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general internet news - 16 October
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China Unblocks Wikipedia
http://editorandpublisher.com/eandp/departments/online/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003251388
us: Woman wins payout for slurs on blog (The Guardian)
http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,1920044,00.html
A Loopy Deal That Actually Makes Sense
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/15/business/yourmoney/15frenzy.html
eu: Regulation without frontiers
http://economist.com/business/displaystory.cfm?story_id=8035887
Korea loses broadband crown to Denmark, Australia now above OECD average
http://www.itwire.com.au/content/view/6330/127/
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CENSORSHIP, FILTERING & CONTENT REGULATION
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China Unblocks Wikipedia
The online interactive reference site Wikipedia announced Tuesday that
the site had apparently been made accessible in China, after being
blocked for just over a year by the country's government.
http://editorandpublisher.com/eandp/departments/online/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003251388
us: Perspective: Child's play on the Internet?
Many parents worry that their children spend too much time on the
Internet, fearing they might view inappropriate content or be contacted
by unsavory characters. My hunch is that far fewer have ever considered
that they might get sued for the online misbehavior of their kids.
http://news.com.com/2010-1030_3-6124570.html
Vietnamese media say tighter controls on Internet cafes not working
Vietnamese authorities have found that regulations aimed at tightening
control over Internet cafes have been largely ignored, state-controlled
media reported.
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2006/10/14/1160246361507.html
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CYBERCRIME, CYBERSECURITY AND PRIVACY
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Online poker bosses were only ever after a quick, illegal buck
Internet gambling in the US was always dodgy - the analysts just turned
a blind eye: Richard Wray's article made much of the fact that internet
gaming companies and British investors were caught out by the clampdown
on gambling in the United States (US gambling: Ambush wipes £4bn off
web shares, October 3). Yet it is hard to argue that there weren't very
clear warning signals that it was about to happen.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,,1921142,00.html
us: Woman wins payout for slurs on blog (The Guardian)
A jury in Florida has awarded a woman $11.3m in costs and damages after
a former acquaintance accused her of being a crook, a con artist and a
fraudster on an internet talkboard. The award, believed to be the
largest verdict of it sort relating to individual postings on bulletin
boards or blogs, was handed down by a jury in Broward County, Florida,
against a woman from Louisiana. The sum included $5m in punitive
damages.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,1920044,00.html
Law reins in wild webbers
Bloggers beware: thoughtless musings in cyberspace can have costly
consequences. That's one lesson that might be gleaned from a Florida
jury's decision last week to order a Louisiana woman to pay $US11.3
million ($15.2 million) in compensation, after she used an internet
forum to accuse another woman of being a con artist and a fraud. The
damages award is believed to be the largest relating to amateur
postings on the internet.
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2006/10/12/1160246262871.html
MSN is latest target of Belgian copyright complaint
Looking to avoid the kind of legal tangle that Google has found itself
in, Microsoft's MSN division in Belgium is in talks with a group
newspaper publishers over the rights to publish their content on its
Web site.
http://infoworld.com/article/06/10/13/HNpursuemsn_1.html
us: Will Law Firm Blogs Be Regulated as Advertising?
For many lawyers, blogs have become a popular marketing tool to
catapult their firms' names into the World Wide Web. For others, they
have become a convenient mechanism for discussing an array of topics
from feminism to federalism.
http://www.law.com/jsp/article.jsp?id=1160471119300
in: Google's social networking site in trouble
The Aurangabad bench of Bombay High Court has directed the Maharashtra
government to issue notice to Google for the alleged spread of hatred
about India by its social network service ʽOrkut'.
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/2136970.cms
it: Cyber-criminals clone Google Italy site
'Evil twin' site attempts to infect visitors with trojans.
Cyber-criminals have created an "evil twin" website which aims to dupe
unsuspecting visitors into believing that they are visiting the Google
Italy site.
http://www.itnews.com.au/newsstory.aspx?CIaNID=40699
za: Warning of Cyber Crime Surge
SA SHOULD brace itself for a rise in cyber crime in the next few years
as there are plenty of low-risk opportunities for the criminally
inclined, says Kris Budnik, security services group director at
Deloitte.
http://allafrica.com/stories/200610130744.html
za: Child porn 'thriving' in SA
The growing and urgent need for the administrators of South Africa's
judicial system as well as the public to become more aware of the
rapidly expanding child pornography market emerged as one of the main
themes during a three-day workshop for prosecutors in Durban this week.
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=15&art_id=vn20061014123210586C782968
us: Online predators now the hunted
Funded by the U.S. Justice Department, the Los Angeles Regional
Internet Crimes Against Children task force's top goals are to
investigate the origins of child pornography, to find and arrest
predators who victimize children and teens and to educate the public
about online protection. They work with local police departments, as
well as with the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement and the
FBI. So far, there are 42 such task forces nationwide. The fact that
the federal government is funding the programs couldn't come at a
better time, Brown said.
http://www.dailynews.com/news/ci_4484169
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GOVERNMENT & PUBLIC POLICY
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India Weighs Tougher Cybersecurity Laws After TV Exposure
As a result of a British documentary, India is now under pressure to
strengthen its laws combating data theft and other electronic crimes in
the country. Amendments to Indiaʼs IT Act of 2000 have been proposed
and should be enacted by the national parliament in its upcoming winter.
http://www.itu.int/osg/spu/newslog/India+Weighs+Tougher+Cybersecurity+Laws+After+TV+Exposure.aspx
eu: Regulation without frontiers
The EU's proposed rules for internet video are out of tune with the
times: TELEVISION used to be simple: you turned on, tuned in, and
dropped off. Only a small handful of stations existed, because spectrum
was scarce. In return for government licences, broadcasters were
heavily regulated. But technology has changed everything. Cable and
satellite deliver hundreds of channels; broadband links and sites such
as YouTube allow anyone to distribute video to millions of people; and
mobile phones will soon let people watch television anywhere.
Everything has changed, in short, except the regulations. Europe's
attempt to update the rules, however, has become highly controversial.
http://economist.com/business/displaystory.cfm?story_id=8035887
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INTERNET & NEW TECHNOLOGY USE
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Korea loses broadband crown to Denmark, Australia now above OECD average
According to the OECD's latest broadband statistics, Denmark now has
the highest broadband penetration in the OECD, having ousted Korea from
the top spot to reach a level of 23.9 services per 100 population and
Australia has at last risen above the OECD average broadband
penetration.
http://www.itwire.com.au/content/view/6330/127/
au: Sex text spreads healthy message
FOR people young enough to understand them, text messages like "u need
to get chkd 4 STI + unplnnd prgncy"' may be the future of sex health
advice.
http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,20573267%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html
Utube.com deluged with YouTube seekers (Reuters)
Utube.com, a Web site owned by a supplier of used tubes and pipes, has
been swamped this week with visitors confusing it with online video
service YouTube.
http://news.com.com/2100-1025_3-6125578.html
http://go.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=13779460
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COMMENT, MICROSOFT & DEVELOPMENTS
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Is Windows near end of its run?
Steve Ballmer, the chief executive of Microsoft, has his hands full.
The next version of the Windows operating system, Vista, is finally
about to arrive--years late and clouded by doubts that it might violate
antitrust rules in Europe.
http://news.com.com/2100-1016_3-6125965.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/14/technology/14interview.html
A Loopy Deal That Actually Makes Sense
IS Googleʼs $1.65 billion acquisition of the video Web site YouTube
another milestone in the annals of the Internet? Or is it evidence of a
second silly season? The answer to both questions: Yep, youʼd better
believe it.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/15/business/yourmoney/15frenzy.html
Google helps media giants see things YouTube's way
The search giant's ad skills offer hope that rights owners can get paid for 'stolen' web video.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/newspaper/0,,176-2404038,00.html
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ARRESTS/COURT CASES FOR CHILD PORN
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au: Police challenge pornography case dismissal
Police have lodged an appeal against the dismissal of a child pornography case against a north-west Tasmanian man.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200610/s1762875.htm
Aussie to be deported on child porn charges
Thai authorities will deport a former West Australian policeman accused
of posting a haul of discs containing child pornography to Australia.
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2006/10/13/1160246273106.html
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2006/10/13/1160246306381.html
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