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general internet news - 25 July
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RESEARCH PAPERS
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In China, Sophisticated Filters Keep the Internet Near
Sterile by Tim Johnson
Online censorship curtails free browsing and political
discussion
http://yaleglobal.yale.edu/display.article?id=6014
Women in the Web of Secondary Copyright Liability and
Internet Filtering by ANN BARTOW [Northern Kentucky
Law Review Northern Kentucky Law Review]
Abstract: This Essay suggests possible explanations
for why there is not very much legal scholarship
devoted to gender issues on the Internet; and it
asserts that there is a powerful need for Internet
legal theorists and activists to pay substantially
more attention to the gender-based differences in
communicative style and substance that have been
imported from real space to cyberspace. Information
portals, such as libraries and web logs, are
"gendered" in ways that may not be facially apparent.
Women are creating and experiencing social solidarity
online in ways that male scholars and commentators do
not seem to either recognize or deem important.
Internet specific content restrictions for the
purposes of "protecting copyrights" and "protecting
children" jeopardize online freedoms for women in
diverse ways, and sometimes for different reasons than
they do for men. Disparities in the ways women and men
use, experience and communicate over the Internet need
to be recognized, studied, and accommodated by those
who would theorize cyberspace law and advocate
directions for its evolution.
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=755724
What Google Can't Tell Us About Internet Auctions (And
What It Can) by CHRISTINE HURT [University of Toledo
Law Review University of Toledo Law Review]
Abstract: This article analyzes this historic IPO and
explores what important the Google IPO has for the
campaign for online IPO auctions. Unfortunately,
because Google was a unique issuer in many respects,
both positive and negative, its offering cannot be
used to herald an immediate sea change in the
bookbuilding IPO market. However, Google's auction
will only assist other issuers in negotiating with
underwriters for alternative offering mechanisms.
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=753625
Canadian Copyright Law in Cyberspace: An Examination
of the Copyright Act in the Context of the Internet by
JEREMY F. DEBEER [University of Ottawa - Faculty of
Law Saskatchewan Law Review]
Abstract: This paper considers the application of
Canada's Copyright Act to various online activities. I
advocate for an evolutionary rather than revolutionary
approach to digitial copyright reform.
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=754344
Tech Term Awareness (Pew Internet & American Life
Project Research)
The average American internet user is not sure what
podcasting is, what an RSS feed does, or what the term
?phishing? means.
http://www.pewinternet.org/PPF/r/161/report_display.asp
Use of web cams (Pew Internet & American Life Project
Research)
One out of six American adult internet users (16%)
have gone online to view another person or a place via
a web cam.
http://www.pewinternet.org/topics.asp?c=1
Spyware (Pew Internet & American Life Project
Research)
Spyware and the threat of unwanted programs being
secretly loaded onto computers are becoming serious
threats online.
http://www.pewinternet.org/PPF/r/160/report_display.asp
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CENSORSHIP, FILTERING & CONTENT REGULATION
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au: NetAlert Expo
>From August 2005 - June 2007, the NetAlert Expo will
travel around Australia promoting Internet safety.
http://www.netalert.net.au/02265-News-&-Events.asp
Denmark to get child porn filter
Danish police and Internet suppliers are planning to
introduce a national child porn filter.]
http://www.dr.dk/nyheder/fremmedsprog/English/article.jhtml?articleID=265777
np: Royal Army launches offensive in cyberspace
Reporters Without Borders condemned a crackdown in
cyberspace in the Himalayan kingdom as the Nepalese
army, under the control of King Gyanendra (photo)
since 1st February, blocked news websites, threatened
bloggers, closed a discussion forum and stepped up
surveillance of email. At the end of June two sites
critical of the government were made inaccessible to
Nepal's 300,000 Internet-users.
http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=14461
ng: Mobile Adult Content to Fetch Operators N310b
Market for erotic content for mobile devices is
predicted to be worth $2.3billion (about N310 billion)
by 2010, but realisation of this is highly dependent
on mobile phone carriers and content providers working
with regulators in order to determine solid controls
and age verification procedures.
http://allafrica.com/stories/200507210136.html
New Internet technology provides greater risks
New technology is opening new doors to child molesters
and pornographers. A state investigative task force is
trying to keep up, but they also need help from
parents and kids.
http://khon.com/khon/displayStory.cfm?storyID=5631
us: 'Grand Theft Auto' gets pulled over
The video game industry on Wednesday changed to
adults-only the rating of "Grand Theft Auto: San
Andreas," a best-selling title in which explicit
sexual content can be unlocked with an Internet
download.
http://www.usatoday.com/tech/products/games/2005-07-20-gta-sex_x.htm
us: Video Game Known for Violence Lands in Rating
Trouble Over Sex
The board that rates video games assigned the new
Grand Theft Auto game an adults-only label after a
sexually suggestive scene was uncovered.
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/21/technology/21game.html
http://iht.com/articles/2005/07/21/business/game.php
us: Video game sex scandal stirs US standards debate
An unprecedented move by major stores to stop selling
the blockbuster video game "Grand Theft Auto: San
Andreas" over a hidden sex scene will cost its maker
millions of dollars in lost sales and ignited a
political firestorm by U.S. critics who want a
government crackdown.
http://go.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=technologyNews&storyID=9151646
Sexualstraftäter in USA im Internet präsentiert
Das US-Justizministerium hat auf einer neuen Website
die Namen von zehntausenden Sexualstraftätern
öffentlich gemacht. Eltern und besorgte Bürger sollten
sich so besser informieren können, teilte eine
Ministeriumssprecherin in Washington mit. Die
nationale Datei unter der Internetadresse
www.nsopr.gov listet verurteilte Sexualstraftäter aus
22 Bundesstaaten auf und nennt dabei Namen, Daten und
Details der Verurteilung und liefert oft ein Foto
dazu.
http://derstandard.at/?id=2119852
Homosexuelle werden polizeilich erfasst
Wie das Nachrichtenmagazin Der Spiegel auf seinem
Web-Ableger Spiegel Online meldet, sollen die von den
Polizeibehörden in Bayern, Nordrhein-Westfalen und
Thüringen genutzen Informationssysteme "IGVP" und
"PVP" eine Registrierungsmöglichkeit für alle in
Straf- und Ermittlungsverfahren verwickelten Personen
als Homosexuelle vorsehen. Homosexuelle werden als
Tätergruppe klassifiziert, ihre Aufenthaltsorte als
mögliche Tatorte -- obwohl der so genannte
Homosexuellenparagraph bereits 1994 ersatzlos
gestrichen wurde.
http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/62009
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LEGAL AND SECURITY
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uk: Police ask for tough new powers
Police last night told Tony Blair that they need
sweeping new powers to counter the terrorist threat,
including the right to detain a suspect for up to
three months without charge instead of the current 14
days. Senior officers also want powers to attack and
close down websites, and a new criminal offence of
using the internet to prepare acts of terrorism, to
"suppress inappropriate internet usage". They also
want to make it a criminal offence for suspects to
refuse to cooperate in giving the police full access
to computer files by refusing to disclose their
encryption keys.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/attackonlondon/story/0,16132,1533917,00.html
http://news.com.com/2100-7348_3-5798787.html
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/07/23/acpo_seeks_new_terror_powers/
au: Internet, mobile phones force anti-terror rethink:
Howard
The Prime Minister, John Howard, has conceded that
anti-terrorism legislation in many countries is
antiquated and ill-equipped to cope with terrorists'
exploitation of new technologies such as the Internet
and mobile phones to carry out their activities.
http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/security/soa/Internet_mobile_phones_force_anti_terror_rethink_Howard/0,2000061744,39203689,00.htm
nz: Call to toughen code on internet fraud
The New Zealand Bankers Association is reviewing its
code of practice, sparking a call from the banking
ombudsman for it to address internet fraud.
http://stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3352014a28,00.html
us: Firms pay up to settle porn email case
US federal regulators have accused seven companies of
hiring others to send illegal emails with pornographic
messages to tempt consumers to visit adult websites.
http://smh.com.au/news/breaking/firms-pay-up-to-settle-porn-email-case/2005/07/21/1121539045880.html
us: Detective praised for role in child porn
investigation
When John Estep, a postal worker from Ashland, was
arrested by federal agents and charged with multiple
counts of manufacturing child pornography, the case
seemed to have stalled, according to Assistant U.S.
Attorney Mark Wohlander.
http://www.winchestersun.com/articles/2005/07/21/local_news/news02.txt
us: High Tech Crimes Unit opens
What do some timber thieves, drug dealers, child
predators, identity thieves and child porn viewers
have in common?
http://www.southbendtribune.com/stories/2005/07/21/local.20050721-sbt-LOCL-B1-High_Tech_Crimes_Uni.sto
br: Google site 'used by drug gang'
Ten people have been arrested in Brazil after
authorities discovered them allegedly using Google's
online community site, Orkut, to sell drugs.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4706489.stm
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POLICY
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us: Bill Would Tax Internet Pornography
A Democratic lawmaker is planning to propose a new 25
percent federal tax on Internet pornography and new
requirements for adult Web sites to help prevent
children from looking at them.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2005/07/22/national/w164020D37.DTL
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050722/ap_on_go_co/pornography_tax_1
us: House reauthorizes Patriot Act
The House of Representatives, ignoring protests from
civil liberties groups, on Thursday renewed the USA
Patriot Act mostly along party lines.
http://news.com.com/2100-1028_3-5799213.html
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SPAM
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us: FTC cracks down on porn spam
Five companies have agreed to pay $1.16 million in
fines to settle charges of sending spam without a
warning that it contains sexually explicit material,
U.S. regulators said Wednesday.
http://news.com.com/FTC+cracks+down+on+porn+spam/2100-1028_3-5796705.html
http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,68273,00.html
http://out-law.com/page-5928
http://go.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=9124161
http://ftc.gov/opa/2005/07/alrsweep.htm
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INTERNET & NEW TECHNOLOGY USE
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uk: "Trends in Television, Radio & Telecoms" - The
Future of Evolution of Television, Radio & Telecoms by
Ed Richards, Ofcom Senior Partner Strategy & Market
Development
The occasion for this lecture is the publication of
Ofcom's Communications Market Review for 2005. [As per
the title, this speech deals with convergence of
broadcasting and the internet]
http://www.ofcom.org.uk/media/speeches/2005/07/nr_20050720
AFRICA: USAID Program Helping to 'Bridge Digital
Divide'
Technology program helping Africans market worldwide
http://allafrica.com/stories/200507200395.html
Internet growth in East Africa hampered
Growth of the already thriving internet sector on the
east coast of Africa is being hampered by the lack of
an fibre optic cable network, the chief executive of
service provider, Africaonline, said in Kenya today.
Lesley Davey of the African Lakes Corporation, holding
company of Africaonline, was speaking at a function to
celebrate the 10th anniversary of the internet service
provider in the Kenyan capital today.
http://www.sabcnews.com/sci_tech/internet/0,2172,108813,00.html
KYRGYZSTAN: E-REVOLUTION
Over the last decade, the Internet has increasingly
developed into a rich source of information about all
aspects of Central Asia, especially for people without
physical access to the region, but also to varying
degrees for the inhabitants of the five former Soviet
Central Asian republics. In addition to the strong web
presence maintained by numerous non-governmental
organizations and international agencies working in
the region, such as Radio Free Europe?s Central Asia
service, the Institute for War and Peace Reporting,
the Organization for Security and Cooperation in
Europe (OSCE), the UN, and the U.S.-based democracy
and civil society support organization IFES, the
Internet has increasing provided an outlet for
non-official and opposition points of view.
http://www.eurasianet.org/departments/insight/articles/pp072105.shtml
uk: Staff still send racist and racy emails
Thirty-four percent of office workers have been sent
sexually explicit or racist material by colleagues,
while 7% admit to having emailed company-confidential
information outside their organisation, according to a
YouGov survey.
http://out-law.com/page-5929
Internet Activity Index Identifies Cyclical Usage
June's Internet Activity Index tracks consistency and
seasonality in online usage.
http://www.clickz.com/stats/sectors/traffic_patterns/article.php/3522241
More and more Chinese are logging on
The number of Internet users in China - the world's
second largest Internet market - has grown by nine
million in the first half of 2005.
http://iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=115&art_id=qw1122004981877B255
"Porncasts" auf Apple iTunes
Bild: ptePodcasts nur für Erwachsene: "Open Source
Sex"-Show sehr beliebt
http://derstandard.at/?ressort=Apple
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ONLINE MUSIC & P2P
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Legally Downloaded Music Triples in 2005
The number of digital music tracks legally downloaded
from the Internet almost tripled in the first half of
2005 as the use of high-speed broadband connections
surged around the world, the international recording
industry said Thursday.
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/B/BRITAIN_MUSIC_PIRACY
http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/business/technology/12187540.htm
http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/news/0,12597,1533905,00.html
kr: Music Labels to Sue 4,000 Internet Users
Sixty domestic music labels are preparing for a
collective suit against 4,000 Internet users who
illegally distributed or used music files, the
companies said Tuesday.
http://times.hankooki.com/lpage/culture/200507/kt2005071921321011680.htm
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ARRESTS/COURT CASES FOR CHILD PORN
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ca: Child porn pics found on cell phone
A man who flew in to Vancouver International Airport
last Saturday has pled guilty to possession of child
pornography in a case with an unusual technological
twist.
http://www.richmondreview.com/portals-code/list.cgi?paper=45&cat=23&id=463870&more=
ca: Fraser Valley teacher faces child porn charge
A former president of the Abbotsford District Teachers
Association has been charged with accessing child
pornography.
http://vancouver.cbc.ca/regional/servlet/View?filename=bc_teacher-porn20050722
au: Murray Bridge CIB arrest man for new internet
offence
POLICE are concerned for the safety of children using
internet chat rooms after Murray Bridge CIB last week
charged a man for allegedly procuring a child to
commit an indecent act.
http://murraybridge.yourguide.com.au/detail.asp?class=news&subclass=local&category=general%20news&story_id=410590&y=2005&m=7
nz: Man pleads guilty to child porn
A 33-year-old Ashburton has pleaded guilty to
possessing child pornography.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/index.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10336890
jp: Public servants among six busted in crackdown on
pedophile porn
Two government officials were among seven men arrested
in connection with pedophilia-oriented pornography on
an online bulletin board, Aichi Prefectural Police
said.
http://mdn.mainichi-msn.co.jp/national/news/20050722p2a00m0na001000c.html
us: Man turns himself in on child porn charge
A 29-year-old Whitmore Lake man has been charged with
possessing and transmitting pornographic images of
young children via the Internet, according to federal
court records obtained Friday.
http://www.mlive.com/news/aanews/index.ssf?/base/news-13/1122113461152760.xml
us: Charlotte Man Charged With Child Pornography
The Department of Justice has announced the arrest of
Burhan Hinawi of Charlotte on child pornography
charges.
http://www.wsoctv.com/news/4759901/detail.html
us: FDNY member arrested for child porn
A paramedic with the New York City Fire Department was
arrested yesterday after Nassau investigators found
more than 50 nude and sexually explicit photos of
children as young as 4 on his home computer, a
prosecutor said.
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/longisland/ny-liporn0721,0,2103096.story
us: Washington man facing child pornography charges
arrested in California
A former youth pastor wanted on child pornography
charges in Washington state has been arrested in
California.
http://www.kesq.com/Global/story.asp?S=3623508
us: Man arrested for child porn
A Charlotte man is accused of producing child
pornography.
http://www.news14charlotte.com/content/local_news/mecklenburg/?ArID=98463&SecID=3
us: Man Pleads to Child Pornography, Sex Crimes
A man charged with sex crimes, child pornography and
selling explosives to children admitted in court he's
guilty.
http://www.wnep.com/global/story.asp?s=3619451
us: Billerica man indicted on child-porn charges
A Middlesex Grand Jury has indicted a Billerica man on
child pornography charges., The charges issued
Thursday follow a U.S. Postal Service investigation
into Gerald Fortier, 59, whose street address was not
available yesterday.
http://www.lowellsun.com/local/ci_2884321
us: Wake Murder Case Leads To Child Pornography
Investigation
Authorities say they are now conducting a major child
pornography investigation that stems from a homicide
case earlier this year.
http://www.wral.com/news/4747160/detail.html
us: NY Paramedic Arrested For Having Child Porn
A New York City paramedic living on Long Island has
been arrested at his home and charged with having
child pornography.
http://newscenter.ninn.org/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=12094
us: Lynn car salesman arraigned on child pornography
charges
A Lynn car salesman, formerly of Swampscott, who
allegedly possessed hundreds of child pornography
disks and apparently posted them on the Internet, is
free on $7,500 cash bail after being arraigned Tuesday
morning in Salem Superior Court.
http://www.thedailyitemoflynn.com/news/view.bg?articleid=9651
us: Prosecutor: Web child-porn cases hard to prove
Investigators had no doubt Johnny Oxendine was
visiting child-porn sites on the laptop computer he
used while working for Lockheed Martin Corp.
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/state/orl-locchildporn24072405jul24,0,3408026.story
us: Man Sentenced For Child Porn Production With Niece
A White Marsh man has been sentenced for producing
child pornography with pictures of his 18-month-old
niece.
http://www.thewbalchannel.com/news/4758049/detail.html
us: Police: Orlando Man Breaks Into Home, Molests
Child
A 41-year-old Orlando man was arrested by Seminole
County sheriff's deputies Thursday for allegedly
breaking into a home and molesting a child, according
to a police report.
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/wkmg/20050724/lo_wkmg/2840488
us: Man Faces Charges In Connection With Child Porn
A Lincoln man who was arrested in connection with
possession of child pornography is expected to appear
in court Friday.
http://www.theomahachannel.com/news/4757119/detail.html
us: Suspect tried to get child porn in prison
When he was a prisoner serving time for child rape,
Joseph Edward Duncan III protested when Washington
State Penitentiary officials prevented him from
receiving a publication depicting child pornography,
The Spokesman-Review reported Tuesday.
http://www.casperstartribune.net/articles/2005/07/22/news/regional/989358956d8fd755872570430078ac97.txt
us: Billerica man faces child porn charges
A 59-year-old Billerica man, Gerald Fortier, was
indicted yesterday by a Middlesex grand jury on five
counts of possessionof child pornography.
http://news.bostonherald.com/localRegional/view.bg?articleid=94957
us: Evidentiary hearing scheduled in former
professor's child porn case
After months of languishing in evidentiary limbo, the
child pornography case against a former UVSC professor
moved forward as the defense's requests for discovery
were fulfilled.
http://www.harktheherald.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=60246
us: Conviction in Child Porn Case
A federal jury convicts an Owensboro man on child
pornography charges.
http://www.14wfie.com/Global/story.asp?S=3623554
us: A Crime Against Children
Saturday afternoon 1014 Swann St. was surrounded by
police cars, as authorities arrested 53 year old Paul
Beni Junior for allegedly possessing child
pornography.
http://www.wtap.com/news/headlines/1729402.html
us: NY Paramedic Arrested For Having Child Porn
A New York City paramedic living on Long Island has
been arrested at his home and charged with having
child pornography.
http://1010wins.com/topstories/local_story_202144434.html
us: Pastor Wanted On Child Porn Charges Arrested
A former youth pastor wanted on child pornography
charges in Washington state has been arrested in
California.
http://www.nbc11.com/news/4753391/detail.html
us: FDNY member arrested for child porn
A paramedic with the New York City Fire Department was
arrested yesterday after Nassau investigators found
more than 50 nude and sexually explicit photos of
children as young as 4 on his home computer, a
prosecutor said.
http://www.nynewsday.com/news/local/newyork/ny-liporn0721,0,5486769.story
us: Investigation ends in arrest
A year-long investigation by the Clearlake Police
Department (CPD) concluded with the arrest of Anthony
Wayne Harrah, a 34-year-old Kelseyville resident, on
Friday on charges that include possession and
distribution of child pornography.
http://www.record-bee.com/Stories/0,1413,255~26901~2978182,00.html
us: CAYUGA COUNTY MAN CHARGED WITH USING INTERNET TO
LURE TEEN FOR SEX
A Cayuga County man has been arrested on charges he
had sexual relations with an underage girl from
Tennessee he met through an Internet chat room and
lured to a cottage in southern Cayuga County.
http://www.newswatch50.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=47619BF8-EEC2-49D0-BB09-521DB28AC1C7
us: Ex-school rep admits child porn
A former member of the Wayne Highlands School Board
pleaded guilty Thursday in federal court to possession
of child pornography.
http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=14902504&BRD=2185&PAG=461&dept_id=416046&rfi=6
us: Minister who was addicted to porn says case not
rare
When the Rev. Darrell Brazell, an evangelical
minister, first heard that police had found thousands
of pornographic images on former Christian-school
leader Martin K. Miller?s home computer, he wasn?t
surprised.
http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2005/jul/21/minister_who_was_addicted_porn_says_case_not_rare/?city_local
us: Harrington man pleads guilty: Bible sentenced to
70 months for sending child porn
A Harrington, Del., man was sentenced Monday to more
than five years in prison for sending pictures of
children engaged in sex acts to a postal inspector.
http://www.newszap.com/articles/2005/07/21/dm/central_delaware/hj03.txt
us: Man Allegedly Headed To Mexico For Sex With
Children
A Cottage Grove man is suspected of distributing child
pornography and traveling across state lines to have
sex with minors.
http://www.koin.com/news.asp?RECORD_KEY%5Bnews%5D=ID&ID%5Bnews%5D=3579
us: OPERATION PREDATOR NETS MORE THAN 6,000 ARRESTS
AND 1,000 OVERSEAS ARRESTS IN ITS FIRST TWO YEARS
(news release)
More than 180 of the over 6,000 child sex offenders
arrested by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
(ICE) as part of an ongoing international initiative
known as Operation Predator have occurred here in New
England.
http://www.ice.gov/graphics/news/newsreleases/articles/050719boston.htm
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