general internet news - 5 December

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

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CENSORSHIP, FILTERING & CONTENT REGULATION
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Iraq pictures spark a war over free speech
THE internet has mansions, cathedrals, shining free-
ways; it also has plenty of ghettos and sewers. The
site nowthatsfuckedup.com (NTFU) is not salubrious.
Its main function is the sharing of pictures of wives,
girlfriends or neighbours, preferably without the
hindrance of textiles. About 235,000 registered users
post and peruse an incalculable number of nude and
pornographic photos.

http://theage.com.au/news/business/iraq-pictures-spark-a-war-over-free-speech/2005/11/27/1133026332300.html

us: Conference focuses on cyber-bullying
Societal or school yard bullies no longer hang-out at
the local diner, at the neighborhood playground, park
or basketball court, but on the Internet.
 http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=15670727

Access to Sahrawi sites blocked within Morocco
Reporters Without Borders today condemned the
censorship of many websites supporting the Polisario
Front?s struggle for Sahrawi independence, such as
Arso.org, which have been made inaccessible within
Morocco.
 http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=15809

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LEGAL AND SECURITY
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de: Media institute fines websites
The State Media Institute of Lower Saxony (NLM) has
imposed fines of 5,000 euros apiece to two websites
that depicted girls as sexual objects. The websites
that showed minors in "an unusual pose that draws
attention to their sexuality" are based in Hanover and
Garrel (near Cloppenburg). The State Media Institute,
which supervises private radio stations, has also been
monitoring the content of websites since 2003, though
the two fines are the first cases in Lower Saxony
according to a spokesperson of NLM quoted by dpa.
 http://www.heise.de/english/newsticker/news/66859

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INTERNET & NEW TECHNOLOGY USE
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eu: Online on the Rise in Europe
Total media consumption increased throughout Europe in
the past year; the Internet made the highest gains. A
survey conducted by SPA and Synovate for the European
Interactive Advertising Association reports a 17
percent increase in Internet usage over last year.

http://www.clickz.com/stats/sectors/geographics/article.php/3567906

Clicks, bricks and bargains
The internet was supposed to batter traditional
retailers. Instead they are coming to dominate it

http://economist.com/business/displaystory.cfm?story_id=5253010

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FILE SHARING
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de: Warez servers in Germany confiscated
German police have confiscated five warez servers with
6 terabytes of illegal copies of movies and games in
the German town of Coburg on the fringes of northern
Bavaria. The servers, with names as Temptation and
Paradise Island, were accessible to over 1,200 people
for ? 30 to 120 per month. Police arrested at least
one 26 year old.

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/12/02/warez_servers/

jp: Plan for an 'iPod Tax' in Japan Unravels (reg
req'd; free for 3 days)
A plan to charge an "iPod tax," or royalties on
portable digital music players, unraveled after a
government committee failed to reach agreement on the
measure.

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/02/technology/02ipod.html

http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/13297163.htm

eu: Young 'prefer illegal song swaps'
The music industry could be facing a crisis because of
the number of young people still illegally downloading
from the internet, a report has warned.
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/4478146.stm

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COMMENT, MICROSOFT & DEVELOPMENTS
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Overhaul for Firefox web browser
The people behind Firefox are planning a big marketing
push for the latest version of the open source web
browser.
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4479412.stm

http://business.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,9075-1897995,00.html

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ARRESTS/COURT CASES FOR CHILD PORN
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uk: Child porn teacher 'could return to class after
jail'
A teacher jailed for keeping a store of child
pornography could be back in the classroom within four
months because of a legal "anomaly", a court heard.

http://education.guardian.co.uk/schools/story/0,5500,1656560,00.html

http://news.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2005/12/02/uporn.xml

Bulgaria busts child porn ring
Bulgarian police detained six people yesterday and
said that they expected more arrests in other
countries after uncovering an international child
pornography ring.

http://www.gulf-times.com/site/topics/article.asp?cu_no=2&item_no=63065&version=1&template_id=39&parent_id=21

za: Police arrest 'child porn cult' duo
Southern Cape police have arrested a man and woman on
rape charges and taken two children into safe custody
after a raid on a farm where child pornography was
allegedly filmed.

http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=13&art_id=qw1133541181852B265

vn: Glitter destroys computer
Shamed rocker Gary Glitter has smashed up his computer
in a desperate bid to hide explicit images of child
abuse, according to police in Vietnam.

http://breakingnews.iol.ie/entertainment/story.asp?j=164466230&p=y64466936
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