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no: Telenor, Save the Children partner to combat
online child abuse
Norwegian telco Telenor and domestic children's
charity Save the Children (Redd Barna in Norwegian)
have entered into a three-year partnership agreement
aiming at prevent abuse of children over the internet,
and to make the internet and mobile phones safe for
children and young users.
http://www.dmeurope.com/default.asp?ArticleID=10279
us: Censored in the name of the Lord (free for few
days)
What are decent-minded, US Christian conservatives to
do if they want to watch a film without upsetting
their sensibilities? Now they can watch their
favourite blockbuster stripped of any sex and
violence, thanks to two new companies.
http://news.independent.co.uk/world/asia/article314002.ece
us: Pornified: How Pornography Is Transforming Our
Lives, Our Relationships, and Our Families
In her new book, journalist Pamela Paul sets out to
scare readers about the effects of pornography on
American society, and she succeeds mightily. Her
weapon of choice is statistics. For instance: The
adult film industry produces 11,000 films a year.
http://www.stltoday.com/stltoday/entertainment/reviews.nsf/book/story/226096145001675A8625708300062AC2
U.S. pornography looks to go mobile
With the advent of advanced cellular networks that
deliver full-motion video from the Internet - and the
latest wave of phones featuring large, bright color
screens - the U.S. pornography industry is eyeing the
cellphone, like the videocassette recorder before it,
as a lucrative new vehicle for distribution.
http://iht.com/articles/2005/09/16/business/porn.php
us: Cyber bullying threat
Schoolyard bullying is rife and kids have even
committed suicide over it. But cyber bullying?
http://p2pnet.net/story/6311
tn: International day of action for the release of
Mohamed Abbou
Reporters Without Borders is among organisations
joining a day of action on 21 September 2005 for the
release of Mohamed Abbou, imprisoned since 1st March
for criticising President Ben Ali in an article posted
on the Internet.
http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=15075
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LEGAL AND SECURITY
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Writers Sue Google, Accusing It of Copyright Violation
(reg req'd; free for few days)
Three authors are contending that Google's program to
create searchable digital copies of the contents of
university libraries constitutes "massive copyright
infringement."
http://nytimes.com/2005/09/21/technology/21book.html
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/0,39020330,39219611,00.htm
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/G/GOOGLE_SCANNING_BOOKS
us: Modus Operandi of a Child Predator
OPINION - A 55-year old man, who sent sexually
explicit images via the Internet to a person he
thought was a 12-year-old girl with the intent of
having sex with her, was sentenced to over 21 years in
federal prison, the result of an investigation
conducted by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
(ICE) special agents.
http://www.illinoisleader.com/news/newsview.asp?c=28461
kr: 75% of Internet users back using real names
Three out of four Korean Internet users think using
real names on Web sites will be effective in
preventing cyber crimes such as libel according to a
survey by Korea Gallup.
http://asiamedia.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=30032
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POLICY
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EC regulation 'could stifle' net
European plans to update TV regulation could have a
knock-on effect on net content, warn lobby groups.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4264558.stm
EU states still negotiating data storage plan
European Union member states are still working on a
plan to store Internet and telephone data to combat
terror despite a rival proposal due from the European
Commission on Wednesday.
http://go.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=9705920
Parallel-Duell um Datenspeicherpflicht
http://futurezone.orf.at/futurezone.orf?read=detail&id=275138&tmp=16433
http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/64132
in: IT panel toughens data theft, child porn law
The new IT panel appointed by the Government has
proposed radical changes to the Information Technology
Act 2000 by proposing strict penalities for child
pornography and video voyeurism.
http://www.siliconindia.com/shownewsdata.asp?newsno=29467
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INTERNET & NEW TECHNOLOGY USE
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Ten Years of Search Terms
Lycos looks back at 10 years of the top 50 search
terms and finds Pam Anderson top of mind for Internet
searchers.
http://www.clickz.com/stats/sectors/traffic_patterns/article.php/3550261
it: Website makes a game out of terror
The creators of an Italian website have decided to
make a game out of international terror. The site
allows players to bet on where, and in what manner,
the next terror attack will occur.
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1127269280785
uk: Gambling by mobile phone is booming (free for few
days)
Gambling by mobile phone has rocketed, with the number
of betting pages downloaded expected to approach three
million this year, a rise of 367 per cent on 2004.
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/article314007.ece
Telecoms and the internet: The meaning of free speech
The acquisition by eBay of Skype is a helpful reminder
to the world's trillion-dollar telecoms industry that
all phone calls will eventually be free
http://economist.com/displaystory.cfm?story_id=4400704
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FILE SHARING
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us: File-Sharing Services Seek Pact With Record
Studios (reg req'd; free for few days)
At least five online file-sharing companies have
started trying to reach an accord with the music
industry to convert the free trading of copyrighted
music on their networks to paid services, according to
several recording industry and file-sharing
executives.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/20/technology/20grokster.html
cn: Baidu appeals music download court ruling
Chinese search engine Baidu is likely to appeal a
decision which found it guilty of helping illegal
distribution of music over the internet.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/09/20/baidu_appeals_downloads/
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CHINA_BAIDU
File-sharers begin to talk with industry
The most advanced discussions are between the
recording industry and Grokster, a small
California-based company that has been sued by the
entertainment industry.
http://iht.com/articles/2005/09/20/business/share.php
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COMMENT, MICROSOFT & DEVELOPMENTS
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Opera tilts at Firefox
OPERA Software will offer its web browser free and
without advertising banners, in a bid to outdo rival
Firefox and become the world's second most used
browser.
http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,16673017%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-5874093.html
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ARRESTS/COURT CASES FOR CHILD PORN
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nz: Conviction for internet cafe owner
An Auckland internet cafe owner has been convicted and
fined for copying and selling movies showing young
girls being sexually abused.
http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/411419/612649
au: Online child sex arrest
A NEW Federal police team set up to combat child
pornography on the internet has made its first arrest.
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,16675788-1702,00.html
ca: N.B. man admits to child porn distribution
A judge has reserved decision in the case of a
Fredericton man who pleaded guilty to possessing and
distributing child pornography.
http://www.canada.com/maritimes/news/story.html?id=d8d1ebc4-8ad8-4725-b8c4-03d03a9ba552
uk: Curate's husband jailed on child porn charges
A curate took her husband to a police station after he
was found sexually grooming a 12-year-old girl over
the internet, a British court heard today.
http://breakingnews.iol.ie/news/story.asp?j=156515964&p=y565y667x
za: Sports editor held in Internet sex sting
A newspaper sports editor has been charged with
arranging a sexual encounter over the Internet with an
undercover officer posing as a 12-year-old girl,
police said.
http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=115&art_id=qw1126943283534B225
us: 2 testify DeRosario said he'd killed a boy
Two men who knew Robert DeRosario from an Internet
chat room testified yesterday that he talked about
killing a boy during conversations he had with them in
the weeks after 12-year-old Orlandito
Rosario-Maldonado disappeared. One of the men was 13
when he began a sexual relationship with DeRosario the
night they met online in September 1997.
http://www.thejournalnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050920/NEWS02/509200308/
us: Psychiatrist: Ex-judge charged with child porn
suffers from trauma, brain damage
A psychiatrist on Tuesday cited a handful of specific
references from more than 1,700 pages of medical
records to support his diagnosis that a retired judge
charged with child pornography possession suffers from
post-traumatic stress disorder and organic brain
damage.
http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050921/NEWS03/509210438/
us: Missoula doctor denies enticement, child porn
charges
A Missoula doctor arrested in Billings last month when
he showed up for a rendezvous with an undercover
federal agent posing as a young girl pleaded not
guilty Tuesday to enticement and child pornography
charges.
http://billingsgazette.com/index.php?ts=1&display=rednews/2005/09/20/build/local/31-doctor-childsex-charges.inc
us: Ex-teacher pleads guilty to three counts in child
porn case
A former Racine Unified School District middle school
teacher pleaded guilty Monday to three counts of
possession of child pornography.
http://www.journaltimes.com/articles/2005/09/20/local/iq_3693125.txt
us: Authorities make third porn-related arrest this
week
Samuel Edwin Baker Jr. on Tuesday became the third Rio
Grande Valley man in less than a week to be arrested
under federal child pornography charges.
http://www.brownsvilleherald.com/ts_more.php?id=67193_0_10_0_C
us: Ex-teacher pleads guilty to three counts in child
porn case
A former Racine Unified School District middle school
teacher pleaded guilty Monday to three counts of
possession of child pornography.
http://www.journaltimes.com/articles/2005/09/20/local/iq_3693125.txt
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