general internet news - 20 June

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

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CENSORSHIP, FILTERING & CONTENT REGULATION
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World paedophile register closer
Plans for a world paedophile register to help tackle
people who prey on children look set to move a step
closer at a summit of key economic powers.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/4096060.stm

http://www.guardian.co.uk/crime/article/0,2763,1509109,00.html

http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=757490
 http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L1524281.htm

http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,15640583%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html

http://management.silicon.com/government/0,39024677,39131208,00.htm

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/06/16/g8_child_abuse_dbase/

Terror, drugs, child porn top G8 agenda
Stemming the flow of illicit drugs from Afghanistan
and curbing international terrorism and child
pornography will top the agenda at a meeting of G8
interior ministers Thursday, officials say.

http://www.manilatimes.net/national/2005/jun/17/yehey/world/20050617wor1.html

de: Not guilty in hyperlink case
An appeals court has ruled that Stuttgart media
designer Alvar Freude is not guilty of aiding and
abetting in incitement to hatred and violence against
minority groups.
 http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/60693

uk: 'Wipe it Out' Event Success
Home Office Minister and Police urge companies to take
action on child abuse images in the workplace
 http://iwf.org.uk/media/news.128.htm

Editorial: The limits of censorship
The web in China: The revelation that China's censors
and monitors of the media and the internet have been
instructed to intervene in internet discussions is an
index of the desperation of the authorities.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/leaders/story/0,3604,1508299,00.html

Chinese MSN: Microsoft admits to censoring 'list of
words'
When asked if it had banned the words 'freedom' and
'democracy' from the web portal, which was launched
last month, the company said it had a list of words
that kept content within the norms of the country.

http://networks.silicon.com/webwatch/0,39024667,39131227,00.htm

http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/communications/0,2000061791,39197489,00.htm

cn: Beijing to hire thousands more Web police
Public security officials in Beijing are recruiting
and training nearly 4 000 Internet police to monitor
activities at Internet cafes and IT companies in the
city.

http://iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=115&art_id=qw1118920140429B255

cn: Cyberdissident Zhang Lin to go on trial for
posting articles including lyrics to a punk song
Reporters Without Borders has protested against the
seriousness of charges laid against Zhang Lin, whose
closed-doors trial is to be held on 21 June 2005.
 http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=14108

ICRA moving Stateside
The Internet Content Rating Association, which
currently has its officees in Brighton, England, is
about to relocate to the USA. The ICRA Board has
decided it wants the operation to be run from there
and, when funds permit, to hire a European Director to
guide the organisation?s work on this side of the
Atlantic.

http://rogerdarlington.co.uk/commswatch/permalink.php?id=1664_0_2_0

Blogs lauded in 'freedom awards'
The best weblogs on the net which defend freedom of
expression are recognised in an online poll.
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4099802.stm

us: Porn Peddlers Won't Bare It All
Online pornography is maturing and so are the people
who run saucy sites. But what to tell the other
parents in the PTA?

http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,67855,00.html

us: Ministry Head Speaks on Sexualization of Youth
The consequence of a generation that's been
''sexualized'' is being publicized through a new book
by Teen Mania President Ron Luce

http://christianpost.com/article/ministries/1270/section/ministry.head.speaks.on.sexualization.of.youth/1.htm

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LEGAL AND SECURITY
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us: Internet predators target of sweep
Sexual predators who lure children through the
Internet are being tracked down and rounded up as part
of a statewide sweep launched by the state Attorney
General's Office and the State Bureau of
Investigation.

http://www.kinston.com/SiteProcessor.cfm?Template=/GlobalTemplates/Details.cfm&StoryID=28384

Britons Warned of Large-Scale E-Mail Attack
Cyber-security officials in Britain issued an
unusually dire alert yesterday, warning that hackers
are targeting e-mail-borne viruses against government
agencies and high-profile British corporations with
the aim of stealing sensitive and lucrative data.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/16/AR2005061601445.html

uk: Business on red alert for hack attack
Computer security consultant warns that most
anti-virus software will not cope with latest Trojan
assault

http://business.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,9075-1656472,00.html

uk: Beware: You have mail
Dire warnings about impending cyber doom have been
heard before. But the latest one is for real

http://business.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,9075-1656705,00.html

us: Second Internet luring case in Reno tossed on
appeal
A second Reno judge has ruled that Nevada's law
allowing police to pose as children to lure Internet
predators is unconstitutional.
 http://www.krnv.com/Global/story.asp?S=3477275

us: Cyber-crime 'is a new frontier for us'
There are approximately 21 million American teenagers
who are using the Internet on a regular basis and that
has provided fertile hunting ground for child
predators.

http://www.nj.com/news/gloucester/local/index.ssf?/base/news-0/1118823372241660.xml

us: SHARING INFORMATION REAL-TIME: When It Comes to
Stopping Cyber Attacks, That's the Ticket (news
release)
Cyber Incident Detection & Data Analysis Center
logoYou know it...and we know it. Those pesky hackers
and cyber villains can do a lot more than just create
a little mischief. They can?and have?attacked what we
call "major infrastructure"?hospitals, water systems,
power grids, banks, 911 services, universities,
transportation systems, etc. And that can cause
big-time trouble for us all.
 http://www.fbi.gov/page2/june05/ciddac061305.htm

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POLICY
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us: Coalition sues attorney general over new child
pornography rules
A coalition representing the porn industry asked a
federal court Thursday to block new regulations
requiring pornographers and distributors to maintain
records of their performers, arguing the rules could
stop the distribution of material produced since 1992.

http://www.gjsentinel.com/news/content/gen/ap/CO_Child_Porn.html

us: Blue Law Makes Webmasters See Red 
An adult industry trade association plans to head to
court this week to fight new federal enforcement
efforts that could catch thousands of online porn
sites with their pants down.

http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,67869,00.html

nz: InternetNZ supports ComCom draft determination on
UBS
Decision could be the Government's only chance to
influence broadband market, says InternetNZ

http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/UNID/E1C59F02DB09D6F1CC257022000E2507

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SPAM
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Hong Kong plans to enact anti-spam law
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region plans to enact
an anti-spam law next year to crack down on companies
that send unsolicited e-mails or make automated
telemarketing calls to consumers, an official has
said.

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-06/12/content_450708.htm

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INTERNET & NEW TECHNOLOGY USE
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Coming to a hard disk near you
You may never have heard of BitTorrent, but it made
the latest Star Wars movie available six hours before
its official release, it can get you 24 or the OC
months before they're on TV and it accounts for a
third of all internet traffic. No wonder the
entertainment industry has declared it public enemy
number one.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,3604,1508341,00.html

uk:  Reaching out to digital refuseniks
Charities, industry groups and the government are
looking at how to tempt more people to go online.
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4092750.stm

'Teleporting' over the internet
Computer scientists in the US are developing a system
which could let people "teleport" a solid 3D model of
themselves.
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4102018.stm

us: Warning: Your clever little blog could get you
fired
Like a growing number of employees, Peter Whitney
decided to launch a blog on the Internet to chronicle
his life, his friends and his job at a division of
Wells Fargo.

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2005-06-14-worker-blogs-usat_x.htm

Romanian internet connections up 90%
By the end of 2004, 39.04 per cent of subscriptions in
Romania were broadband connections, according to
figures from the Romanian communications regulator.
 http://www.dmeurope.com/default.asp?ArticleID=8527

in: Bringing the Net to India's masses
An international consortium, including Indian and U.S.
companies as well as the World Bank, plans to
establish thousands of rural Internet centers in India
to bring government, banking and education services to
isolated villages.
 http://iht.com/articles/2005/06/16/business/net.php

us: One-fifth of Web users prefer online news
Nearly one-fifth of Web users who read newspapers now
prefer online to offline editions, according to a new
study.

http://reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=8824208

us: Internet fuels risky sex in gay and bisexual men -
study
Gay and bisexual men who meet partners over the
Internet are more likely to engage in risky sex but
have a greater tendency to do so with people who have
the same HIV status, a U.S. study said on Wednesday.

http://reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=8803061

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ONLINE MUSIC & P2P
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Online music distribution providing both opportunities
and challenges according to OECD report  	
Online music distribution is set to grow significantly
over the next few years, forcing industry to
reconsider their business models and posing regulatory
challenges to governments, according to a new OECD
report on the digital music industry.

http://www.oecd.org/document/24/0,2340,en_2649_37409_34995480_1_1_1_37409,00.html

P2P sites prepare legit bows
With a Supreme Court ruling in the Grokster case
believed to be imminent, proponents of commercial
peer-to-peer networks are busily preparing new
legitimate services.

http://reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=technologyNews&storyID=8828075

nl: Court help sought to track downloaders
An internet piracy watchdog has called on the Dutch
judicial authorities to force five internet access
providers to hand over personal data on people
downloading music and films on a large scale.

http://smh.com.au/news/Breaking/Court-help-sought-to-track-downloaders/2005/06/17/1118869071731.html

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COMMENT, MICROSOFT & DEVELOPMENTS
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What Is Google, Anyway? (reg req'd, free for one week)
Is Google a media company? One answer is: Sure, Google
is a media company, except when it isn't. The other
answer is: It doesn't really matter anyway.

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/18/technology/18online.html

China hampers Asia's tech-driven revival
Forecasts of record global sales of computer chips
would normally be the sort of news to fire up
expectations for Asia's export-reliant economies.

http://news.com.com/China+hampers+Asias+tech-driven+revival/2100-1001_3-5751467.html

uk: Revealed: poker game partners and certain winners
in £4.8bn net float
Ian Cobain on the secretive but colourful
entrepreneurs behind PartyGaming: It is the biggest
flotation on the London stock market for years, an
event that is expected to unleash a wave of interest
in poker, and which is raising the spectre of a second
dotcom bubble. When PartyGaming, the company behind
the world's biggest poker website, is listed on June
27, it will be valued at £4.76bn.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,3604,1507433,00.html

Yahoo ramps up 'deep Web' search effort
Yahoo began testing a service late Wednesday that
allows people to perform simultaneous searches for
information contained within subscription-based Web
sites.
 http://news.com.com/2100-1038_3-5748740.html

Firefox branding is a burning issue
Mozilla gets into hot water with the open source
fraternity over trademark issues

http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/0,39020381,39203963,00.htm

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ARRESTS/COURT CASES FOR CHILD PORN
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at: Austria targets child pornography
Austrian law-enforcement authorities, working on
information provided by U.S. Immigration and Customs
Enforcement (ICE) agents, have served search warrants
at 120 locations during the past few days targeting 96
suspected child-pornography violators.

http://www.wpherald.com/storyview.php?StoryID=20050615-103522-4812r

it: 35 arrested in childporn sting
ITALIAN police have launched a massive new operation
against online child pornography as part of a larger
international investigation that has already led to
hundreds of arrests.

http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,15638476%255E1702,00.html

us: Sex Offender's Notes Hint at Thousands of Victims
(audio of radio story)
Day to Day, June 17, 2005 · Police in San Jose,
Calif., searched the home of a convicted sex offender
and discovered records allegedly detailing the sexual
abuse of tens of thousands of children. Alex Chadwick
talks to San Jose Police Lt. Scott Cornfield about the
discovery and the suspect's arrest.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4707849

us: Clay Teacher To Serve 5 Years For Sending Child
Porn Online
A Middleburg school teacher was sentenced Friday to
just over five years in prison on federal charges of
transporting child pornography over the Internet.
 http://www.news4jax.com/news/4622739/detail.html

us: Police - Man answered online come-on
A Washington County man is the third person charged in
connection with a federal investigation of a woman
accused of selling herself and her toddler for sex.
 http://www.observer-reporter.com/290425263043586.bsp

us: Feds nab Harrison man in porn sting
A Cynthiana man has been arrested on federal child
pornography charges. William V. Gasser, 33, of 218
Gasser Lane, was arrested June 9 following a Federal
Bureau of Investigation probe. He is charged with
receipt of child pornography and for the possession of
child pornography.

http://www.cynthianademocrat.com/articles/2005/06/17/news/news01.txt

us: Cortland man faces child pornography charges
Federal authorities say a central New York man faces
several charges after F-B-I agents seized child
pornography from his home.
 http://www.wstm.com/Global/story.asp?S=3470987

us: First Coast Teacher Jailed For Child Porn
A former school teacher was sentenced to 5 1/4 years
in federal prison for sending child pornography over
the Internet.

http://firstcoastnews.com/news/topstories/news-article.aspx?storyid=39153

us: Stage actor indicted in child porn
A Honolulu theater performer has been indicted by a
federal grand jury on a charge of possessing child
pornography images on his computer.

http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/article/2005/Jun/18/ln/ln18p.html

us: Pittsfield man sent to prison on porn charges
A Pittsfield man who pleaded guilty to child
pornography charges has been sentenced to two to three
years in state prison.

http://www.capitalnews9.com/content/headlines/?ArID=136202&SecID=33

us: Man faces child porn charges
A Germantown man has been charged with 20 counts of
possessing child pornography.
 http://www.jsonline.com/news/ozwash/jun05/334312.asp

us: Middleburg teacher gets 5 1/4 years in child
pornography case
A former school teacher was sentenced Friday to 5 1/4
years in federal prison for sending child pornography
over the Internet.

http://www.gainesville.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050617/APN/506170991

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ibsys/20050617/lo_wjxt/2780470

us: Court schedule modified in R.B. child porn case
The court briefing schedule for the Red Bluff man
accused of possessing more than 300 images of child
pornography has been modified, a spokesperson for the
U.S. Attorney's Office said.

http://www.redbluffdailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,134~26762~2924274,00.html

us: Kid porn arrest stuns community
Residents expressed surprise and disbelief over the
arrest of an 84-year-old man on charges of possession
of child pornography, with several saying Friday that
his service to the community makes the news all the
more shocking.

http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050618/NEWS02/506180409/1070/NEWS03

us: 84-Year-Old N.J. Man Arrested For Possessing Child
Porn
State police have charged an 84-year-old Ocean County
resident with possessing child pornography.
 http://www.nbc10.com/news/4620610/detail.html
 http://www.wnbc.com/news/4620680/detail.html

us: Wellsville man sentenced to 14 years for
possession of child pornography
A Wellsville man pleaded guilty to possession of child
pornography and was sentenced Thursday to 14 years in
prison and placed on lifetime supervised release by
United States District Court Judge Charles Siragusa.

http://www.wellsvilledaily.com/articles/2005/06/17/local_news/news03.txt

us: Washington Man Charged In Child Pornography Case
A D.C. man is in custody, charged with running a
high-tech child pornography business. Prosecutors say
Bruce Schiffer distributed thousands of pornographic
images involving young boys.
 http://www.nbc4.com/news/4618797/detail.html
 http://www.wjla.com/news/stories/0605/236465.html

us: Offender Accused Of Asking How To Store
Pornography
A registered sex offender was arrested in Lakeland
this week after he went into a computer store and
asked about ways to store pornography, authorities
said.
 http://news.tbo.com/news/MGBJBLNC3AE.html

us: Child porn sweep leads to Reidsville
A Reidsville man has been targeted as part of the
largest child pornography sweep in state history.

http://www.reidsvillereview.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=RVR/MGArticle/RVR_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1031783344478

us: Man charged with child sexual abuse
A 31-year-old former Chesterfield resident and church
youth group leader has been charged with multiple
counts of child sexual abuse and possession of child
pornography.

http://www.detnews.com/2005/macomb/0506/18/B05-217230.htm

us: Judge won't throw out guilty plea in child porn
case
Following a Marlborough businessman's lengthy appeal
and attempt to withdraw his earlier guilty plea to
child pornography charges, a U.S. District Court judge
Monday refused to throw out statements and evidence he
gave to government investigators about him ordering
pornographic videotapes in October 2002.

http://www.metrowestdailynews.com/localRegional/view.bg?articleid=101623

us: Rape, pornography convictions upheld
The child-rape and pornography convictions of a Sioux
Falls man who was sent to prison for 167 years were
upheld Thursday by the state Supreme Court.

http://www.aberdeennews.com/mld/aberdeennews/news/11918714.htm

us: Pilot's sentencing on child porn charges delayed
again
Sentencing for a former Clinton airline pilot who
pleaded guilty to a federal child pornography charge
has been delayed for a second time.

http://www.clarionledger.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050617/NEWS01/50617008

http://www.sunherald.com/mld/thesunherald/11922175.htm

us: Repairman helps jail child pornographer
A technician at a computer store touched off a child
pornography investigation that led to a 14-year prison
term for a Wellsville man, federal prosecutors said
Thursday.

http://www.buffalonews.com/editorial/20050617/5052661.asp

us: Eye doctor arrested on child porn charges
A prominent eye doctor in Waterbury has been arrested
after police say they found hundreds of images of
child pornography on his computer.
 http://www.wtnh.com/global/story.asp?s=3489605

us: Man charged with child sexual abuse
U.P. resident formerly helped at First Baptist in
Washington Township; he could get life in prison.

http://www.detnews.com/2005/macomb/0506/19/B05-217230.htm

us: Elderly NJ Man Arrested For Child Porn
An 84-year-old married man from Long Beach Township is
among dozens of people charged in a statewide
crackdown on child pornography.

http://1010wins.com/topstories/local_story_168120534.html

us: Buhl man faces child porn charges
A Buhl man faces up to five years in prison and a
five-thousand-dollar fine after being charged in
Idaho's Fifth District Court with possession of child
pornography.

http://www.kbcitv.com/x5154.xml?ParentPageID=x5155&ContentID=x51828&Layout=KBCI.xsl&AdGroupID=&URL=http://localhost/apwirefeed/d8apnpp02.xml&NewsSection=StateHeadlines

us: PUEBLO MAN SUSPECTED OF HAVING CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
PUEBLO COUNTY SHERIFF'S DEPUTIES HELP U-S IMMIGRATION
AND CUSTOMS AGENTS SEARCH THE HOME OF A MAN SUSPECTED
OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY.
 http://www.krdotv.com/DisplayStory.asp?id=9619

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