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general internet news - May 23
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RESEARCH PAPERS
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au: Bridging the digital divide: the role of community
online access centres in Indigenous Communities.
Technical Report Discussion paper no.273, Centre for
Aboriginal Economic Policy Research, ANU.
Abstract: This paper presents data from the 2001
Census of Population and Housing to highlight the low
levels of computer and internet usage by Indigenous
Australians. This result is not surprising given the
well documented connection between education, income,
and use of these technologies. In addition to these
demand-side factors, access will also be influenced by
the availability of services and evidence shows that
internet access is not as easy in remote areas as it
is in urban centres. One possible way of addressing
the digital divide between capital city dwellers and
other Australians is through the development of
community online access centres. Using evidence from
the literature and from fieldwork in New South Wales,
the paper considers some factors that are likely to
make these centres more successful. These include a
strong commitment by the community to the development
of a centre and a close integration of the centre with
community activities. It is also important that
significant funds be budgeted to training for all
involved including centre staff and community members.
http://eprints.anu.edu.au/archive/00003078/
Internet Libel: The Consequences of a Non-rule
Approach to Personal Jurisdiction (Northwestern Law
Review)
Abstract: If a person in one state posts on the
Internet a libelous statement about a person living in
another state the question often arises as to whether
the person with the injured reputation can sue in his
home state or must bring suit in the courts of another
state, presumably the home state of person who posted
the offending statement. Courts have reached
inconsistent results on this question in an effort to
apply the U.S. Supreme Court's minimum contacts
jurisprudence. This article examines the approaches of
the lower courts and argues that they have mostly
ignored the most relevant Supreme Court precedents,
1985 cases in Keeton v. Hustler and Calder v. Jones.
The article also compares the approach of the U.S.
courts to the E.U. courts interpreting the Brussels
Convention and Regulation.
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=703981
Jurisdiction and the Internet: Returning to
Traditional Principles to Analyze Network-Mediated
Contacts (University of Illinois Law Review)
Abstract: Courts have been evaluating the issue of
personal jurisdiction based on Internet or
"network-mediated" contacts for some time. The U.S.
Supreme Court has remained silent on this issue,
permitting the federal appeals courts to develop
standards for determining when personal jurisdiction
based on network-mediated contacts is appropriate.
Unfortunately, the circuit approaches - which
emphasize a website's "interactivity" and "target
audience" - are flawed because they are premised on an
outdated view of Internet activity as uncontrollably
ubiquitous. This view has led courts to depart from
traditional jurisdictional analysis and impose
elevated and misguided jurisdictional standards. This
Article argues that courts should reinstitute
traditional principles to analyze jurisdiction based
on network-mediated contacts because of current
technology that enables Internet actors to restrict
the geographical reach of their virtual conduct. Such
a return will be fairer for plaintiffs while
recognizing the legitimate due process rights of
defendants.
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=706629
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CENSORSHIP, FILTERING & CONTENT REGULATION
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au: Porn everywhere, what's a child to think?
LIVE sex on the big screen is showing at a cinema near
me, and possibly near you, too. The movie 9 Songs,
billed as "the most sexually explicit film in the
history of British cinema", has an R18+ rating
designed to keep the kiddies out. It is an arty film
that shows two actors having sex.
http://smh.com.au/articles/2005/05/20/1116533538023.html
us: E-mail retention a must after Morgan Stanley case
The $1.45 billion judgment against Morgan Stanley for
deceiving billionaire Ronald Perelman over a business
deal has a lesson all companies should learn--keeping
e-mails is now a must, experts say.
http://news.com.com/E-mail+retention+a+must+after+Morgan+Stanley+case/2100-1036_3-5715554.html
us: Is your boss monitoring your e-mail?
If you're working for a U.S. company, there's a good
chance you're being watched--and you may get fired for
how you use your computer or office phone.
http://news.com.com/Is+your+boss+monitoring+your+e-mail/2100-1032_3-5712677.html
cn: China hires Net squad to sway opinion
Undercover group of commentators working for the
government will post on blogs and Internet bulletin
boards as 'ordinary netizens'.
http://asiamedia.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=24609
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml;?storyID=8542747
http://smh.com.au/news/Breaking/China-uses-spin-doctors-on-the-net/2005/05/20/1116533526137.html
cn: China blocks popular gay website
China has blocked a popular website devoted to
providing information and support to the nation's
large but closeted homosexual population, even as the
nation fights an exploding AIDS epidemic, the site's
manager said on Wednesday.
http://smh.com.au/news/Breaking/China-blocks-popular-gay-website/2005/05/19/1116361652763.html
http://iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=115&art_id=qw1116403740358B255
cn/us: Letter to Larry Page and Sergey Brin : "Will
you agree to censor Google ?"
Following Google's announcement that it is to open an
office in China, Reporters Without Borders has written
to the company's two founders, Larry Page and Sergey
Brin, asking them for a clear response to the
following question : "Will you agree to censor your
search engine if asked to by Beijing ?"
http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=13835
China hits net gambling hard
More than 1,300 people have been detained in Shanghai
after Chinese authorities continued to clampdown on
internet gambling.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/05/19/china_gambling/
us: Sex blog suit to test free speech
THE anonymous star of an X-rated online diary that had
Capitol Hill spellbound has identified himself so he
can sue the author for posting details of their sexual
liaisons on the internet.
http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,15344173%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html
us: Ill. Senate OKs Video Game Restrictions
The Illinois Senate approved a version of Gov. Rod
Blagojevich's proposed restrictions on the sales of
violent and sexually explicit video games to children,
even though some senators said the idea is
unconstitutional.
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/V/VIDEO_GAMES
http://globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20050520.gtgames0520/BNStory/Technology
eu: New appointments to the INHOPE Executive (news
release)
Three new appointments to the INHOPE executive and one
change of role were voted during the AGM in Paris on
13 May 2005.
http://www.inhope.org/en/news/press_release.php?id=20050513
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LEGAL AND SECURITY
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nz: Fake sharemarket tips the new internet porn
Fake sharemarket tips are the new porn in cyberspace.
After surveying millions of spam messages, email
security company Clearswift says more than a quarter
of unsolicited emails last month were bogus stock
tips. Pornography halved to just 5.62 per cent and
libido-enhancers "drooped slightly" to 33 per cent.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=3&ObjectID=10125850
ca: BlueBear Network Joins Fight Against Child
Pornography
BlueBear Network International, Inc. announced today
it is developing ImageMatcher, an image matching
application, which allows law enforcement officials to
electronically compare and catalogue entire images
extracted from video and photographic evidence seized
in anti-pornography or child exploitation cases.
http://au.biz.yahoo.com/050518/21/4gnt.html
us: Cyberstalker admits to contempt
Peter Schiffmacher, Western New York's only convicted
cyberstalker, pleaded guilty Thursday to a charge of
criminal contempt, and prosecutors agreed to drop
charges of menacing he faced for a recent
out-of-county confrontation with his ex-wife's fiance.
http://www.buffalonews.com/editorial/20050520/1046956.asp
us: Hilton hackers linked to LexisNexis break-in
A computer break-in at database giant LexisNexis Group
may be linked to members of a group of young hackers
involved in the theft of revealing photos and
celebrity contact numbers from the mobile phone of
hotel heiress Paris Hilton, said a senior United
States federal law enforcement official.
http://www.thestandard.com.hk/stdn/std/World/GE21Wd09.html
us: BitTorrent enemies face new hurdle
Antipiracy operatives have lost an edge over illegal
downloaders of movies and software thanks to a new
feature in BitTorrent.
http://news.com.com/BitTorrent+enemies+face+new+hurdle/2100-1032_3-5715093.html
cn: New law to protect online copyright
Online copyright will be protected in China when an
administrative rule takes effect from May 30. ...
Under the rule, when copyright owners notify the
Internet service provider (ISP) that their copyrights
have been violated, the provider should take measures
to remove relevant copied content.
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-05/17/content_443209.htm
uk: Employers fail to manage instant messaging, says
survey
One in five people now use instant messaging at work,
but 62% of companies are totally unprotected from the
threats arising from misuse of the communications
tool, says a YouGov survey commissioned by Akonix
Systems.
http://out-law.com/php/page.php?page_id=employersfailtoma1116421218
us: Investigator Tasked With Tracking Child
Pornography
One of the biggest challenges for law enforcement
these days is prosecuting people who download child
pornography from the Internet.
http://www.thecarolinachannel.com/news/4514577/detail.html
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/wral/20050521/lo_wyff/2732172
us: Adults seeking kids online for sex more than
police can handle
Tammy Basham overheard her 12-year-old daughter
talking on the phone and didn't believe her when she
said it was a school friend. She hit star-69 and was
given an Atlanta-area phone number. She called it and
was stunned to learn a 19-year-old man was pursuing
the girl. Her daughter eventually confessed that she
met the man on an Internet chat room.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/southflorida/sfl-internetdangers-may21,0,6796716.story
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POLICY
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au: ISPs voice free trade fears
AUSTRALIA'S internet industry has expressed ongoing
concern about legal uncertainties attached to
copyright laws imposed on ISPs as a result of the US
Free Trade Agreement.
http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,15340176%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html
au: IIA Copyright Code to be Finalised
The Internet Industry Association (IIA) today
announced it would move to finalise an industry Code
of practice for ISPs, webhosts and other 'carriage
service providers' in relation to copyright in online
content.
http://www.iia.net.au/news/050501.html
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INTERNET & NEW TECHNOLOGY USE
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Netscape launches next-generation Web browser
Netscape on Thursday launched version 8.0 of its Web
browser, promising better security and the ability to
switch between rival browsers Internet Explorer and
Firefox.
http://reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=8548069
nz: InternetNZ welcomes Digital Strategy
InternetNZ welcomed the publication of the Digital
Strategy and congratulated Communications and IT
Minister David Cunliffe and the agencies who have
worked together well to produce an impressive
framework.
http://internetnz.net.nz/news/2005-05-16-digital-strategy.html
it: Porn industry taking advantage of 3G users
More and more Italian people are using their
third-generation cellphones to buy pornographic videos
and photos, a survey has shown.
http://iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=115&art_id=qw1116503282947B234
Italy in recession but porn industry booming-study
Italy may be in recession but the pornography industry
in the traditionally Roman Catholic country is booming
and growing more high-tech savvy by the day, a new
study co-sponsored by the Vatican showed on Thursday.
The study by the respected Eurispes Institute said the
aim of the industry was to provide pornography
services "24 hours a day" via mobile phones,
television and the Internet.
http://reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=8544155
Informal Summary Of The Global Forum On A
Multistakeholder Approach To Harnessing The Potential
Of Information And Communication Technologies For
Education
The Global Forum on “A Multi-Stakeholder Approach to
Harnessing the Potential of Information and
Communication Technologies for Education” was attended
by almost 300 representatives of interested
stakeholders, both members and non-members of the
United Nations ICT Task Force, including a number of
Ministers and other high-level government officials,
prominent educators, representatives of civil society,
the private sector, academia and youth
representatives. Building on the tradition of the
previous three Global Forums, the meeting was
characterized by its open and inclusive procedures,
and by a comprehensive, realistically critical and
solutions-oriented interactive discussion among
well-informed and committed actors. The tone and
thrust of the discussion were set by the message of
the United Nations Secretary-General, in which he
welcomed the theme of the Forum and stated that “we
must ensure that ICT is used to help unlock the door
to education” so that people everywhere “can fully
seize economic opportunities, and live lives of
dignity, free from want”.
http://unicttaskforce.org/perl/documents.pl?id=1525
uk: BBC announces iMP content trial
BBC New Media has announced the next phase in the
development of the BBC's interactive Media Player
(iMP). A three month content trial is to begin in
September 2005.
http://www.dmeurope.com/default.asp?ArticleID=7938
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COMMENT, MICROSOFT & DEVELOPMENTS
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Google This: Is Microsoft Still a Bully? (reg req'd,
free for one week)
Microsoft is still respected among competitors, but as
a result of the antitrust trial, it is not feared the
way it used to be.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/21/technology/21nocera.html?th&emc=th
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ARRESTS/COURT CASES FOR CHILD PORN
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au: Teacher gets bond for child porn charge
A TAMWORTH teacher charged with possessing child
pornography last year, during Australia's biggest
crackdown on sex crimes, received a two-year good
behaviour bond in court yesterday.
http://tamworth.yourguide.com.au/detail.asp?class=news&subclass=local&category=general%20news&story_id=395370
au: Man to face court over child porn
A SYDNEY accused of possessing more than 16,000
photographs of child pornography will face court next
month.
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,15337506-1702,00.html
uk: Net child porn former Pc jailed
An ex police officer who downloaded and distributed
child porn from the net was jailed for nine months on
Friday.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/merseyside/4566747.stm
us: Priest convicted of child pornography hired by
diocese
A Roman Catholic priest who served a year in prison
for downloading child pornography on a church computer
has been hired as a maintenance man by the Davenport
Diocese.
http://www.woi-tv.com/Global/story.asp?S=3369786
http://www.gazetteonline.com/2005/05/20/Home/News/priestporn.htm
http://press-citizen.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050520/NEWS01/50520001/1079
http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/news/nat_world/052005_APnat_priestporn.html
us: Ex-school district official indicted on porn
charges
A former Martin County School District official was
indicted Thursday on federal child pornography
charges.
http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/treasurecoast/sfl-porn21may21,0,3360013.story
us: Gibsonia man sentenced in child pornography case
A Gibsonia man has been sentenced to 78 months in
prison followed by lifetime of supervised release on
his conviction of distribution of child pornography.
http://www.gatewaynewspapers.com/northjournal/news/47085/
us: Police: Child Porn Photos Found At Coach's Home
A 34-year-old Central Florida gymnastics coach was
arrested after police allegedly found thousands of
child pornography images on his home computer,
according to Local 6 News.
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/koat/20050520/lo_wkmg/2730503
us: Cedar City man enters innocent plea in child
pornography case
After a preliminary hearing in which a packet of
pictures containing alleged child pornography was
presented to the court, Cedar City resident Micah Hink
entered a not guilty plea to 10 counts of sexual
exploitation of a minor.
http://www.thespectrum.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050519/NEWS01/505190319/1002
us: Reno middle school teacher arrested on child porn
charges
A Reno middle school teacher has been arrested on
multiple counts of child pornography.
http://www.krnv.com/Global/story.asp?S=3372498
us: Police: Child Porn Photos Found At Coach's Home
A 34-year-old Central Florida gymnastics coach was
arrested after police allegedly found thousands of
child pornography images on his home computer,
according to Local 6 News.
http://newscenter.ninn.org/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=10663
us: Child Porn Indictment For Henderson Man
A federal grand jury indicts a Henderson man on child
exploitation charges.
http://www.14wfie.com/Global/story.asp?S=3363681
us: Child-porn investigation leads to man's guilty
plea
A convicted sexual predator pleaded guilty yesterday
to federal charges of receiving child pornography
through the mail, part of a sting operation that has
led to the arrests of more than 1,200 people
worldwide.
http://timesdispatch.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=RTD/MGArticle/RTD_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1031782802217
us: Raid involved Net porn
A raid at a home along Main Street involved Internet
child pornography, according to the lead investigator.
http://www.dailyitem.com/archive/2005/0521/local/stories/05local.htm
us: Anaconda man denies child porn charges
An Anaconda resident, Warm Springs State Hospital
employee and former commission candidate pleaded not
guilty to child pornography charges in Missoula
federal court Tuesday.
http://www.mtstandard.com/articles/2005/05/19/newsanaconda/hjjejeibhgehea.txt
us: Child Pornography Investigation in Northumberland
County
A search of a home in Northumberland County turned up
a computer with child pornography on it.
http://www.wnep.com/global/story.asp?s=3366652
us: Priest accused in child porn won't enter plea
today
A Catholic priest accused of transporting and
possessing child pornography will not plead guilty
today as originally scheduled.
http://rochesterdandc.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050518/NEWS01/505190332/
us: Man Said to Use Pastor's Computer for Porn
A man has been accused of breaking into a church and
using the pastor's computer to look at Internet
pornography. Donald R. Kendrick, 29, was arrested
Tuesday night after a scuffle with Charleston police
Cpl. T. George, who was responding to a report that a
light was on inside the First Presbyterian Church.
http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/strange/news-article.aspx?storyid=37541
http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_20-5-2005_pg9_2
us: SEXUAL PREDATOR WITH LONG CRIMINAL HISTORY PLEADS
GUILTY TO RECEIVING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY (news release)
United States Attorney John L. Brownlee and Special
Agent-In-Charge for U.S. Immigration and Customs
Enforcement (ICE) Allan Doody announced today that
Dennis Mills, age 47, of Catawba, Virginia, pled
guilty to receiving child pornography through the U.S.
Mail. Mills is a convicted sexual predator.
http://www.ice.gov/graphics/news/newsreleases/articles/roanoke051805.htm
us: MAN PLEADS GUILTY TO USING INTERNET, TRAVELING TO
ILLINOIS TO MEET MINOR FOR SEX (news release)
A 61-year-old Texas man pleaded guilty to traveling to
Illinois to have sex with a “15-year-old girl” that he
had corresponded with on the Internet, following an
investigation by U.S Immigration and Customs
Enforcement (ICE) and the Decatur Police Department.
http://www.ice.gov/graphics/news/newsreleases/articles/illinois051705.htm
us: GUILTY PLEA IN WISCONSIN CHILD PORNOGRAPHY RING
(news release)
A Wisconsin man pleaded guilty last week to charges
involving a widespread child pornography and child
sexual assault ring based in Beaver Dam, Wis., as the
result of a joint investigation by U.S Immigration and
Customs Enforcement (ICE) and the FBI.
http://www.ice.gov/graphics/news/newsreleases/articles/20050516milwaukee.htm
us: Kilday Back in Court
A former Mattoon High School Assistant principal who
plead guilty to having child porn is once again
allowed to go online.
http://www.weiu.net/news/archive/newsbuilder/2005/may/0520/kildaycourt.htm
http://www.jg-tc.com/articles/2005/05/22/news/news002.txt
us: Elmiran faces predator charges
An Elmira man has been charged with being a cyberspace
sexual predator, allegedly victimizing children ages
10-17 on the Internet in three counties in Indiana.
http://www.the-leader.com/articles/2005/05/21/local_news/local01.txt
us: Coach accused of soliciting sex from girl
An Orlando cheerleading coach who thought he was
meeting a 14-year-old girl for sex was arrested
Thursday in St. Lucie County in a sting operation,
authorities said.
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/orl-locsexarrest21052105may21,0,2336307.story
us: Georgia Man Indicted For Fraud
A Chatsworth, Georgia man has been accused of using a
church's bank account to buy Internet pornography.
http://www.newschannel9.com/engine.pl?station=wtvc&id=1180&template=breakout_story1.shtml
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