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general internet news - 24 March
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au: Labor wants Net porn, violence blocked
http://zdnet.com.au/news/security/soa/Labor_wants_Net_porn_violence_blocked/0,2000061744,39247048,00.htm
au: IIA dismisses Labor's anti-porn plans
http://zdnet.com.au/news/software/soa/IIA_dismisses_Labor_s_anti_porn_plans/0,2000061733,39247066,00.htm
au: Education the best filter for young Australians on
the internet (news release)
http://netalert.net.au/03004-Education-the-Best-Filter-for-Young-Australians-on-the-Internet.asp
au: Net failing on diversity
http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,18564070%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html
au: Viewing, more or less
http://blogs.smh.com.au/entertainment/archives/the_tribal_mind/003822.html
IPod faces French challenge
http://technology.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,,1736557,00.html
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CENSORSHIP, FILTERING & CONTENT REGULATION
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au: Labor wants Net porn, violence blocked
ISPs will be forced to block violent and pornographic
material before it reaches home computers if Labor
wins the next federal election.
http://zdnet.com.au/news/security/soa/Labor_wants_Net_porn_violence_blocked/0,2000061744,39247048,00.htm
http://abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200603/s1596925.htm
http://www.dailytelegraph.news.com.au/story/0,20281,18542395-5001021,00.html
http://theage.com.au/news/National/Labor-will-make-ISPs-filter-porn-on-Net/2006/03/21/1142703333305.html
http://smh.com.au/news/breaking/labor-wants-isps-to-block-net-porn-violence/2006/03/21/1142703333193.html
http://abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200603/s1596925.htm
http://smh.com.au/news/National/Labor-will-make-ISPs-block-net-porn/2006/03/21/1142703333305.html
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,18548094-29277,00.html
http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,18548326%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html
au: Labor's Plan To Protect Kids From Internet
Pornography (news release)
A Beazley Labor Government will give peace of mind to
parents concerned about their kids' exposure to
violent and pornographic material on the internet.
http://alp.org.au/media/0306/msloo210.php
au: Both parties need to do more on internet filtering
(news release)
The Australian Christian Lobby today welcomed the
ALP?s initiative offering a subsidy for parents to buy
internet filtering software, but urged both parties to
go further.
http://acl.org.au/pdfs/load_pdf_public.pdf?pdf_id=393&from=NATIONAL
au: Coonan backs PC-based porn filters
Communications and IT minister Senator Helen Coonan
has attacked Labor's policy of forcing ISPs to filter
Internet content, backing instead PC-based filtering
technology.
http://zdnet.com.au/news/communications/soa/Coonan_backs_PC_based_porn_filters/0,2000061791,39247067,00.htm
au: IIA dismisses Labor's anti-porn plans
Federal Labor's proposal to block children's access to
pornography and graphic violence online has been
dismissed by the Internet Industry Association (IIA)
as unnecessary.
http://zdnet.com.au/news/software/soa/IIA_dismisses_Labor_s_anti_porn_plans/0,2000061733,39247066,00.htm
http://www.itwire.com.au/content/view/3683/0/
au: IIA Questions ALP Policy on Internet Filtering
(news release)
The Internet Industry Association has questioned the
rationale for the fundamental change to Australia's
internet content regulatory scheme proposed by the ALP
today.
http://iia.net.au/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=450&Itemid=32
au: Coonan flips on net porn barrier
A NATIONAL blockade against internet pornography and
violence is now a possibility after the Communications
Minister, Helen Coonan, showed signs of buckling to
backbench demands for action on this issue.
http://smh.com.au/news/technology/coonan-flips-on-net-porn-barrier/2006/03/22/1142703446070.html
au: Education the best filter for young Australians on
the internet (news release)
Findings from recent NetAlert research into the use of
filters in the broadband environment confirms that
accessing the Internet through a content filter at the
Internet Service Provider (ISP) level leads to a
significant reduction in network performance.
http://netalert.net.au/03004-Education-the-Best-Filter-for-Young-Australians-on-the-Internet.asp
cn: Blogger and documentary filmmaker held for the
past month
Reporters Without Borders wrote to President Hu Jintao
today asking him to intervene on behalf of documentary
filmmaker Hao Wu, who was arrested in Beijing on 22
February after attending a meeting of members of a
Christian church not recognised by the government as
part of the preparation of his next documentary.
http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=16810
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CYBERCRIME, CYBERSECURITY AND PRIVACY
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Interpol: Give us the tools to fight cybercrime
Interpol has called on politicians to help law
enforcement officers bring cybercriminals to justice
by making it easier for evidence to be transferred
between countries.
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/0,39020330,39258540,00.htm
http://news.com.com/Interpol+Give+us+tools+to+fight+cybercrime/2100-7348_3-6052249.html
us: Google wins porn probe fight
The search firm needs to hand over details of only
five percent of the URLs originally demanded by US
authorities, and no search terms at all
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/0,39020330,39258371,00.htm
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INTERNET & NEW TECHNOLOGY USE
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au: Net failing on diversity
NEW media technology has done little to diversify
sources of news in Australia, Labor says.
http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,18564070%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html
au: Viewing, more or less
There's a theory going round that Australians are
watching less television than they did a couple of
years ago -- that instead of celebrating the golden
anniversary of our favourite form of entertainment, we
are committing regular acts of infidelity with younger
distractions such as the internet, the DVD and the
video game.
http://blogs.smh.com.au/entertainment/archives/the_tribal_mind/003822.html
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FILE SHARING
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IPod faces French challenge
Apple's dominance hits its first European stumbling
block as French MPs vote to force companies to allow
music downloads to be played on all types of digital
players.
http://technology.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,,1736557,00.html
France moves closer to opening iTunes to non-iPod
devices
The lower house of the French legislature has passed a
bill which would require sellers of digital music and
digital music players to allow downloaded music files
to be played on any device.
http://dmeurope.com/default.asp?ArticleID=14307
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-6052058.html
http://business.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,9075-2095861,00.html
au: Kazaa faces new court battle
The owner of the Kazaa file sharing network will have
to fight on yet another front in its long-running
legal battle with Australian record companies.
http://smh.com.au/news/breaking/kazaa-faces-new-court-battle/2006/03/23/1143083882135.html
uk: Rules for podcasters in the UK
The Mechanical-Copyright Protection Society and the
Performing Right Society have launched a licensing
scheme for music podcasters. The MCPS and PRS plan to
assess the operation of the licence and update the
scheme early next year.
http://www.out-law.com/page-6752
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COMMENT, MICROSOFT & DEVELOPMENTS
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au: Second flying car spotted Down Under
Australian sky-watchers have spotted a second flying
car on Google Earth and - like the first example
clocked back in January - this one is also menacing
the good burghers of Perth:
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/03/22/second_flying_car/
http://smh.com.au/news/breaking/new-hovering-car-spotted/2006/03/22/1142703405857.html
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ARRESTS/COURT CASES FOR CHILD PORN
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au: Couple charged with producing child porn
A young couple have appeared in the Port Adelaide
Magistrates Court charged with numerous sex offences,
including producing child pornography.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200603/s1598503.htm
ca: Child porn administrator jailed 3½-years
A key member of a child pornography ring that operated
in at least six countries was sentenced yesterday to
what prosecutors say is the longest-ever jail term in
Canada for the offence.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20060318.gtporn20calg/BNStory/Technology/home
us: N.Y. loophole may free Internet pedophiles
A challenge to New York state's Internet
anti-pedophile law could result in hundreds of
convictions being overturned.
http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/view.php?StoryID=20060322-011339-1331r
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