general internet news - 30 June

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

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Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

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CENSORSHIP, FILTERING & CONTENT REGULATION
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nz: Avoiding bugs and bots at internet cafes
Internet cafes have come a long way from the shabby
shops with tinted windows that first sprung up in the
dot-com boom. Today, many are clean and bright,
marketed not at game-playing students but business
people and tourists.
 http://stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3325994a11275,00.html

th: Blackout of online stations 'limits rights'
A Senate committee examining the government's abrupt
blackout of internet radio stations run by its critics
has agreed it infringes on the right to free
expression.
 http://asiamedia.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=26163

Malaysian anti-porn laws block health data (reg req'd)
The Malaysian government's attempts to curb Internet
porn could also restrict access to important health
information such as how to prevent HIV/AIDS.

http://smh.com.au/news/breaking/malaysian-antiporn-laws-block-health-data/2005/06/29/1119724687945.html

China to shut unregistered websites (reg req'd)
All Chinese-run websites that fail to register with
telecommunications authorities before June 30 will be
temporarily closed down, Chinese state media has said.

http://smh.com.au/news/breaking/china-to-shut-unregistered-websites/2005/06/27/1119724557427.html

uk: Indymedia server seized in raid
A computer server and IT equipment belonging to the
alternative media network known as Indymedia have been
seized by police in Bristol.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/bristol/somerset/4629399.stm

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/06/28/indymedia_server_seizure_bristol/

us: Bloggers Go Mainstream to Fight Regulation
Are bloggers going mainstream? Web log founders who
built followings with anti-establishment postings are
now lobbying the establishment to try to fend off
government regulation. Some are even working with a
political action committee, lawyers and
public-relations consultants to do it.
 http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/B/BLOGGERS_LOBBY

New tool for ads threatened by online obscenity (news
release)
A new service that automatically reviews website
content in a bid to stop adverts running on pages
containing obscene material was unveiled yesterday by
internet audience measurement firm I/PRO.

http://www.research-live.com/index.aspx?pageid=30&newsid=1020

Porn in the USA
Disclaimer ? those with no sense of humour should
cease reading immediately; all you see below is meant
in jest. Well, it seems that no American pornographers
are going to let the federal government get in the way
of them making pornography.
 http://www.moneyweb.co.za/columns/sting/455243.htm

Iran verstärkt Internet-Kontrollen
Zunehmend auch Inhalte in Landesspreche blockiert -
Filtermechanismen so ausgefeilt wie in China
 http://derstandard.at/?id=2093470

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LEGAL AND SECURITY
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au: Banks warn of new scam
TWO large Australian banks are warning customers about
a new email scam that may be targeting their accounts.

http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,15766749%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html

au: Optus faces second porn suit
TELECOMMUNICATIONS giant Optus has become embroiled in
a second lawsuit over its role in a secretive deal to
host pornography on its computers and share in profits
made from its sale over international telephone lines.

http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,15698699%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html

uk: Phishing pair jailed for ID fraud
Two men are jailed in Britain for their part in a
massive global phishing fraud.
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/4628213.stm

us: Bloggers plead for freedom from election laws
Political bloggers on Tuesday urged federal regulators
to keep the Internet as free as possible from campaign
finance laws.

http://news.com.com/Bloggers+plead+for+freedom+from+election+laws/2100-1028_3-5767156.html

http://smh.com.au/news/breaking/bloggers-fight-government-regulations/2005/06/28/1119724627407.html

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POLICY
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au: Internet-suicide law woos religious right
Voluntary euthanasia advocate Philip Nitschke says new
federal laws banning the use of the internet to incite
suicide is a thinly disguised bid to secure the vote
of the religious right.

http://smh.com.au/news/breaking/internetsuicide-law-woos-religious-right/2005/06/27/1119724560620.html

us: Adult web sites hit by record-keeping rules
US porn sites are now obliged to keep records proving
that the models they feature are not minors, after new
rules came into force. But some sites have gained a
reprieve, pending the hearing of a suit that
challenges the constitionality of the rules.
 http://out-law.com/page-5848

us: State to pursue Internet child sex predators
North Carolina will be able to stop Internet predators
from preying on children under a new law that earned
final approval from the N.C. General Assembly Tuesday.

http://www.hendersondispatch.com/articles/2005/06/26/news/news07.txt

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SPAM
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Porn spam on the rise again
The volume of pornographic spam almost trebled during
May, according to newly published research.

http://www.vnunet.com/vnunet/news/2138867/spam-summer-porn

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INTERNET & NEW TECHNOLOGY USE
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Pakistan's internet link crippled
A fault in an undersea cable has crippled many of
Pakistan's internet and mobile phone links overseas.
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4630457.stm

http://reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=8925097

China's online population tops 100 mln
The number of Internet users in China now exceeds 100
million, consolidating the country's position as
second only to the United States in terms of online
population, state media said Tuesday.

http://smh.com.au/news/breaking/chinas-online-population-tops-100-mln/2005/06/28/1119724627466.html

uk: MPs seek to block BBC free downloads
The All Party Internet Group (APIG) may try to block
the BBC from giving away its archived material to
internet users. Chairman of the party Derek Wyatt, MP,
said he is concerned the television organisation could
miss out on a valuable revenue stream if it goes ahead
with making television and radio programmes available
to download for free.

http://networks.silicon.com/webwatch/0,39024667,39131426,00.htm

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ONLINE MUSIC & P2P
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us: File-sharing suffers major defeat
The US Supreme Court has ruled that file-sharing
companies are to blame for what users do with their
software.
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4627679.stm

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/27/technology/27cnd-grokster.html

http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/news/0,12597,1515894,00.html

http://business.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,9075-1672463,00.html

http://business.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,9075-1671734,00.html

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/06/27/p2p_goes_down/

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/28/technology/28grokster.html

us: Should I buy this?
Despite a court ruling against two American file
sharing companies, it remains very difficult to
establish who is right in the fight over the future of
the music industry. Oliver Burkeman answers some of
the important questions.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/story/0,3605,1517057,00.html

us: File-sharing likely to pause but not stop
The U.S. Supreme Court's ruling against Grokster and
StreamCast Networks on Monday has created serious
concern among advocates of file-sharing technology.
 http://iht.com/articles/2005/06/28/business/share.php

us: Online pirates forced to walk the plank
America's Supreme Court has ruled that makers of
peer-to-peer file-swapping technology can be held
responsible for the copyright infringement that their
products allow. This may stop much of the free
downloading of music and film over the internet, but
it will not cure the entertainment business's ills.
Nor will it do much for innovation.

http://economist.com/agenda/displayStory.cfm?story_id=4124724

us: Congress applauds file-sharing ruling
The U.S. Congress appears reluctant to step into the
long-simmering debate over file swapping that received
new fuel from a landmark court ruling on Monday.
 http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-5764787.html

People power on Web
The Internet is transforming yet again, awash in a
remarkable array of peer-to-peer software systems that
make it a trivial task to share anything digital
instantly.

http://iht.com/articles/2005/06/28/business/content.php

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COMMENT, MICROSOFT & DEVELOPMENTS
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us: Internet Storm Center keeps eye on Cyberspace
E-mails were flooding in from all over the country.
Something strange was going on with the Internet,
alarmed computer users wrote. Google, eBay and other
big sites had suddenly disappeared. Kyle Haugsness
scanned the reports and entered crisis mode. Part of
the Internet was broken. For the 76th time that week.

http://www.mtstandard.com/articles/2005/06/27/newsnationworld/hjjejdhcjjhgej.txt

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ARRESTS/COURT CASES FOR CHILD PORN
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ca/ph: 2 Filipinos repatriated from Canada for child
pornography
TWO Filipino seamen have been repatriated from Canada
after they were found with alleged child pornography
materials and will no longer be allowed to return
there, the Department of Foreign Affairs said.

http://news.inq7.net/breaking/index.php?index=1&story_id=41733

ca:  Cop acquitted of child porn charges
A Winnipeg police officer has been found not guilty of
possessing child pornography.

http://winnipeg.cbc.ca/regional/servlet/View?filename=mb_not-guilty-20050628

ca: Soldier faces sentencing for child porn
An 18-year veteran with the Canadian Forces could be
sentenced on child pornography charges as early as
tomorrow.

http://www.canada.com/hamilton/news/story.html?id=9b1858b2-f09d-4bc9-8e05-5d13cad4a31c

us: Former publisher charged in child pornography case
A former Newsday publisher who once served on a state
education board has been charged with possessing child
pornography taken off the Internet, authorities said
Tuesday.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2005-06-28-publisher-porn_x.htm

http://www.newsday.com/business/ny-bzjohn0629,0,4436671.story

http://abcnews.go.com/US/LegalCenter/wireStory?id=890671
 http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,160950,00.html

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=2&ObjectID=10333339

us: Amherst man pleads guilty to child pornography
possession
An Amherst man pleads guilty in federal court to
possessing child pornography.
 http://www.wpri.com/Global/story.asp?S=3526330

us: Man gets 11 years for child pornography
An Englewood man was sentenced in Fort Myers today to
11 years and four months in prison for sending child
pornography over the Internet.

http://www.news-press.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050627/NEWS01/50627005

us: City Worker Charged With Child Porn
A San Antonio city employee was arrested Monday after
police said they found child pornography on his work
computer.

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/kmbc/20050628/lo_ksat/2797447

http://newscenter.ninn.org/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=11580

us: Images OK?d as evidence in child porn case
After viewing 43 images of alleged child pornography
authorities say they found on a Huron man?s computer,
a judge has ruled the state can present about half of
them to a jury without further evidence of the ages of
the individuals.

http://www.plainsman.com/main.php?story_id=5691&page=23

us: Ex-teacher sentenced in child porn case
A former Holden middle school teacher was sentenced
Monday in federal court to one year and nine months in
prison for downloading child pornography onto a school
computer.
 http://www.bangornews.com/news/templates/?a=115729

us: City Employee Charged with Child Porn
We're learning new information about a San Antonio
city employee, busted for having child porn on his
computer at work.

http://www.woai.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=E9A08582-1374-4961-8695-80ACE26EF4C0

us: Child porn suspect says his home was improperly
searched by police
A Larsen man this week will seek to suppress physical
evidence in his child pornography case, arguing that
police found it through an unlawful search of his
home.

http://www.wisinfo.com/postcrescent/news/archive/local_21589091.shtml

us: Exton man charged over online child pornography
A West Whiteland man faces child pornography charges
after allegedly e-mailing illicit images to a
child-abuse investigator posing as a 12-year-old
Philadelphia girl.

http://www.philly.com/mld/inquirer/news/local/12001963.htm

us: City employee faces child pornography charges
A city employee was jailed late Monday night, accused
of downloading child pornography onto a computer in
his office at City Hall.

http://www.mysanantonio.com/news/metro/stories/MYSA062805.prado.kens.54173c5b.html

http://www.woai.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=E9A08582-1374-4961-8695-80ACE26EF4C0

us: East Pete man nabbed in Net teen-sex sting
They were teenage girls ? too young to drive or have a
summer job ? spending time meeting new friends in
Internet chat rooms.
 http://local.lancasteronline.com/4/15314

us: Expert lawyer?s home searched in child porn cases
A Cleveland-area lawyer who?s become an expert witness
on behalf of child-pornography defendants may be the
target of an investigation himself.
 http://www.wkyc.com/news/news_fullstory.asp?id=37026

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