general internet news - 9 February

Internet Filtering in China
The authors are collecting data on the methods, scope, and
depth of selective barriers to Internet access through
Chinese networks. Tests from May 2002 through November 2002
indicate at least four distinct and independently operable
methods of Internet filtering, with a documentable leap in
filtering sophistication beginning in September 2002.
 http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/home/2003-02

China tightens net around online dissenters
The man shadowing the internet activists on the street was
either spectacularly incompetent or deliberately trying to
intimidate. Each time they stopped, he stopped. When they
ate at a restaurant, he waited outside. When they doubled
back on themselves, he gazed down at his shoes until they
walked past and then continued following them.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/china/story/0,7369,1143011,00.html

Reporters Without Borders supports Chinese intellectuals'
petition for release of Du Daobin
The petition launched by Liu Xiaobo has already been signed
by 102 Chinese academics and intellectuals. They criticise
Du Daobin's arrest for sending articles on the Internet
about human rights and freedom in Hong Kong. Du Daobin also
campaigned for the release of Liu Di, a young student
imprisoned for posting messages on forums.
 http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=9185
 http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=9188 (Espanol)
 http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=9184 (Francais)

EU celebrates Safer Internet Day 6 February
On 6th February 2004, the Safer Internet Day will be
celebrated across Europe. This event focuses on children's
rights to a safer Internet as part of the European
Commission's Safer Internet Programme. It showcases
existing safer Internet projects, videos and awards
developed with the backing of the programme. These
programmes involve actors from the private, public and
voluntary sectors. Safer Internet project members have
contributed to several remarkable achievements. In October
2003 a worldwide child-porn ring was broken up following a
tip from the Internet hotline association INHOPE. In
November 2003 the new Internet Content Rating Association
content filtering platform ICRAplus was launched. Events
will be staged simultaneously in 12 European countries
(Denmark, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy,
Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden, United
Kingdom), as well as in Australia. These events involve
public authorities, the Internet industry and hundreds of
other organisations.

http://europa.eu.int/rapid/start/cgi/guesten.ksh?p_action.gettxt=gt&doc=IP/04/171|0|RAPID&lg=EN&display=

http://europa.eu.int/rapid/start/cgi/guesten.ksh?p_action.gettxt=gt&doc=IP/04/171|0|RAPID&lg=ES&display=
(Espanol)

http://europa.eu.int/rapid/start/cgi/guesten.ksh?p_action.gettxt=gt&doc=IP/04/171|0|RAPID&lg=FR&display=
(Francais)

http://europa.eu.int/rapid/start/cgi/guesten.ksh?p_action.gettxt=gt&doc=IP/04/171|0|RAPID&lg=DE&display=
(Deutsch)

au: Internet Safety a must for Pre-Schoolers (NetAlert news
release)
Pre-school children need to learn about Internet safety at
the same time as they’re learning to cross the road safely,
according to Australian Internet safety advisory body
NetAlert.

http://www.netalert.net.au/01116-Internet-Safety-a-must-for-Pre-Schoolers.asp

Europe celebrates 'Safer Internet Day'
Sixteen European countries (including Australia) are taking
part in the day of action as part of a coordinated campaign
to defend "children's right to a safer Internet."
 http://www.electricnews.net/news.html?code=9390025

uk: Children ignore net chat dangers
Children are still arranging face-to-face meetings with
people they talk to online despite warnings about the
dangers of internet chatrooms.
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3461481.stm

uk: Adverts to target internet dangers
An advertising campaign was launched yesterday to warn
children and parents about the potential dangers posed by
internet chatrooms.
 http://news.scotsman.com/scitech.cfm?id=150182004

eu: Safer Internet Day
More should be done to protect children online, according
to the organisers of tomorrow's European "Safer Internet
Day". Sixteen European countries (including Australia) are
taking part in the day of action as part of a coordinated
campaign to defend "children's right to a safer Internet".
 http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/35356.html

uk: More children risk chatroom meetings
An increasing number of primary school children are taking
risks by meeting strangers they come into contact with in
internet chatrooms, according to research published
yesterday by the University of Central Lancashire.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/child/story/0,7369,1142969,00.html

uk: Man guilty of teacher murder
A musician accused of strangling a special needs teacher to
satisfy a "bizarre and macabre fantasy" has been found
guilty of her murder.
...
Jane's mother ... also called for some pornographic
internet sites to be shut down. The court had heard that
Coutts visited websites to satisfy his sexual fantasies.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/southern_counties/3455327.stm

UK police seek web porn crackdown
The move follows the murder of Brighton teacher Jane
Longhurst by a man addicted to web porn.
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/3460855.stm

uk: Adult internet sites (BBC Radio 4's Today programme)
Are the police powerless to stop them when they are based
abroad? Neil Bennett finds out.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/today/listenagain/ram/today0_internet_20040205.ram
The family of murdered teacher Jane Longhurst call for
internet crackdown on adult sites. Hear from her mother and
West Midlands Police.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/today/listenagain/ram/today2_adultsites_20040205.ram

uk: Policing the ether
When horrific crimes are found to have had an online
element, the clamour for regulation can eclipse progress
already made towards controlling web content.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/comment/story/0,12449,1142641,00.html

de: School was torture site
Residents of the quiet Lower Saxony city of Hildesheim have
been shaken by allegations that almost an entire class of
teenagers  joined in systematically torturing a classmate
over a period of some four months, recorded the abuse with
video cameras, and then broadcast it over the Internet.

http://www.faz.com/IN/INtemplates/eFAZ/docmain.asp?rub={B1311FCC-FBFB-11D2-B228-00105A9CAF88}&doc={D7CF50FC-8321-49E2-980F-D90C1EC49E6B}

Switzerland cracks down on cybercrime
Switzerland has been turning up the heat on cybercrime
since January this year when the government launched a
special unit to police the internet.

http://www.swissinfo.org/sen/swissinfo.html?siteSect=105&sid=4468889

jp: 4 deaths linked to Web-dating
The number of crimes related to online dating sites last
year showed little change from 2002, but serious cases,
including murder and robbery resulting from Web-based
dating, rose 37 percent to 137 cases, according to a
National Police Agency report released Thursday.
 http://www.yomiuri.co.jp/newse/20040206wo23.htm
 http://www.asahi.com/english/nation/TKY200402060137.html

Online sex crimes rise in Japan
Rerported rape and robbery cases involving children in
Japan, mostly schoolgirls lured into online sex sites,
jumped last year despite a law banning the soliciting sex
from minors over the internet.

http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,8599272%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html

us: Tougher sex offender laws pitched
A sex offender could not establish a residence within 1,000
feet of a school or child-care facility under new
legislation proposed this week by state Rep. Bob Dixon,
R-Springfield.

http://springfield.news-leader.com/news/today/0207-Toughersex-6256.html

us: Parents cautioned about dangers on the Web
Although the Internet can provide many educational
opportunities for youth, not every interaction online is a
good one.

http://www.wisinfo.com/heraldtimes/news/archive/local_14554838.shtml

us: Protect Your Children When They're Online
The most critical component of children's online safety is
parental involvement. The best method of protecting
children online is for parents to stay involved in their
online activities.
 http://www.clickondetroit.com/news/2828758/detail.html

by: Human rights activist fined over Internet articles
Reporters Without Borders protested after journalist and
human rights activist Natalya Kaliada, was fined for
writing articles on the Internet.
 http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=9176
 http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=9171 (Francais)

us: Asian-Americans Take Offense at a Law Firm Memo
It began, like so many office controversies, with an e-mail
message. Responding to a note seeking someone to adopt a
puppy, a partner in the London office of the law firm of
Dewey Ballantine wrote, "Don't let them go to a Chinese
restaurant." Some of the firm's associates found the
message offensive and said so; dozens of Asian-American law
student associations and bar associations have criticized
it as well. Senior partners at the firm almost immediately
sent out a firmwide apology. So did the author of the
message.
 http://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/07/business/07law.html

us: FBI reviewing claims of child-porn surfing at Texas
health center
Accusations that physicians and other employees at the
University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
regularly accessed teen-porn Web sites are reportedly under
investigation by FBI agents.

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2004-02-03-texas-clinic-problem_x.htm

us: Court Backs Internet Limit on Child Porn Convict
A man convicted of possessing child pornography on his
computer can be barred from Internet access as part of his
sentence, a U.S. appeals court ruled on Tuesday.
 http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml;?storyID=4275934

us: Framingham man charged in Internet porn sting
Acting on a tip from an undercover police officer in Ohio,
Framingham police arrested a local man Thursday night when
they found on his computer nude images of underage girls
and girls engaged in sex acts.

http://www3.metrowestdailynews.com/localRegional/view.bg?articleid=59792

ca: Digital detective tracks perps online
Det. Peter Jupp, of the Ottawa police department's
high-tech crime unit, has seen it all when it comes to
computer-related crimes -- short of victims being beaten to
death with hard drives. Jupp spoke with TIG recently about
his work and how technology is being used to fight crime.

http://www.itbusiness.ca/index.asp?theaction=61&lid=1&sid=54724&adBanner=Security

The Pornography Industry vs. Digital Pirates
The copyright rumble is playing out a little differently in
the red-light districts of cyberspace.

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/08/business/yourmoney/08porn.html

us: Forget Janet's breast, surfers demand train times
After Janet Jackson's exposed right breast and former Sex
Pistols singer John Lydon's expletive-filled tirade, what
is the biggest fascination on the minds of the average
Web-surfer? Train Timetables.

http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=4293537
 http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,62198,00.html

Group targeting cyber-criminals gets a new home
The Nevada Cyber Crime Task Force has a new home in its
hunt for hackers and cyber criminals. The new, larger
"cyber-laboratory" is located in North Las Vegas near the
task force's old lab site that was housed in the Energy
Department complex at 232 Energy Way.

http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/lv-other/2004/feb/04/516294521.html

Imprisonment on the Rise in China for Internet-Related
Activities
Detentions or imprisonments in China for internet-related
activities, including expressing opinions online or
downloading information, rose 60 percent from November 2002
to January 2004, with 54 people detained or imprisoned.
This increase doesn¡¦t include an unknown number of people
detained for disseminating information about SARS over the
Internet, according to a January 28 Amnesty International
news release.

http://www.timesoftibet.com/artman/publish/article_928.shtml

us: Online girlfriends sell love to dateless
Need a girlfriend but want none of the hassle of actually
spending time together? You better act fast if you want to
find her on eBay. A crop of crafty eBay entrepreneurs are
offering "imaginary girlfriend" services to the highest
bidder, staying just ahead of the Web auctioneer's efforts
to ban such listings, which it now deems inappropriate.

http://edition.cnn.com/2004/TECH/internet/02/05/offbeat.imaginary.girlfriend.reut/index.html

us: Pay, Don't Sue, Song-Swappers, Trade Group Urges
Internet users could collect paychecks rather than lawsuits
when they share music through "peer-to-peer" networks like
Kazaa, under a proposal outlined by an industry trade
group.
 http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml;?storyID=4296386

au: Record industry enforcer raids Kazaa offices
The enforcement arm of the Australian record industry has
raided the premises of Sharman Networks and its proprietor,
Nicola Hemming, in what it says is a bid to stop illegal
copying of music through the Kazaa network.
 http://smh.com.au/articles/2004/02/06/1075854054236.html

http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,8599562%5E15306%5E%5Enbv%5E,00.html
 http://www.bizreport.com/article.php?art_id=6108

http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/business/0,39023166,39116016,00.htm

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A20311-2004Feb6.html

http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-fi-kazaa7feb07,1,1491215.story

us: File Sharing Services Back in Court
Tuesday afternoon in Pasadena, Calif., the country's major
movie studios, music publishers, and recording studios
renewed their fight against Grokster and Morpheus, two of
the Internet's leading peer-to-peer file-sharing services.

http://abcnews.go.com/sections/scitech/ZDM/file_sharing_suit_pcmag_040206.html
 http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,2807151a28,00.html

Corporate America divided over file-sharing
Sneak previews of Pepsi's latest advertising campaign have
been leaked onto the internet, ahead of its debut during
Sunday's Superbowl. The campaign promotes a joint venture
between Apple and Pepsi which will see Pepsi drinkers win
the opportunity to download free music from iTunes. But the
messages it sends out may confuse many, as it makes heroes
of convicted file-sharers.

http://www.silicon.com/networks/webwatch/0,39024667,39118092,00.htm

File-swappers 'should be paid'
Rather than being hit by lawsuits, file-sharers should be
paid for converting their collections to legal formats,
according to an industry trade group.

http://news.zdnet.co.uk/business/legal/0,39020651,39145550,00.htm

OECD Calls on Governments to step up their Fight Against
Spam   	
Governments must step up the fight against spam by
improving cross-border cooperation on network security and
law enforcement as part of a multipronged drive to protect
the integrity of the Internet.

http://www.oecd.org/document/17/0,2340,en_2649_34487_26198225_1_1_1_37409,00.html

Spam may be subversive: China
China has a new message for computer users: Spam isn't just
annoying, it might well be subversive.

http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,8599260%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html

au: Government dallies on line dumping
Communications Minister Daryl Williams is still considering
whether to move on controversial internet diallers, more
than a year after his predecessor announced he had directed
to Australian Communications Authority to institute tough
new measures.

http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,8564905%5E15319%5E%5Enbv%5E15306,00.html

ca: Industry minister willing to consider law against
unsolicited e-mails
Industry Minister Lucienne Robillard said she's considering
legislation to fight unsolicited e-mails.

http://www.canoe.com/CNEWS/Canada/2004/02/04/334906-cp.html

Buyer Beware: Pornography E-Mail Scam
When you are billed for something you know you didn't
order, your first impulse may be to cancel, but not so fast
-- it may be a scam.
 http://www.thebostonchannel.com/money/2817874/detail.html

US law has not canned spam
A new US law aimed at curbing the flood of unwanted emails,
has had little effect since going into effect January 1,
according to a survey.

http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,8588919%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html

Yours Not So Truly, J. Goodspam
To catch your eye (and avoid your filter), e-mail marketers
cloak themselves in some improbable pseudonyms.

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/05/technology/circuits/05name.html

us: Media, Web Sites Tangle in Landmark Piracy Case
In a landmark case over online piracy, a federal appeals
court on Tuesday heard arguments over whether Napster-like
Internet services should be kept from allowing unauthorized
song and movie copies to be swapped online for free.
 http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml;?storyID=4277155

us: Florida Lawmakers Take Aim at Violent Video Games
Bolstered by outrage from Haitian Americans and parents
over a top-selling game, a group of Florida lawmakers is
moving to stiffen penalties for retailers that sell or rent
violent or sexually explicit computer games to minors.

http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=technologyNews&storyID=4303814

EU Fighting Yesterday's War Against Microsoft?
European Union regulators may still be fighting yesterday's
antitrust war against Microsoft's Media Player while the
software giant marches on to conquer Google.

http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=technologyNews&storyID=4283557

Microsoft to face €100 million fine in Europe?
A German newspaper this week reported that Microsoft will
be fined €100 million by the European Commission for
abusing its dominant position. If true, the fine would
represent less than 0.4% of the company's global turnover.

http://www.out-law.com/php/page.php?page_id=microsofttoface1075905471

us: Web Voting Program Scrapped
The Pentagon said Thursday that it had scrapped its program
to allow troops and other Americans overseas to vote
through the Internet because the system was so vulnerable
to computer hackers that it could cast doubt on the
integrity of election results.

http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-na-internet6feb06,1,2150179.story

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/06/politics/campaign/06VOTE.html

uk: The BBC Deploys Video Cell Phones
In the television news business, sometimes poor-quality
video that scoops the competition is better than no video
at all. That's why the British Broadcasting Corporation
(BBC) recently gave 40 of its reporters and producers
camera cell phones that can record and send video, and
plans to distribute 40 more. While the concept is being
pioneered in the U.K., it's one that is sure to soon land
on U.S. shores and will undoubtedly affect the practice of
journalism globally.

http://www.forbes.com/technology/2004/02/05/cx_pp_ii_0204cameraphone.html

A Difficult Decade: Continuing Freedom of Information
Challenges for the United States and its Universities
During the decade following the original article "Freedom
of Information Laws Affect the Autonomy of American
Universities"[1] appeared, the intellectual, social and
political landscape evolved in both subtle and overt ways.
For example, in 2004 the author finds the 1994 title
outdated. Given the benefit of hindsight, she would have
used the term "United States", rather than "American."[2]
Also, in 1994, the words "computer" and "digital" did not
appear in the main text of the article. With the continual
digitizing of data and linking of computers, the word
"Internet" became so common that people stopped
capitalizing it. A decade ago, footnotes contained not one
URL (universal resource locator, a web site address). A
quick glance to the present footnotes reveals the internet
as a primary source.

http://www.murdoch.edu.au/elaw/issues/v10n4/woodbury104.html

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