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general internet news - 21 July
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CENSORSHIP & CONTENT REGULATION
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uk: Extent of child net porn revealed
BT says it is blocking more than 10,000 attempts each
day to access child porn.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3908215.stm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/today/listenagain/ram/today1_paedophiles_20040720.ram
(Audio)
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/crime/story.jsp?story=542787
http://news.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2004/07/20/uporn.xml
http://reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=5716102
http://www.itv.com/news/697250.html
http://tvnz.co.nz/view/news_technology_story_skin/437245?format=html
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/07/20/bt_internet_block/
Elton attacks 'censorship' in US
Elton John has said stars are scared to speak out
against war in Iraq because of "bullying tactics" used
by the US government to hinder free speech.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/3902833.stm
au: Govt to review X-rated phone content
The provision of illegal or offensive material on
mobile phones has come under review, with the federal
government considering its regulation of audiovisual
content on mobile devices.
http://www.itnews.com.au/storycontent.asp?ID=12&Art_ID=20583
au: PR linked to Howard site
A SYDNEY public relations firm with links to the Labor
Party has taken responsibility for a contentious
website critical of Prime Minister John Howard. The
website, johnhowardlies.com, had been falsely
registered by a group or person going by the name "ABC
DEF", but has now been authorised by Manly-based
Springboard Australia Pty Ltd.
http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,10153577%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html
http://smh.com.au/articles/2004/07/16/1089694537241.html
http://smh.com.au/articles/2004/07/16/1089694525230.html
nz: Schools get lessons in cyber dangers
Principals, teachers, and other school staff will be
given "cybersafety" training to help protect children
from the dangers of technology.
http://stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,2976745a28,00.html
Representative on Freedom of the Media: Conference on
Guaranteeing Media Freedom on the Internet
The conference is a follow-up to the 2003 Amsterdam
Internet Conference. More than 20 international
experts will lecture. Interested representatives from
IGOs, NGOs, academia, media and industry are invited
to attend. Eventually a "Freedom of the Media -
Internet Cookbook" with best practices and benchmarks
for Internet legislation, regulation and education
will be produced and published at end of this year.
http://www.osce.org/events/conferences/fom/2004amsterdam/
mv: Open Letter to Francesco Caio, CEO of Cable &
Wireless
Reporters Without Borders has urged the Chief
Executive Officer of Cable & Wireless (C&W), Francesco
Caio, to put pressure on the Maldives authorities to
end abusive Internet censorship and to press for the
release of imprisoned Internet-users. The British
telecommunications giant holds 45% of the stock in
Dhiraagu, the company that runs the network in the
Maldives. The country is one of the world's most
repressive of freedom of expression on the Internet.
http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=10996
Viet Nam: Another elderly dissident to be brought to
trial (news release)
Yet another elderly dissident, an Amnesty
International member, is to be brought to trial next
week in Ho Chi Minh City. Dr Nguyen Dan Que, 62, a
distinguished doctor, former hospital director and
long-standing human rights activist, will be tried on
Monday 19 July having spent 16 months in detention in
Ho Chi Minh City.
http://web.amnesty.org/library/Index/ENGASA410152004?open&of=ENG-VNM
vn: Pham Que Duong sentenced to 19 months in prison
Reporters Without Borders condemned a 19-month prison
sentence against cyberdissident Pham Que Duong, aged
73, for "abusing democratic rights to harm the
interests of the State". The charge sheet specified
that he had transmitted "libellous and baseless
documents and information to certain elements abroad,
which had damaged the standing of the Vietnamese
State".
http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=10908
uk: Online isn't exempt from action under privacy laws
Now that the dust has settled following the House of
Lords' decision in the Naomi Campbell privacy case
against The Mirror, it's important to remember that
this case isn't just applicable to celebrities who are
routinely hounded by the paparazzi. The principles
laid down by the Lords apply to anyone passing on
information that could be characterised as
confidential or private.
http://www.newmediazero.com/news/story.asp?id=248757
11th Circuit rules on copyright jurisdiction (BNA
Internet Law News)
The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that it
can assert jurisdiction over a copyright infringement
case based on several connections with the U.S. While
the disputed work was created in France, the court
found that the importation of copies of the work to
the U.S. was sufficient to convey jurisdiction. Case
name is Palmer v. Braun. Decision at:
http://caselaw.findlaw.com/data2/circs/11th/0313963p.pdf
ca: Ontario laments reversal of firings over e-mail
porn
Ontario's Minister of Natural Resources is not happy
about an arbitrator's ruling requiring the ministry to
rehire six workers fired three years ago for
exchanging e-mails with pornographic content at work.
http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20040713.wxporn0713/BNStory/National/
us: Judge strikes down violent-game law
A federal judge on Thursday struck down a Washington
state law designed to restrict the sale of violent
video games to minors, saying that such restrictions
violate free-speech rights, court documents show.
http://news.com.com/Judge+strikes+down+violent-game+law/2100-1043_3-5272512.html
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2004-07-16-violent-video-games_x.htm
China in bid to shut porn sites
China has launched a "people's war" against
pornography on the internet, giving websites a
deadline until September to rid themselves of indecent
content, state media said today.
http://smh.com.au/articles/2004/07/19/1090089082492.html
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/040719/323/eya12.html
http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,10181015%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html
China kämpft gegen Pornografie im Internet
http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/49215
cn: China slaps ratings on online games
CHINA IS YET AGAIN tinkering around with its internet
and computer laws – soon it will be necessary for the
Chinese software industry to classify all of its
online games, so as to protect children from violence
and pornographic content.
http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=17097
us: Parental involvement can help protect children
online
Children are being victimized at an alarming rate, as
computers provide predators with easy access to them.
http://www.jg-tc.com/articles/2004/07/19/features/feat44.txt
us: Anti-Porn Burden Bounced Back By SCOTUS (From The
Filter - A publication of the Berkman Center for
Internet & Society at Harvard Law School
http://cyber.law.harvard.edu
The Supreme Court of the United States recently ruled
against a federal law that would have restricted
access to internet pornography websites, but a number
of questions remain about the constitutionality of the
Child Online Protection Act (COPA), a law passed in
1998 to limit access to websites deemed "harmful to
minors." Civil liberties groups like the ACLU have
opposed the statute for its restrictions on First
Amendment freedoms, but the court did not strike down
the law entirely. Instead, the 5-4 decision concludes
that the law can stand only if it provides the "least
restrictive alternative" for protecting minors. Lower
courts will have to continue to consider whether
private filtering clients can accomplish the desired
end without unnecessary restrictions on free speech
and expression. Six years of legal action in the
highest courts, beginning with the now-defunct
Communications Decency Act, have failed to reach a
completeconclusion.
Decision:
http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/29june20041115/www.supremecourtus.gov/opinions/03pdf/03-218.pdf
COPA:
http://www.epic.org/free_speech/copa
http://www.epic.org/free_speech/censorship/copa.html
Analysis:
http://writ.news.findlaw.com/hilden/20040706.html
http://marketwatch-cnet.com.com/Supreme+Court+keeps+Net+porn+law+on+ice/2100-1028_3-5251475.html
China crackdowns on "reactionary" TV
China has ordered a crackdown on the illegal
installation of satellite equipment to prevent its
citizens watching "reactionary, violent and
pornographic" foreign television programs.
http://asiamedia.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=12865
The Dark Side of the Internet : What Can Be Done
With the proliferation of new media technologies, the
Internet has been hailed as a utopian technology,
capable of transforming the world for the better
through education, through greater democracy, through
its ability to bypass the censors, and through
creating online networks and communities.
http://www.rthk.org.hk/mediadigest/20040715_76_119991.html
us: Backlog Means Suspected Child Pornographers Remain
Free
Law enforcement officials say child pornographers and
sexual predators are going free because the state
can't process evidence against them fast enough.
http://www.thewmurchannel.com/news/3543476/detail.html
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ONLINE CRIME & ILLEGAL CONTENT
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Krenn-Schüler vor dem Staatsanwalt
Acht Verdächtige, mehrere Computer und Kinderpornos -
Entscheidung über Klage am Montag - neue Anzeigen
wegen
http://derstandard.at/?ressort=Chronikneu1
Kommentar der anderen: Wenn Rom nicht handelt
http://derstandard.at/?id=1731081
Kommentar der anderen: Wie "heilig" ist das Konkordat?
http://derstandard.at/?id=1731370
Kommentar der anderen: Weckruf für Linkskatholiken
http://derstandard.at/?id=1731351
Leserstimmen zu "Homophob"
http://derstandard.at/?id=1731190
Ukraine to protect children from porn
The Ministry for Family, Children and Youth Affairs of
Ukraine and the Ukrainian Union of Young People
Deputies (UUYPD) in the frames of project for
psychological protection of children introduced a new
program "Cyber nanny" that will block entrance to porn
websites.
http://crime-research.org/news/19.07.2004/498/
gh: Checking Cyber Crime
WITH EACH passing day, citizens of this country are
made aware of the increasing cases of internet fraud
that are being perpetrated by both Ghanaians and
foreigners, especially those from our sister country,
Nigeria, to the detriment of our image as a free
country.
http://allafrica.com/stories/200407160653.html
us: Actress Tries to Slap Gawkers
Gawker Media sites receive a cease and desist letter
from Cameron Diaz' lawyers for linking to a site
that's selling videos of Diaz topless. Gawker says the
demand is ridiculous, but other lawyers say Gawker
should be careful.
http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,64248,00.html
kr: GNP suspects NK in cyber attacks
Kim Hyong-o, secretary general of the opposition Grand
National Party (GNP), raised a suspicion on Friday
that North Korea's hacking unit could be involved in
the recent cyber attacks against public institutions
in South Korea.
http://asiamedia.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=12804
us: Patriot Act used to investigate and convict couple
in child pornography case
In his remarks to Congress, Attorney General John
Ashcroft detailed how the Patriot Act was used to
investigate a child pornography case.
http://crime-research.org/news/17.07.2004/496/
uk: Watchdog cracks down on premium rate diallers
Companies wanting to run premium rate services using
internet dialler software will now have to obtain
permission to operate from the Independent Committee
for the Supervision of Standards of Telephone
Information Services (ICSTIS).
http://www.vnunet.com/news/1156685
http://out-law.com/php/page.php?page_id=premiumrateservice1089967539
Korea needs more resources to fight terrorism on cyber
Spurred by hacker attacks on the computer networks of
major state institutions, the government is coming
under increasing pressure to enhance its system to
cope with cyber terror for fear that similar attempts
to breach security will increase in the future.
http://www.koreaherald.co.kr/SITE/data/html_dir/2004/07/19/200407190008.asp
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SPAM
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Microsoft awarded $4 million in spam suit
A federal court has ordered a California man to pay $4
million to Microsoft for allegedly using the software
giant's product names fraudulently as part of a spam
scheme.
http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104_2-5272776.html
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml;?storyID=5685779
4 Millionen Dollar Schadenersatz für Spam
http://www.newsbyte.ch/start.cfm?gruppe=news&rubrik=alle&startid=60987&action=1
10 Reasons Why Involving Government in Spam Control is
a Bad Idea
1. Many jurisdictions already have laws which cover
abuse of computer systems and networks -- and spam is
of course abuse. These laws are only sporadically
enforced, however, usually when a sufficiently
visible/powerful entity is the aggrieved party. Adding
more laws (a) is redundant and (b) does not increase
enforcement. 2. Laws are only enforced as law
enforcement has resources available. Spam/abuse is not
a high priority unless a sufficiently visible/powerful
entity makes it so, and those cases are rare.
http://www.circleid.com/article/655_0_1_0_C/
us: Searching for Ways to Fight Junk E-Mail
Internet service providers are working on systems that
would verify senders' identities.
http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-fi-email15jul15,1,5687839.story
us: Sunshine and spam
Florida fighting reputation as junk e-mail capital of
the world.
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/internetprivacy/2004-07-19-spam-central_x.htm
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INTERNET USE
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Vietnam to provide Laos with high-speed internet
Vietnam will provide its communist neighbour Laos with
high-speed internet access as early as next month.
http://asiamedia.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=12815
'Cyber-loafing' signposts motivation problems
Survey: While surfing the Internet, sending personal
email and engaging in instant-messaging conversations
steal significant amounts of office time, low staff
morale is a greater problem.
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/business/management/0,39020654,39160708,00.htm
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WSIS & RESEARCH ARTICLES
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Internet Governance Project
The Internet Governance Project (IGP) is an
interdisciplinary consortium of academics with
scholarly and practical expertise in international
governance, Internet policy, and information and
communication technology. The Project is conducting
research on and publishing analysis of Internet
governance. Some of the work is intended to contribute
to the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS),
and the United Nations Working Group on Internet
Governance, as well as related debates at the
international, regional and national levels.
http://www.internetgovernance.org/
Position Papers for the UN Working Group
* Mueller, Mathiason and McKnight: Paper for the
February 2004 ITU meeting "Making Sense of Internet
Governance: Public Policy Issues."
http://dcc.syr.edu/miscarticles/IGP-ITU.pdf
* Mueller, Mathiason and McKnight: Paper for the March
UN ICT TF Global Forum "Making Sense of Internet
Governance: Defining Principles and Norms."
http://dcc.syr.edu/miscarticles/IGP-UNICTTF.pdf
Papers Related to WSIS
* Klein: "Understanding WSIS: An Institutional
Perspective on the UN World Summit on the Information
Society"
http://dcc.syr.edu/miscarticles/WSIS.pdf
Policy Papers Related to ICANN
* Mueller and McKnight: New Top-Level Domain Additions
http://dcc.syr.edu/miscarticles/NewTLDs2-MM-LM.pdf
* Klein: "Global Democracy: Understanding ICANN's
At-large Elections"
http://dcc.syr.edu/miscarticles/klein-democracy.pdf
* Mathiason and Kuhlman: "An International
Communication Policy: The Internet, International
Regulation and New Policy Structures"
http://www.ntia.doc.gov/ntiahome/domainname/130dftmail/Mathiason.htm
* Holitscher, "Internet Governance Revisited: Think
Decentralization"
http://www.ipz.unizh.ch/mitarbeiter/ib/holitscher.php
* Mueller: "The Economics of DNS"
http://dcc.syr.edu/miscarticles/dns-econ.pdf
* Mueller: "Competing DNS roots: Creative Destruction
or Just Plain Destruction?"
http://dcc.syr.edu/miscarticles/competing-roots.pdf
http://dcc.syr.edu/miscarticles/competing-roots.pdf
* Mueller: "Success by Default: ICANN's Domain Name
Dispute Resolution"
http://dcc.syr.edu/markle/markle-report-final.pdf
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ONLINE MUSIC & P2P
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Downloading for Democracy
Peer-to-peer networks aren't just for trading music
and movies. A law student, frustrated by government
secrecy and possible conflicts of interest, launches a
website that uses P2P networks to distribute telling
government documents.
http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,64237,00.html
French music downloaders to have internet connection
terminated
French music fans who download music illegally are to
have their internet connection shut down as part of a
severe clamp down on the practice by the French
government.
http://www.dmeurope.com/default.asp?ArticleID=2342
OD2 unveils million-song jukebox
Online music service OD2 has said it is adding nearly
one million new tracks to become the biggest internet
music service in the world.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/3897553.stm
http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/news/0,12597,1262158,00.html
EBay dips toe in music downloads
The net auction website eBay is dipping its toe into
the digital music download market in a six-month
trial.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3899461.stm
French music downloaders to have internet connection
terminated
As part of an agreement between French ISPs, the music
industry and the French Ministries of Industry,
Culture and Finance, a judge will be able to order an
ISP to shut down a connection within a matter of hours
following the request of a record label monitoring
peer-to-peer networks.
http://dmeurope.com/default.asp?ArticleID=2342
Case against Napster backers gets green light
A federal court has allowed record labels to continue
a lawsuit against Bertelsmann and Hummer Winblad
Venture Partners, both onetime backers of the defunct
Napster file-swapping network.
http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104_2-5269814.html
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MICROSOFT & DEVELOPMENTS
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CONFERENCE: PFIR: "Preventing the Internet Meltdown"
- July 2004
People For Internet Responsibility (PFIR) is pleased
to announce an "emergency" conference aimed at
preventing the "meltdown" of the Internet -- the risks
of imminent disruption, degradation, unfair
manipulation, and other negative impacts on critical
Internet services and systems in ways that will have a
profound impact on the Net and its users around the
world.
http://www.pfir.org/meltdown
Oxford Internet Institute Doctoral Summer Programme
2004 - July 2004
The second OII Summer Doctoral Programme will bring
together students from around the world to study with
leading academics in the field of Internet Studies and
to share and discuss their research. The Programme is
designed both to stretch the thinking of all students
on a range of issues central to the work of the
Institute through seminars and lectures and to provide
valuable advice and support for students' own
research. In light of the generous support of our
Programme sponsors, we will be able to offer a limited
number of student bursaries (grants) to help make this
a truly international experience.
http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/teaching/?rq=sdp2004
Creator of the web turns knight
Tim Berners-Lee, the British inventor of the world
wide web, has received his knighthood from the Queen.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3899723.stm
http://news.com.com/Call+him+Sir+Tim+Berners-Lee/2100-1028_3-5272437.html
http://reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=5694721
Web-Erfinder Tim Berners-Lee von Queen geehrt
http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/49144
Is IE in pain?
Microsoft has long held the title of undisputed
champion of Web browsers, but recent research shows
the software giant's Internet Explorer slipping in
popularity for the first time in recent memory.
http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20040713.gtieie0713/BNStory/Technology/
First Pocket PC virus discovered
The first virus to attack handheld computers running
Microsoft's Windows Pocket PC software has been found.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3906823.stm
Lindows takes cash to change name
Lindows will give up its name as part of a settlement
that sees Microsoft paying the Linux firm $20m.
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/0,39020330,39161037,00.htm
http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/business/stories.nsf/Business/8EE70EE074EC694686256ED700056D54
Microsoft einigt sich mit Lindows und zahlt 20
Millionen Dollar
http://www.newsbyte.ch/start.cfm?gruppe=news&rubrik=alle&startid=61050&action=1
Brazil Internet craze angers English speakers
Brazil has butted heads with the United States this
year on issues ranging from cotton subsidies to the
war in Iraq. But perhaps none of the battles has been
so personal as the one being fought on the Internet.
Thousands of Brazilians have become devotees of Orkut,
a popular new social-networking site from Web search
leader Google.
http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104_2-5274668.html
UC fires back at Microsoft in browser battle
The University of California hit back at Microsoft in
its pitched patent battle over fundamental Web
browsing technology.
http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104_2-5275745.html
VoIP: Act II
Net calls becoming safer choice in government.
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2004-07-19-voip-act-2_x.htm
A web of lies
Relying on the Net for Facts Is Like Buying That
Bridge in Brooklyn
http://www.abanet.org/journal/ereport/jy16carter.html
Apple to unveil redesigned iPod
Apple is launching a new version of its best-selling
iPod digital music player, according to reports.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3906249.stm
The Phones They Are A-Changin'
The more things change, the more they stay the same.
Change is good. Change that makes life easier is even
better. That's the rationale behind Dartmouth's
conversion to "voice over Internet protocol," or VoIP,
for faculty and staff with 646 numbers this summer.
The new system will converge the College's telephone
and computer—and, eventually, video—networks into one.
For users, this translates to more services, expanded
mobility, and increased flexibility.
http://www.dartmouth.edu/comp/about/news/2004/06-voip
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CHILD PROTECTION ARRESTS
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at: Trainee priest on porn charges
A 27-year-old trainee priest at an Austrian seminary
has been arrested for possession and distribution of
child pornography, according to prosecutors.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/austria/article/0,2763,1265011,00.html
Bishop defiant over sex scandal
The bishop in charge of an Austrian diocese at the
heart of a sex scandal is resisting calls to resign.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/3897449.stm
http://abcnews.go.com/wire/World/ap20040714_488.html
Poll: Austrians Want Bishop's Resignation
A poll released Saturday showed 72 percent of
Austrians want the resignation of a bishop who
oversees a Roman Catholic seminary where a vast cache
of child pornography was discovered.
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040717/ap_on_re_eu/austria_seminary_porn_1
http://abcnews.go.com/wire/World/ap20040717_537.html
http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/07/19/austria.seminary.porn.ap/index.html
Porn Case Could Torpedo Austrian Bishop
An official with the Archdiocese of Vienna urged the
Vatican on Wednesday to oust a Roman Catholic bishop
in charge of a seminary where candidates for the
priesthood hoarded child pornography and photos of
themselves kissing and fondling each other.
http://abcnews.go.com/wire/World/ap20040714_1842.html
Strafantrag gegen Priesteranwärter
"Vielzahl pornografischer Darstellungen mit
Unmündigen" auf
Wechselfestplatte - Noch kein Kommentar aus Rom
http://derstandard.at/?ressort=Chronikneu1
Kommentar: Auf Teufel komm raus
http://derstandard.at/?id=1733232
Kommentar: Satan war's - Von RAU
http://derstandard.at/?id=1733208
Kommentar der anderen: Von Portland bis St. Pölten ...
http://derstandard.at/?id=1733211
Sprecher von Kurt Krenn: Seminarist wird
ausgeschlossen
http://derstandard.at/?id=1732883
at: Kurt Krenns kleine Regimenter
Bischof scharte erzradikale Orden, fanatische
Jesujünger und Seminaristen, die nirgends Aufnahme
fanden, um sich.
http://derstandard.at/?ressort=Chronikneu1
http://orf.at/040715-76383/index.html
"Recht auf Sexualität" für Geistliche
http://derstandard.at/?id=1730185
Kolumne: Gelebte Homoerotik unter Seelsorgern
http://derstandard.at/?id=1730219
Causa Krenn führt zu Austritten
http://derstandard.at/?id=1730194
Kommentar der anderen: Kirche, Knaben und Klischees
http://derstandard.at/?id=1730198
au: DFAT officer facing child-porn charges
A Canberra-based officer of the Department of Foreign
Affairs and Trade has been ordered to stand trial on a
charge of possessing child pornography.
http://canberra.yourguide.com.au/detail.asp?class=news&subclass=local&story_id=322141&category=General+News&m=7&y=2004
uk: Net designer jailed over child porn
AN internet page designer who was accessing child
pornography was caught out by his boss who was
suspicious he was working for someone else.
http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0200wales/tm_objectid=14435201%26method=full%26siteid=50082%26headline=net%2ddesigner%2djailed%2dover%2dchild%2dporn-name_page.html
uk: COURT: Child porn teacher jailed
A DISGRACED biology teacher convicted of downloading
child pornography was jailed yesterday and banned from
working with children.
http://www.peterboroughnow.co.uk/ViewArticle2.aspx?SectionID=845&ArticleID=824534
uk: GP faces hearing over child porn conviction
Shamed GP Paul Hewish is to appear before a General
Medical Council disciplinary hearing in Manchester
today over allegations he failed to reveal a
conviction for possessing child pornography when
applying for a new post and did not treat some of his
patients correctly.
http://www.yorkshiretoday.co.uk/ViewArticlemore2.aspx?SectionID=55&ArticleID=824672
ca: Ex-coach sentenced in child porn case
A former Boys and Girls Club soccer coach has been
sentenced to 10 years in prison after pleading guilty
to 18 charges relating to child pornography.
http://www.news-miner.com/Stories/0,1413,113~7244~2280099,00.html
ca: Sharpe sentenced to 2 years for indecent assault
John Robin Sharpe, who challenged Canada's child
pornography laws all the way to the Supreme Court, has
been sentenced to two years less a day for indecent
assault on a boy more than three decades ago.
http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2004/07/19/sharpe040719.html
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20040719.wsharpe0719/BNStory/National
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/1090269731127_85678931/?hub=Canada
ca: Kid porn nets dentist conditional sentence
Toronto dentist Leslie Griesdorf has received an
18-month conditional sentence after pleading guilty to
accessing and possessing child pornography. The
sentence means he won't serve any jail time, but will
be under house arrest, at least for the first nine
months. After that, he has more freedom to leave home
provided he keeps the peace.
http://www.canoe.ca/NewsStand/LondonFreePress/News/2004/07/17/545879.html
ca: Madoc Man Charged with Distribution of Child
Pornography (news release)
Members of the Ontario Provincial Police, Child
Pornography Section (Project "P") and the Central
Hastings Detachment, have charged a 55 year old Madoc
man following a child pornography investigation.
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/July2004/14/c2972.html
us: Billings man admits child pornography charges
A Billings man who already admitted possessing child
pornography on his computer pleaded guilty to another
charge in federal court after the judge rejected a
plea agreement.
http://www.billingsgazette.com/index.php?tl=1&display=rednews/2004/07/16/build/local/48-childporn-guiltyplea.inc
us: Students from Pelican School's first class plan
reunion
While many Rhinelander residents and their guests will
be meeting old friends at the Northwoods Family
Reunion Saturday, a quiet reunion of a few special
people will be taking place at the old Pelican School
will be taking place.
http://rhinelanderdailynews.com/articles/2004/07/16/news/local_news/news2.txt
us: Judge denies motion to dismiss charges of child
pornography
A 1st District Court Judge denied a defense motion
Wednesday to dismiss charges against a former Utah
State University student accused of downloading
thousands of images of child pornography from the
Internet in 1999.
http://hjnews.townnews.com/articles/2004/07/16/news/news03.txt
us: Teacher may face child porn charges
A Muscogee County school teacher accused of engaging
in sexual activity with a 14-year-old girl while she
was a student at Eddy Middle School eight years ago
could face additional charges of child pornography,
police said Saturday.
http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/mld/ledgerenquirer/news/9181456.htm
us: Probation given for Wellsville child porn
Former Wellsville Town Supervisor Michael T. Baldwin,
42, was sentenced Friday to 10 years of probation
after pleading guilty to a child pornography charge.
http://www.buffalonews.com/editorial/20040717/1009972.asp
us: Ex-town supervisor on sex offender registry for
child porn
A former town supervisor in western New York is on the
state's registry of sex offenders after pleading
guilty to a child pornography charge.
http://www.wrgb.com/news/regional/regional.asp?selection=article_17348
us: Man charged in child porn case denied first-time
offender bid
A Red Hill man awaiting trial on charges of having
hundreds of child pornography pictures on his home
computer was denied a bid Thursday to enter a program
for first-time offenders.
http://www.mcall.com/news/local/all-redhill-cp-071804,0,1655553.story
us: S.J. caregiver for kids arrested in child porn
case
A San Jose caregiver for mentally disabled children
was arrested Thursday after authorities allegedly
discovered him with child pornography.
http://www.mercurynews.com/mld/mercurynews/news/local/9171495.htm?1c
http://www.kron4.com/Global/story.asp?S=2047604&nav=5D7lOqzE
us: CDC official arrested for having child porn
A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention official
has been arrested for having child pornography on
computers at his home in Woodstock.
http://www.macon.com/mld/macon/news/local/9170135.htm
us: Man facing sexual child abuse charges
A borough man is behind county prison bars in lieu of
$1 million cash bail on sexual child abuse and
pornography offenses stemming from a tip by the
National Center for Missing and Exploited Children,
authorities said Wednesday.
http://www.delcotimes.com/site/news.cfm?BRD=1675&dept_id=18171&newsid=12364750&PAG=461&rfi=9
us: Shepherd University professor faces child porn
charges
Shepherd University hasn't decided the fate of a
professor facing child pornography charges in
Pennsylvania.
http://www.wnep.com/Global/story.asp?S=2043437
us: Bus driver charged with posting ad for child porn
A self-employed school bus driver from Yonkers was
arrested yesterday and charged with advertising to
exchange video images of child pornography over the
Internet, authorities said.
http://www.thejournalnews.com/newsroom/071704/b08w17childporn.html
us: FBI child porn crackdown leads to lawyer's arrest
in Portland
A Seattle man is accused of going online to solicit a
minor, who in reality was an undercover agent.
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/oregonian/index.ssf?/base/news/109006549942351.xml
us: Second boy charged with creating child pornography
A second Claremont boy has been charged with creating
child pornography.
http://www.aberdeennews.com/mld/aberdeennews/news/9185781.htm
us: Man sentenced to 87 years for child rape
A Sioux Falls man sentenced earlier to 100 years in
prison for possessing child pornography was sentenced
Monday to 87 years in prison for raping an 8-year-old
girl.
http://www.aberdeennews.com/mld/aberdeennews/news/9196877.htm
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