general internet news - 15 April

au: Libs drag feet on censorship
The Federal Government has refused again to put a date on
the completion of its 17-month-old review of internet
censorship legislation, saying only that it would be
concluded "shortly".

http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,9231937%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html

au: Adult links mar children's search engine
An Australian portal for children has been embarrassed by
search results that point to bikini-clad women.

http://news.zdnet.co.uk/internet/0,39020369,39151526,00.htm

au: Stalker amendments concern ISPs
Tough amendments proposed to federal laws designed to slam
the lid on pedophiles and internet stalkers could leave
ISPs carrying the can for "menacing, harassing or
offensive" behaviour by subscribers.

http://news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,9231948%255E15306,00.html

http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,9231948%5E15318%5E%5Enbv%5E15306,00.html

uk: Net paedophile children 'saved'
UK police say they have saved more than 100 children from
further sexual abuse as a result of a two-year
investigation into internet paedophiles.
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/3624131.stm

http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=4823367

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/today/listenagain/ram/today1_ore_20040414.ram
(BBC Radio 4 Today Programme - audio)

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/today/listenagain/ram/today2_ore_20040414.ram
(BBC Radio 4 Today Programme - audio)

File-sharing to bypass censorship
By the year 2010, file-sharers could be swapping news
rather than music, eliminating censorship of any kind.
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3611227.stm
 http://www.ojr.org/ojc/topics/brief.php?briefID=70431

us: FTC Says Pornographic Spam Must Be Labeled
Pornographic "spam" e-mail will have to contain a warning
on the subject line so Internet users can easily filter it
out, the Federal Trade Commission said Tuesday.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8186-2004Apr13.html

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/techpolicy/2004-04-14-labeling-porn_x.htm

http://www.avn.com/index.php?Primary_Navigation=Articles&Action=View_Article&Content_ID=80475
 http://news.com.com/2100-1024_3-5190959.html

http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-fi-rup14.6apr14,1,4989861.story
 http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2004/04/adultlabel.htm

us: Maryland lawmakers pass antispam legislation
 http://news.com.com/2100-1028_3-5190912.html

fr: Economy minister urged to intervene in Digital Economy
bill - Bill passed by senate would make Internet hosts
responsible for censoring content
Reporters Without Borders, the Union of Judges and the
Odebi League are asking the minister of economy, finance
and industry, Nicolas Sarkozy, to intervene in the Bill to
Promote Confidence in the Digital Economy (known as the
LEN). In a 9 April letter, they have requested a meeting
with Sarkozy or the deputy minister for industry, Patrick
Devedjian, to explain their concerns and recommendations
about the bill.
 http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=9751
French ISPs to carry the can for dodgy content
 http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/04/13/french_censor/

Vietnamese cops tighten controls on Internet access
Authorities in a southern Vietnamese province have
restricted access to Internet sites critical of the
government, state-controlled media reported Saturday.

http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2004/4/12/technology/7749162&sec=technology

us: Chat Line for Teens Hosts Racy Talk, Sometimes
Predators
While parents have heard of the hazards of teens entering
Internet chat rooms, most are probably unaware of the
dangers -- or even the existence -- of telephone lines that
operate similarly.
 http://www.newhousenews.com/archive/ocrowley041204.html

us: Chat, Copy, Paste, Prison
When a New Hampshire judge threw out chat-log evidence
against an accused pedophile, he illustrated just how
jumbled and confused Internet privacy law can be.
 http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/233

us: Legislation takes aim at Internet predators
Maryland legislators answered persistent questions about
the validity of laws used to prosecute suspected Internet
predators this week by passing legislation that makes it a
crime to solicit children for sex - even if the "minor" is
a police officer posing online.

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/bal-md.internet14apr14,0,778507.story

us: Porn war sees its first casualty: freedom
Pornography in the United States is a multi-billion dollar
industry. Revenue from porn is nearly double that of ABC,
CBS and NBC combined. It outsells all professional
football, basketball and baseball franchises put together.

http://barometer.orst.edu/vnews/display.v/ART/2004/04/13/407c241aa2fb3

sg: Net posting draws angry response
A barrage of abusive messages has flooded the sgchinese.com
website in response to a mainland Chinese student's online
message which said Singaporeans are stupid and despise
Chinese nationals.
 http://www.asiamedia.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=10161

cn: Chongqing Government Shuts Down Internet Bar
Authorities in Chongqing Municipality, southwest China,
shut down an unlicensed Internet bar involved in the death
of two teenager Internet surfers, the government said
Thursday.

http://www.chinatechnews.com/index.php?action=show&type=news&id=1082

cn: Court to deal with Internet crimes
A local court in Beijing recently set up a workgroup to
deal with cases associated with the Internet as an effort
to probe into the legal issues relating to cyberspace.

http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2004-04/12/content_1414854.htm

tn: Eight young Internet users convicted of terrorism on no
evidence
Reporters Without Borders today voiced shock and outrage
today at sentences of up to 26 years in prison imposed by a
Tunis court on 6 April on eight Internet users from the
southern city of Zarzis who were accused of promoting
terrorist attacks on no other evidence than files
downloaded from the Internet.
 http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=9763
Huit internautes condamnés sans preuve
 http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=9762

Google Says It Doesn't Plan to Change Search Results
Google said Monday that it had no plans to alter its search
results despite complaints that the first listing on a
search for the word "Jew" directs people to an anti-Semitic
Web site.
 http://nytimes.com/2004/04/13/technology/13google.html
 http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/s1086974.htm

http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=4821915

Google to consider Gmail changes
Google said Tuesday it is "batting about" possible changes
to its Gmail Web-based e-mail service, which launched last
month to a chorus of privacy concerns.

http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/software/0,2000061733,39144902,00.htm

Is Google the future of e-mail?
commentary: Google is hoping to convince us to use its
forthcoming Gmail service for our lifetime e-mail needs.

http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/business/0,39023166,39144776,00.htm

us: Google's Gmail could be blocked
Gmail could be facing strong legal opposition in
California.
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/3621169.stm

http://news.zdnet.co.uk/business/legal/0,39020651,39151479,00.htm

http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/news/0,12597,1191023,00.html
 http://wired.com/news/business/0,1367,63041,00.html

Gmail likely to clear UK privacy hurdles

http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/security/0,2000061744,39144897,00.htm

Google plans trademark gambit
Google plans to stop limiting sales of trademarks in its
popular keyword advertising program, a high-stakes gamble
that could boost revenue but also create new legal problems
for the company.
 http://news.com.com/2100-1038_3-5190324.html

us: Ex-ISU coach to plead guilty in child pornography case
A former Iowa State University assistant basketball coach
will enter a guilty plea this week to charges relating to
his arrest for receipt and possession of child pornography,
his lawyer says.

http://www.wcfcourier.com/articles/2004/04/13/news/breaking_news/643c5f8fa4abcbd686256e75003d7041.txt

us: Man, 19, pleads not guilty in child-sex case
A 19-year-old Bellevue man accused of having sex with a
14-year-old girl and videotaping her during a sex act
pleaded not guilty yesterday in King County Superior Court
to third-degree child rape and sexual exploitation of a
minor.

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2001901798_glance13e.html

E-mail lists choke on spam
For close to half a decade, US entertainment executives and
copyright-averse college students have debated the future
of technology side by side on the "Pho" e-mail list. Now
that forum is under siege.
 http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104_2-5190826.html

ca: Minister vows to fight music file swapping
Music downloaders may have a short honeymoon from potential
prosecution as the new federal Heritage Minister has
promised to punish music file sharers.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/TPStory/LAC/20040413/RMUSI13/TPBusiness/Canadian

Lessig Elected to Free Software Foundation Board of
Directors
FSF is pleased to announce that on Sunday 28 March 2004,
Lawrence Lessig was elected to the Foundation's Board of
Directors. Professor Lessig is based at Stanford
University, and is the author of many key books on the
ideas about freedom in the digital age, including his
recently published book Free Culture. Professor Lessig has
been a strong supporter of FSF for many years, and
previously won FSF's Award for the Advancement of Free
Software for his extensive work educating the public about
the important issues of freedom in the digital age.
 http://member.fsf.org/leadership.html

Yahoo shapes up for China
US internet giant Yahoo is planning an aggressive push into
China, where it has so far had limited success in the face
of stiff competition from local portals such as Sina.com
and Sohu.com.

http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,9276296%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html

us: Survey Finds One in Six Use Wireless Internet

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8097-2004Apr13.html
 http://www.bizreport.com/article.php?art_id=6854

uk: Websites 'failing' disabled users
A survey by the Disability Rights Commission shows that
more than 80% of websites are difficult for disabled people
to use.
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3623407.stm

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/04/14/websites_fail_disabled/

http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=technologyNews&storyID=4815190

http://www.out-law.com/php/page.php?page_id=disabledwebaccess1081934788&area=news

us: Utah Sued Over Spyware Law
A New York company whose software creates pop-up ads during
routine Web browsing is seeking to block a Utah law that
bans such practices.
 http://www.bizreport.com/article.php?art_id=6861

Germans go wild for "Pig Brother" Web site
A German Web site dubbed "Pig Brother" has attracted more
than a million visitors in under two weeks with its 24-hour
live Webcam coverage of a family of wild boar, the site's
creators say.

http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=4815351

Microsoft steps up warnings of flaws
Microsoft sharply escalated its warnings about security
flaws in its software as it disclosed the existence of a
swathe of new vulnerabiities.

http://news.ft.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=FT.com/StoryFT/FullStory&c=StoryFT&cid=1079420321607&p=1057562182635

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