general internet news - 20 January

.eu - The SAFER INTERNET DAY
On the 6th of February 2004, the Safer Internet Day will
take place. This celebration is being promoted by the SAFER
INTERNET Awareness Campaign (www.safer-internet.net) -an
initiative by SafeBorders, a project of the European
Commission’s Safer Internet Programme.
 http://www.safer-internet.net/sid-programme.asp

Child porn Web sites up 70 percent in 2003
The number of reported paedophilia Web sites has shot up by
70 percent in 2003 with the United States accounting for
more than half, according to an Italian children's rights
association.

http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=4140576

.uk - ISPs urged to act on chatrooms
Children's charities call on ISPs to follow the lead of
mobile phone companies by barring children from using
online adult services.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/news/0,12597,1126291,00.html

.uk - Paedophile banned from internet
A paedophile who groomed young girls online is banned from
using the internet or mobile phones.
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/3401161.stm
 http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/34931.html

Russian child porn ring jailed
Members of a Russian internet child porn ring run by a
retired schoolteacher in the Urals city of Perm have been
sentenced to jail terms from six to 11 years.

http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,8405080%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html

.au - New Qld laws catch online predator
A Brisbane man is facing jail under tough new Queensland
laws aimed at catching pedophiles preying on children in
internet chat rooms.

http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,8388242%5E15330%5E%5Enbv%5E15306-15319,00.html

U.S. Prosecutors Charge 15 in Child Porn Case
Federal prosecutors in New Jersey on Thursday announced 15
arrests in a child pornography case involving an Internet
company based in Belarus and a Florida firm that laundered
money it made from subscribers.
 http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml;?storyID=4135773

Prepare for cyber war, says Gartner
The Gartner research firm says the rate of adoption of
Internet-based technology means that cyber warfare could be
a reality by next year.
 http://www.sundaytimes.co.za/business/technology/Tech7.asp
 http://www.internetnews.com/infra/article.php/3300731

Solomons Internet provider appeals for customers
A rural communications network in Solomon Islands has
appealed to the country's police, health department and
development agencies to take advantage of its
high-frequency radio Internet e-mail service.
 http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/s1026527.htm

Francia crea un grupo de acción para la lucha contra el
correo no deseado
Desde el próximo sabado se pondrá en marcha el grupo de
acción contra el "spam" que el Gobierno de Francia ha
decidido crear para luchar contra este tipo de acción
ilegal.

http://delitosinformaticos.com/noticias/1074255007209.shtml

.za - Privacy, freedom stressed at Cape Net Society launch
Privacy and freedom are the cornerstones of the information
age, the Electronic Frontier Foundation told the inaugural
meeting of the Cape Town Internet Society last night.
 http://www.sundaytimes.co.za/business/technology/Tech2.asp

China Authorities Battle Hard to Tighten the Web
Liu Di, a 23-year-old college student known online as
"Stainless Steel Mouse," was recently released on bail
after a year in prison. The Internet essayist jailed for
her ironic musings about China's political shortcomings
gave a big wave as her father picked her up.

http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-fg-internet13jan13,1,7386155.story

Incensed Chinese Wield Internet Clout to Press for Justice
Widespread outrage over a lenient sentence for a driver who
killed a farmer prompts inquiry.

http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-fg-bmw17jan17,1,5116322.story

What is cyberlaw?
I've been working on my cyberlaw syllabus over the last
week, adding in all the things I want to read with my
students.  (There will be a huge supplement to the
casebook.)  Here's the challenge with which I need help: 
cyberlaw is usually taught as a mish-mosh of modules -- a
drop of privacy, a smattering of trademark, a heh-heh at
the Barlow manifesto, a moment of copyright (and, in my
case, a big dollop of the broadcast flag/analog hole
debate), and some bemusement at internet governance.

http://scrawford.blogware.com/blog/_archives/2004/1/10/12905.html

Playboy Gets Green Light for Netscape Search-Engine Suit
In a decision that could cast scrutiny over Internet search
engines and online advertisers, a federal appeals court
Wednesday reinstated a trademark infringement lawsuit by
Playboy Enterprises Inc. against Netscape Communications
Inc.
 http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,4149,1442383,00.asp

As Consumers Revolt, a Rush to Block Pop-Up Online Ads
But executives say that consumers who block the ads are
undercutting the economic model that provides them with
free entertainment and information.
 http://www.nytimes.com/2004/01/19/technology/19popup.html

Phishing For Your Money
A new trojan tries to dupe users into supplying their
financial information in order to empty their bank
accounts.

http://www.informationweek.com/story/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=17301908

.us - Feds seek input on spammer sentencing
A formula that would sentence deceptive spammers to more
time in prison for each e-mail address spammed is among the
proposals under consideration by the
presidentially-appointed commission responsible for setting
federal sentencing rules, which this week sought the
public's input on how to punish violators of the
newly-enacted CAN-SPAM Act.
 http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/55/34951.html

Illegal Music Downloading Climbs
The number of people downloading music illegally surged a
month after recording companies began suing hundreds of
music fans, a marketing research firm said Thursday.

http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-Music-Downloading.html
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/3402349.stm

Online scramble for music downloads
Coca-Cola is the latest firm to join the rush to grab a
chunk of the online market for legal music downloads.
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3409089.stm

Open Up a Can of Spam
Two weeks after a much-heralded U.S. antispam law took
effect, junk-mail-filtering firms say they're weeding out
more unwanted messages than ever.
 http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,61928,00.html

Plaintiffs Say Microsoft Still Behaves Badly
Two reports filed with a federal court suggest that the
government's antitrust agreement with Microsoft has not
changed the company's anticompetitive behavior.
 http://www.nytimes.com/2004/01/17/technology/17soft.html

.us - DOJ cites MS in settlement shortcomings
The U.S. Justice Department expresses concern that the
software giant has not completely lived up to its agreement
to disclose Windows communications protocols.
 http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104_2-5142795.html

.us - A Real-Life Debate on Free Expression in a Cyberspace
City
Peter Ludlow said he was only trying to expose the truth
that Alphaville's authorities were all too happy to ignore.
In his online newspaper, The Alphaville Herald, he reported
on thieves and their scams. He documented what he said was
a teenage prostitution ring. He criticized the city's
leaders for not intervening to make it a better place.
 http://www.nytimes.com/2004/01/15/technology/15SIMS.html

Korea Tackles New Concept of Digital Divide
South Korea could make a giant leap globally on the
strength of digital information revolution. But at the same
time, the nation is confronting various challenges due to
the advent of the information society, ranging from digital
divide to online gaming addictions.

http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/tech/200401/kt2004011517113411810.htm

.au - AIIA Expands International Networks (news release)
The Australian Information Industry Association today
announced a Memorandum of Understanding with the
International Cooperation Agency for Korea IT, an
affiliated organization of the Korean Information and
Telecommunication Ministry.
 http://www.aiia.com.au/dpms/dpms/1234

China's Internet Use Surges: Report
China had 79.5 million Web surfers at the end of 2003, a
report by the China Internet Network Information Center
(CNNIC) out of Beijing stated Thursday.
 http://www.internetnews.com/ec-news/article.php/3299861

Spanish Police Arrest 14 for Microsoft Piracy
Spanish police have arrested 14 people for intellectual
piracy, including the first-known forgeries of authenticity
certificates for Microsoft's Windows XP Professional
edition, the Interior Ministry said on Thursday.
 http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?storyID=4134197

Software Piracy Is in Resurgence, With New Safeguards
Eroded by File Sharing
The advent of peer-to-peer, or P2P, file-sharing programs
like Kazaa is quickly eroding the industry's gains over
software piracy.
 http://www.nytimes.com/2004/01/19/technology/19soft.html

EU teams with Korea on IPv6 development
In one of the first cross-continent agreements, the EU is
to work with South Korea to develop applications for IPv6.

http://news.zdnet.co.uk/communications/networks/0,39020345,39119162,00.htm

Mozilla upgrades browser
The open-source Netscape offshoot has decided to continue
developing the browser suite until its next-generation
components are ready.

http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/applications/0,39020384,39119152,00.htm
 http://open.itworld.com/4925/040116mozilla/

Microsoft agrees to modify software for buying music online
Microsoft Corp. has agreed under pressure to change its
Windows software to resolve complaints by the Justice
Department that it unfairly influenced how customers buy
their music online, the government said Thursday.

http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/7718602.htm

Fast Forward: Going Deeper than Google
Revamped search software called Grokker could be the future
for finding information.

http://www.fortune.com/fortune/fastforward/0,15704,563090,00.html

There's a Gaggle Chasing Google
Google may be king of the search-engine world right now,
but advances in technology and some strategic maneuvering
by Yahoo and Microsoft mean there is formidable competition
nipping at the company's heels.
 http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,61902,00.html

.us - Spanish-language option may give sites jump on
competition
There are more Spanish-speaking users of the Internet in
the U.S. than in some Spanish-speaking countries, yet many
U.S. websites cater more to customers in those foreign
countries.

http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-tr-internet18jan18,1,6450282.story

TV's hi-definition vision of the future
The next generation of hi-definition TVs displays a
visionary future for home entertainment.
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3403493.stm

.nz - Varsities churn out ICT graduates
New Zealand can expect a flood of ICT graduates over the
next five years with annual numbers expected to rise 32 per
cent, according to a survey by Investment New Zealand.
 http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,2786498a28,00.html

.nz - Schools to get video links
The Government will spend $2.7 million over four years
providing free video-conferencing to schools around the
country.
 http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,2786496a28,00.html

.nz -  Kiwis logging into weather and jobs websites
Record-breaking temperatures, wild storms and New Year
resolutions to get a better job are driving up the visitor
numbers at a few key websites, according to internet
monitoring company Hitwise.
 http://www.nbr.co.nz/home/column_article.asp?id=7988

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