general internet news- 25 March

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

au: Ex-diplomat gives reference to colleague under
investigation for child porn
TONY EASTLEY: A former Australian diplomat says he has no
regrets about giving a positive job reference to a
colleague who was being investigated at the time, for
allegedly sending and receiving child pornography.
 http://abc.net.au/am/content/2004/s1071640.htm

uk: Porn net watchdog touts triumphs
The number of child abuse images on UK computers has fallen
sharply, the Internet Watch Foundation has said.
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3558965.stm

55% of UK child abuse content traced to US
More than half (55%) of the child abuse images on the
internet reported in Britain last year originated from the
United States, the UK internet industry regulator said
today.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/story/0,3605,1175373,00.html
IWF annual report
 http://www.iwf.org.uk/about/annual_report/annual2003.htm

Gay websites again hit by censorship
Saudi authorities have blocked Gaymiddleeast.com - a news
site for the Middle East's homosexual community - since the
beginning of March 2004. Reporters Without Borders has
called on the Internet Service Unit (ISU), the agency
responsible for the Internet in Saudi Arabia, to lift the
ban on this and other similar sites.
 http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=9586
Censurados de nuevo los sitios gays
 http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=9616
Les sites gays de nouveau censurés
 http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=9587

New domain names aid net to grow
New net domain names including .xxx for pornographic sites
and .mobi for phones could be live by early 2005.
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/3560161.stm

The battle over triple 'x'
commentary - By the end of this year, Internet users could
have an extraordinarily convenient place to find
pornography: a new .xxx top-level domain.

http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/security/0,2000061744,39118921,00.htm

http://www.silicon.com/networks/webwatch/0,39024667,39119382,00.htm

us: Mom on mission after kid exposed to porn at library
Pornography at the public library? Not if Rosemary Baker
has her way. Baker said that while her 12-year-old daughter
was at the John Curtis Free Library last week, she saw
another child looking at a web site that showed people
having sex.

http://ledger.southofboston.com/articles/2004/03/18/news/news04.txt

us: Generation WWW: Kids Create Web Sites
Peter Grunwald of the Internet research firm Grunwald
Associates estimates there are about 2 million sites
created by kids age 6 to 17. By next year, his research
indicates, there could be 6 million or more.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19006-2004Mar23.html

us: Child porn on city laptop; Davenport worker fired
A Davenport city employee was terminated from his job March
15 after investigators allegedly learned he visited child
pornography sites on a city laptop computer.

http://www.qconline.com/archives/qco/sections.cgi?prcss=display&id=188778

us: Police target online porn
Authorities warned parents Tuesday to keep close tabs on
their children's Internet use as nearly a dozen new arrests
were announced as part of a yearlong probe into online
child pornography and exploitation in Central Illinois.

http://www.pantagraph.com/stories/032404/new_20040324036.shtml

us: Jury finds man guilty in teen-sex sting case
A former Navy physicist standing trial for the second time
on charges that he used the Internet to try to seduce a
teen-age girl was convicted yesterday after a federal jury
in Baltimore rejected the defendant's claim that he was
engaged merely in an online sexual fantasy.

http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/local/bal-md.chambers24mar24,0,1779914.story

us: PSL man charged in child porn case
An exchange in an Internet chat room led detectives to what
they claim is the largest seizure of child pornography in
St. Lucie County Sheriff's Office history.

http://www.tcpalm.com/tcp/local_news/article/0,1651,TCP_16736_2746445,00.html

uk: The Who back on stage after two years
Mod legends The Who will tonight play their first UK gig
for two years amid a new publicity storm over guitarist
Pete Townshend’s use of child porn.

http://breakingnews.iol.ie/entertainment/story.asp?j=98314030&p=983y4736

Council of Europe ratifies cybercrime treaty
An 'anti-cybercrime treaty' designed to impose penalties on
those breaking the law via the internet, originally adopted
in November 2001, is finally getting the green light.

http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/security/0,2000061744,39116682,00.htm

au: Police object to telco legislation
A row is brewing between the Australian Federal Police and
the Government, with the agency warning that new
telecommunications interception legislation will make it
harder for its agents to catch criminals and terrorists.

http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,9044136%5E15319%5E%5Enbv%5E15306,00.html

Global Extortion: Online Gambling and Organized Hacking
The British Internet security firm mi2g Intelligence Unit
-- in a written statement earlier this month -- said there
is a correlation between organized crime and hacking
attacks that are both politically and ideologically
motivated.
 http://www.ecommercetimes.com/perl/story/33171.html

au: Sharman Networks touts music ruling as win
Sharman Networks' chief executive officer, Nikki Hemming,
claims yesterday's Federal Court decision has justified the
company's claims that the surprise civil search raids of
Sharman premises were "heavy handed" tactics.

http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/business/0,39023166,39118925,00.htm

au: Search 'mess' delays Kazaa case
The music industry will have to wait until at least May
before being granted access to material siezed in raids on
the headquarters of peer-to-peer network Kazaa, with a
Federal Court judge describing the execution of civil
search orders as "a bit of a mess".

http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,9053495%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html
 http://smh.com.au/articles/2004/03/24/1079939686550.html

us: More Lawsuits Filed in Effort to Thwart File Sharing
The music industry announced a new round of lawsuits
against 532 people accused of illegal file sharing,
including people at 21 universities.
 http://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/24/technology/24music.html
 http://www.wired.com/news/digiwood/0,1412,62769,00.html

ng: 419 Suspect Faces Trial
Port Harcourt Chief Magistrate Court has fixed March 23,
2004, for hearing in a case involving an advance fee
fraudster a.k.a 419.
 http://allafrica.com/stories/200403230766.html

Germany Prepares Laws to Battle Spam  	 
Germany is set to follow the recent decision by the United
States to implement legislation to prosecute anyone found
guilty of distributing junk e-mails, known as spam.

http://www.dw-world.de/english/0,3367,1447_A_1149551_1_A,00.html

Phishing line hooks more and more victims
Phishing attacks have increased in quantity and quality
over the past two months, according to research published
by the Anti-Phishing Working Group on Monday.

http://www.silicon.com/research/specialreports/protectingid/0,3800002220,39119420,00.htm

http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=4624985

Online Swindlers, Called 'Phishers,' Are Luring Unwary
Phishing attacks, in which criminals send fraudulent e-mail
to steal private information from people, are growing
rapidly.
 http://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/24/technology/24PHIS.html

Internet 'Phishing' Scams on the Rise
Fake sites and stories that get people to give their
financial account numbers are becoming more sophisticated.

http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-fi-cybercrime22mar22,1,5692627.story

us: Man Pleads Guilty in 'Phishing' Scheme
The U.S. government said it had arrested a Texas man who
crafted fake e-mail messages to trick Internet users into
providing credit card numbers and other sensitive
information.

http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-fi-rup23.6mar23,1,5120930.story

Internet NZ to spend more on regulation, lobbying
politicians
Internet NZ wants to boost the amount it spends on legal
and regulatory issues and on lobbying politicians.
 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay.cfm?storyID=3556242

Dos personas detenidas por presunta implicación en estafas
bancarias a través de la Internet
Los dos detenidos en Fuengilora (Malaga), y de nacionalidad
rusa, pertenecen presuntamente a una organización que lleva
a cabo estafas a través de Internet haciéndose pasar por
entidades bancarias.

http://delitosinformaticos.com/noticias/108004080124787.shtml

Cheated take on the cheats in battle of internet sales site
The brave new world of online commerce is witnessing an
outbreak of vigilante vengeance as cheated customers
attempt to block allegedly fraudulent auctions on eBay.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/news/0,12597,1174986,00.html

us: Man Arrested, Accused of Threatening Google
Federal authorities said they had arrested a Ventura County
man who threatened to "destroy" Google Inc. with a software
program that faked traffic on Internet ads unless he was
paid $100,000.

http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-fi-rup23.2mar23,1,3548062.story

Matthew Fagin, Regulating Speech Across Borders: Technology
vs. Values
The disfavored status within international law of
unilateral state-based regulations that target
extraterritorial actors arises from the inherent challenges
such actions represent to state sovereignty. In the context
of the Internet, the complexity of choiceof-law analysis is
heightened: regulations imposed by one state have the
potential to effectively block communications to citizens
of all states and undermine the conflicting regulatory aims
of neighboring states. Early legal commentators built upon
this cascading chilling effect of state-based regulation to
proclaim both the futility and illegitimacy of state-based
action in the online environment. Subsequent scholars have
demonstrated the commensurability of state-based online
regulation and the existing framework of international
jurisdiction and choice-of-law analysis. However, having
solved the jurisdictional puzzle and established the
legitimacy of extraterritorial regulatory responses to
local harm that originates abroad, these commentators have
either left untouched or downplayed the impact of
unilateral regulations in a networked environment.
According to their assessments, the “spillover” impact of
unilateral cyberspace regulation will not differ
significantly from the impact of competing claims to
regulate a single activity in real space. In apparent
support for this position, recent technological
developments that promise to geographically inscribe
borders onto the Internet have been proclaimed as the
harbinger of fullfledged state-based regulation and the end
of the theoretical debate. This Article challenges the
now-conventional assertion that in an era of bordering
technologies the impact of unilateral regulatory moves in
the online world can be effectively cabined.
 http://www.mttlr.org/volnine/fagin.pdf

A World Wide Problem on the World Wide Web: International
Responses to Transnational Identity Theft via the Internet
by Erin Suzanne Davis
The Internet is a truly global medium, especially in the
realm of electronic commerce. Thus, the Internet has been
the source of many new legal and social issues facing the
global community. The availability of personal data on the
Internet, due considerably to the rapid increase in
commercial activity on the medium, has caused an increase
in cases of “identity theft.” Identity theft occurs when
thieves use personal or financial information about a
person (the victim) to create a fake identity for
themselves in order to obtain money from either the victim
or various other institutions.8 Identity thieves use the
Internet as a weapon against individual consumers by taking
personal and financial information, such as credit card
numbers and social security numbers, and then using that
information to, among other things, purchase products or
launder money. Such a scheme can be devastating for an
identity theft victim and can create financial costs for
credit card companies and other commercial entities.
 http://law.wustl.edu/Journal/12/p201%20Davis.pdf

bd: Internet fair breaking bounds
An internet fair, first ever in Bangladesh, beginning on
March 31 at Osmani Memorial Hall, is a big effort to make
people aware of the power of the internet.
 http://www.asiamedia.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=9324

World's toughest cyber law on trial in Romania
A decisive test for what is called the "toughest cybercrime
law in the world" began on Tuesday with the opening of a
high-profile case of a Romanian man charged with spreading
a computer virus.

http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=technologyNews&storyID=4635388

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/computersecurity/2004-03-23-hacker-trial_x.htm

Dutch supreme court rules against spam
The Dutch final court of appeal has given internet service
providers the de facto green light to stop spammers from
deploying their online ‘services’.
 http://www.dmeurope.com/default.asp?ArticleID=1220
 http://theregister.co.uk/content/55/36485.html

us: AOL Blocks Spammers' Web Sites
America Online Inc. has adopted a new tactic against spam:
blocking its members' ability to see Web sites promoted by
bulk e-mailers.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9449-2004Mar19.html
 http://news.com.com/2100-1024_3-5176278.html

Internet 'next generation' up and running
The next generation of the internet, known as internet
protocol version 6, took another big step toward
commercialisation, as its second phase of testing in North
America wrapped up last week.

http://www.silicon.com/management/itdirector/0,39024673,39119422,00.htm

EU slaps record fine on Microsoft
European regulators have ruled that Microsoft broke
antitrust law, levied a record fine of 497.2 million euros
(331.3 million pounds) and ordered the company to stop
illegally crushing software rivals.

http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=4644003

Microsoft faces 'record EU fine'
The EU is planning to fine Microsoft around 500m euros for
anti-competitive behaviour, according to leaks.
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/3559371.stm
Software strife
How will the dispute with the EU affect Microsoft's future?

 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/3550013.stm

Microsoft handed record €497m fine

http://news.ft.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=FT.com/StoryFT/FullStory&c=StoryFT&cid=1079419883781&p=1057562182635

http://www.guardian.co.uk/microsoft/Story/0,2763,1175946,00.html

http://news.independent.co.uk/digital/news/story.jsp?story=504505

EU set to rule against Microsoft
Microsoft could be hit with a record fine and ordered to
change its behaviour as the European Commission strikes
what it says is a blow on behalf of consumers.
 http://news.zdnet.co.uk/0,39020330,39149836,00.htm

Windows Deal Wouldn't Play
Microsoft Corp. agreed with European antitrust enforcers
last week to ensure worldwide distribution of at least
three rival digital media players on personal computers
running the Windows operating system. But the agreement
fell apart when the regulators insisted on additional
terms.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A19074-2004Mar23.html

More Troubles Await Microsoft in Europe
While the European Commission this week goes through the
final steps to conclude its five-year case against the
Microsoft Corporation, the company's legal problems in
Europe are far from over and appear to be accelerating,
antitrust lawyers and officials said.
 http://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/22/technology/22soft.html

ca: Low-tech case has high-tech impact
While the public's attention has been focused this month on
the Canadian Recording Industry Association's lawsuit
against 29 unnamed file sharers and the related issue of
whether Internet service providers should be compelled to
disclose the file sharers' identities, Canadian copyright
law was hit recently with a decision of far greater import.
 http://shorl.com/fybrigrotekytu

http://www.lexum.umontreal.ca/csc-scc/en/rec/html/2004scc013.wpd.html

Seniors cautious when dealing with spam: report
People above the age of 64 appear to be the most cautious
when dealing with unsolicited email and consequently the
least likely to be taken in by spam scams, according to a
survey conducted for anti-virus software maker Symantec.
 http://smh.com.au/articles/2004/03/23/1079939628318.html

Cybercrime’s Scope: Interpreting “Access” and
“Authorization” in Computer Misuse Statutes by Orin S. Kerr
The federal government, all fifty states, and dozens of
foreign countries have enacted computer crime statutes that
prohibit “unauthorized access” to computers. No one knows
what it means to “access” a computer, however, or when
access becomes “unauthorized.” The few courts that have
construed these terms have offered widely varying
interpretations. Several recent decisions suggest that any
breach of contract renders an access unauthorized, broadly
criminalizing contract law on the Internet. In this
Article, Professor Orin Kerr explains the origins of
unauthorized access statutes, and examines why the early
beliefs that such statutes articulated a clear standard
have proven remarkably na¨ive. He then shows how and why
the courts have construed these statutes in an overly broad
manner that threatens to criminalize a surprising range of
innocuous conduct involving computers. Finally, Professor
Kerr offers a normative proposal for interpreting “access”
and “authorization.” Courts should reject a contract-based
theory of authorization, and should limit the scope of
unauthorized access statutes to circumvention of code-based
restrictions on computer privileges. This proposed
interpretation best mediates between securing privacy and
protecting the liberty interests of Internet users. It also
mirrors criminal law’s traditional treatment of consent
defenses, and avoids possible constitutional difficulties
that may arise under the broader constructions that courts
have recently favored.
 http://www.nyu.edu/pages/lawreview/78/5/kerr.pdf

Fred H. Cate and Robert Litan, Constitutional Issues in
Information Privacy
The U.S. Constitution has been largely ignored in the
recent flurry of privacy laws and regulations designed to
protect personal information from incursion by the private
sector despite the fact that many of these enactments and
efforts to enforce them significantly implicate the First
Amendment. Questions about the role of the Constitution
have assumed new importance in the aftermath of the
September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade
Center and the Pentagon. Recent efforts to identify and
apprehend terrorists and to protect against future attacks
threaten to weaken constitutional protections against
government intrusions into personal privacy. However, these
efforts vividly demonstrate the value of information
collected in the marketplace and the need for such
information in the future.
 http://www.mttlr.org/volnine/Cate-Litan.pdf

Korean Mobile Internet Tech to Be Global Standard
Korea's locally-developed high-speed portable Internet
(HPi) technology will be adopted as the world's standard.

http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/biz/200403/kt2004032218064611880.htm

Opera to give its browser a voice
Opera is going to put IBM's ViaVoice technology into its
browser, meaning users will be able to control their
browsers and fill in voice-enabled forms without touching a
mouse or keyboard
 http://news.zdnet.co.uk/0,39020330,39149822,00.htm
 http://news.com.com/2100-1032_3-5178061.html

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