPAM
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German Spam Floods Inboxes
German nationalists have found the perfect way to blast
their propaganda to the masses: spam. Technologists say
it's just a sign of things to come.
 http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,63806,00.html
 http://www.dmeurope.com/default.asp?ArticleID=2045

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A34391-2004Jun11.html
 http://smh.com.au/articles/2004/06/11/1086749873266.html

BSI: "Absender" der rechtsradikalen Spam-Mails sind die
eigentlichen Opfer
 http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/48246

PC makers jump into fight against viruses, spyware
PC hardware makers are finally joining software makers in
the fight against computer viruses, spyware and other
malicious programs.
 http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2004-06-14-dell_x.htm

ca: 'Spammer' junks mail
Canadian man accused of being one of the biggest spammers
in the world has agreed to stop sending unwanted emails.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/spam/story/0,13427,1239323,00.html

Spam is still growing--and costing
Computer users' inboxes continue to be littered with
threats, nuisances and costly and unwanted e-mails--and
there is no sign of this situation easing.
 http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1105-5233017.html

Trapping spam
Cast a big net and you'll catch a lot of fish. Cast a
better net and you'll save the dolphins. For years,
Internet service providers have struggled to keep
unsolicited e-mail, or spam, out of our inboxes. Incoming
spam frustrates their customers and outgoing spam can use
up a lot of bandwidth. All that adds up to money lost.

http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1087165505026&call_pageid=968350072197&col=969048863851

Email Address Forgery
In my roles as postmaster at CAUCE (the Coalition Against
Unsolicited Commercial E-mail) and abuse.net, I get a lot
of baffled and outraged mail from people who have
discovered that someone is sending out spam, often
pornographic spam, with their return address on the From:
line. "How can they do that? How do I make them stop?'' The
short answers are "easily" and "it's nearly impossible."
 http://www.circleid.com/article/611_0_1_0_C

Law turns tables on antispam group
Pioneering antispam organization The Spamhaus Project has
begun receiving threats from spammers, many of whom appear
to have moved into the U.K. following the establishment of
controversial U.K. laws that ostensibly outlaw the spamming
of personal e-mail addresses.
 http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1105_2-5231434.html

uk: Spam gangs exploit UK legal loophole
Britain seen as soft touch by groups from continent who can
bombard the country's email inboxes with impunity, warn
campaigner.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/news/0,12597,1237103,00.html

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INTERNET USE
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nl: Virtual City of Smut Now Online
Taking a page from multiplayer gaming, a porn site has
created an interactive virtual world based on Amsterdam's
famed red light district. Subscribers can check out local
clubs or trade pick-up lines with fellow members.
 http://www.wired.com/news/games/0,2101,63821,00.html

fi: Technology helping to guide the blind
A Finnish government research project that combines cell
phones, wireless Internet, global positioning, and voice
technology to help the blind move freely in cities is ready
for testing this fall.

http://www.cnn.com/2004/TECH/ptech/06/14/finland.blind.ap/index.html

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/techinnovations/2004-06-15-gps-visual-guidance_x.htm

us: Pop-up ad company wants delay in Spyware Control Act
A New York company that makes Internet pop-up ads has asked
a judge to block enforcement of Utah's new Spyware Control
Act pending resolution of the firm's challenge to the law's
constitutionality.

http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/8898893.htm

uk: PM's wife's eBay shopping bargains
She may be the prime minister's wife, but that has not
stopped Cherie Blair scouring the internet for bargains.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/news/0,12597,1238185,00.html

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WSIS
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ICTs a Must
THE World Summit on Information Society (WSIS) held in
Geneva in December last year declared a common desire and
commitment to build a people-centred, inclu-sive and
development-orien-tated information society. The aim is to
create access, the utilisation and sharing of information
and knowledge, to enable individuals, communities and
peoples to achieve their full potential in promoting their
sustainable development, and improving their quality of
life.
 http://allafrica.com/stories/200406110398.html

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ONLINE MUSIC & P2P
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ISP fear of being sued 'fanciful'
THE Australian recording industry sent 120 take-down
notices to ISPs, universities and businesses last year
requesting they remove potentially pirated music files.

http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,9843321%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html

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RESEARCH ARTICLES
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Masters of the Domain
The Internet has always attracted libertarians and
iconoclasts who found a freedom in cyberspace, which
offered an anonymity and anarchy absent in the unwired
world. Not surprisingly, regulating the Internet has long
proved a hazardous endeavor. What little regulation exists
is frequently criticized and its supporters “flamed” (or
vilified by e-mail).
 http://www.foreignpolicy.com/story/files/story2549.php

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MICROSOFT & DEVELOPMENTS
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Africa considering internet technology
Under pressure to provide unlimited access to telephones,
African countries are considering a US technology that also
offers the promise of bringing the internet to some of the
world's poorest people.

http://tvnz.co.nz/view/news_technology_story_skin/430636?format=html

Yahoo Expands E-Mail Storage, in Nod to Google
Yahoo will substantially increase the amount of free
storage it gives its e-mail customers, in an effort to
respond to Google's incursion into e-mail services.
 http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/15/technology/15mail.html

http://news.zdnet.co.uk/internet/0,39020369,39157657,00.htm

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A42199-2004Jun15.html

Yahoo vergrößert E-Mail-Postfächer
 http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/48251

ca: Copyright reform needs a balanced approach by Michael
Geist
My recent column on Canadian copyright reform, which
highlighted the dangers to both the Internet and to our
education system posed by a report from a parliamentary
committee chaired by Toronto-area MP Sarmite Bulte, touched
off many reactions — both supportive and critical.
 http://shorl.com/gakehustovibri

http://www.torontostar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1087165504982&call_pageid=971794782442&col=971886476975

Phone Giants Are Projected to Dominate Internet Calls
As much as 30 percent of homes in the United States and
Britain could subscribe to Internet-based phone services,
according to a new survey.
 http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/14/technology/14voip.html

Pioneer Who Kept the Web Free Honored With a Technology
Prize
Tim Berners-Lee, the inventor of the World Wide Web, who in
giving his creation to the world for free changed it
forever, is finally compensated with a $1 million prize
from a Finnish tech foundation.
 http://www.nytimes.com/2004/06/14/technology/14web.html

http://news.com.com/Pioneer+who+kept+the+Web+free+honored+with+prize/2100-1032_3-5232775.html

Showdown With The Linux Gang
SCO Group Inc. is suing companies such as International
Business Machines Corp., Novell Inc., DaimlerChrysler and
AutoZone Inc. -- and threatening government agencies and
more than 1,500 other firms -- over their use of software
called Linux.
 http://www.bizreport.com/article.php?art_id=7393

Legal Costs Take Toll on SCO Group's Bottom Line
SCO Group Inc. posted a larger-than-expected loss in the
second quarter as revenue dropped and expenses mounted in
its legal fight over claims that the Linux operating system
infringes on the company's intellectual property.
 http://www.bizreport.com/article.php?art_id=7388

Microsoft: Linux threat is rising
More companies are using the threat of Linux when
negotiating deals with Microsoft, one of the company's
senior executives has admitted.

http://news.com.com/Microsoft%3A+Linux+threat+is+rising/2100-7344_3-5231561.html

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CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
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au: Man on child porn charges remanded
A far-north Queensland man at the centre of a deportation
battle over a Thai girl has appeared in court, charged with
possessing child pornography.
 http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200406/s1132286.htm

http://theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,9850519%255E1702,00.html

ie: Committee to discuss Judge Curtin issues
An Oireachtais committee is due to meet today to discuss
the future of beleaguered judge Brian Curtin.
 http://breaking.examiner.ie/2004/06/15/story152398.html

us: Man gets 10 years for viewing child porn
A man who admitted viewing child pornography after failing
a lie detector test was sentenced Monday to 10 years in
prison.

http://www.news-press.com/news/local_state/040615davison.html

us: Child porn tapes result in 17-year prison term
A Sumner County man, sobbing after listening to a relative
describe the years of sexual abuse he inflicted on her, was
sentenced yesterday to more than 17 years in federal prison
on child pornography charges.

http://tennessean.com/local/archives/04/06/52882784.shtml?Element_ID=52882784

us: Child porn found on locally auctioned computer
But when he hooked up the $25 unit at his Holmen home, he
found some disturbing images — hundreds of child
pornography photos — still stored on the computer.

http://www.lacrossetribune.com/articles/2004/06/15/news/02second.txt

us: SJ Man Arrested For Using Internet To Lure Child
Earlier this week San Jose police arrested yet another man
accused of using the internet to lure a child to have sex
with him. Investigators with the South Bay department say
the problem is so pervasive, they could catch someone every
day if they had the resources. Now, one of those
investigators is leaving the department to help train
police around the country in this field.
 http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/news/061104_nw_cyber.html

us: Former Grammar School Teacher Sentenced For Child Porn
A 46-year-old former elementary school teacher was
sentenced on Friday to more than 60 months in jail for
having child pornography on his school computer.

http://www.thekansascitychannel.com/news/3410789/detail.html

us: Man facing 400 child-porn offenses
A federal investigation on child pornography sites led to
the arrest of a borough man who waived a preliminary
hearing for 400 offenses Thursday in district court.
Michael E. Videtto Sr., 50, of the 100 block of Oak Avenue,
out of jail on 10 percent of $100,000 bail, was charged in
April by Delaware County Criminal Investigation Division
Lt. David Peifer, the supervisor of Operation Triad, a task
force that directs its efforts to the Internet Crimes
Against Children, comprised of federal, state and local law
officers.

http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?BRD=1675&dept_id=18171&newsid=11933665&PAG=461&rfi=9

us: Parents Deny Custody; Bethel Park Kid Sex Suspect
Jailed
A Bethel Park man was locked up again on child porn charges
Thursday after his parents refused to supervise him, which
was one of the conditions for his release.

http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/3405454/detail.html

us: Probation given in sex exploitation case
A Fayetteville man was sentenced to probation Thursday
after pleading guilty last month to third-degree sexual
exploitation of a minor.

http://www.fayettevillenc.com/story.php?Template=local&Story=6399878

us: Ex-swim coach wants evidence barred in porn case
Former Cary swim coach Lawrence Swager asked a judge
Wednesday to throw out the search warrant authorities used
to arrest him on child pornography charges, claiming
investigators employed unconstitutional methods to snare
him.

http://www.dailyherald.com/search/main_story.asp?intid=38148117

us: FBI: Suspect kept log of neighborhood's little girls
Under his bed, 25-year-old Bernie Sherry kept a handwritten
notebook with an entry titled "Plans for Operation Young."
 http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/04162/329547.stm

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