internet news - 7/2

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

VeriSign and TrustAsia Get Unwired with WebNum (ASP News)
Catering to the burgeoning number of wireless subscribers in
Southeast Asia, which at last count came in at 55 million according
to the Strategis Group , VeriSign (NASDAQ: VRSN) and affiliate
TrustAsia have taken steps to simplify the process of searching for
Web sites from handheld devices with WebNum, a service intended to
provide wireless users with an easier and quicker way to browse the
Internet without all those pesky URLs.
 http://www.internetnews.com/asp-news/article/0,,3411_969841,00.html

From BNA Internet Law News
The Clash Between Free Speech And Domain Names
My regular Globe and Mail cyberlaw examines the growing clash between
free speech and domain names, highlighting the different approaches
to protest and controversial speech sites under the ICANN UDRP and
the dot-ca CDRP.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/printarticle/gam/20020207/TWGEIS7

Se duplica la presencia del español en Internet en los últimos tres
años (ZDNet)
Según el último informe publicado por iniciativa de Comunidad eÑe,
creada e impulsada por la Asociación Cluster de Telecomunicaciones
del País Vasco (GAIA), la presencia de páginas web en español ha
crecido un 125% en los últimos tres años, representando el 5,62% de
los contenidos que actualmente se difunden en la Red.
 http://www.zdnet-es.com/canales/zdnn/mostrarnoticias_i.html?id=3754
 
Law can't cope in e-crime: judge (Australian IT)
Lawyers won't find the answers to the complex issues raised by
computer crime in their law school notes, according to Justice
Michael Kirby.
"The law of the past that dealt in the physical world is not always
effective in the electronic realm," he said at the launch of
E-Security, Australia's first guide to minimising legal risks in
e-commerce.

http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,3713875%5E15319%5E%5Enbv%5E15306,00.html

Web Auctions in Japan Face Tighter Rules (International Herald
Tribune)
The Japanese National Police Agency is circulating a proposal to
require sellers of used goods through Internet auctions to obtain
licenses, raising new fears among American online auction companies
that they may face more stringent international control. 
 http://www.iht.com/articles/47234.html
 http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/06/technology/06AUCT.html

You Can Surf, but You Can't Hide (New York Times)
Software can already tell your friends when you log on or off. Now,
"presence awareness" capabilities are being designed into other
devices. Is this technology helpful or creepy?
 http://www.nytimes.com/2002/02/07/technology/circuits/07HERE.html

Global Net Crime Treaty Hurts Free Speech - Trade Group (Newsbytes)
High-tech lobby groups and civil liberties associations today told
Secretary of State Colin Powell and Attorney General John Ashcroft
that an addition to the Council of Europe's proposal to ban
"xenophobic" and "racist" speech on the Internet is a violation of
the U.S. free speech principles.
 http://www.newsbytes.com/news/02/174285.html

Microsoft's blind spot (CNET)
Over the years, many in the computer industry have found it all too
easy to ignore security. It usually doesn't show up in product demos.
Microsoft, in particular, has repeatedly plunged forward with a
seductively simple yet dangerously powerful idea. In academia it's
called "procedural attachment"--letting a program appear in place of
data. Why do this? In a nutshell, programs are more versatile than
data.
 http://news.com.com/2010-1072-831385.html

Microsoft says Australia is falling behind (Sydney Morning Herald)
Microsoft has told the Federal Government that Australia is falling
behind in its use of the next generation of high-speed Internet
services, calling for "bold political decisions", including an
investigation into broadband pricing by the Australian Competition
and Consumer Commission.
 http://www.smh.com.au/news/0202/07/biztech/biztech8.html
 http://www.newsbytes.com/news/02/174296.html

From BNA Internet Law News
9th Circuit Overturns Part of Kelly v. Arriba Decision
The 9th US Circuit Court of Appeals has held that an Internet search
engine named Arriba (now Ditto.com) infringed a professional
photographer's copyright by displaying full-sized images of his work
through inline linking.  The court found that small, low-quality
thumbnail images were covered by the "fair use" provision of the
Copyright Act, but reversed a lower court opinion, which found that
displays of larger high-quality images were also protected.  Decision
at
 http://caselaw.findlaw.com/data2/circs/9th/0055521P.pdf
Coverage at
 http://www.siliconvalley.com/docs/news/tech/078264.htm

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