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general internet news - 29 July
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CENSORSHIP & CONTENT REGULATION
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NZ: Kiwi ISPs say no to policing users
Australia’s free trade agreement with the United
States has prompted The Business Software Alliance,
the software vendor anti-piracy organisation, to try
to gain legal rights to force ISPs on the other side
of the Tasman to take down copyright-infringing online
content.
http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/UNID/1E73588993BC747FCC256EDD001B97AA
sy: Amnesty International repeats its call for the
immediate release of five prisoners of conscience and
for the dropping of all charges against them
On the eve of three trials before the Supreme State
Security Court (SSSC) of five prisoners of conscience,
Amnesty International is repeating its calls for the
men to be immediately and unconditionally released.
Four are detained for their peaceful and legitimate
use of the Internet; one is detained for his work in
defence of human rights. Amnesty International calls
for the charges brought against the five men to be
dropped.
http://web.amnesty.org/library/index/engmde240512004
http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=11013
uk: Children 'able to gamble on net'
Children as young as 11 are able to gamble online,
according to a new report.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/3927645.stm
UK: Schoolgirl tests online gambling
An investigation co-ordinated by children's and
gambling charities has exposed how easy it is for
under-18s to gamble online.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/3928261.stm
Call to block child gambling online
Gambling websites should introduce age-verification
checks, urges a children's charity.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/story/0,3605,1269499,00.html
UK bookies blamed for underage gambling
"Does anybody really think the playgrounds of Britain
are filled with groups of children discussing who will
win at Goodwood?"
http://networks.silicon.com/webwatch/0,39024667,39122647,00.htm
uk: Kids are gambling... quick, blame the web!'
Shoddy research, scaremongering and the tired old
'internet to blame' game are too lazy for words...
http://comment.silicon.com/0,39024711,39122649,00.htm
us: Sexual predators exploit access to kids online
Parents think their children are safe in their rooms
happily typing on the computer. But the Internet is
both a machine and a portal - the latter making kids
online just as much at risk as they would be in
neighborhoods where they would never be allowed to go.
http://www.clevelandjewishnews.com/articles/2004/07/27/news/local/bcover0723.txt
Rights group accuses Yahoo, Google of aiding Chinese
Internet censorship
An international press freedom group has lashed out at
Yahoo and Google -- the two most popular Internet
search engines -- for allegedly cooperating with the
Chinese government to crackdown on web access.
http://uk.news.yahoo.com/040727/323/eyw8r.html
Google - Yahoo market battle threatens freedom of
expression
Reporters Without Borders today deplored the
"irresponsible" policies of major US Internet firms
Yahoo ! and Google in bowing directly and indirectly
to Chinese government demands for censorship and
called for a code of conduct to be imposed. In their
efforts to conquer the Chinese market, the two firms
are "making compromises that directly threaten freedom
of expression," it said.
http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=11031
kr: Millions of Web users still affected by government
ban
Exactly a month ago, the Ministry of Information and
Communication said it was blocking from viewers some
40 Web sites that could possibly contain footage of
the beheading of hostage Kim Sun-il.
http://www.koreaherald.co.kr/SITE/data/html_dir/2004/07/23/200407230027.asp
KR: Political Parodies Stirs Controversy
Parody images have increasingly become a new means of
political satire on the Internet. However, a recent
move to regulate or crack down on them is raising
controversy over the freedom of expression.
http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/nation/200407/kt2004072617105710510.htm
224 held in China's 'war' on internet porn
China has arrested 224 people in its "war" against
pornography on the internet, state media say.
http://smh.com.au/articles/2004/07/28/1090693997752.html
Peking blockiert 1,000 ausländische Websites
http://www.newsbyte.ch/start.cfm?gruppe=news&rubrik=alle&startid=61259&action=1
my: Malaysian Muftis Ban Text-Message Games - Report
Malaysia's guardian of Islamic law has banned Muslims
from using text messaging to take part in
prize-winning competitions, ruling that the practice
is a form of gambling, a newspaper said on Wednesday.
http://reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=technologyNews&storyID=5792231
de: "Sieg Heil" website gives Holocaust lesson
German neo-Nazis seeking to access racist propaganda
on the Internet will now receive a lesson on the
Holocaust when visiting a website named after the Nazi
victory salute "Sieg Heil".
http://reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=5775855
ca: Internet site expanding nationally to combat
pedophiles trolling the Web
Creeps who prey on children will face yet another
hurdle as a successful Manitoba-based snitch line is
set to expand nationally. The federal government has
pledged to fund cybertip.ca -- a program of Child Find
Manitoba -- $700,000 a year for five years to combat
Internet crimes against children throughout the
country.
http://www.canoe.ca/NewsStand/CalgarySun/News/2004/07/26/557157.html
Deutsche Justiz: "E-Mail statt Briefpost und
Aktenbock"
"In Zeiten knapper finanzieller und personeller
Ressourcen ist elektronischer Rechtsverkehr für eine
moderne Justiz unerlässlich", kommentierte
Bundesministerin Brigitte Zypries (SPD) den Beschluss
des Bundeskabinetts zugunsten des von ihr vorgelegten
Justizkommunikationsgesetzes. Der Gesetzentwurf regelt
die rechtlichen Rahmenbedingungen, unter denen Anwälte
ihre Schriftsätze statt in Papierform künftig
elektronisch bei Gericht einreichen können. Das Gesetz
ist Teil der Initiative BundOnline2005, in der sich
die Bundesregierung zum Ziel gesetzt hat, bis 2005
alle internetfähigen Dienstleistungen online
bereitzustellen.
http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/49509
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ONLINE CRIME & ILLEGAL CONTENT
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Dutch public prosecutor to pursue ‘Nigerian-scam’ case
The Dutch public prosecutor is to try to overturn a
lower-court verdict in the case of six of the 13
alleged West African e-mail scammers, all of which
were recently acquitted due to lack of sufficient
evidence.
http://dmeurope.com/default.asp?ArticleID=2428
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SPAM
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AU: IIA Releases Draft Spam Industry Code of Practice
The Internet Industry Assocation (IIA) today extended
its fight against spam in Australia with the release
of a draft industry Code of Practice for Spam.
http://www.iia.net.au/news/040701.html
us: Poll shows some look forward to reading spam
For most Americans, spam is as popular as taxes and
root canals. But a small cadre of contrarians look
forward to junk e-mail.
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/computersecurity/2004-07-27-spam_x.htm
Sender Address Verification: Solving the Spam Crisis
There are many companies in the spam-fighting business
and most, if not all, claim to be hugely successful.
Yet spam is exponentially more prevalent today than it
was just 2 years ago. How can one conclude that
today's anti spam solutions are working? This year
spammers will use machine-generated programs to send
trillions of unsolicited email. Thankfully, a new
anti-spam technology has made its way into the market.
http://www.circleid.com/article/700_0_1_0_C/
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INTERNET USE
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CONFERENCE: "The Internet and the Law - A Global
Conversation"
"The Internet and the Law - A Global Conversation"
will be held at the University of Ottawa on Friday,
October 1st and Saturday, October 2nd, 2004. Bringing
together leading academics from 16 countries,
including Lawrence Lessig, David Post, Bernt
Hugenholtz, Graham Greenleaf, and Ian Walden, the
conference will explore comparative approaches to
intellectual property law, e-commerce, Internet
regulation, and developmental issues.
http://web5.uottawa.ca/techlaw/symposium.php?idnt=99&v=22
Active Internet Users by Country, June 2004
The at-home global active Internet universe for 13
selected countries shrunk by more than 1 pecentage
point to roughly 297 million users.
http://www.clickz.com/stats/big_picture/geographics/article.php/3386051
Taxes on tap for Internet chat?
COMMENTARY--Tiago Bittencourt Silva started an
ambitious programming project last month: an
open-source utility that lets small groups of Internet
users communicate through instant messages, video
links and audio chat.
http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1107_2-5283373.html
Sudan web appeal hits record high
Donations to a UK appeal to help the Sudan
humanitarian crisis are flooding in over the web.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3926743.stm
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ONLINE MUSIC & P2P
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us: Judge: RIAA can unmask file-swappers
A federal judge has handed a preliminary victory to
the recording industry by granting its request to
unmask anonymous file swappers accused of copyright
infringement.
http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/business/0,39023166,39154727,00.htm
us: Online music providers offering sharing, legally
Free-for-all music sharing online has drawn the ire of
the recording industry, but some commercial online
music providers and even a few recording artists are
opting to allow music fans to share the songs they've
bought.
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/webguide/music/2004-07-28-sharing-more-music_x.htm
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MICROSOFT & DEVELOPMENTS
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Experts Flummoxed By Impending Regulations
The second day of the Preventing the Internet Meltdown
conference focused on a number of wedge issues that
could alter the existing architecture of the Internet.
Impending regulations about Voice-over IP (VOIP) and
the new momentum behind surveillance initiatives
related to Homeland security have a number of Internet
experts seriously concerned about the net's future. "I
have significant nightmares about where this VOIP
issue is going to take us," said Lauren Weinstein,
co-founder of People For Internet Responsibility. The
afternoon's other panelists -- Scott Bradner, Ed
Felten, John Morris, and Peter Neumann -- no longer
question that regulations will alter and complicate
the existing package-routing procedures of web
traffic. The main focus of discussion focused on how
serious those complications will be and to what extent
they will thwart innovation.
http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/home/home?wid=10&func=viewSubmission&sid=396
Meltdown Underway?
The eye-catching conference title, Preventing the
Internet Meltdown, has drawn a number of experts and
early Internet pioneers to Los Angeles this week to
discuss the thorny and elusive problem of Internet
governance. Panelists have offered conflicting views
on what "Internet governance" means, but they agreed
on the central point that looming regulations pose
threats to the Internet as we know it. How to chart
the way to a better future? Discussion for the first
two days will focus on specific problems like VOIP,
intellectual property, and spam. Conference organizers
have promised that Wednesday morning, the final day of
the conference, will be the day of solutions. Stay
tuned for answers.
http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/home/home?wid=10&func=viewSubmission&sid=395
kr: Mobiles monitor children's location
South Korean parents can track their children via
customised mobile phones that tap into the global
positioning satellite network.
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/hardware/mobile/0,39020360,39161905,00.htm
http://reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=technologyNews&storyID=5795201
us: Battle Brews Over Rules for Phones on Internet
Deregulation is the mantra of the main players in
Internet-based phone service, a new technology that
could increase competition and further drive down
phone prices.
http://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/28/technology/28voip.html
A world without Google
On Monday, Google went down - and we suddenly realised
just how empty life would be without it.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,3604,1270463,00.html
us: Bigger is better in world of the teraflop
The new IBM supercomputer commissioned by the Pentagon
will be able to accomplish in one second what it would
take a person with a calculator 1.2m years.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/life/science/story/0,12996,1270572,00.html
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CHILD PROTECTION ARRESTS
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nz: Rotorua businessman faces child porn charges
A Rotorua businessman has been charged with possessing
almost 80 images of child pornography.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/latestnewsstory.cfm?storyID=3580660
ca: N.B. man accused of owning child pornography faces
trial
A Burton, New Brunswick man charged with possession of
child pornography will go to trial.
http://www.canada.com/maritimes/news/story.html?id=05e018b6-7610-43ee-91bb-cfb0fe95a4a9
us: Using high tech to crack child porn cases
The Elkhart County Prosecutor's Office announced the
arrest of a man on child pornography charges Tuesday.
Twenty-nine year old Brian Gilles faces two counts of
possession of child pornography. Investigators say
they seized several computers and disks from his car
and his parents' home, where he was staying.
http://www.wndu.com/news/072004/news_36548.php
us: Man arrested on child pornography charges
Elkhart County Police have arrested a man for charges
related to child pornography.
http://www.wndu.com/news/072004/news_36541.php
us: Plea expected on child pornography-related charges
A continuance was granted at a Monday morning pretrial
hearing for Glenn W. Johnson, 55, of Rock City, who
was arrested in May on two child pornography-related
charges.
http://www.journalstandard.com/articles/2004/07/27/local_news/news23.txt
us: Law and order: Alton man faces pornography charge
Prosecutors in Madison County have charged a man from
Alton with possessing child pornography.
http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/news/stories.nsf/News/St.+Louis+City+%2F+County/FFF52D7D4A8ECDA386256EDF00187CC9?OpenDocument&Headline=Law+and+order%3A+Alton+man+faces+pornography+charge
us: Johnson pleads guilty to child porn-related
charges
A Rock City resident pleaded guilty Tuesday to
possession and dissemination of child pornography, two
separate felony charges, and was sentenced to five
years in prison.
http://www.journalstandard.com/articles/2004/07/28/local_news/news34.txt
us: UM professor avoids prison time for child porn
The University of Montana professor who was arrested
and charged with creating Internet child pornography
last summer has avoided a prison sentence.
http://www.missoulian.com/articles/2004/07/28/news/local/news03.txt
http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/9248776.htm?1c
us: Former church youth counselor pleads guilty to
child porn charges
A former church youth counseor pleaded guilty today to
child pornography charges in federal court.
http://www.wrgb.com/news/regional/regional.asp?selection=article_18000
us: Fireman Charged With Child Molesting Was On Cover
Of Calendar
A South Bend firefighter who is facing child molesting
and child pornography charges was featured on the
cover of a 2004 Hotter-N-Fire calendar sponsored by
the American Red Cross.
http://www.wave3.com/Global/story.asp?S=2095289&nav=0RZFPEPX
http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/mld/ledgerenquirer/news/politics/9251299.htm
us: Milwaukee Man Sentenced To 23 Years On Child Porn
Charges
A Milwaukee man will spend 23 years behind bars after
being convicted in connection with a Beaver Dam child
pornography ring.
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ibsys/20040726/lo_wisn/2301582
us: Georgia tip leads to Indiana child porn charges
An Indiana man is facing child pornography charges
after a Georgia woman he was chatting online with
turned him in for performing lewd acts with a child in
front of a web camera.
http://www.macon.com/mld/macon/news/local/9248364.htm
us: Guilty plea in child-sex case
A Florida man admitted in federal court yesterday that
he traveled to New Jersey earlier this year intending
to have sex with a 13-year-old Burlington County girl
he had met in an online chat room.
http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/news/local/states/new_jersey/9251244.htm?1c
us: Man pleads guilty to federal sex charge
A Florida man pleaded guilty yesterday to federal
charges of crossing state lines to have sex with a
minor and to possession of child pornography.
http://www.phillyburbs.com/pb-dyn/news/112-07272004-338037.html
US: Child porn: The troubled past of James Perry
This story about James Perry is particularly
troubling. Perry was sentenced in Madison, Wisconsin
to 180 years in prison, a life term.
http://crime-research.org/news/28.07.2004/518/
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