general internet news - 7 July

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

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CENSORSHIP, FILTERING & CONTENT REGULATION
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nz: Standards NZ offers to police cafes
Standards New Zealand plans to help create a voluntary
code of practice for internet cafes, and will talk to
cafes, consumers and advocacy groups about drawing up
a common set of standards.

http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3334131a28,00.html

us: Schools focus on modern bullying
School bullies can now be suspended for spreading
hurtful rumors on the Internet or taking embarrassing
cell phone photos, as well as physical attacks on
fellow students.

http://www.bradenton.com/mld/bradenton/news/12046459.htm

cn: 11 jailed over net porn in China
Eleven people have been jailed for up to 12 years for
running an obscene website in China's largest case of
internet pornography, a state newspaper says.

http://smh.com.au/news/breaking/11-jailed-over-net-porn-in-china/2005/07/04/1120329357068.html

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20050703/wl_asia_afp/chinainternetporn_050703093618

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LEGAL AND SECURITY
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uk: Child porn suspects set to be cleared in evidence
?shambles?
DOZENS of men accused of downloading child pornography
from the internet may have been wrongly prosecuted,
according to expert prosecution and defence witnesses.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2087-1678810,00.html

http://theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,15812959%255E2703,00.html

German admits creating Sasser
A German youth has admitted during his trial to
creating the Sasser worm which crippled global
computers.
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4649361.stm
 http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-5774877.html

http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/news/0,12597,1522193,00.html

us: Another campaign in the culture wars: Retirement
of Sandra Day O'Connor
God is coming, but it's not yet what Christians call
the Rapture. It's what promises to be a hellish battle
between liberals and conservatives ready to score a
key victory in what they call the culture wars. The
battle over who succeeds retiring U.S. Supreme Court
Justice Sandra Day O'Connor started yesterday with
both sides taking tentative steps but with
conservative Christians expecting a replacement ready
to embrace issues dear to them. ... The court has
reversed victories that Christian conservatives
thought they secured on issues such as abortion and
Internet pornography.

http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/index.php?page=local&story_id=070205a4_religion

us: Cybercriminals outpacing authorities: Report
Thieves and scam artists operating in cyberspace are
becoming more sophisticated than the legal systems
intended to stop them

http://globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20050705.gtcrimejul5/BNStory/Technology/

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POLICY
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ca: Going to extremes in the child-porn bill (sub
req'd)
Parliament wants to toughen the laws against child
pornography. In the process, it is prepared to injure
freedom of expression and greatly expand the Criminal
Code's supply of minimum sentences. The politicians
are right to abhor child pornography and to seek to
protect the victims of that sick, abusive trade, but
they are wrong to lose their sense of proportion in
fighting it. The Senate's legal committee, which is
scheduled to consider Bill C-2 today, should raise an
alarm on two counts.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/Page/document/v4/sub/MarketingPage?user_URL=http://www.theglobeandmail.com%2Fservlet%2FArticleNews%2FTPStory%2FLAC%2F20050706%2FEDEFENCE06%2FComment%2FIdx&ord=1120642828995&brand=theglobeandmail&force_login=true

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SPAM
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China signs up to anti-spam pact
China has finally signed up to a global crackdown on
spam, adding the most important name to an
international accord and leading legislators to hail
the agreement as a vital milestone.

http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/security/0,2000061744,39200563,00.htm
 http://out-law.com/page-5877

China unterzeichnet Anti-Spam-Vereinbarung
 http://www.golem.de/0507/39052.html

us: 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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au: Australians lost in (cyber) space (reg req'd)
Australians spend more than a day each year lost
online, most of it pursuing leisure.

http://smh.com.au/news/breaking/australians-lost-in-cyber-space/2005/07/06/1120329454423.html

au: Our broadband 'out of phase'
AUSTRALIA's internet connections are "relatively
inefficient" in dealing with traffic from different
time zones, according to new research.

http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,15820382%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html

nz: NZ telcos may work together to avoid outages
The telecommunications industry has spent quite some
time over the past fornight debating how best to avoid
a repeat of the embarrassing outage that knocked out
most of the country's telecommunications last month.

http://computerworld.co.nz/news.nsf/UNID/4A2914BFE0712B1DCC257035006A4D72

Net fuels Live 8 extravaganza
Live 8 has proved to be a triumph for technology, with
millions participating in the event via the web and
mobiles.
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4648003.stm

http://today.reuters.co.uk/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=technologyNews&storyID=2005-07-04T122854Z_01_N02671836_RTRIDST_0_TECH-GROUP-LIVE8-TECH-DC.XML

uk: Regulator probes Crazy Frog
The premium rate services regulator has launched an
investigation into a company behind the Crazy Frog
phenomenon, after complaints that children have been
duped into signing up to an expensive subscription
service.
 http://www.out-law.com/page-5862

China Treats Addicted Video-Game Players
The 12 teenagers and young adults, some in ripped
jeans and baggy T-shirts, sit in a circle, chewing gum
and fidgeting as they shyly introduce themselves. "I'm
12 years old," one boy announces with a smile. "I love
playing computer games. That's it." "It's been good to
sleep" says another, a 17-year-old with spiky hair,
now that he's no longer on the computer all day.

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/C/CHINA_KICKING_THE_NET

Malaysia mulls 40% broadband penetration rate in 2008
The Malaysian government is open to proposals to boost
the penetration rate of broadband service in the
country to 30% to 40% by 2008, Energy, Water and
Communications Minister Datuk Seri Dr Lim Keng Yaik
said.

http://www.telecomasia.net/telecomasia/article/articleDetail.jsp?id=169056

Pakistan cable break still not found
Attempts to repair an undersea cable linking Pakistan
to the rest of the world are being hampered by rough
weather, according to the head of the country's telco.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/07/05/pakistan_cable
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/4648609.stm

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ONLINE MUSIC & P2P
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us: Copyright and the law: Rip. Mix. Burn.
Media companies are jubilant at a Supreme Court
judgment, but Congress should take them on

http://economist.com/opinion/displayStory.cfm?story_id=4128994

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COMMENT, MICROSOFT & DEVELOPMENTS
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Firefox to get Google toolbar
Google is about to release a version of its toolbar
for Firefox users, according to an email sent to
developers

http://news.zdnet.co.uk/internet/0,39020369,39207234,00.htm

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ARRESTS/COURT CASES FOR CHILD PORN
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au: Man in murder-suicide 'over child porn'
A MELBOURNE man who killed his mother and then himself
was under the mistaken belief that police had found
child pornography on his computer, an inquest found
today.

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,15841414-421,00.html

au: Teacher fired for computer child porn
A TEACHER convicted of possessing child pornography
was fired yesterday hours after reveaions of his
offence were made public.

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,15826704-2,00.html

http://theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,15815233%255E1702,00.html

http://smh.com.au/news/National/NSW-to-sack-teacher-over-child-porn/2005/07/04/1120329363016.html
 http://abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200507/s1406420.htm
 http://abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200507/s1405989.htm
 http://au.news.yahoo.com/050704/21/uyok.html

au: Child porn teacher to be sacked today
A PRIMARY school teacher convicted of possessing child
pornography is to be sacked today. Ken McCoy, a senior
teacher at Junee Public School in the south west of
New South Wales, received a 12-month suspended
sentence after pleading guilty last month to
downloading 650 images of child porn on his home
computer.

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,15815236-2,00.html

http://smh.com.au/news/national/child-porn-teacher-to-be-sacked/2005/07/04/1120329357985.html

au: Child abuse teachers face sack
THE NSW government is to bring in a special law for
the immediate sacking of any teacher convicted of
child sexual offences, including possessing child
pornography.

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,15818967-1702,00.html

uk: Judge to decide paedophile's fate
A paedophile who admitted hoarding a computer library
of some of the worst child pornography seen in
Scotland will be sentenced at the High Court.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/scotland/4652159.stm

ie: Man gets three years for molesting nephew
A 40-year-old man who molested his then 13-year-old
nephew and e-mailed naked photographs of the teenager
to an acquaintance, has been jailed for three years by
Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

http://breakingnews.iol.ie/news/story.asp?j=148406848&p=y484x7554

za: Rape photos may have been for child porn site
The rape of a schoolgirl by a gunman, while his
accomplice took photos, might have been destined for
an Internet child porn site.

http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=13&art_id=vn20050706065913377C903672

us: S.J.-based grand jury indicts six in child porn
investigation
Law enforcement officials in Europe and the United
States, acting on information contained in a federal
grand jury indictment issued in San Jose last month,
have arrested the Michigan operator of child
pornography Web sites and numerous alleged
subscribers, including several in Northern California.

http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/12059626.htm
 http://www.axcessnews.com/technology_070505c.shtml

us: Jury issues indictments for stabbing, sex
incidents
A former county child-care worker accused of
soliciting a sexual encounter with an underage girl
and a Jessup man charged with stabbing a man to death
in his trailer were indicted Friday by a county grand
jury.

http://www.hometownannapolis.com/cgi-bin/read/2005/07_05-14/TOP

us: Blog reveals pedophile's demons
AN internet web log has provided a revealing insight
into the mind of a convicted sex offender charged
yesterday with kidnapping a young girl and who is the
prime suspect in the murders of her Idaho family.

http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,15810620%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html

us: Registered sex offender arrested again on child
pornography charges
Attorney General Charles C. Foti Jr. announced last
week the arrest of a registered sex offender in
Geismar on 10 counts of pornography involving
juveniles.

http://www.ascensioncitizen.com/articles/2005/07/05/news/news12.txt

us: Man arrested on child porn charges
Last month, Danville police went to a Robertson Avenue
home in search of drugs. Instead, they say they
stumbled upon evidence of child pornography.

http://www.registerbee.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=DRB/MGArticle/DRB_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1031783674564
 http://www.wxii12.com/news/4685305/detail.html

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/wxii/20050705/lo_wxii/2809481

us: Ex-teacher pleads guilty to child porn
An ex-high school teacher, one of many people
identified through credit card transactions used for
memberships in child pornography Web sites, pleaded
guilty Tuesday to misdemeanor possession of child
porn.

http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/metro/20050705-1409-pornplea.html

us: County man arrested in child porn investigtion
A Red Springs man was arrested Thursday on 10 counts
related to child pornography.

http://www.robesonian.com/articles/2005/07/05/news/news/story05.txt

us:  Officer Facing Child Porn Charges Also Charged
with Peeping  	
Authorities say a 28-year-old police officer who was
previously charged with possessing child pornography
has been arrested for allegedly peeping into a window
at an apartment complex.

http://newscenter.ninn.org/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=11700

us: Sex offender convicted for violating his probation
A Lynchburg judge convicted a local businessman and
registered sex offender Tuesday of violating his
probation by downloading child and adult pornography.

http://newsadvance.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=LNA/MGArticle/LNA_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1031783673555

us: Former Police Chief Arraigned On 23-Count
Indictment
The former police chief in Wapakoneta, Dave Harrison,
pleaded not guilty to 23 criminal charges, including
child pornography on Tuesday.

http://officer.com/article/article.jsp?siteSection=5&id=24561

us: Daleville man pleads guilty to child pornography
charges
A Daleville man is facing 15 to 40 years in federal
prison after pleading guilty to child pornography
related charges.

http://dothaneagle.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=DEA/MGArticle/DEA_BasicArticle&c=MGArticle&cid=1031783614042

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