general internet news - 28 November

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

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RESEARCH PAPERS
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The Generative Internet by JONATHAN ZITTRAIN (Harvard
Law School; Oxford University)
Abstract: The power and flexibility of the Internet
has ignited growth and innovation in information
technology and in associated creative endeavors, its
generativity soliciting contribution from varied
audiences. This very power and flexibility projected
across millions of mainstream users has also become a
vehicle for security threats that endanger its many
desired uses. This Article describes how the
intertwining of the highly generative personal
computer and Internet is creating an information
technology grid that will find itself in grave crisis
with no easy fix.

http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=847124

Pattern of Global Cyber War and Crime: A Conceptual
Framework by NIR KSHETRI (University of North Carolina
at Greensboro - Bryan School of Business & Economics)
Abstract: The flourishing synergy arising between
organized crimes and the Internet has increased the
insecurity of the digital world. How hackers frame
their actions? What factors encourage and energize
their behavior? These are very important but highly
underresearched questions. We draw upon literatures on
psychology, economics, international relation and
warfare to propose a framework that addresses these
questions. We found that countries across the world
differ in terms of regulative, normative and cognitive
legitimacy to different types of web attacks. Cyber
wars and crimes are also functions of the stocks of
hacking skills relative to the availability of
economic opportunities. An attacking unit's selection
criteria for the target network include symbolic
significance and criticalness, degree of digitization
of values and weakness in defense mechanisms.
Managerial and policy implications are discussed and
directions for future research are suggested.

http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=842265

us: Teen Content Creators and Consumers (news release)
American teenagers today are utilizing the interactive
capabilities of the internet as they create and share
their own media creations.

http://www.pewinternet.org/PPF/r/166/report_display.asp

us: Big jump in search engine use (news release)
Nearly 60 million online Americans use search engines
on an average day.

http://www.pewinternet.org/PPF/r/167/report_display.asp

CODDLING SPIES: WHY THE LAW DOESN'T ADEQUATELY ADDRESS
COMPUTER SPYWARE
Consumers and businesses have attempted to use the
common law of torts as well as federal statutes like
the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, the Stored Wire and
Electronic Communications and Transactional Records
Act, and the Wiretap Act to address the expanding
problem of spyware. Spyware, which consists of
software applications inserted into another's computer
to report a user's activity to an outsider, is as
innocuous as tracking purchases or as sinister as
stealing trade secrets or an individual's identity.
Existing law does not address spyware adequately
because authorization language, buried in
"click-through" boilerplate, renders much of current
law useless. Congress must act to make spyware
companies disclose their intentions with conspicuous
and clearly-stated warnings.

http://www.law.duke.edu/journals/dltr/articles/2005dltr0025.html

us: Taxing time for the Internet? 'Attributional
nexus' may change the face of online retail by Andrew
W. Swain and Nathaniel T. Trelease
States have lost a lot of sales taxes thanks to the
Internet. Is that about to change? Traditional retail
businesses have evolved in order to sell to a customer
base expanded by the creation and growth of the
Internet. Brick-and-mortar retailers (in-state
retailers) who might have once sold products in
mail-order catalogs have developed into so-called
"click-and-mortar" retailers, such as Borders Inc.
These retailers have in-state stores nationwide, but
also sell products on the Internet through separate
but related online subsidiaries. The click-and-mortar
retailers compete with another species of online
retailer, the so-called "click-and-one-brick"
retailers such as Amazon.com. These retailers have a
store or warehouse in one location while selling to
customers located throughout the nation.

http://www.abanet.org/buslaw/blt/2005-11-12/trelease.shtml

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CENSORSHIP, FILTERING & CONTENT REGULATION
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au: Caught in the net: teenagers and addiction
The internet is without doubt a thing of wonder. Even
now, when most Australians have access to it, we still
marvel at the idea of being able to tap into the rich
resources of this virtual library, of being able to
connect quickly to people on the other side of the
world. The technology is still new enough for its
possibilities to be discussed in the awed tones
previous generations must have reserved for the
telephone, radio and television.

http://theage.com.au/news/editorial/caught-in-the-net-teenagers-and-addiction/2005/11/23/1132703249682.html

Tracking down child abusers: police forces unite to
fight world problem
Accusations against Gary Glitter throw spotlight on
Vietnam

http://www.guardian.co.uk/child/story/0,7369,1651301,00.html

Childnet have submitted responses to two important
policy consultations this week
Firstly to the Home Office and Scottish Executive
consultation on the possession of extreme pornographic
material. Childnet support the proposal in the
consultation to make illegal the possession of extreme
pornographic material. The production and publishing
of such material is already illegal, and Childnet
outline in the response why the possession of such
material should also be made illegal. Click here to
read the submission. Childnet have also recently
submitted a response to the Australian Communications
and Media Authority (ACMA) Consultation on the Draft
Safety Measures Notice for Mobile Chat Services.
Childnet have made suggestions to the ACMA
consultation to support and strengthen the Safety
Measures Notice. Click here to read Childnet?s
submission.
 http://www.childnet-int.org/news/articles/251105.html

us: Sex, Lies And Statistics
When Sen. Blanche Lincoln (D-Ark.) introduced the
Internet Safety & Child Protection Act in July, aiming
to slap a 25% excise tax on online purchases of porn,
she cited a startling statistic: Children in the U.S.
now typically get their first exposure to porn at age
11. It got picked up in several press reports. "The
average age at which a child first views Internet porn
is 11," pronounced a Denver Post editorial. "The
average age a child first views Internet pornography
is 11, and those kids don't look away," intoned Matt
Lauer on General Electric-owned NBC's Today show.

http://www.forbes.com/services/2005/11/22/internet-pornography-children-cz_sl_1123internet.html

Thailand to block pornographic websites
Thailand plans to block more than 800 000 pornographic
or violent websites that officials say are harming the
kingdom's youth, Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra
said.

http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=115&art_id=qw1132991102630B234

uk: Anti-porn petition handed to MPs
The mother of a murdered teacher has handed in more
than 50,000 signatures to the House of Commons calling
on MPs to ban violent internet porn.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/4460828.stm

se: "Tens of thousands" blocked from child porn
Every day 20,000 to 30,000 attempts by Swedes to enter
child pornography sites are blocked, according to the
latest figures from the police, who say that filters
introduced in April are working.

http://www.thelocal.se/article.php?ID=2571&date=20051125

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LEGAL AND SECURITY
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au: Cyberspace threat
A TERRORIST attack from cyberspace was more likely in
Australia than a more traditional strike and could
create more havoc than a suicide mission.

http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,17354851%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html

de: Dusseldorf's district government claims victory in
battle against Nazi web sites
The Dusseldorf district government claimed success
today in its battle against the "misuse of media." As
President Jürgen Büssow of the Social Democrats told
dpa, his government has been especially successful in
blocking right-wing extremist "hate web sites" in the
past four years. Overall, the authorities have had 76
such web sites blocked and have won all of the cases
they brought to court. Now, Büssow plans to launch a
campaign against phishing and private betting on
sports events in the Internet.
 http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/66547

sg: Singapore blogger spared jail
A 17-year-old Singaporean student has been spared a
jail sentence and instead placed on probation for two
years for posting anti-Muslim remarks on his weblog,
his lawyer said.

http://smh.com.au/news/breaking/singapore-blogger-spared-jail/2005/11/24/1132703286009.html

us: Police blotter: Legal flap over secret sex video
A woman sues an ex-boyfriend on wiretapping charges
for secretly taping their sexual encounter and
distributing it via e-mail.
 http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1035_22-5968799.html

se: Child pornography problem growing in Sweden
The number of Swedes seeking out sexual images
involving children on the Internet is on the rise, the
Swedish chapter of the anti-child pornography group
Ecpat warned.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051125/tc_afp/swedenchildsexinternet_051125164359

Terrorism threat to Net overblown
As one of the world's foremost authorities on security
issues, Bruce Schneier has been a voice of reason in
an industry where hyperbole is often rife.

http://news.com.com/Terrorism+threat+to+Net+overblown/2008-7348_3-5969380.html

Cyberterror 'overhyped,' security guru says
Bruce Schneier, who has written several books on
security and is the founder of Counterpane Internet
Security, told ZDNet UK that officials claiming
terrorists pose a serious danger to computer networks
are guilty of directing attention away from the threat
faced from criminals.

http://news.com.com/Cyberterror+overhyped%2C+security+guru+says/2100-7348_3-5968997.html

cn: Chinese police detain man for 'joke' eBay ad
offering babies for sale
Police have detained a man on charges of posting an
advertisement offering babies for sale on the Chinese
arm of auction Web site eBay in what he says was a
joke, a news report said Wednesday.

http://news.findlaw.com/ap/o/51/11-23-2005/218f0004144f25a5.html

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eu: EU Committee amends data retention proposals
The Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs
Committee of the European Parliament (LIBE) yesterday
approved Commission proposals for a Directive on data
retention ? subject to a few controversial amendments.
 http://www.out-law.com/page-6384

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id: Internet helps farmers reap more profits
IT program trains Indonesian farmers to use latest
technology, hopes to mitigate poverty in Indonesia
 http://asiamedia.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=34234

at: Salzburg gets full-coverage 3G Network
The city itself uses a UMTS network offering speeds of
up to 384 kbit/s, while less dense rural areas around
the city are covered by an EDGE network capable of
speeds up to 200 kbit/s.
 http://www.dmeurope.com/default.asp?ArticleID=11538

us: USA Leads Broadband Subscriber Top 15 Rankings.
Worldwide Broadband Subscribers Will Top 215M in 2005
The worldwide number of Internet broadband subscribers
will surpass 215 million in 2005?up from less than 5M
in 1999 and 67M in 2002.
 http://c-i-a.com/pr1105.htm

us: Web site offers Saddam uniform for sale
A U.S. auction house is trying to sell one of Saddam
Hussein's military uniforms online, calling it an
"ultimate artefact" of the U.S. war in Iraq.

http://go.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=10408843

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FILE SHARING
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au: Kazaa gets stay; industry sees changes
The operator of the Kazaa file-sharing network on
Friday said an Australian court would hear an appeal
on a copyright case in late February conditional on
Kazaa making some changes to its software in the mean
time.

http://go.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=10392129

http://go.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=technologyNews&storyID=10405245

au: Kazaa faces file-sharing filter deadline
An Australian court has given Sharman Networks,
distributor of the software behind peer-to-peer
service Kazaa, a deadline of 5th December to install
filters to help limit illegal file-sharing or face
being shut down, according to reports.
 http://www.out-law.com/page-6387

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/11/25/judge_sets_kazaa_deadline/

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COMMENT, MICROSOFT & DEVELOPMENTS
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uk: CONFERENCE: ISPA CONFERENCE 2005: A BEGINNER?S
PRACTICAL GUIDE TO POLICY ISSUES AFFECTING ISPs
 http://www.ispa.org.uk/

Ask the experts: Web 2.0
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