general internet news - Apr 14

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

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CENSORSHIP, FILTERING & CONTENT REGULATION
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Argentina drops net monitoring law (reg req'd)
Argentine President Nestor Kirchner has ordered the
suspension of a law requiring internet service
providers to monitor and record customers' web-surfing
habits, acting quickly after public outcry over the
legislation.

http://smh.com.au/news/Breaking/Argentina-drops-net-monitoring-law/2005/04/13/1113251645508.html

nz: Schools act against phone text bullies
"Text bullying" has received the thumbs down from
principals around the region as more teenagers latch
on to another form of harassment. Text bullying is
defined as any text messages, photos or phone calls
that upset, or any threats or messages which are
repeatedly sent to harass someone.

http://times-age.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?storyid=3631097

nz: Online Sex Abuse of Children Needs Urgent Action
(news release)
The Internet Safety Group today calls for a
comprehensive approach to prevent the ‘grooming’ of
children and young people on the Internet and mobile
phones. The ISG applauds today’s announcement by
Justice Minister Goff of proposed legislation to
address grooming, and urges additional responses to
offer greater protection of New Zealand children and
young people.

http://netsafe.theoutfitgroup.co.nz/isgnews/media_release_grooming.aspx

us: Blog censorship wins support
A new survey has revealed most Americans believe that
bloggers should not be allowed to publish sensitive
personal information.

http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/communications/0,2000061791,39187965,00.htm

ca: Community programs teach parents about online
dangers
As a longtime computer industry worker, Joseph
Sgandurra figured he knew all the risks lurking in
cyber land.

http://www.canada.com/technology/story.html?id=1f23654d-44c9-44a6-8f05-4543ef4a873b

us: Schools help kids stand up to bullies
Whether it's a kick to the back of a chair,
name-calling or a shove, bullying is the most
devastating experience many children face in school.
The existence of victims is problem enough, but school
officials also want to prevent suffering students from
lashing out as police contend a 14-year-old Holly High
School teen did last month.

http://www.detnews.com/2005/schools/0504/13/E06-147379.htm

us: City workers suspended for viewing pornography
Three Boone city employees were suspended and a fourth
has resigned after using office computers to view
pornography.

http://desmoinesregister.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050413/NEWS05/504130348/

tn: Open letter to Wanadoo's director general : "As
you surely don't know..."
As Wanadoo is on the point of announcing a partnership
with Tunisia's leading Internet operator, Reporters
Without Borders points out that Tunisia censors the
Internet and imprisons its users.
 http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=13163

cn: OpenNet Initiative Report: Filtering in China
On April 14, 2005 the OpenNet Initiative (ONI) will
release its long-awaited report, "Internet Filtering
in China in 2004-2005" at the U.S.-China Economic and
Security Review Commission's public hearing on China's
State Control Mechanisms and Methods. "Internet
Filtering in China in 2004-2005" documents the degree
to which the Chinese government controls and
manipulaties the information environment in which its
citizens live, including websites, blogs, email, and
online discussion forums.  Since ONI last released a
report on filtering in China in 2002, the Chinese
government has developed far more sophisticated
filtering techniques.

http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/home/home?wid=10&func=viewSubmission&sid=720

ca: Neonazi-Portal in Kanada geschlossen
Das Portal "die-kommenden", eine der zentralen
Internet-Plattformen der gewaltbereiten rechtsextremen
Szene, ist durch den kanadischen Provider, der die
Site hostete, geschlossen worden. Die Schließung
erfolgte auf Betreiben von jugendschutz.net, teilt die
gemeinsame Stelle der Länder zur Überprüfung
jugendgefährdender Angebote im Internet mit. Das
Portal habe mehrere neonazistische Websites wie die
der verbotenen "Fränkischen Aktionsfront" enthalten.
 http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/58512

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LEGAL AND SECURITY
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us: Media groups, ISPs side against Apple in dispute
A collection of media organizations has urged a
California appeals court to overturn a ruling that
would allow Apple Computer to subpoena records from a
Mac enthusiast site.
 http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-5662799.html

LexisNexis Breach May Be Worse Than Thought
Criminals may have breached computer files containing
the personal information of 310,000 people, a tenfold
increase over a previous estimate of how much data was
stolen from information broker LexisNexis

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/L/LEXISNEXIS_DATA_BREACH

http://news.com.com/LexisNexis+flap+draws+outcry+from+Congress/2100-7348_3-5668119.html

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POLICY
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Southern Africa: SADC Looking to Harmonise Cyber Laws
Representatives of the SA Development Community (SADC)
countries met this weekend in Swaziland to discuss
ways in which their cyber legislation could be
harmonised.
 http://allafrica.com/stories/200504111071.html

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SPAM
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us: Study: We're getting used to the taste of spam
Fewer people find spam as annoying or unpleasant as
they did a year ago, according to a study by the Pew
Internet and American Life Project.

http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/communications/0,2000061791,39187950,00.htm

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2005-04-10-spam-acceptance_x.htm
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4432231.stm

http://out-law.com/php/page.php?page_id=spamisbecomingtol1113312171

Spam and Phishing - report
More than a year after the CAN-SPAM Act became law,
email users say they are receiving slightly more spam
in their inboxes than before, but they are minding it
less.

http://www.pewinternet.org/PPF/r/155/report_display.asp

us: Florida wins injunction against spammers
The U.S. state of Florida has won its first victory
against "spam" electronic mail after a judge granted
an injunction against two men accused of running mass
emailing operations, the state prosecutor says.

http://reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=8160496

us: Spammer gets nine years
A US judge has sentenced a man to nine years in prison
for violating anti-spam laws by sending out millions
of unsolicited e-mails using fake addresses.

http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,12815435%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html

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INTERNET & NEW TECHNOLOGY USE
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au: High-speed broadband gets green light
Australia's peak communications industry body has
cleared the way for the launch of broadband services
several times quicker than existing ADSL offerings.

http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/communications/0,2000061791,39188134,00.htm

Mars and back in 40 minutes (reg req'd)
"The speed of light is far too slow for the internet
of the future," says Vinton Cerf, the man often called
one of the fathers of the global communications system
on which most of the world now depends.

http://smh.com.au/news/Breaking/Mars-and-back-in-40-minutes/2005/04/13/1113251636389.html

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ONLINE MUSIC & P2P
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us: Legal threats follow internet2
RECORD label and movie studio investigators plan to
sue more than 400 US university students who used a
special high-speed network to copy songs and movies.

http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,12841924%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html

http://news.com.com/RIAA+cracks+down+on+Internet2+file-swapping/2100-1027_3-5667385.html

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A48300-2005Apr12.html

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2005-04-12-internet2-suit_x.htm

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/04/13/riaa_sues_internet2_users/

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/D/DOWNLOADING_MUSIC

Ireland cracks down on music downloads (reg req'd)
Ireland's music industry plans a series of lawsuits
against 17 people who have illegally uploaded hundreds
of thousands of copyrighted music tracks on the
internet.

http://smh.com.au/news/Breaking/Ireland-cracks-down-on-music-downloads/2005/04/13/1113251663098.html

963 file-sharers sued in Europe and Asia
The International Federation of the Phonographic
Industry today launched a new wave of criminal and
civil legal actions against individuals who share
copyrighted music over the internet, targeting 963
individuals in 11 countries.

http://out-law.com/php/page.php?page_id=filesharerssue1113312094

http://iht.com/articles/2005/04/12/business/pirate.html
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4436223.stm

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COMMENT, MICROSOFT & DEVELOPMENTS
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Research Worth Fighting For (reg req'd, free for
limited time)
If the Pentagon's $419.3 billion budget request for
next year, only about $10.5 billion - 2 percent - will
go toward basic research, applied research and
advanced technology development. This represents a 20
percent reduction from last year, a drastic cutback
that threatens the long-term security of the nation.
Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld should reconsider
this request, and if he does not, Congress should
restore the cut.
...
The technology base program has also had a major
effect on American industry. Indeed, it is the primary
reason that the United States leads the world today in
information technology. American companies not only
draw heavily on the Pentagon's work, but they have
also come to depend on it. The research and
development programs of many of America's major
information technology companies are almost
exclusively devoted to product development. It was the
investment of the Defense Advanced Research Projects
Agency in a network known as ARPA-net in the 1960's
and 70's, for example, that gave rise to the Internet.
 http://nytimes.com/2005/04/13/opinion/13deutch.html

Net security bug prompts warnings
Microsoft has issued a bumper pack of patches for
critical bugs in its software.
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4440161.stm

Our Ratings, Ourselves (reg req'd - available free for
a short time)
In Houston, a couple of thousand paid volunteers will
soon start wearing Portable People Meters. Along with
other advances in measuring what we watch and listen
to, they may (in addition to transforming what we
watch and listen to) finally answer the question: Does
advertising really work?

http://nytimes.com/2005/04/10/magazine/10NIELSENS.html

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ARRESTS/COURT CASES FOR CHILD PORN
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au: Tech jailed for 3 years over child porn
A RECENTLY married IT expert caught with what is
thought to be Australia's biggest child pornography
collection was sentenced to three years' jail
yesterday.

http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,12837859%5e15306%5e%5enbv%5e15306,00.html

au: Man jailed over WA's largest collection of child
porn
A 37-year-old Perth man has been sentenced to three
years' jail for possessing what has been described as
the Western Australia's largest collection of child
pornography.
 http://abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200504/s1343861.htm
 http://au.news.yahoo.com/050412/21/txfc.html

ca: Ex-soldier guilty in child-porn case
A former soldier who said he was "disgusted with
himself" pleaded guilty before a court martial
yesterday to two counts of possessing child
pornography. Daniel Robert Carter was charged under
the National Defence Act last year after investigators
found images on a computer in a military barracks at
Edmonton Garrison. The one-time private was based
there at the time.

http://www.canoe.ca/NewsStand/EdmontonSun/News/2005/04/13/994415-sun.html

http://www.canada.com/news/national/story.html?id=416fe6d8-4668-4d78-a49d-925e10fc35a5

us: Man Pawns Laptop, Gets Arrested For Child Porn
A Milford pawn shop owner is credited with directing
police to a child porn suspect.
 http://www.nbc30.com/news/4371218/detail.html

http://1010wins.com/topstories/local_story_102072943.html
 http://www.wfsb.com/Global/story.asp?S=3198512

http://newscenter.ninn.org/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=9820

us: Virginia Beach Man Pleads Guilty to Child
Pornography Charges
A Virginia Beach man pleaded guilty Tuesday to more
than two dozen obscenity charges involving three
minors.
 http://www.wavy.com/Global/story.asp?S=3200214

us: Prominent Sun Valley Doctor Pleads Guilty In Child
Pornography Case
A Sun Valley radiologist and father of one of
America's most-successful disabled skiers has admitted
to possessing child pornography.

http://www.kbcitv.com/x5154.xml?ParentPageID=x5157&ContentID=x64192&Layout=KBCI.xsl

us: Man Arrested For Allegedly Viewing Child Porn At
Kinko's
A security guard who works at several Orlando
apartment complexes has been arrested for allegedly
looking at child pornography on a computer at a
Kinko's store.

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/wesh/20050411/lo_wesh/2665703

us: Priest charged with downloading child porn still
living in Rochester area
The priest accused of downloading child pornography on
his church computer has actually been living here in
Rochester and not at a monastery in Elmira. He was
originally directed to stay at the monastery as a part
of his bail.

http://www.10nbc.com/index.asp?template=item&story_id=14610

us: Talk of plea deal for priest charged in child porn
case
A lawyer for the Rev. Michael Volino and federal
prosecutors are discussing a possible plea agreement
to charges that Volino possessed child pornography.

http://rochesterdandc.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050412/NEWS01/504130304/1001/BUSINESS

http://www.rnews.com/Story_2004.cfm?ID=26111&rnews_story_type=18

us: Teacher At Center Of FBI Child Porn Investigation
A high school teacher is at the center of an FBI child
pornography investigation.

http://www.koin.com/news.asp?RECORD_KEY%5bnews%5d=ID&ID%5Bnews%5D=2068

us: Bryant man is arrested on child porn charges
A Bryant man accused of distributing child pornography
is being held in the Saline County jail on $25,000
bond.

http://www.bentoncourier.com/articles/2005/04/12/news/9lnews.txt

us: Former Jefferson Co. detective gets 18 years in
child porn case
State and federal courts have sentenced a former
Jefferson County sheriff's detective in child sex
cases.
 http://www.whnt19.com/Global/story.asp?S=3197396

us: Devine Man Charged With Possessing Child Porn
A man living in the town of Devine was arrested
Tuesday when hundreds of pornographic photos of
children were allegedly found inside his home.
 http://www.ksat.com/news/4373974/detail.html

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ksat/20050413/lo_ksat/2668033

us: Former Central Fla. Ice Cream Truck Driver Faces
Child Porn Charges
A former Central Florida ice cream truck driver faces
child pornography charges after police found images at
his home.

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ibsys/20050411/lo_wkmg/2664347

us: Police Say Jones May Have Accessed Child Porn
Although his criminal record doesn't show any other
sex offenses, Sioux Falls police say Murray Jones may
have been accessing child pornography at a Video Mania
Store in Sioux Falls. In fact, just hours before
Murray Jones allegedly murdered and raped 8-year-old
Jessica DeLaTorre, he was sitting behind a computer
screen at the cyber café.

http://www.keloland.com/News/NewsDetail4514.cfm?ID=22,38978

us: Inside Cyber Cafe 101
Employees of Cyber café 101 say Murray Jones was in
the store Friday night for two hours. While we don't
know what images he was looking at that night, we do
know that he used the store's computers on a regular
basis for the past few weeks. So why didn't store
workers stop Jones from allegedly accessing child
pornography? Here's an inside look at the business.

http://www.keloland.com/News/NewsDetail4514.cfm?ID=22,39011

us: Man faces 110 counts in child pornography case
A Caledonia man was charged with 110 felony counts on
Friday for sexually explicit photos he took of an
11-year-old girl.

http://www.journaltimes.com/articles/2005/04/09/local/iq_3476318.txt

us: Former Jefferson Co. detective gets 18 years in
child porn case
State and federal courts have sentenced a former
Jefferson County sheriff's detective in child sex
cases.
 http://www.wate.com/global/story.asp?s=3198688

us: 21-year-old pleads to counts of trading child porn
online
The parents of a former LSU student sat Friday in
federal court in Baton Rouge and watched as their
21-year-old son pleaded guilty to trading child
pornography online.

http://2theadvocate.com/stories/041005/new_trading001.shtml

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