general internet news - 18 July

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

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CENSORSHIP, FILTERING & CONTENT REGULATION
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uk: Internet poses greater danger to kids during
summertime
A survey of British children and their parents carried
out for leading electrical retailer, Comet, has
revealed that internet usage amongst children
dramatically increases over the summer holidays, and
with it the risk of exposure to unsuitable material
and inappropriate adults.
 http://iwf.org.uk/media/news.132.htm

nz: Child porn - our secret shame
The terrible thing about Nathan Gaunt's job is that
it's a growth area. He is a cyber psychologist,
dealing with men who delve into the vast world of the
internet to find sexual images of children.

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?mode=headlines&c_id=1&ObjectID=10010758

Porn and piracy: the downside of digital revolution
The government's digital revolution is in danger of
leaving the public behind as it pursues targets such
as universal broadband access, an influential
thinktank warns today.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/news/0,12597,1528176,00.html

us: Clinton seeks 'Grand Theft Auto' probe
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, who has attacked violent
video games as "a silent epidemic" among children,
said she wants a federal investigation into one of the
most popular, "Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas."

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2005-07-14-clinton-game_x.htm
 http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/411419/598026
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4682533.stm

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/07/14/hillary_clinton_gta/

http://go.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=technologyNews&storyID=9071688

Sex-Szenen im Computerspiel GTA San Andreas werden zum
Politikum
 http://derstandard.at/?id=2113486

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LEGAL AND SECURITY
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us: Keeper of Expired Web Pages Is Sued Because
Archive Was Used in Another Suit (reg req'd; 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

Nigerians Against Cybercrime website developed
'Nigerians Against Cybercrime' is a movement that is
composed of all patriotic Nigerians who are concerned
about ending the menace that cybercrime and spam has
become to our nation. We are not an NGO and we have no
list of members.
 http://cybercrime.org.ng/

Nigeria jails woman in $242 mln email fraud case
A Nigerian court has sentenced a woman to two and half
years in jail after she pleaded guilty to fraud
charges in the country's biggest e-mail scam case, the
anti-fraud agency said on Saturday.

http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?storyID=2005-07-16T151736Z_01_N16180730_RTRIDST_0_NET-NIGERIA-FRAUD-DC.XML

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

uk: Tougher cybercrime sentences demanded
A Labour MP is attempting to raise the maximum
sentences that can be handed down on UK citizens who
are convicted of hacking and DoS attacks.
 http://news.zdnet.co.uk/0,39020330,39208865,00.htm

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POLICY
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us: State Strengthens Law On Internet 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,
according to Attorney General Roy Cooper.
 http://www.thepilot.com/news/071505internet.html

na: Trying to Tame the Internet Wild West
EXACTLY a decade after the Internet came to Namibia in
September 1995, parliament is expected to approve the
country's first cyber law, or "e-law", this year.
 http://allafrica.com/stories/200507140052.html

UK ministers push for data retention
UK ministers have gone on the offensive in Europe in a
bid to persuade MEPs to push through laws on data
retention.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/07/14/uk_ministers_data_retention/

uk: Hate crime growth tracked by prosecution IT
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) is using its £200m
Compass electronic case management system to allow it
to track the rise in racial, religious and homophobic
hate crimes in the UK.

http://management.silicon.com/government/0,39024677,39150369,00.htm

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INTERNET & NEW TECHNOLOGY USE
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Chinese spend more time on internet than TV: survey
Chinese people are now spending more time surfing the
net than watching TV, according to results of a survey
by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS)
published last week.

http://business-times.asia1.com.sg/sub/bizit/story/0,4574,161855,00.html

nz: Kiwi children the world's greatest 'cyber
athletes'
New Zealand children are among the world's greatest
"cyber athletes" and this country is one of a dozen
that lead the way in using computers in education.

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=5&ObjectID=10336068

Firefox Continues to Spread
The Mozilla Foundation's Firefox browser nibbled off a
small market-share portion from Microsoft's Internet
Explorer (IE) in June, continuing a consistent monthly
trend this year.

http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,121843,00.asp

cn: Mobile alliance makes breakthroughs
The Mobile Multimedia Technology Alliance (MMTA),
composed of four telecom operators China Unicom, China
Telecom, China Mobile, China Netcom equipment
providers China Putian, Huawei, ZTE and Vimicro and
the China Academy of Telecommunication Research, was
founded last October to vitalize independent IPR in
the sector. Its purpose is to integrate the forces of
various players in the value chain of the mobile
multimedia industry to promote innovation and
standardization of networks terminals and
applications.

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/english/doc/2005-07/11/content_459077.htm

Opera Web to Support BitTorrent Transfers
The Opera Web browser will soon support a
file-transfer tool commonly associated with online
movie piracy. Christen Krogh, vice president of
engineering at Opera Software ASA in Oslo, Norway,
said the decision was driven partly by Opera's own
distribution woes; its servers were jammed when it
launched a new version of the browser in April.

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/T/TECHBITS_BITTORRENT_BROWSER

'An aura of threat'
Jihadist websites offer incitement for potential
recruits and intimidation for the wider public

http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/news/0,12597,1528734,00.html

us: "Hooking Up" is sex in the city for real
A new documentary television series "Hooking Up"
follows 11 New York women navigating the pitfalls of
online dating in a show that one reviewer calls
"hard-core voyeurism."

http://go.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=9072750

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ONLINE MUSIC & P2P
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au: ISP liable in 'MP3s4free' case
THE federal Court has found a website linking to
illegal MP3s and the Sydney service provider that
hosted liable under copyright infringement laws.

http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,15936872%5E15343%5E%5Enbv%5E15306-15318,00.html

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/07/14/universal_music_australia_v_cooper/

http://news.com.com/U.N.+report+challenges+Feds+control+of+Net/2100-1038_3-5790085.html

Australien: Provider für Links auf illegale
Musik-Download-Dienste haftbar
 http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/61741

us: US FTC issues report on P2P
In December 2004, the US Federal Trade Commission
(FTC) held a public workshop entitled Peer-to-Peer
File-Sharing Technology: Consumer Protection and
Competition Issues. The two-day workshop explored a
wide range of issues relating to peer-to-peer ? or
"P2P" ? file-sharing technology, and included seven
panels featuring more than 40 representatives from the
P2P file-sharing software industry, entertainment
industry, high-technology research firms, government
agencies, academic institutions, and consumer groups.
FTC staff has just releasaed a report entitled
Peer-to-Peer File-Sharing Technology: Consumer
Protectionand Competition Issues (PDF) to present
information concerning the consumer protection,
competition/economic, and intellectual property issues
discussed at the workshop.

http://www.itu.int/osg/spu/newslog/US+FTC+Issues+Report+On+P2P.aspx

ie: IRMA wins Irish filesharing case
Echoing the same result in most countries, the Irish
Recorded Music Association (IRMA) which is like the
Irish version of the RIAA, has won a battle to get the
identities of file sharers it alleges to have shared
copyrighted music through P2P networks illegally. The
High Court in Dublin ruled on July 8th that ISPs in
the country have to hand over the subscriber details
of 17 file sharers which ill then be sued by IRMA. The
IRMA praised the high courts decision.
 http://www.afterdawn.com/news/archive/6639.cfm

us: Battle turning against pirates?
Has the balance finally tipped toward legitimacy in
the online music market? "We certainly hope so," says
Recording Industry Association of America President
Cary Sherman, the music industry's point man in the
battle to bring Internet file-sharing out of the
shadows and into the grasp of record labels' revenue
collectors. "We've seen a lot of encouraging signs."

http://washingtontimes.com/entertainment/20050714-092211-4695r.htm

uk: Music labels claim victory over pirates
The British record industry today claimed it was
winning the war against internet piracy despite
evidence suggesting the major labels are still playing
digital "catch-up"

http://business.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,9075-1689992,00.html

nl: Dutch ISPs can refuse P2P data demand, says judge
A Dutch judge ruled on Tuesday that internet service
providers would not have to hand over names or
addresses of customers who may be illegally swapping
films, music and other copyright-protected files.

http://management.silicon.com/government/0,39024677,39150384,00.htm
 http://out-law.com/page-5915

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COMMENT, MICROSOFT & DEVELOPMENTS
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Dell rejects spyware charge
Dell has rejected allegations that its PCs come
pre-loaded with an intrusive application that spies on
users' surfing habits. The equipment manufacturer said
there was nothing untoward about My Way Search
Assistant despite complaints from customers that the
toolbar impairs computer performance, changes browser
settings and is difficult to remove.

http://www.theregister.com/2005/07/15/dell_my_way_controversy/

Is TV's future on Web?
As broadband and wireless expand, signs point to
'yes.'

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

HP to slash approximately 15,000 jobs
Hewlett-Packard officials worked over the weekend to
finalize the size of the layoffs, which will come
within 5 percent of the previously targeted 15,000
positions, according to a source close to the company.

http://news.com.com/HP+to+slash+approximately+15%2C000+jobs/2100-7341_3-5791732.html

Massenentlassungen drohen bei Hewlett-Packard
 http://derstandard.at/?id=2113288
 http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/61730

Parlez vous Deutsch?
Yahoo plans to launch on Thursday a service that
translates German search queries into English and
French and returns results from around the globe in
German.

http://news.com.com/Parlez+vous+Deutsch/2100-1038_3-5787824.html

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ARRESTS/COURT CASES FOR CHILD PORN
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au: Man to be freed after serving time for child porn
offences
A man convicted of bringing child pornography from the
Philippines to Sydney has been given a 12-month
sentence but will be released from jail today.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200507/s1415032.htm

http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,15936847-1702,00.html

http://theage.com.au/news/National/Child-porn-importer-walks-free/2005/07/15/1120934397788.html

pt: Portugal smashes web 'porn ring'
Portuguese police have arrested 47 people on suspicion
of distributing child pornography on the internet.
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/4686373.stm

http://smh.com.au/news/breaking/child-porn-distributors-arrested/2005/07/15/1120934394019.html

us: Prosecuting online child porn not easy
Eleven pornographic images - some girls, some boys,
some of both, one from Missouri, 10 from around the
world, all graphically sexual in nature. A 48-year-old
Bradenton man, officials say, was trading them online
like baseball cards.

http://www.bradenton.com/mld/bradenton/news/local/12153766.htm

us: More than 50 targeted in Southern California child
porn crackdown
Federal officials filed pornography related charges
against nine Southern Californians Wednesday in a
multi-agency crackdown on child abuse and pornography.

http://www.sanluisobispo.com/mld/sanluisobispo/12125881.htm
 http://www.kesq.com/Global/story.asp?S=3592322

us: ICE TARGETS 32 PEDOPHILES AND SUSPECTED INTERNET
CHILD PORNOGRAPHERS IN ORANGE COUNTY (news release)
An Orange resident who allegedly exchanged child
pornography over the Internet with men who sexually
exploited their own children and a Mexican national
convicted of drugging and sexually assaulting two
teens are among the 32 individuals targeted by U.S.
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Orange
County this past week as part of Operation Predator, a
nationwide ICE initiative to protect children from
those who sexually exploit them.

http://www.ice.gov/graphics/news/newsreleases/articles/050713santaana.htm

us: 47 Southland Residents Arrested In Child Porn
Sweep
Forty-seven Southlanders were snared this week in a
nationwide sweep targeting possession and distribution
of Internet child porn, authorities said on Wednesday.
 http://www.nbc4.tv/news/4722472/detail.html

us: 2 locals held in porn case
Federal authorities on Wednesday announced charges
against 20 Orange County residents -- among them, one
from Newport Beach and one from Costa Mesa -- accused
of possessing or distributing child pornography.

http://www.dailypilot.com/publicsafety/story/18542p-26047c.html

us: Sex offender back in jail for violations
A former Rocky Flats firefighter who served a prison
term for viewing child pornography on his work
computer will be returned to prison for contacting
minors on the Internet.

http://rockymountainnews.com/drmn/local/article/0,1299,DRMN_15_3922220,00.html

us: Police: Man Sent Child Porn Over Internet
An 18-year-old Beech Grove man faces charges in Texas
and Indiana that he sent child pornography over the
Internet.

http://www.theindychannel.com/news/4716937/detail.html

us: Safe Child Task Force nabs Kentucky man in online
sting
A Kentucky man was arrested in Duluth on sexual
predation charges, the FBI said Tuesday.

http://www.ajc.com/metro/content/metro/gwinnett/0705/13Money.html

us: Suspended Wash. Twp. employee's pay stopped
The township on Tuesday changed the suspension of a
public works employee charged with distribution of
child pornography from with pay to without.

http://www.courierpostonline.com/news/southjersey/m071305n.htm

us: Local Middle School Teacher Indicted On Sex
Charges
A local middle school teacher who admitted to trying
to lure students online to have sex has been indicted.
27 year old Marc Horton was a physical education
teacher at Garside Middle School. Police say Horton
contacted four students online and even exchanged nude
photographs with some of the girls.
 http://www.kvbc.com/Global/story.asp?S=3601425

us: Child Pornography Investigation
A Clarksburg man is in jail after police found child
pornography on his computer.

http://www.wtrf.com/story.cfm?func=viewstory&storyid=3966

us: Retired police sergeant charged with downloading
child pornography
A retired South Texas police sergeant is accused of
downloading child pornography on a city-owned computer
while he was on duty.

http://www.statesman.com/metrostate/content/gen/ap/TX_Porn_Charges.html
 http://www.team4news.com/Global/story.asp?S=3597582

http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/news/state/071505_APstate_porncharge.html

http://www.brownsvilleherald.com/ts_more.php?id=66134_0_10_0_C

us: Camp Photographer Faces Child Pornography Charges
A photographer for a local youth camp faces four
counts of child pornography after the camp's director
allegedly found suspicious photos on his camera.

http://www.thewmurchannel.com/news/4722977/detail.html

us: Cops Nab 32 Child Predators, Some Are Illegal
Aliens
An Orange County, CA resident who allegedly exchanged
child pornography over the Internet with men who
sexually exploited their own children and a Salvadoran
national convicted of drugging and sexually assaulting
two teens are among the 32 individuals targeted by US
Immigration and Customs Enforcement in Orange County
this past week as part of Operation Predator, a
nationwide operation to protect children from those
who sexually exploit them.

http://www.sierratimes.com/05/07/16/205_188_116_14_77082.htm

us: Houlton man indicted on child pornography charge
A Houlton man awaiting sentencing on charges of
sexually abusing three children was indicted Tuesday
by a federal grand jury for allegedly having child
pornography on his computer.
 http://www.bangornews.com/news/templates/?a=116425

us: Retired sergeant faces child pornography charges
A retired Brownsville police sergeant has until Aug.
10 to turn himself in on charges of downloading child
pornography on a city-owned computer while on duty.

http://www.brownsvilleherald.com/ts_more.php?id=66123_0_10_0_C

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: Webster man sentenced on child porn charges
A Webster man is has been given the maximum sentence
for possessing images of child pornography on his home
computer.
 http://www.wroctv.com/news/story.asp?id=18895&r=l

us: Indio school guard charged in child pornography
case
A former security guard at Woodrow Wilson Middle in
Indio has been charged with possession of child
pornography in connection with a yearlong federal
investigation.

http://www.desertsunonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050714/UPDATE/507140350

us: Several Dallas Child Porn Cases Dismissed
The cases against at least nine people arrested in an
Internet child pornography investigation have been
thrown out.
 http://www.nbc5i.com/news/4721893/detail.html

us: Police: Man Sent Child Porn Over Internet
An 18-year-old Beech Grove man faces charges in Texas
and Indiana that he sent child pornography over the
Internet.

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/wrtv/20050713/lo_wrtv/2822580

us: Police search is ruled legal
A Winnebago County judge Friday found a 2004 police
search legal, and therefore evidence of child
pornography taken from the scene can be used in the
trial of a Larson man.

http://www.wisinfo.com/northwestern/news/local/stories/local_21820280.shtml

us: Local DJ Charged With Pornography
A popular Quad City Disk Jockey Jay Scott is in
trouble. On Thursday he turned himself in on
pornography charges.
 http://www.whbf.com/Global/story.asp?S=3596460

us: NR man appears on child porn possession charges
A 59-year-old New Richmond man made an initial
appearance in St. Croix County Circuit Court Wednesday
(July 13) on five felony counts of possession of child
pornography.
 http://www.rivertowns.net/daily/hso/c050715/

us: Man handed 15 years for child porn, faces murder
trial
A man whose wife was found stabbed to death in their
Metairie apartment has been sentenced to 15 years in
prison on child pornography charges.
 http://www.katc.com/Global/story.asp?S=3598409

us: US Attorney reports Florida defendant sentenced
for online enticement of child (news release)
The Law News Network - R. Alexander Acosta, United
States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida,
Jesus Torres, Special Agent in Charge, Immigration and
Customs Enforcement, and Michael S. Clemens, Special
Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation,
announced today that defendant, Laronn Houston, was
sentenced after having plead guilty to one (1) count
of attempted online enticement of a child, in
violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section
2422(b), before United States District Court Judge
James I. Cohn in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Houston was
sentenced to a term of sixty (60) months'
imprisonment.

http://lawfuel.com/index.php?page=press_releases&handler=focus&pressreleaseid=3798

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