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general internet news - November 11
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CENSORSHIP, FILTERING & CONTENT REGULATION
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Research article: Defamation on the Internet: Joseph
Gutnick v Dow Jones by Anna Beyer
Abstract: This paper investigates a defamation dispute
involving an Australian businessman, Joseph Gutnick,
and an American publisher specialising in economic
reports and analyses, Dow Jones and Company. The
dispute has provided Australian courts with a major
opportunity to see how the rules of private
international law can be applied in the context of the
Internet. The paper considers the possible impact on
online publishing of a decision allowing Gutnick to
sue Dow in his home state of Victoria, Australia.
http://www.murdoch.edu.au/elaw/issues/v11n3/beyer113.html
Asia warned on internet child porn
The rapid commercialisation of the internet has led to
an explosion of child pornography, according to a UN
conference being held in Bangkok.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3994977.stm
Internet child porn fuels abuse: UN
An explosion of child pornography on the Internet is
fuelling global child abuse including the sale of
minors into prostitution and the porn industry, the
United Nations warned today.
http://abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200411/s1237399.htm
http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2004/11/9/technology/9364806&sec=technology
http://news.newkerala.com/technology-news-india/?action=fullnews&id=41843
http://iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=3&art_id=vn20041109081847828C480251
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/917777.cms
http://www.avn.com/index.php?Primary_Navigation=Articles&Action=View_Article&Content_ID=204838
Why the web is not a safety net
We need to keep kids safe online, agrees technology
analyst Bill Thompson, but we cannot just do what the
children's charities want.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/3992037.stm
us: Meeting to focus on Internet safety
The Internet brings a world of opportunity as well as
danger into the nation's homes, prompting a special
event to help parents recognize those hazards.
http://shreveporttimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20041108/NEWS01/411080319/1002
The SAFT awareness campaign – an example of best
practice
http://www.esecurity-eu2004.nl/Staksrud.pdf
us: Technology inspires high-tech stalkers
According to a recent article in Popular Science,
technology may be ushering in a golden age of
stalking, in which predators use GPS, cellphones and
other devices to track and terrorise.
http://www.telematicsupdate.com/homepage2.asp?news=43964
Signs and symptoms of emotional abuse
This is the second article in a three-part series
focusing on emotional abuse. It focuses on the signs
and symptoms of emotional abuse, as well as the
effects that it has on its victims.
...“A new development is psychological abuse
(generally threats) communicated through the Internet,
sometimes called ‘cyber-stalking,’” Smith said.
http://www.ndsuspectrum.com/news/n-1105-emoutionalabuse.htm
Sex Crime In The City
While sexual offences may represent just a small
proportion of all crime in Derry, their impact on the
victims and on society as a whole cannot be
underestimated.
http://www.derryjournal.com/story/5118
us: Our Not-So-Free Press (DG - not internet, but
media censorship - reg req'd)
Imprisoning journalists is something you might expect
to find in China, Zimbabwe, Iran — but it's happening
here.
http://nytimes.com/2004/11/10/opinion/10kris.html
Iran's hard-liners turn a censorious eye on Web
journalists
The recent arrest of several bloggers, online
journalists, and Internet technicians in Iran has
raised fears that the country's old guard is
determined to muzzle dissent in cyberspace.
http://csmonitor.com/2004/1028/p07s01-wome.html
Iran moves against democratic Web sites
Iran has continued its crackdown on journalists, with
two arrests in the past week, and has moved against
pro-democracy Web sites, blocking hundreds of sites in
recent months and making several arrests.
http://iht.com/articles/2004/11/08/news/iran.html and
http://nytimes.com/2004/11/08/international/middleeast/08iran.html
http://smh.com.au/news/Breaking/Iran-cracks-down-on-internet/2004/11/10/1100021849364.html
http://news.com.com/Iranian+Net+journalists+face+trial/2100-1028_3-5444979.html
us/no: Norway shuts down anti-Bush site
Norwegian police have shut down a satirical web site
that called for the assassination of U.S. President
George Bush, newspaper Aftenposten reported Thursday.
http://interestalert.com/brand/siteia.shtml?Story=st/sn/11040002aaa0056b.upi
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LEGAL AND SECURITY
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au: Internet con man gets five years' jail
Nick Marinellis was on a disability pension, but that
didn't stop him from conning people around the world
into giving him $5 million.
http://smh.com.au/news/National/Internet-con-man-gets-five-years-jail/2004/11/08/1099781322257.html
http://www.vnunet.com/news/1159246
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/10128315.htm
http://wired.com/news/business/0,1367,65631,00.html
http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,11319598%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html
au: ASIC shuts currency websites
THE CORPORATE watchdog has shut down three
Australian-based businesses that dealt in electronic
currency exchange on the internet.
http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,11340157%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html
us: Suit over complaint site tests boundaries of
online speech
When Alan and Linda Townsend were unhappy with the
sprayed-on siding applied to their house, the
frustrated couple launched a Web site to complain and
to give other unsatisfied customers a forum.
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/10109832.htm
One Internet, Many Copyright Laws
A battle over copyright infringement on the Internet
heats up. No, not over music. Over "Gone With the
Wind."
http://nytimes.com/2004/11/08/technology/08newcon.html
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PRIVACY
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Privacy lost with the touch of a keystroke?
The highway is packed as you drive home and then a car
swerves in front and cuts you off. You jot down the
license plate number as the traffic stalls. When you
get home, you log onto the Internet, type the plate
into publicdata.com, and up pops the owner's name,
home address, and driving record.
http://csmonitor.com/2004/1110/p15s02-stin.html
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POLICY
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us: FCC Asserts Role as Internet Phone Regulator
The ruling asserts that the federal government, not
states, has the authority to regulate phone service
provided over the Internet.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A37972-2004Nov9.html
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2004-11-08-voip-usat_x.htm
http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-fi-fcc10nov10,1,4268943.story
uk: New laws to stop British internet price rip-offs
COMPANIES will be prevented from charging British
consumers more than foreign residents for buying the
same products or services over the telephone or
internet under a proposed European law supported by
Tony Blair.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2087-1348457,00.html
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SPAM
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US Internet service providers file more spam lawsuits
Anti-Spam Alliance members hope to make the spam
business less attractive
http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/UNID/BF5B949640879EE6CC256F4600148CDF
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INTERNET USE
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Schoolboy sues mom for not buying him a PC
An 11-year-old boy in central China took his mother to
court for breaking a promise to buy him a computer if
he did well at school, a news report said last Monday.
http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2004/11/9/technology/9364622&sec=technology
uk: BT offers free net phone calls
As an incentive to buy broadband from BT, the telco is
offering free calls via the internet.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3997145.stm
http://reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=6757456
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ONLINE MUSIC & P2P
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Pirated U2 Album Hits Net, Release Date in Limbo
Pirated versions of U2's new album "How to Dismantle
an Atomic Bomb" have emerged on Internet file-sharing
networks two weeks before it goes on sale, throwing
into question its official release date.
http://reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml;?storyID=6747842
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/11/09/u2_album_online
http://news.com.com/2100-1027_3-5443143.html
U.S. Supreme Court urged to hear file-sharing case
Petitioners say justices should take entertainment
companies' case and finally resolve conflicting lower
court rulings on file-sharing
http://globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20041109.gtsharenov9/BNStory/Technology/
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COMMENT, MICROSOFT & DEVELOPMENTS
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Firefox suffers ‘success crisis’ as fans clog Mozilla
site
The Mozilla Foundation's Web site was brought to a
near standstill as it suffered what one analyst called
a "success crisis" following the launch of open-source
browser Firefox 1.0.
http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/0,2000061733,39166026,00.htm
Firefox eyes new markets
The open-source browser, with version 1.0 now
available, is investigating moves into markets such as
desktop search and OEM bundling
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/applications/0,39020384,39173137,00.htm
Mozilla releases Firefox 1.0
The open-source browser has reached its 1.0 release,
and is set to try and challenge the dominance of
Microsoft's Internet Explorer in the browser market
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/applications/0,39020384,39172996,00.htm
Hunting with Firefox
Today marks a milestone in the history of the 'open
source' movement, the extraordinary unpaid community
of volunteers all over the world who work together to
produce software which is placed in the public domain
without commercial gain.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/news/0,12597,1346519,00.html
Germans fundraise to buy newspaper ad promoting
Firefox browser
http://dmeurope.com/default.asp?ArticleID=4231
Firefox 1.0 Final steht zum Download
http://zdnet.de/news/software/0,39023144,39127567,00.htm
Even Digital Memories Can Fade (reg req'd)
The problem of preserving digital photos and other
electronic records for future decades confounds even
the experts.
http://nytimes.com/2004/11/10/technology/10archive.html
At Last, a Microsoft Search Tool (reg req'd)
Microsoft will introduce its long-awaited Internet
search engine on Thursday, a person knowledgeable
about the announcement said.
http://nytimes.com/2004/11/10/technology/10search.html
EC vows to pursue Microsoft
The European commission, which fined Microsoft a
record €497m for abusing its dominant position, has
vowed to continue pursuing the US software group
through the courts for anti-competitive behaviour.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/news/0,12597,1347632,00.html
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ARRESTS/COURT CASES FOR CHILD PORN
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au: Man caught in child-porn sting jailed
A 34-year-old man has become the first in Western
Australia to be jailed after being caught with
thousands of images of child pornography in the
nationwide swoop on pedophilia known as Operation
Auxin.
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,11335110%255E1702,00.html
http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,11336160%5e15306%5e%5enbv%5e15306,00.html
au: Youth worker in porn swoop
A MELBOURNE youth custodial worker who allegedly
downloaded child pornography on his home computer has
been stood down after being arrested.
http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,11336843%255E2862,00.html
au: Child porn guilty plea
A RETIRED Brunswick Heads bank manager caught up in
Australia’s biggest-ever child porn bust will be
sentenced later this month in Tweed Heads Court on a
charge of possessing child pornography.
http://northernstar.com.au/storydisplay.cfm?storyid=3608393
us: Farmington Man Says Child Porn Is 'Artistic'
A Farmington man claims it is his constitutional right
to possess child pornography.
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/kgtv/20041109/lo_koat/2447181
us: Former Deputy pleads guilty to child pornography,
molestation charges
A former Saint Tammany Parish Sheriff's deputy pleaded
guilty today to one count of molestation of a juvenile
and one count of possession of child pornography.
http://www.katc.com/Global/story.asp?S=2541845
us: Ex-teacher gets prison on child porn charge
A former band teacher at both Cameron, Mo., and
Senath-Hornersville high schools was sentenced Monday
in U.S. District Court in Kansas City, Mo., for
attempting to receive child pornography over the
Internet.
http://www.semissourian.com/story.html$rec=149957
us: Franciscan pleads no contest in porn case
A Franciscan brother was convicted Tuesday of
possession of child pornography for having thousands
of pornographic images of children on his computer and
33 pornographic videos in his Pulaski friary.
http://greenbaypressgazette.com/news/archive/local_18562446.shtml
us: Probe of priest continues
Investigators have found tens of thousands of child
pornography images on a laptop computer used by the
Rev. Stephen A. Fernandes and are now looking into
whether any area children were victimized by the
priest at Our Lady of Fatima Church, Bristol County
District Attorney Paul F. Walsh Jr. said yesterday.
http://boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2004/11/09/probe_of_priest_continues/
http://www.capecodonline.com/cctimes/priestpleads9.htm
http://www.turnto10.com/news/3899345/detail.html
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ibsys/20041109/lo_WCVB/2445542
us: Deputy Fire Chief Accused Of Child Porn
Police are looking for a local deputy fire chief who
apparently fled the area afer being indicted on 35
counts of child porn involving a 9-year-old girl.
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/wlwt/20041109/lo_wlwt/2446026
us: Marion man convicted of possession of child
pornography
A 40-year-old Marion man has been convicted by a
federal jury of possession of child pornography and
receipt of child pornography.
http://www.woi-tv.com/Global/story.asp?S=2528841
us: Astronaut's son arrested for harboring child porn
The son of Mercury astronaut Walter Schirra has been
arrested on child sex tourism charges, federal
authorities said Monday.
http://www.courttv.com/news/2004/1109/astronaut_ap.html
us: Prison term handed down for child porn
A former Cameron, Mo., band director was sentenced
Monday to nearly five years in prison for receiving
child pornography over the Internet.
http://www.kansascity.com/mld/kansascity/news/local/10132430.htm?1c
us: Former deputy pleads guilty to molestation, child
porn
A former sheriff's deputy in St. Tammany Parish
pleaded guilty Tuesday to molesting a juvenile and
possessing child pornography.
http://www.dailycomet.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20041109/APN/411090802
http://www.theneworleanschannel.com/news/3903795/detail.html
us: NCSU Freshman Accused Of Downloading Child Porn
An N.C. State University freshman is accused of using
the computer in his dorm to download child
pornography.
http://www.wral.com/news/3904991/detail.html
http://www.technicianonline.com/story.php?id=010549
http://www.nbc17.com/news/3901821/detail.html
us: Muncie man charged with possessing child
pornography
Criminal charges have been filed against a Muncie man
who took his computer in for repairs after allegedly
downloading child pornography.
http://www.thestarpress.com/articles/2/029240-5082-002.html
us: Harford County Man Convicted on Child Pornography
Charges
An Aberdeen, Harford County, man who worked for the
Defense Department has pleaded guilty to possession of
child pornography -- on his government-issued laptop
computer.
http://wjz.com/localstories/local_story_314082528.html
us: Belgrade man handed eight-year prison term for
child porn conviction
A Belgrade man convicted of possessing and
distributing child pornography was sentenced in
Federal Court in Missoula Friday to eight years in
prison.
http://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/articles/2004/11/09/news/porn.txt
us: Hoboken man gets 6 years for teen sex try
A city man convicted of using the Internet to entice
someone he thought was a 14-year-old boy into a sexual
liaison was sentenced to jail time and must now
register as a sex offender under Megan's Law, state
Attorney General Peter Harvey said yesterday.
http://www.nj.com/news/jjournal/index.ssf?/base/news-0/109990867524750.xml
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