general internet news - 14 July

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

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CENSORSHIP, FILTERING & CONTENT REGULATION
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Semantic labelling scheme for Web pages
The Internet Content Rating Agency has launched a new
way of labelling Internet content, which could help
users to find the material they want and block content
they don't

http://uk.builder.com/webdevelopment/design/0,39026630,39256180,00.htm

ICRA Unveils New System To Make Internet Safer (news
release)
Large, Complex Websites Now Able To Simply Identify
Content Via Digital Labels, Encouraging Safer,
Filtered Internet Browsing
 http://icra.org/press/rdflaunch/

us: Bullies acting out on the Web
You're ugly. You're fat. You're a liar. Such childhood
insults, once relegated to the schoolyard, have begun
to emerge in what experts say is a new, even more
insidious venue: the Internet. Simple taunts like
"you're ugly" can quickly be magnified through
e-mails, instant messages, personal Web sites and chat
rooms for thousands to see.

http://www.dailynews.com/Stories/0,1413,200~20954~2959739,00.html

ir: Blogger cleared of "insult to prophets" but still
guilty of "insulting Supreme Guide"
Blogger Mojtaba Saminejad was cleared of "insulting
the prophets" by a court in Tehran on 28 June, for
which he faced the death penalty, but must still serve
a two-year sentence for insulting the Supreme Guide.
Reporters Without Borders repeated its call for the
release of the young blogger, who has been held in
custody since 12 February 2005.
 http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=12564

ca: Canada signs protocol to fight online hate
Canada has become the first non-European country to
sign a protocol against racism and xenophobic material
on the internet. The Justice Minister for Canada
suggested that hate sites are contributing to
terrorist activity.
 http://out-law.com/page-5901

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LEGAL AND SECURITY
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uk: Straw presses MEPs on e-mail data
The costs of forcing firms across Europe to keep phone
and e-mail records is worth paying to stop terror
attacks, Foreign Secretary Jack Straw has said.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/4675273.stm

Unlawful, unworkable, unnecessary
The retention of internet records would not stop
terrorist attacks: 'Our values will long outlast
theirs" is a powerful proclamation against terrorism
with which the government should be rightly pleased.
But whether Tony Blair's words are anything more than
a catchy slogan will be put to the test today when
Charles Clarke meets his European counterparts in
Brussels to thrash out a response to the London
bombings.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,3604,1527240,00.html

Schüssel und Gorbach für "Data Retention"
Am Mittwoch wird über die Vorratsspeicherung von Daten
auf bis zu 48 Monate diskutiert, der österreichische
Datenschutzrat warnt.

http://futurezone.orf.at/futurezone.orf?read=detail&id=270399&tmp=72793

UK police help fight outsourcing cybercrime
Faced with incidents such as UK bank details being
sold from India, the UK police and the 53 nations of
the Commonwealth get together to keep outsourcing free
from crime

http://news.zdnet.co.uk/business/legal/0,39020651,39208832,00.htm

us: Keeper of Expired Web Pages Is Sued Because
Archive Was Used in Another Suit (reg req'd; article
free for short period)
The Internet Archive was created in 1996 as the
institutional memory of the online world, storing
snapshots of ever-changing Web sites and collecting
other multimedia artifacts. Now the nonprofit archive
is on the defensive in a legal case that represents a
strange turn in the debate over copyrights in the
digital age.

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/13/technology/13suit.html

us: FEC Hears Bloggers' Bid to Share Media Exemption
They go to the political conventions. They cover the
White House. Now, some bloggers want the same special
protections from campaign finance laws that the
mainstream media enjoy.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/11/AR2005071101376.html

"Spyware" defined by coalition group
Anti-spyware vendors and consumer groups are taking a
stab at issuing uniform definitions for "spyware" and
"adware" today in hopes of giving computer users more
control over their machines.

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2002374495_spyware12.html

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/S/SPYWARE_WORD_WARS

Giving New Meaning to 'Spyware'
An industry coalition hopes that a long-debated
definition of dreaded spyware programs will pave the
way for tougher regulation of the internet scourge.

http://www.wired.com/news/privacy/0,1848,68167,00.html

Cybercrooks lure citizens into international crime
To Karl, a 38-year-old former cabdriver hoping for a
career in real estate sales, the help-wanted ad
radiated hope.

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2005-07-10-cyber-mules-cover_x.htm

us: Child porn merits tougher UI controls
The recent conviction of Paul Francis Summers, a
former Hawkeye gymnast, for sexual exploitation of a
minor after apparently downloading child pornography
in his Hillcrest dormitory, raises the question about
what the UI can do in the future to keep child
pornography out of the dormitories and off the campus.

http://www.dailyiowan.com/media/paper599/news/2005/07/12/Opinions/Child.Porn.Merits.Tougher.Ui.Controls-961914.shtml

European Commission seeks tougher penalties for
pirates
The European Commission is planning to align national
criminal laws on counterfeiting and piracy across the
EU's 25 states. Those who infringe copyright on a
commercial scale would be fined at least ?100,000
under today's proposal.
 http://out-law.com/page-5903

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POLICY
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EU seeks to regulate television on the net
EUROPE wants to begin to regulate the internet for the
first time by introducing controversial rules to cover
television online.

http://business.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,9071-1690352,00.html

us: Enhanced In-Air Internet Surveillance Sought
Federal law enforcement agencies are seeking enhanced
surveillance powers over Internet service on
airplanes, an effort to shape an emerging technology
to meet the government's concerns about terrorism.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/12/AR2005071201435.html

us: Prosecutors To Delay Enforcement of Anti-Porn Site
Law
Attorney General Alberto Gonzales issued a statement,
indicating that child pornography was proliferating on
the Internet and that the government needed a way to
conduct "administrative inspections of pornography
producers' records to ensure that children are not
being used as performers in sexually explicit
depictions."

http://technewsworld.com/story/THFROXT1vJlgiP/Prosecutors-To-Delay-Enforcement-of-Anti-Porn-Site-Law.xhtml

us: ontroversial Utah porn, RDA bills signed into law
Ignoring threats of litigation from civil rights and
free speech advocates, Gov. Jon Huntsman Jr. signed
legislation Monday meant to protect children from
Internet pornography.
 http://www.sltrib.com/ci_2617213

ca: Could Googling become illegal?
On closer reading, Canada's proposed copyright act
would make Google itself responsible for copyright
enforcement

http://globetechnology.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20050712.gtgoogle0712/BNStory/Technology/

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SPAM
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Spammers use anti-spam protocols to bypass filters
Spammers have discovered ways of working round
protocols that were originally designed to kill spam
by allowing e-mail gateways to authenticate the origin
of any e-mail. This abuse effectively renders the
technologies useless, according to security experts.

http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/security/0,2000061744,39201984,00.htm

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INTERNET & NEW TECHNOLOGY USE
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Australian firm wins rights for CSIRO mobile video
technology
CSIRO has awarded global distribution rights for Aida,
its ground-breaking mobile video search technology, to
Australian mobile services provider, Communicator
Interactive.

http://www.csiro.au/index.asp?type=mediaRelease&id=113Video

Can the future of TV be seen on the Web?
CBS News sat on the sidelines during the cable TV
revolution, allowing rivals led by CNN, Fox and NBC to
dominate the world of 24-hour news.

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2005-07-12-cbs-online-analysis_x.htm

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ONLINE MUSIC & P2P
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Australian Internet industry warned over Swiftel
The IIA has asked its members to "contribute" to the
defence of member ISP Swiftel against litigation by
the music industry.

http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/communications/0,2000061791,39201983,00.htm

nl: Dutch file-sharers win reprieve
An attempt to discover the identity of file-sharers
has been blocked by a Dutch court.
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4678893.stm

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COMMENT, MICROSOFT & DEVELOPMENTS
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Major Windows exploit 'days away'
Two new critical flaws in the latest versions of
Windows have been announced, and a major exploit could
be widespread within the week
 http://news.zdnet.co.uk/0,39020330,39208852,00.htm

Mozilla squishes latest Firefox bugs
Version 1.05 of the open source browser has now been
released, but it's not totally clear what flaws were
being fixed

http://news.zdnet.co.uk/software/applications/0,39020384,39208855,00.htm

EU officials raid Intel over market abuse allegations
Intel is accused of threatening customers and paying
to keep rivals' products off shelves

http://business.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,9075-1691979,00.html

http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/news/0,12597,1527405,00.html

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ARRESTS/COURT CASES FOR CHILD PORN
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au: Teacher sacked over child porn
A PRIMARY school teacher convicted of possessing child
pornography will be sacked, the NSW education
department said.

http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,15815802%5e15306%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html

us: Man charged with felony child pornography
Gloversville police said a 6-month investigation led
to the arrest of an Amsterdam man for having child
pornography on his computer.

http://www.capitalnews9.com/content/top_stories/default.asp?ArID=139870

us: Detectives Remove Bags Of Evidence In Child
Pornography Case
Detectives said they were searching for child
pornography but found even more evidence of criminal
activity Tuesday inside a Park Layne home.
 http://www.whiotv.com/news/4715058/detail.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/2005/07/12/news/past_headlines/old12.txt

us: Ex-coroner now facing child-porn charges
The Henry County coroner who resigned amid charges
that he propositioned women for sex now faces
allegations that child pornography has been found on
his computer.

http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050713/NEWS01/507130408/-1/

us: Child porn suspect taught public school
A Grade 5 teacher from Ferndale Woods has been charged
following a child pornography investigation by the
OPP.

http://www.simcoe.com/sc/barrie/law/story/2907450p-3368826c.html

us: Teacher arrested for e-mailing child pornography
A high school teacher was arrested Tuesday for
e-mailing child pornography from his Brooklyn home to
a man in Florida, officials said.

http://www.nynewsday.com/news/local/manhattan/nyc-porn0713,0,2797496.story
 http://www.altoonamirror.com/articles.asp?ID=13863

http://www.nynewsday.com/news/local/brooklyn/nyc-porn0713,0,969370.story

us: Man charged with felony child pornography
Gloversville police said a 6-month investigation led
to the arrest of an Amsterdam man for having child
pornography on his computer.

http://www.capitalnews9.com/content/headlines/?ArID=139870&SecID=33

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