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general internet news - 5 April, part 2
au: Porn image on kids' footy CD
The AFL has been forced to recall 40,000 CD-ROMs given to
young children to promote Australian football because it
secretly included a picture of a topless woman.
http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,9160998%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html
ca: Judge: File sharing legal in Canada
Sharing copyrighted works on peer-to-peer networks is legal
in Canada, a federal judge ruled on Wednesday, handing the
record industry a sharp setback in its international fight
against file swappers.
http://news.com.com/2100-1027_3-5182641.html
http://www.canada.com/vancouver/vancouversun/news/story.html?id=b81ca8fd-fbd2-4013-bb96-fbf956ea5828
http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-fi-piracy1apr01,1,1142912.story
http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/home/home?wid=10&func=viewSubmission&sid=267
http://www.csmonitor.com/2004/0402/p06s01-woam.html
http://www.fct-cf.gc.ca/bulletins/whatsnew/T-292-04.pdf
us: Lawmakers Push Prison For Online Pirates
People who illegally trade large amounts of copyrighted
music online could face up to three years in jail under a
bill approved today by a congressional panel.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40145-2004Mar31.html
Nigerian jailed for e-mail scam
A Nigerian has been jailed for his part in a huge
international e-mail fraud.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/wales/north_west/3594043.stm
ec: Electronic Communications: Commission takes second
legal step against eight Member States for not adopting new
privacy rules for digital networks and services
The Commission has taken the second step in infringement
proceedings against eight Member States for failing to
notify it of measures transposing the Directive on Privacy
and Electronic Communications (e-Privacy Directive) into
their national laws. The Directive governs areas like
"spam" e-mail and identifier "cookies". These proceedings
were opened against nine Member States in November 2003
(see IP/03/1663), but Sweden has since notified the
Commission of new spam legislation. The second stage in
infringement proceedings involves sending reasoned opinions
to Belgium, Germany, Greece, France, Luxembourg, the
Netherlands, Portugal and Finland. They now have two months
in which to respond and could face action before the
European Court of Justice if they fail to comply.
http://europa.eu.int/rapid/start/cgi/guesten.ksh?p_action.gettxt=gt&doc=IP/04/435|0|RAPID&lg=EN&display=
EU orders legislation on spam, cookies
The European Union ordered eight countries Thursday to
enact privacy legislation governing "spam" e-mail and
Internet "cookies."
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/internetprivacy/2004-04-01-eu-outlaws-spam_x.htm
de: Lawsuits Loom for European Internet Pirates
European users of peer-to-peer file exchanges like KaZaA
now face legal action. The German record industry has
launched its first lawsuits in the battle against Internet
piracy. Initiated by the industry's international body,
Europe is set for a purging of illegal downloaders.
http://www.dw-world.de/english/0,3367,1431_A_1157333_1_A,00.html
China Jails Woman for Internet Posting - Report
China has sent a woman to a labor camp for posting comments
on the Internet that accused police of roughing up people
trying to submit complaints to the government, a U.S.-based
rights group said on Thursday.
http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?storyID=4723041
cn: Reporters Without Borders raises alarm over mushrooming
Internet repression in China
Cyberdissident Ma Yalian has been sentenced to 18 months in
a work re-education camp for posting articles on the
Internet exposing failings in China's complaints system for
its citizens. At the same time the authorities have
extended filtering of weblogs.
http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=9703
cn: Internautes en camps de rééducation, weblogs censurés :
Reporters sans frontières tire le signal l'alarme
http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=9705
fr: Loi sur la confiance dans l'économie numérique (LEN) :
dernier passage devant le Sénat
Le projet de loi sera discuté par le Sénat en séance
publique le 7 avril 2004. La LEN est dangereuse pour la
liberté d'expression. Elle met en place une justice privée
du Réseau et contraint les hébergeurs à jouer le rôle de
censeurs.
http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=9711
uk: Computer & Internet Crime 2004
The Metropolitan Police is encouraging companies to come
forward and share intelligence to help in fighting against
cyber-crime.
http://www.crime-research.org/news/03.04.2004/171
ru: Criminals go in the Internet
At the International Conference "World Community against
Globalization of Crime and Terrorism" held in Moscow
January 20-21, 2004, Deputy Secretary of the Security
Council of the Russian Federation, Valentin Stepankov spoke
about crimes in Russia. He said the number of ordered
murders committed by the organized criminal groups
increased from 3,3 to 25 thousand for the period of
1999-2003 years. 30% of these crimes are related to
contraband and 20% are the ordered murders.
http://www.crime-research.org/news/02.04.2004/170
au: Spammers will be "pursued": IIA
The Internet Industry Association (IIA) has warned that
violators of the Australian Spam Act will be pursued,
following a meeting with the Federal Police High Tech Crime
Unit earlier this week.
http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/security/0,2000061744,39143622,00.htm
us: FTC Seeks Public Comment on Privo, Inc.’s Application
For Approval as a “Safe Harbor” Program under the
Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule
The Federal Trade Commission is seeking public comment on
the provisions of a safe harbor program that Privo, Inc.
(“Privo”) submitted for Commission approval pursuant to the
Children’s Online Privacy Protection Rule (“Rule”).
http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2004/04/privo.htm
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