general internet news - 5 March

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

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us: Tech firms go green as e-waste mounts
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/2007-03-04-green-firms_N.htm

us: Surge in global internet scams
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2007/03/02/1172338853755.html

'Harry Potter' author fights e-book fraud on eBay
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9595_22-6163620.html

us: Woman accuses Yahoo of stealing her image
http://news.com.com/2100-1030_3-6163987.html

us: Justice Department takes aim at image-sharing sites
http://news.com.com/2100-1028_3-6163679.html

us: Berners-Lee: Congress should consider net neutrality
http://infoworld.com/article/07/03/01/HNcongressnetneutrality_1.html

us: Berners-Lee pushes Congress on 'nondiscriminatory' Web
http://news.com.com/2100-1034_3-6163616.html

The rise of technology addiction
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/click_online/6411495.stm

Mobile Content Usage is Higher in Developing Countries
http://clickz.com/stats/sectors/wireless/article.php/3625143

BBC strikes Google-YouTube deal
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/6411017.stm

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RESEARCH PAPERS
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Mobile Commerce ? consumer issues and policy challenges for a promising market (OECD)
Mobile commerce is a promising market both for consumers and businesses. However, consumer troubles and complaints are increasing and can sometimes become serious, including issues for minors. Member countries? experiences show that we should ensure that consumers benefit. In particular, countries may review their instruments with regard to a more effective scheme for information disclosure, liability protection over SIM and RFID cards, effective notice to excessive consumption, and the importance of consumer education. Businesses may also consider more effective consumer protection schemes.
http://www.oecd.org/dataoecd/22/52/38077227.pdf

The 'agreement' that sparked a storm
At a recent legal presentation attended by prominent intellectual property lawyers and law professors, a loaded question was posed to the audience: "By a show of hands ? and be honest, now ? how many of you read the terms and conditions presented in an end-user license agreement?" Of the nearly 100 people in the auditorium, not a single hand was raised. Shocking? Only if such an admission is unexpected. It really isn't.
http://www.abanet.org/buslaw/blt/2007-01-02/kahana.shtml

The Net Neutrality Debate: Twenty Five Years After United States v. AT&T and 120 Years After the Act to Regulate Commerce by BRUCE OWEN (Stanford Law and Economics Oline Working Paper)
Abstract: Net neutrality policies could only be implemented through detailed price regulation, an approach that has often failed, in the past, to improve consumer welfare relative to what might have been expected under an unregulated monopoly. Regulatory agencies often settle into a well-established pattern of subservience to politically influential economic interests. Consumers, would-be entrants and innovators are not likely to be among these influential groups. History thus counsels against adoption of most versions of net neutrality, at least in the absence of refractory monopoly power and strong evidence of anticompetitive behavior - extreme cases justifying dangerous, long shot remedies.
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=963623

Helping Hands: Design for Member-Maintained Online Communities
This thesis studies the design of member-maintained online communities, systems where many members help perform upkeep. A key design challenge is motivating members to contribute toward maintenance. Social science theories help to explain why people contribute to groups. We use these theories to design two general mechanisms for increasing people?s motivation to contribute.
http://www-users.cs.umn.edu/~cosley/thesis/final.pdf

Where Antitrust Ends and IP Begins by Katarzyna A. Czapracka (Yale Journal of Law and Technology)
U.S. antitrust enforcers see little scope for antitrust policy to mitigate the consequences of imperfect IP policies. They are reluctant to intervene in what is perceived to be the sphere of IP policy and take the view that any competitive concerns are better remedied by changes in the IP policy. This trend corresponds with shielding antitrust policy away from fields occupied by other forms of regulation. Exactly the opposite tendencies are present in EU competition law. Both the European Commission and the ECJ seem to see a role for competition law to correct improvidently defined IPRs, even if it entails adjusting competition principles. It may seem reasonable, as unlike competition policy, most issues relating to IP policy within the European Union are still decided at the national level. Yet, there is an inherent danger in this approach. It may lead antitrust authorities to adopt analytically questionable approaches that undermine the coherence of antitrust law. Competition agencies must be particularly cautious in adopting the measures to curb IP laws, as they may discourage private R&D investment. The views of the Commission on application of Article 82 to interoperability information, as expressed in the Microsoft Decision and the Article 82 Paper, confirm that these reservations are valid.
http://research.yale.edu/lawmeme/yjolt/files/20062007Issue/fall06-czapracka.pdf

The Race
Robert Kuttner learns that newspapers have a bright future as print-digital hybrids after all-- but they'd better hurry.
http://cjr.org/issues/2007/2/Kuttner.asp

Does information beget information? by Dennis S. Karjala (Duke L. & Tech. Rev)
Using the language of mathematics, Professor Polk Wagner has recently argued that the impossibility of fully appropriating the value of information in a rightsholder leads to the surprising conclusion that expanding the degree of control of intellectual property rights will, in the long run, increase the sum total of information not subject to ownership claims and therefore available as part of the cultural and technological base on which new growth and development can occur. Indeed, he claims that open information will grow according to the formula for compound interest, where the interest rate is 100% plus or minus a factor z supposedly related to creation incentives. This article demonstrates that Professor Wagner's mathematical analysis is simply wrong and does not lead to any of the conclusions he reaches concerning the growth of open information. It also shows both the difficulties and the dangers of the lay use of the language of mathematics in resolving complex social problems even if one does the math correctly.
http://www.law.duke.edu/journals/dltr/articles/2007dltr0001.html

Internet 3.0: Identifying Problems and Solutions to the Network Neutrality Debate by ROB FRIEDEN (Pennsylvania State University)
This paper examines the network neutrality debate with an eye toward refuting and dismissing the many false and misleading claims and concentrating on the real problems occasioned by the Internet's third evolution. The paper accepts as necessary and proper many types of price and quality of service discrimination. However the paper identifies other types of hidden and harmful discrimination. The paper concludes with an identification of best practices in ?good? discrimination that should satisfy most network neutrality goals without creating disincentives that might dissuade ISPs from building the infrastructure needed for Internet 3.0 services.
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=962181

The Internet and the Project of Communications Law by SUSAN P. CRAWFORD (Cardozo Law School)
Abstract: The internet offers the potential for economic growth stemming from online human communications, but recent industry and government actions have disfavored these possibilities by treating the internet like a content-delivery supply chain. I recommend that the internet be at the center of communications policy and that laws affecting internet access be evaluated in terms of whether they further U.S. economic growth by facilitating increased emergent online diversity. The article criticizes the nearly exclusive focus of communications policy on the private economic success of infrastructure and ?application? providers, and suggests that communications policy be focused on facilitating communications themselves.
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=962594

Internet Think by SUSAN P. CRAWFORD (Journal on Telecommunications and High Technology Law)
Abstract: This essay suggests that how "the internet" is understood has substantial legal, social, and cultural consequences. Beginning in the 1940s, Netheads adopted an understanding of man-computer symbiosis that continues to be attractive to internet futurists. Later on, in the 1970s, Engineers addressed the architectural needs of the future in a concrete way, seeking to interconnect diverse networks. In recent years, the Telcos have increasingly taken the position that "the Internet" is no more than the sum of their privately-owned pipes and wires. These three different approaches to "the Internet" are now informing a complex and important public policy debate about "network neutrality."
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=962596

Rebooting Cybertort Law by MICHAEL L. RUSTAD & THOMAS KOENIG (Washington Law Review)
Abstract: Cyberspace provides an ideal legal environment for tortfeasors and online criminals because Internet Service Providers (ISPs) have no duty to mitigate harms caused by ongoing torts, crimes, and infringing acts. Courts have stretched Congress's express language in Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act from the narrow purpose of immunizing ISPs as publishers to the expanded purpose of shielding them from all tort liability. This Article proposes imposing a limited duty of crae on ISPs to remove or block ongoing tortious activities on their srvices when they have been given actual notice. This reform will harmonize American ISP liability law with the European union's Electronic Commerce Directive, which imposes an affirmative duty on ISPs to take down objectionable materials. It also will unify U.S. law by creating procedures consistent with the takedown policy mandated by the Digital Copyright Act.
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=961885

Authors v. Archivers: The Copyright Infringement Battle Over Web Pages by KINARI PATEL
Abstract: Archiving Internet content by storing old versions of Web pages is currently a growing trend because of the educational, cultural, and evidentiary value it provides. Google and the Internet Archive are two examples of Internet archives that provide this service. However, by storing old versions of Web pages without first obtaining the permission of authors, Internet archives infringe on the copyrights of authors. Under the fair use exception to copyright infringement, Internet archives may be legally authorized to archive old versions of Web pages without first obtaining the permission of authors in certain situations. However, this paper argues that, in all cases, the burden should be placed on authors to notify Internet archives that they wish for their Web pages to be excluded from the archive, rather than placing the burden on Internet archives to contact authors before they archive Web pages. By not overburdening Internet archives, the current opt-out policy is more advantageous than an opt-in policy because it allows Internet archives to continue to provide the benefits of archiving old Web pages to the public.
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=965199

Corporate Complicity in Internet Censorship in China: Who Cares for the Global Compact or the Global Online Freedom Act? by SURYA DEVA (George Washington International Law Review)
This article critically evaluates the efficacy of two regulatory initiatives - the UN Global Compact and the US Global Online Freedom Act - in dealing with the specific challenges posed by doing business with or within China. In considering how much promise these two initiatives offer in ensuring that corporations take their human rights responsibilities seriously, two specific claims are advanced. First, that the Global Compact has failed not only in convincing US corporations to embrace, support and enact its ten principles, but also in ensuring that participant corporations seriously fulfill their undertaken commitments. Such a US-specific inquiry is especially relevant because many MNCs that have been sued for human rights abuses have a presence in the US. The second claim is that although home state extraterritorial regulation is a potential option to tame MNCs' abusive activities, it is unlikely that the Freedom Act, even if enacted, will achieve its goal of promoting Internet freedom globally by combating censorship by authoritarian foreign governments.
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=964478

The Structure of Search Engine Law by JAMES GRIMMELMANN (Yale Law School Information Society Project)
Abstract: This article will provide a road map to the legal issues posed by Internet search engines. It will indicate what questions we must consider when thinking about search engines, and it will detail the interconnections among those questions. It will not endorse any particular normative framework for search. Nor will it recommend who should regulate search. Instead, it will provide the necessary foundation for informed decision-making, by whatever regulator and whatever its normative approach. Part I will explain how modern search engines function and describe the business environment within which they operate. Part II, the heart of the article, will present a descriptive analysis of the legal struggles over search, showing how questions of search policy, many of which have long been latent in different fields of Internet law, are increasingly confronting lawyers, courts, and regulators. Part III will then show, with five examples, how taking a broad view of search yields otherwise unavailable insights into pressing controversies. This is not to say that the end result must be a body of search-specific law, only to note that failing to consider the larger forces at work in search is antithetical to sensible policy-making.
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=963118

Internet Jurisdiction: A Comparative Analysis (Harvard Law Review)
The difficult jurisdictional issues raised by the Internet have captured significant attention, prompting one federal judge to comment that, ?[t]o paraphrase Gertrude Stein, as far as the Internet is concerned, not only is there perhaps ?no there there,? the ?there? is everywhere where there is Internet access.? This lack of clear borders creates tension between different interests. The media desire certainty regarding when online content creates a basis for personal jurisdiction so that they can avoid defamation lawsuits in distant places. Sovereign nations want to ensure that the ubiquitous nature of the Internet does not undermine their ability to enforce substantive laws balancing speech and reputation rights. This Part?s comparison of U.S. and Commonwealth cases reveals differing approaches to determining when to exercise jurisdiction over media defendants based on Internet content. U.S. courts have adopted a targeting test that requires purposefully directing activity at a forum as opposed to merely providing content accessible there. Courts in Commonwealth countries, including Australia, the United Kingdom, and Canada, have based jurisdiction on foreseeability, exercising jurisdiction over any online media content that could harm a plaintiff?s reputation in the forum. Although these inconsistent jurisdictional tests are a matter of procedure, they stem from different substantive laws and from Commonwealth courts? underlying unfriendliness to U.S. free speech protections. Media defendants have argued for special jurisdictional rules applicable to the Internet alone; however, any such call for reform must recognize that the procedural divergence results from entrenched substantive differences. Thus, this Part argues that absent an international agreement harmonizing the jurisdictional analysis, courts are not likely to adopt special Internet rules, and media groups will instead be compelled to turn to technological solutions.
http://www.harvardlawreview.org/issues/120/feb07/DEVO/DEVO_intro07.pdf

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CENSORSHIP
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au: Industry closes anti-coal website
THE mining industry has used copyright laws to close an anti-mining website launched by a small protest group in Newcastle.
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2007/03/04/1172943275688.html

Egypt's bloggers test state media control (Reuters)
Egyptian bloggers have come into the spotlight, on the one hand as an important forum for political debate, on the other as the target of government attempts to limit their freedom of expression.
http://uk.reuters.com/article/internetNews/idUKL2870055620070304

Movement to free Kareem looks to UN
We've learned all too well by now that many parts of the globe won't tolerate any perceived insult to Islam, however unintentional. Invite cartoonists to draw Muhammad, as Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten did in 2005, or be one of the dozens of other publications that reprinted the caricatures in solidarity with Jyllands-Posten, and watch the death threats pour in and lethal rioting start as some Muslim organizations try to get the government to levy criminal charges.
http://hamiltonspectator.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=hamilton/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1172877013129

Egyptian Blogger Appeals Prison Sentence (AP)
Lawyers filed an appeal Monday on behalf of a blogger who was sentenced to four years in prison for insulting Islam and Egypt's president.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/02/27/AR2007022700065.html

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CHILD PROTECTION, FILTERING & CONTENT REGULATION
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us: N.J.: Sex offender Internet use targeted
Amid growing concern about child safety on the computer, New Jersey lawmakers are considering a measure to prohibit released sex offenders from using the Internet and to impose new rules for online dating sites.
http://businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D8NJ0FD00.htm

za: Crack down on child porn
Harsher penalties and more stringent laws would make South Africans intolerant of child pornography and spread the message that children do not need such filth in their lives, said Malusi Gigaba, the deputy minister of home affairs.
http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=13&art_id=vn20070304081917412C857967

us: Supreme Court refuses to review 200-year sentence for child porn
The US Supreme Court has refused to hear the case of a man who was sentenced to 200 years in prison for the possession of child pornography. It was one of several recent actions indicating that America's courts are getting tough on kiddie-porn suspects in an age where the trafficking of such images are easier than ever.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/03/03/internet_law/

us: Filtering Internet porn not as simple as it sounds
Let's be honest. Setting aside computer terminals in the public library for adults to view video porn is just creepy. It used to be that you had to rent a booth at an XXX adult shop to do that.
http://www.democratandchronicle.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070227/NEWS0201/702270327

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CYBERCRIME, CYBERSECURITY AND PRIVACY
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au: Call for internet drug fight
POLITICIANS want police and the Australian Crime Commission to have extra powers to scour the internet and hunt the manufacturers and suppliers of synthetic drugs such as ice and ecstasy.
http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,21305633%5E26199%5E%5Enbv%5E15306-15319,00.html

us: Surge in global internet scams
Alarmed by a rise in foreign-based internet scams targeting the lovelorn and greedy, including one that led to the suicide of an American in Africa last year, the State Department is warning US citizens against falling prey to fraudsters.
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2007/03/02/1172338853755.html

ke: Internet Safety Lessons From Raila-Kalonzo Web Saga
Unless the truth of what really happened to the websites of ODM's presidential aspirants Kalonzo Musyoka and Raila Odinga is plainly told, a number of people may fear using the Internet. They might believe it is unsafe and may never put their money and time in the technology.
http://allafrica.com/stories/200703030052.html

'Harry Potter' author fights e-book fraud on eBay
Children's author J.K. Rowling may or may not have garnered the equivalent of a temporary injunction against eBay over the sale of fraudulent Harry Potter e-books, depending on how you interpret court documents.
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9595_22-6163620.html

us: Internet porn pop-ups cost this teacher her job and her freedom
A teacher faces up to 40 years in jail for exposing her pupils to online pornography, amid an outcry from computer experts that she is the innocent victim of malicious software.
http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article1464355.ece
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2007/03/01/1172338780879.html

us: Police Turn to YouTube to Catch Suspects
Patrolman Brian Johnson of the Franklin, Mass., Police Department studied a surveillance video showing two men using allegedly stolen credit cards at a Home Depot.
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CRIME_FIGHTING_YOUTUBE

us: Woman accuses Yahoo of stealing her image
An Ohio woman is demanding $20 million from Yahoo for allegedly using a photo of her without her permission for a welcome e-mail sent to new users.
http://news.com.com/2100-1030_3-6163987.html

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GOVERNMENT & PUBLIC POLICY
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us: Justice Department takes aim at image-sharing sites
The Bush administration has accelerated its Internet surveillance push by proposing that Web sites must keep records of who uploads photographs or videos in case police determine the content is illegal and choose to investigate, CNET News.com has learned.
http://news.com.com/2100-1028_3-6163679.html

us: Berners-Lee: Congress should consider net neutrality
Timothy Berners-Lee advocated that the U.S. Congress protect net neutrality and questioned the value of DRM (digital rights management) Thursday. Berners-Lee, speaking before the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet in the U.S. House of Representatives, said it was "very, very important" for lawmakers to protect the ability of users to access the Web content they want regardless of their ISP.
http://infoworld.com/article/07/03/01/HNcongressnetneutrality_1.html

us: Berners-Lee pushes Congress on 'nondiscriminatory' Web
World Wide Web father Tim Berners-Lee told politicians on Thursday that it's critical to shield his seminal innovation from control by a single company or country.
http://news.com.com/2100-1034_3-6163616.html

Google trading fairly in Korea?
Google is in hot water with the Korea Fair Trade Commission for allegedly violating part of its business agreement with the government branch.
http://news.com.com/2100-1028_3-6162446.html

Internet voting for Filipino voters in Singapore scrapped
THE Commission on Elections (Comelec) on Wednesday it is will not push through with Internet voting for overseas voters in Singapore because it is not covered by any law. 
http://sunstar.com.ph/static/man/2007/03/01/news/internet.voting.for.filipino.voters.in.singapore.scrapped.html

au: 'Disgusting' broadband govt's fault says Telstra
Telstra public policy and communication general manager Phil Burgess today said the "disgusting" lack of high-speed services in Australia was due to the federal Government's nonsensical regulations demanding it could only be rolled out if there were two or more providers to ensure competition.
http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,21307341%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html

au: Big boost for broadband this week
The government will make a major announcement on broadband services later this week, said Prime Minister John Howard.
http://zdnet.com.au/news/communications/soa/Howard_Big_boost_for_broadband_this_week/0,130061791,339273981,00.htm

nz: ISPANZ, Drury differ on internet peering fix
The ISP Association (ISPANZ) is backing high-tech entrepreneur Rod Drury in seeking a fix to the emerging internet peering debate. ISPANZ says the government should take immediate steps to fix the issue, which sees much local internet traffic routed outside the country due to telecommunications carriers here refusing to "peer" with each others' networks.
http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/news/21D5DDF4DF55B826CC25729100738AF9

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Scotsman wins £1,300 settlement against spammer
An Edinburgh man has obtained damages of more than £1,300 from British-based spammer. Gordon Dick was granted the order against Transcom Internet Services Ltd of Henley-on-Thames at a January hearing in Edinburgh's Sheriff Court. Although he hasn't received any money yet, even after sending a debt collector around to Transcom's premises, the lawsuit is a landmark in the fight by consumers against UK spammers. This is the first action of its kind in Scotland and only the second so far in the UK.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/03/02/scotland_spam_victory/

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INTERNET & NEW TECHNOLOGY USE
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The rise of technology addiction
The seemingly exponential growth of portable technology has sparked fears that people are becoming addicted or swamped by gadgets and their uses.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/click_online/6411495.stm

Mobile Content Usage is Higher in Developing Countries
Third World country mobile users are more content and feature focused than their counterparts in developed countries.
http://clickz.com/stats/sectors/wireless/article.php/3625143

Second Life Just Like The First
Second Life, the four-million-strong online community, is turning more and more into a pixelated copy of reality and its institutions, complete with rampant consumerism, political candidates and lawsuits. Whatever happened to the brave new virtual world?
http://www.spiegel.de/international/0,1518,469577,00.html

Study: Violent video games don't make killer kids (Reuters)
Do video games kill? The jury is still out on whether violent video games lead to violent behavior in children, but a new study asserts that killer games do not make killer kids.
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/gaming/2007-03-02-killer-games_N.htm

Dump the TV set, watch the web instead
Watching programmes on your television set is so last century. Television studios are increasingly using the net to transmit their programmes to viewers on demand. While this is fine when a relatively small number of people are downloading files at different times, if the internet were to transmit live television broadcasts to millions of viewers simultaneously, the sudden demand for bandwidth could create a huge bottleneck. Now a British company has developed a way to send live video to millions of computers at once without overloading the web.
http://www.newscientisttech.com/article/mg19325936.900

Cyber cafes a refuge for Japan's poor
In a dingy backstreet of Ikebukuro, not far from one of Tokyo's busiest commercial and entertainment districts, a handful of young men and women hover near a sign that lights the way to an upstairs internet cafe.
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2007/03/03/1172868789931.html

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DIGITAL DIVIDE
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ca: The Digital Divide: Is There A Solution?
Definition of the Digital Divide: The difference in opportunities available to people who have access to modern information technology and those who do not. Traditionally the working poor and homeless have been at a big disadvantage by not having access to the latest technology available. The disadvantages are many. Lack of access to information and being less competitive in the job market are two of the most significant.
http://blogcritics.org/archives/2007/03/04/064418.php

ie: ComReg report reveals a growing digital divide
The latest Trends Series survey, which was conducted by Amarach Consulting during November and December 2006, indicates that 45 percent of home internet users now have broadband subscriptions. This compares to 48 percent of home internet users who still access the web via dial-up.
http://www.enn.ie/frontpage/news-9943682.html

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FILE SHARING
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YouTube Struggles Despite Dominance: Some Big Media Firms Take Videos Elsewhere
In the few months since Google paid $1.65 billion to acquire YouTube, both companies have tried to come up with a formula to turn the hugely popular online video site into a moneymaking venture. Turns out, it's not easy.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/02/AR2007030200309.html

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COMMENT, MICROSOFT & DEVELOPMENTS
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BBC strikes Google-YouTube deal
The BBC will soon offer trailers, classic clips and news on Google's YouTube video sharing website.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/6411017.stm
http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk_news/story/0,,2025651,00.html

BBC to advertise shows on YouTube
The deal is a landmark for the BBC, which hopes that the tie-up will help it to succeed in America
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/media/article1464338.ece

On Advertising: BBC creeping toward commercialism
With its agreement with You-Tube, the BBC is moving away from its position as a publicly funded broadcaster.
http://iht.com/articles/2007/03/04/business/ad05.php

Wikipedia: you couldn?t make it up
The internet encyclopaedia Wikipedia is one of the most visited sites on the web. Can you trust it? 
http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/the_way_we_live/article1457697.ece

Microsoft could face more fines, warns EU
European antitrust regulators on Thursday issued a formal warning to Microsoft, threatening further penalties against the software giant over its pricing of protocol licenses.
http://news.com.com/2100-1014_3-6163349.html

us: Tech firms go green as e-waste mounts
This is where computers go to die a green death. Inside Hewlett-Packard Co.'s cavernous recycling plant in the Sacramento suburbs, truckloads of obsolete PCs, servers and printers collected from consumers and businesses nationwide are cracked open by goggled workers who pull out batteries, circuit boards and other potentially hazardous components.
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/2007-03-04-green-firms_N.htm
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2007/03/04/1172943254031.html

FastWeb founder turns his attention to Internet television and video-on-demand
In seven and a half years, Silvio Scaglia transformed FastWeb from a start-up with a plan to bring fiber-optic cables into houses from Milan to Palermo into a company with ?1.3 billion in annual sales and 1.1 million clients.
http://iht.com/articles/2007/03/04/business/nettv05.php

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us: FCC: Local telephone carriers must connect to VOIP
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has ruled that incumbent local exchange carriers must connect to VoIP services, overruling two state public service commission opinions.
http://infoworld.com/article/07/03/02/HNlocalphonevoip_1.html

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ARRESTS/COURT CASES FOR CHILD PORN
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au: Man to face court on child porn charges
A 58-year-old Port Macquarie man has been charged with child pornography offences.
http://abc.net.au/news/australia/nsw/midnorth/200703/s1861031.htm

au: Child pornography charges - Child Exploitation Internet Unit (news release)
A 58-year-old man has been charged with child pornography offences after sexual offences against children were allegedly described in detail in an online chat session.
http://police.nsw.gov.au/news/recent_media_unit_information?sq_content_src=aHR0cDovL2N1c3RvbXNjcmlwdHMucG9saWNlLm5zdy5nb3YuYXUvbmV3cy9kZXRhaWxzX21lZGlhLnBocD9NZWRpYUlEPTg4MDU%3D
 
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