general internet news - November 22

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

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Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

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Internet in Asia blog: sirc.blogspot.com
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CENSORSHIP, FILTERING & CONTENT REGULATION
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uk: Academics up in arms over No 10 'porn spamming'
Yesterday it emerged that porn had been sent to more
than 100 leading academics, scientists and
industrialists in emails from the No 10 streategy
unit.

http://politics.guardian.co.uk/commons/story/0,9061,1354901,00.html

us: Internet Porn: Worse than Crack? 
Internet pornography is the new crack cocaine, leading
to addiction, misogyny, pedophilia, boob jobs and
erectile dysfunction, according to clinicians and
researchers testifying before a Senate committee
Thursday.
 http://wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,65772,00.html

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61589-2004Nov18.html

au: Net porn arrests hit erotic websites
THE national police campaign against child pornography
has been blamed for a fall in visits to legal Internet
erotica sites.

http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,11439643%255E421,00.html

http://theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,11441189%255E2702,00.html

Swedish ISP shuts al-Qaida site
A WEB site that reportedly contained speeches by
Suleiman Abu Ghaith, an alleged spokesman for Osama
bin Laden, was shut down today by a Swedish internet
provider after the site was traced to its server.

http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,11412658%5E26199%5E%5Enbv%5E15306-15319,00.html

us: E-Mail Bullies
It used to be that kids would bully each other on the
playground. Now they are using their computers to get
mean.
 http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/3924541/detail.html

Décision du TGI de Paris suite au procès contre le
Consul Général de Turquie à Paris et la société
Wanadoo : réaction du CDCA
Le lundi 15 novembre à 13h45, le Comité de Défense de
la Cause Arménienne (CDCA) a pris acte du délibéré de
la 17ème chambre du Tribunal de Grande Instance de
Paris.
 http://cdca.asso.fr/s/detail.php?r=0&&id=197

Iranian website operator jailed (reg req'd)
An Iranian operating a news website from the central
clerical city of Qom has received a 15-month suspended
jail term amid a jusicial crackdown on internet
writing.

http://smh.com.au/news/Breaking/Iranian-website-operator-jailed/2004/11/19/1100838210212.html

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LEGAL AND SECURITY
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fr: Law on confidence in the digital economy (LEN) :
first jurisprudence on the responsibility of hosting
companies picks holes in concept of "manifestly
illegal" content
The central Paris court handed down a first explicit
decision on the Law on confidence in the digital
economy (LEN), that judges an Internet hosting
provider's responsibility for content. The case
demonstrated the difficulty of applying the concept
"manifestly illegal" content, as introduced by the
LEN.
 http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=11869

us: Texas putting brakes on cyber crime
An arrest milestone has been reached in the state's
efforts to identify and then remove child sex
predators from communities, including Smith County,
Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott announced Tuesday.

http://www.tylerpaper.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=13378836

us: Jury awards $434,000 to woman who met husband
online
A federal jury Thursday awarded a woman $434,000 in
damages after she sued an Internet matchmaking service
that introduced her to her abusive husband.

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2004-11-19-bad-match_x.htm

Microsoft 'destroyed email'
MICROSOFT developed policies stressing the systematic
destruction of internal email and other documents
crucial to lawsuits it has faced in recent years, a
software company has alleged.

http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,11433885%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html

us: Richard Clarke on Cyberterrorism and Iraq
Richard Clarke, former counter terrorism advisor to
the US National Security Council, has revealed that
before invading Iraq, the U.S. government used the
Internet to communicate directly with Iraqi soldiers
by sending them personalised messages saying, "We're
about to invade. We're going to overwhelm you and if
you resist us we're going to kill you. But we don’t
want to do that. So really the best thing for you to
do when we invade is to go home.
 http://crime-research.org/news/20.11.2004/810/

The WTO and online gambling: House of cards (sub
req'd)
Laws banning gambling show the strength of
sovereignty: IN THE continuing battle between
cyberspace and national sovereignty, the offline world
has won—despite appearances to the contrary. 

http://economist.com/business/displayStory.cfm?story_id=3411641

Copyright pirates may be put behind bars (reg req'd)
PARLIAMENT has passed legislation that provides a
stronger legal framework to protect the rights of
authors and composers, especially with new
technologies available that can take advantage of the
Internet.

http://straitstimes.asia1.com/sub/singapore/story/0,5562,285456,00.html

http://www.parliament.gov.sg/Legislation/Htdocs/Bills/0400048.pdf
(the bill)

us: Porn Firm Sues Google Over Photos
A Beverly Hills pornography publisher sued Google Inc.
for copyright infringement Friday, accusing the
Internet titan of failing to adequately remove from
its search results thousands of photos posted online
without permission.

http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-fi-porn20nov20,1,1032466.story

us: Battered Wife Wins Suit Against Md. Matchmaker
To Nataliya Derkach, he seemed a terrific catch:
caring, financially secure and serious about family.
The Ukrainian woman, who met James Fox through an
international matchmaking agency, imagined her future
unfolding happily on 40 acres in Loudoun County.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A61168-2004Nov18.html

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2004-11-19-bad-match_x.htm

us: Guilty plea in £31m net scam
An internet fraudster has pleaded guilty to cheating
15,000 investors across 60 countries out of $58m
(£31m), prosecutors said yesterday. They described the
scheme, the Tri-West Investment Club, as one of the
largest online investment scams uncovered.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,12271,1355601,00.html

Mobile phone meltdown leaves France on hold
France has been plunged into techno-shock by the
failure of one of its mobile phone networks, which
deprived seven million people of calls and text
messages for 24 hours. The breakdown, caused by an
unexplained fault in twin computer servers, follows
recent, similarly unexplained crashes in the national
railway company's booking service and in part of the
network of the main fixed-line telephone company,
France Telecom. Is a deadly computer virus at large?
Is reliability being sacrificed on the altar of rapid
progress and competition? Are computer systems
becoming so intricate and labyrinthine that they have
passed beyond understanding and control?

http://news.independent.co.uk/europe/story.jsp?story=584765

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POLICY
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Privacy International & EPIC Release Annual Global
Privacy Study 17/11/2004
PI and EPIC have released the 7th annual Privacy and
Human Rights report. It finds that governments across
the world have substantially increased surveillance in
the past year and warns that threats to personal
privacy have reached a level that is dangerous to
fundamental human rights.

http://www.privacyinternational.org/article.shtml?cmd[347]=x-347-83992

us: FCC Crackdown Could Spread
With more conservatives in power, the Federal
Communications Commission may become more forceful
about indecency fines. The agency may even try to
expand its jurisdiction into cable TV, satellite radio
and the internet.
 http://wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,65734,00.html

us: Congress Blocks Net Connection Taxation
Congress acted Friday to block state and local
governments from taxing connections that link
consumers to the Internet for the next three years.

http://nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-Internet-Taxes.html

http://technologyreview.com/articles/04/11/ap_2111904.asp?p=1

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/I/INTERNET_TAXES?SITE=FLTAM

Poland withdraws support for EU patent plan
The Polish government has said it will not support a
controversial European directive, delivering a
potential blow to attempts to make software patentable
in Europe.
 http://news.com.com/2100-1012_3-5456995.html
 http://dmeurope.com/default.asp?ArticleID=4485

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SPAM
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us: State Senate supports crackdown on Internet spam
A northwest Ohio lawmaker was the sole dissenter
yesterday as the Senate voted 29-1 to approve a bill
aimed at putting e-mail spammers in the can.

http://toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20041118/NEWS24/411180506/-1/NEWS

Microsoft's Gates Is World's Most 'Spammed' Person
E-mail users inundated with unsolicited "spam"
messages have reason to hope Microsoft Corp. will
develop better tools for tackling the problem: Bill
Gates is suffering more than anyone.

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml;?&storyID=6853210

http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/news/0,12597,1355011,00.html

il: Forces join in battle against junk mail 	
The war on junk mail in Israel is starting to take
shape and become institutionalized. All the parties
that suffer from junk mail - Internet users, some of
the Internet service providers, the major portals,
attorneys and accountants working in the field, and
even members of Knesset - have decided to join forces
in an effort to wage battle against Israeli
disseminators of junk mail.
 http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/503059.html

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INTERNET USE
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Cost and access are key determinants of VoIP growth in
Africa, says CTO report 	Latest Headlines >>
A report on the prospects and challenges for growth of
voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) telephony in
Africa launched on Monday by the CTO identifies
affordability and access as critical factors that will
determine the future of the technology. The report was
presented yesterday afternoon in London to members of
the development community, government representatives
and the private sector.
 http://cto.int/index.php?dir=06&sd=11&id=138

Dutch broadband penetration increases to 40.4% of
households
Broadband penetration in Dutch households has
increased from 22.9 per cent to 40.4 per cent
year-on-year.
 http://dmeurope.com/default.asp?ArticleID=4471

de: Internet use jumps
Use of the Internet has shot up in Germany over the
last five years. In 1999, the average time of use was
nine minutes a day.

http://www.faz.com/IN/INtemplates/eFAZ/docmain.asp?rub={F1B72E86-3783-11D4-A3AA-009027BA22E4}&doc={B506BCC3-8A99-42DA-8E75-DAE9C3652392}

de: The Future Looks Broadband  	 
Broadband Internet access is growing by leaps and
bounds in Germany, according to a new study. However,
Germany isn't leading the pack. Many other countries
are more developed in this area.

http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,1564,1400051,00.html

uk: On the crest of a wave
Until recently, older people have been ignored by the
online world. Jim McClellan looks at moves to get more
mature users surfing the net.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/story/0,3605,1353207,00.html

uk: BT's broadband rivals seize the moment
Today's move by Ofcom to force BT to open up its
networks to other operators will unleash a new wave of
investment in broadband from rival internet service
providers including AOL and Wanadoo.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/story/0,3605,1354288,00.html

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ONLINE MUSIC & P2P
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uk: Kiosks to serve up music
The first music vending machines that will allow
people to buy and download songs in the street, at
railway stations or in the pub are to be unveiled.

http://news.telegraph.co.uk/connected/main.jhtml;sessionid=YV32ERV1Q1RBJQFIQMGCM5WAVCBQUJVC?xml=/connected/2004/11/17/ecnpop15.xml

us: RIAA files new round of P2P lawsuits
RIAA filed a new round of lawsuits against anonymous
computer users on Thursday, alleging they had
illegally traded copyrighted files through
peer-to-peer networks.
 http://news.com.com/2100-1027_3-5458594.html

http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/10216917.htm

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/D/DOWNLOADING_MUSIC?SITE=FLTAM

The music industry: I want my P2P (reg req'd)
Record labels are trying to do deals with file-sharing
networks: MAJOR record labels have spent years
fighting tooth and nail, through courts, legislatures
and on the airwaves, to destroy music file-sharing
networks on the internet. But they now seem to have
accepted that they cannot stop people using such
networks and have decided instead they may as well
find a way to profit from them.

http://economist.com/business/displayStory.cfm?story_id=3407417

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COMMENT, MICROSOFT & DEVELOPMENTS
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OECD: Meeting on Economic and Social Implications of
ICT, Antigua, Guatemala - Jan05	
As part of the preparatory process of the second phase
of the World Summit on the Information Society (to be
held in Tunis on 16-18 November 2005) the OECD is
collaborating with UNCTAD, ILO and the ITC in
organising a WSIS Thematic Meeting on the Economic and
Social Implications of ICT. OECD's work on the links
between ICTs and economic growth, social development
and performance of enterprises that has been carried
out under the aegis of ICCP and WPIE will provide some
of the fundamental arguments presented at this
meeting.

http://www.oecd.org/document/47/0,2340,en_2649_37409_33938223_1_1_1_37409,00.html

Windows dominance will last 'two to four years'
Microsoft's dominance in operating systems will
continue - though only for the next few years, chiefly
because the open-source community doesn’t have the
same cash and resources to tap up as the world's
largest software company.

http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/0,2000061733,39167106,00.htm

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ARRESTS/COURT CASES FOR CHILD PORN
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au: Perth man apologises over child porn images
A 55-year-old Perth man has publicly apologised for
possessing images of child pornography.
 http://abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200411/s1247506.htm

au: Mechanic jailed for 12 months over child porn
A FOURTH WA man has been jailed after the country's
largest crackdown on child pornography.

http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,11435825%255E2761,00.html

au: Child porn extortion cop sacked
A DETECTIVE who admitted extorting money from
criminals and tipping off a suspect in Australia's
biggest child pornography crackdown has been sacked
from the New South Wales police force.

http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,11434042%255E2,00.html
 http://abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200411/s1246876.htm

au: Eye surgeon pleads guilty to child porn charge
A Mudgee district eye surgeon has pleaded guilty to
possessing child pornography.
 http://au.news.yahoo.com/041118/21/rstu.html

nz: Soldier fined for 61 child porn images
A gunner based at Linton camp has been fined more than
$7000 for possessing child pornography images
described as among the worst an investigator has seen.

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?storyID=3611774
 http://stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3100776a11,00.html

ie: Grandfather found with 400 child porn images (reg
req'd)
A 59-YEAR-OLD man who had over 400 images of child
pornography has been given a two-year suspended
sentence and a fine of €1,000 by Dublin Circuit
Criminal Court.

http://www.unison.ie/irish_independent/stories.php3?ca=9&si=1288215&issue_id=11695

ie: Child porn charge man on probation (reg req'd)
A 23-YEAR-OLD New Ross man was put on probation for 12
months yesterday having pleaded guilty to downloading
child pornography.

http://www.unison.ie/irish_independent/stories.php3?ca=9&si=1288172&issue_id=11695

uk: Internet ban for jailed child-porn teacher
A DISGRACED teacher's career is in ruins after he was
jailed yesterday for downloading child pornography.

http://icwales.icnetwork.co.uk/0100news/0200wales/tm_objectid=14889301%26method=full%26siteid=50082%26headline=internet%2dban%2dfor%2djailed%2dchild%2dporn%2dteacher-name_page.html

ca: Computer leads to child porn arrest
Toronto police testing a powerful new program designed
to root out traders in child pornography were able to
link tips from two international police forces to
charge a man here. That same lead allowed police to
identify and find one of his alleged victims, a
4-year-old girl believed to live somewhere in southern
Ontario.

http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1100818210946

ca: New charges against Toronto man in child porn case
The Child Exploitation Section of the Sex Crimes Unit
has charged a man previously arrested on child
pornography offences with sexually assaulting a
4-year-old girl, making pornographic pictures of her
and distributing them.

http://www.canada.com/national/nationalpost/news/toronto/story.html?id=a0989a00-e2e3-4649-8832-bc8f6a1db839

za: Child porn accused appears in court
The Muldersdrift man arrested on child pornography
charges last month made a brief appearance in the
Krugersdorp Magistrate's Court on Friday.

http://www.bday.co.za/bday/content/direct/1,3523,1754962-6078-0,00.html

us: Bauxite man gets three years in prison for
possessing child pornography
Clovis Tucker, 40, of Bauxite was convicted this week
of possessing child pornography and sentenced to three
years in state prison, Prosecuting Attorney Robert
Herzfeld said.

http://www.bentoncourier.com/articles/2004/11/20/news/50onews.txt

us: Child pornography trial set for Tuesday
A Russellville man is to go on trial Tuesday for
allegedly possessing graphic sexual pictures involving
children.
 http://www.couriernews.com/story.asp?ID=7241

U.S. attorney makes point, getting 15 Kansas
indictments
A federal grand jury in Wichita has indicted 15
Kansans on federal charges of possession of child
pornography, U.S. Attorney Eric Melgren announced
Thursday.

http://www.kansas.com/mld/eagle/news/local/10220587.htm
 http://www.wibw.com/news/headlines/1201231.html

http://www.thekansascitychannel.com/news/3933237/detail.html
 http://www.kctv5.com/Global/story.asp?S=2591283
 http://www.ljworld.com/section/citynews/story/188075

us: Prosecutor sounds alarm on child pornography
Child pornography aided by the Internet is a growing
problem in Kansas, the state's top federal prosecutor
said Thursday.
 http://www.ljworld.com/section/citynews/story/188075

us: California man faces new federal indictment on
child porn charges
A Moniteau County man has been indicted for a second
time on federal child pornography charges.

http://newstribune.com/articles/2004/11/20/news_local/1119040009.txt

us: Priest is sentenced for possessing child
pornography
A Roman Catholic priest apologized to his young
victims, and then was sentenced to 30 months in prison
for possessing child pornography.
 http://www.wnep.com/Global/story.asp?S=2582981

http://kyw.com/Local%20News/local_story_322210348.html

us: Ex-Berks official to stand trial for possessing
child porn
The trial for the former Berks County administrator
accused of possessing thousands of images of child
pornography is scheduled to begin Tuesday or
Wednesday.

http://pottstownmercury.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=13405538

us: Jury finds man guilty of possession of child
pornography
A Rhinelander man has been convicted of possession of
child pornography.

http://rhinelanderdailynews.com/articles/2004/11/17/news/local_news/news1.txt

us: Lubbock Man Sentenced to 7 Years for Child
Pornography Charges
600. That's how many images of child pornography a
21-year-old Lubbock man admitted to downloading on his
computer.

http://www.kcbd.com/Global/story.asp?S=2587057&nav=CcXHTJD6

us: Allegheny County man pleads guilty to possessing
child pornography
An Allegheny County man has pleaded guilty to
possessing child pornography, including sexually
explicit images of a toddler that her mother allegedly
produced.
 http://www.wnep.com/Global/story.asp?S=2572671

us: Wilk asks for jury trial in porn case
Kenneth Wilk, who authorities say shot and killed
Broward sheriff's Deputy Todd Fatta during a child
porn raid, pleaded not guilty Wednesday to pornography
charges and witness tampering. Wilk asked for a jury
trial.
 http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/9558399.htm

us: Man convicted on child porn charges, faces 50
years
The attorney general's office says a Louisa County man
has pleaded guilty in a child pornography case and
agreed to a sentence of 50 years.
 http://www.wavy.com/Global/story.asp?S=2585068

us: Pat O’Malley reacts to allegations of child
pornography
It was a Carl Monday bombshell first reported on
Channel 3 News earlier this week. The FBI probe could
impact not only O’Malley’s future but the future of
the office he holds.
 http://www.wkyc.com/news/news_fullstory.asp?id=26517
 http://www.newsnet5.com/news/3927329/detail.html

us: Man says he felt that he had to surrender hard
drives to police
Michael Hartman said Friday that he felt that he had
no choice but to surrender to police two computer hard
drives that contained purported child pornography.

http://www.kcchronicle.com/SportsSection/281957151441416.php

us: Former deputy sentenced on child porn charges
A former Multnomah County corrections sergeant will
serve a year on probation after pleading guilty to
child pornography charges.
 http://www.kptv.com/Global/story.asp?S=2581308

us: SWAT Team Called In To Arrest Child Porn Suspect
The Seminole County SWAT team was called in Wednesday
to help arrest a child pornography suspect because
officers were cautious with a stash of weapons inside
the home.
 http://www.wftv.com/news/3927397/detail.html

us: Man Sentenced In Child Porn Sting
A Cape May County man has been sentenced to five years
in prison for distributing child pornography.

http://kyw.com/Local%20News/local_story_322132038.html

us: Child pornography trial set for Tuesday
A Russellville man is to go on trial Tuesday for
allegedly possessing graphic sexual pictures involving
children.
 http://www.couriernews.com/story.asp?ID=7241

us: Man charged in child porn case
A 35-year-old married father of two was arrested at a
Wellington athletic complex while allegedly waiting
for a rendezvous with a 14-year-old girl.

http://www.palmbeachpost.com/localnews/content/local_news/epaper/2004/11/18/c2b_porn_1118.html

us: FOUR MEN INDICTED FOR POSSESSION OF CHILD
PORNOGRAPHY (news release)
In unrelated cases, four Fresno area men have been
indicted by a federal grand jury on charges of
possessing material involving the sexual exploitation
of minors. United States Attorney McGregor W. Scott
announced the indictments today against Christopher
Badorine, 19, Thomas Denney, 43, William Horsley, 48,
and Robert Churning, 74. All of the indictments allege
the defendants used a computer and the Internet to
obtain images of child pornography.

http://www.ice.gov/graphics/news/newsreleases/articles/111904ChildPornIndictments.htm

us: No-contact injunction expanded in sex case
A Sylvania woman accused of sexually abusing a
4-year-old girl and sending images of the girl via the
Internet to a Florida man was ordered yesterday to
refrain from contacting relatives of the victim.

http://toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20041120/NEWS03/411200352/-1/NEWS

us: Man gets 51 months for child porn
U.S. District Judge Samuel Kent on Friday sentenced a
Friendswood man who pleaded guilty in August to
receipt and possession of child pornography to 51
months in prison.

http://www.galvnews.com/story.lasso?ewcd=3b2603e6c898bb64
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