general internet news - 5 June

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

Dictamen de la Comisión de Defensa del Consumidor y
Organismos Reguladores de Servicios Públicos
Dictamen de la Comisión de Defensa del Consumidor y
Organismos Reguladores de los Servicios Públicos recaído en
los Proyectos de Ley No. 6066/2002 y 6651/2003 que propone
regular el acceso de menores de edad a páginas web
pornográficas en cabinas públicas de internet.

http://200.37.159.7/dictamenes2002.nsf/dictamenes/3CC7EE378E0C119F05256D35007F3D76

http://200.37.159.7/dictamenes2002.nsf/dictamenes/529088A621C1A41005256D39006CA32C

Broadband Internet Use Has Its Risks, Study Finds
The constant connection and fast speed of broadband
Internet access exposes users to far greater risk than most
of them realize, according to a study.
 http://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/04/technology/04NET.html

New Council of Europe response to the regulatory challenges
posed by the Internet
On 28 May 2003, the Committee of Ministers of the Council
of Europe adopted a Declaration on freedom of communication
on the Internet. 
The main objective is to strike a balance between freedom
of expression and information on the Internet and other
rights guaranteed by the European Convention on Human
Rights, such as the protection of children against
unsuitable online content.
 http://press.coe.int/cp/2003/291a(2003).htm

http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,6530450%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html

A third of children 'have viewed net porn'
A THIRD of Irish children using the internet have viewed
pornography while a quarter have received unwanted sexual
comments, a study has revealed. The National Centre for
Technology and Education (NCTE) carried out an
investigation into children's online behaviour in
conjunction with four Scandinavian countries.

http://www.online.ie/news/irish_examiner/viewer.adp?article=2023933

Police, Microsoft team up to fight porn
Toronto police and the world's largest software developer
are teaming up in an effort to solve an escalating number
of Web-related crimes against children.

http://www.thestar.com/NASApp/cs/ContentServer?pagename=thestar/Layout/Article_Type1&c=Article&cid=1052251719524&call_pageid=968332188492&col=968793972154

Mob Eyed in Internet Sex Fraud Case
In the late 1990s, Richard Martino and other investors made
a killing by peddling pornography on the Internet. The
problem, federal prosecutors now say, was twofold:
Customers' credit cards were billed without their
permission. Worse, millions of dollars went to the mob.

http://www.bizreport.com/article.php?art_id=4442&PHPSESSID=5fbdb29e164b191dc67724ccbfd12d92

http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/6002912.htm

Net-porn blocks not expensive, schools told
Tech companies at home and abroad say they have solutions
to help the Ottawa-Carleton District School Board protect
children from dangers lurking on the Internet.

http://www.canada.com/ottawa/story.asp?id=9936F126-AE8E-4E5E-A2CB-E3ECFB874BA4

Internet Battle Raises Questions About the First Amendment
A beauty queen's lawsuit highlights some shifting legal
distinctions in the Internet era, between private matters
and public ones and between speech and property.
 http://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/02/national/02INTE.html

Journalist Xu Wei goes on hunger strike to protest 10-year
sentence
When his 10-year prison sentence was pronounced on 28 May,
journalist Xu Wei began a hunger strike to protest against
the verdicts handed down by a Beijing court against himself
and his three friends, Jin Haike, Yang Zili and Zhang
Honghai, who like him have been detained since March 2001
on a charge of "subverting the state's authority." The
others have also been given long prison terms.
 http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=7014

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=2867424

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A6425-2003Jun3.html

http://www.bizreport.com/article.php?art_id=4441&PHPSESSID=5fbdb29e164b191dc67724ccbfd12d92

House Cancels Vote on Internet Gambling
U.S. lawmakers abruptly canceled a vote to block Internet
gambling on Tuesday after it became clear the bill did not
have enough support to pass the House of Representatives.

http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=2871244
 http://dc.internet.com/news/article.php/2216461

Internet Law Program at Stanford, June 30-July 4:
The Berkman Center's Internet Law Program is headed west
this summer. The program, presented in conjunction with
Stanford's Center for Internet and Society, will take place
at Stanford on June 30-July 4, and will feature sessions
led by Yochai Benkler, William Fisher, Lawrence Lessig,
Charles Nesson and Jonathan Zittrain. "In many ways this
past year has been critical to the future of this space,"
says Lessig. "The challenge is to move forward from here
with greater collective wisdom." Details and registration
are available.
 http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/ilaw

Appeals Court Says Video Games Protected by First Amendment

http://money.cnn.com/2003/06/03/technology/games_firstamendment/index.htm

http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-fi-games4jun04,1,6205241.story
 http://news.com.com/2100-1043_3-1012882.html
 http://www.ca8.uscourts.gov/opndir/03/06/023010P.pdf

Most e-mail is now spam
Two spam filtering companies yesterday released figures
showing that over half the e-mails sent in May were
unsolicited and commercial – i.e. spam. It is anticipated
that the figures will continue to rise before the problem
is controlled.

http://www.out-law.com/php/page.php?page_id=mostemailisnows1054632224&area=news

Law school serves spam as main course
Law students at Chicago's John Marshall Law School are
getting a new dose of spam--on their course schedule.
 http://news.com.com/2100-1028_3-1012404.html

Police concerned over teen game addiction
 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?storyID=3505220

Iraq virtual archive planned
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/2958878.stm

Apple design guru honoured 
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/2958950.stm

New Zealander tries his hand at a DIY cruise missile
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/2960218.stm

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