general internet news - 23 January (correct version!)

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

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us: Google defies White House over disclosing users'
searches

http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,,1691827,00.html

http://iht.com/articles/2006/01/20/business/google.php

us: Privacy experts condemn subpoena of Google

http://go.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=10924334

us: Phone calls, e-mails, and now search data. Where
will Bush stop?
 http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=2454

us: FBI: Adequate Laws Exist to Combat Child Porno

http://www.internetnews.com/bus-news/article.php/3578806

us: Senators threaten new Net porn crackdown

http://news.com.com/Senators+threaten+new+Net+porn+crackdown/2100-1028_3-6029005.html

Digital music sales pass $1bn

http://news.ft.com/cms/s/f12c307a-88f0-11da-94a6-0000779e2340.html

de: German Wikipedia Back Up Amid Lawsuit

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/G/GERMANY_WIKIPEDIA

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CENSORSHIP, FILTERING & CONTENT REGULATION
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'We Are Iran': Blogging, where the act can be a 'cyber
crime' .
[Editor's note: Nasrin Alavi breaks two new kinds of
ground in We Are Iran. She creates an archive of the
impact of 64,000 blogs on the children, religion,
culture, gender, politics, activism, revolution, media
and law of her country. She chronicles the experiment
in democracy, and in doing so, she presents not only a
set of facts, but an alternative history. She also
creates a new genre. Alavi provides glimpses into the
lives of Iranians by including blog entries along with
the blog addresses and contact information. Readers of
the blogs (online and in the book) can continue the
discussion about Iran's past and future with the
blogging revolutionaries themselves. What follows is
an excerpt from the introduction to the book.]
 http://thetyee.ca/Mediacheck/2005/12/13/WeAreIran/

us: Technology's Seamier Side
At the adult entertainment industry's equivalent of
the Oscars in Las Vegas this month, comedian-host Greg
Fitzsimmons zeroed in on the entrenched relationship
between the Internet and pornography.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/20/AR2006012001888.html

dk: Young Danes "don't know the risks" of open chat
profiles
Blogs, web pages and chat profiles. Children and young
people love to create their own content on the
internet, and many of them are pros. But are the
children so expert when it comes to safety issues?

http://www.saferinternet.org/ww/en/pub/insafe/news/articles/0106/dk.htm

hu: Cybersports underrepresented in Hungarian media
The Hungarian Electronic Game Association (HEGA) and
?level up? TV-magazine on video-game culture and
science have been working together for the past year
to raise awareness of videogaming.

http://www.saferinternet.org/ww/en/pub/insafe/news/articles/0106/hu.htm

nl: Teachers want extra measures for a safer internet
90% of Dutch teachers think their school should take
extra measures to improve the safety of pupils on
internet. Most cited examples are class conversations
about online behaviour, education of teachers and
improved communication with parents.

http://www.saferinternet.org/ww/en/pub/insafe/news/articles/0106/nl.htm

Slovenia forms internet safety advisory group
The new advisory body, representing a wide range of
groups, was one of the outcomes of the first Slovenian
stakeholders meeting in December 2005.

http://www.saferinternet.org/ww/en/pub/insafe/news/articles/0106/si.htm

Blogs, moblogs and vlogs
User-generated content, communications and services
represent a significant proportion of the material
accessible online. Children and young people are
increasingly becoming active consumers, creators, and
producers of user-generated content, moderating and
disseminating content in both online and related
offline environments.

http://www.saferinternet.org/ww/en/pub/insafe/news/articles/0106/uk.htm

Greek survey reveals blogging can seriously damage
your friendship
A recent survey of 150 Greek bloggers has shown that
while most consider their blogs to contain 'personal
ramblings', a third say they have experienced problems
as a result of their content. One of the issues is
that most bloggers write about friends and family
without permission.

http://www.saferinternet.org/ww/en/pub/insafe/news/articles/0106/el.htm

se: Internet awareness brochures distributed with new
computers
One of Sweden?s largest suppliers of personal
computers, ATEA, will distribute the SAFT Safe Use
Guide for parents with all their computers. The
brochure contains ten tips to parents on safer use of
the internet for children and young people.

http://www.saferinternet.org/ww/en/pub/insafe/news/articles/0106/se1.htm

se: Super explorers teach Swedish kids awareness
The Swedish awareness node has produced a textbook and
teaching aid for young children 5?8 years old, called:
?Sniff the net ? first steps to alert use of the
internet.?

http://www.saferinternet.org/ww/en/pub/insafe/news/articles/0106/se2.htm

fi: ihQ campaign spreads through blogs and banners
Save the Children's ihQ campaign reminds young people
that once they publish a picture on the net, they lose
control of it.

http://www.saferinternet.org/ww/en/pub/insafe/news/articles/0106/fi1.htm

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LEGAL, SECURITY AND PRIVACY
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us: Google defies White House over disclosing users'
searches
Google is defying a request by the US government to
hand over data revealing what its users are searching
for online. The Bush administration wants a list of
requests entered into Google's online search engine in
an unspecified single week. It also wants 1m randomly
selected web addresses from Google's databases.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,,1691827,00.html
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4630694.stm
 http://stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3546396a28,00.html

http://iht.com/articles/2006/01/20/business/google.php

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/01/20/technology/20google.html

http://news.ft.com/cms/s/f12c307a-88f0-11da-94a6-0000779e2340.html

http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,17880164%5e15306%5e%5enbv%5e15306,00.html

http://theage.com.au/news/world/google-fights-bush-on-search-data/2006/01/21/1137734186112.html

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/19/AR2006011903331.html

http://news.com.com/Feds+take+porn+fight+to+Google/2100-1030_3-6028701.html
 http://www.dmeurope.com/default.asp?ArticleID=12809

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,11069-2001465,00.html
 http://xbiz.com/news_piece.php?id=12948

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/01/20/MNGEVGQED31.DTL

us: Forgot What You Searched For? Google Didn't
The Justice Department may have done us all a big
favor by issuing subpoenas to Internet search engines
to find out what people are researching online.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/20/AR2006012001799.html

us: Privacy experts condemn subpoena of Google
Right-to-privacy groups said on Friday an attempt by
the Bush administration to force Google Inc. to turn
over a broad range of materials from its databases set
a dangerous precedent that should worry all Americans.

http://go.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=10924334

us: Phone calls, e-mails, and now search data. Where
will Bush stop?
First, it was in the interests of national security.
Now, it's in the interest of childrens' rights
(particularly those that could be the victims of child
pornography). Already in the midst of a controversy
over the way the President authorized eavesdropping on
international phone calls and e-mails, the Bush
Administration has subpoenaed search giants AOL,
Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo for a "random sampling"
of the search data they keep as a result of the usage
of their search engines.  According to News.com's
Declan McCullagh and Elinor Mills which quotes
American Civil Liberties Union officials who claim
familiarality with the subpoenas and the degree to
which the search giants have responded,  AOL,
Microsoft and Yahoo have apparently complied but
Yahoo's compliance fell short of the Fed's
expectations.
 http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=2454

us: Free Speech Coalition Clarifies Its Position
Senator Ted Stevens (R- Alaska) held a hearing
yesterday on issues related to Internet Pornography in
which a number of government officials, industry
experts and private citizens were asked to testify.
One witness of note was criminal defense attorney Paul
Cambria Jr., counsel for the American Freedom
Foundation, and the only individual from the adult
entertainment community thus far invited to testify
before the committee.

http://www.infozine.com/news/stories/op/storiesView/sid/12488/
 http://freespeechcoalition.com/

us: Are search results fair game in porn fight?

http://news.com.com/Are+search+results+fair+game+in+porn+fight/2009-1025_3-6029308.html

us: FAQ: What does the Google subpoena mean?
Preparing to defend a controversial Internet
pornography law in court, the Justice Department has
demanded search logs from Google, Microsoft, Yahoo and
America Online.

http://news.com.com/FAQ+What+does+the+Google+subpoena+mean/2100-1029_3-6029042.html
 http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9595_22-6029042.html

us: Google subpoenaed over pornography (the subpoena)
 http://news.com.com/2300-1028_3-6028780-1.html

The Coming Tug of War Over the Internet
Do you prefer to search for information online with
Google or Yahoo? What about bargain shopping -- do you
go to Amazon or eBay? Many of us make these kinds of
decisions several times a day, based on who knows what
-- maybe you don't like bidding, or maybe Google's
clean white search page suits you better than Yahoo's
colorful clutter.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/21/AR2006012100094.html

PC viruses hit 20 year milestone
The 20th anniversary of the first PC virus falls this
month.
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/4630910.stm

us: FBI: Adequate Laws Exist to Combat Child Porno
The FBI told a senate panel Thursday afternoon no more
new laws are needed to deal with online child
pornography, insisting existing prohibitions are more
than adequate to prosecute kiddie porn purveyors.

http://www.internetnews.com/bus-news/article.php/3578806

us: Senators threaten new Net porn crackdown
U.S. senators on Thursday blasted what they called an
"explosion" in Internet pornography and threatened to
enact new laws aimed at targeting sexually explicit
Web sites.

http://news.com.com/Senators+threaten+new+Net+porn+crackdown/2100-1028_3-6029005.html

http://go.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=10912169
 http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-6029005.html

us: Senate panel warns Internet porn vendors
The U.S. Congress will pass new regulations to keep
sexually explicit content on the Internet away from
minors if the adult industry doesn't do more to police
itself, several senators warned Thursday.

http://infoworld.com/article/06/01/19/74621_HNsenateporn_1.html

us: Does Paul Cambria Speak for You? Attorney Misses
Golden Opportunities in Senate Testimony (news
release)
On a lazy Thursday afternoon I found myself watching
C-SPAN with a mixture of frustration and
disappointment as respected adult industry attorney
Paul Cambria got up before a United States Senate
committee and made a number of extremely unfortunate
mistakes in response to questions from a panel of four
senators ? two Democrats, and two Republicans. Mr.
Cambria, dressed in his Sunday best and trying very
hard to project humble humanity, spoke on behalf of
the adult entertainment industry on the issue of
children?s access to ?internet pornography? ? but, in
a matter of bitter irony, it is precisely the internet
side of the adult business that Mr. Cambria knows the
least about.
 http://freespeechcoalition.com/LayneHearings.htm

us: Industry Representative At Senate Hearing (news
release)
Misinformation and threats of legislative action
against the adult Internet characterized a recent
hearing of the Senate Commerce Committee here, titled
?Protecting Children on the Internet.? The adult
entertainment industry had a spokesperson present for
the first time in such a meeting, First Amendment
attorney Paul Cambria, who testified on behalf of the
Adult Freedom Foundation and tried valiantly to carry
an olive branch to Congress, expressing a willingness
to work with the Committee in an effort to find ways
to protect children and the First Amendment rights of
adults at the same time.
 http://freespeechcoalition.com/LayneAgain.htm

us: Religious Right Readies War on Mobile Porn (news
release)
On the same day the international trade association
for the wireless telecommunications industry unveiled
the Wireless Content Guidelines under which its U.S.
members will deal with adult mobile content, elements
of the anti-porn camp were meeting with the feds
across town to discuss how to keep the erotic menace
off the wireless airwaves.
 http://freespeechcoalition.com/RRMobile.htm

us: The Importance of Web Filtering (SurfMonitor news
release)
Pornography accounts for 12% of content on the
Internet, and this amount grows each year. Anyone who
uses the Web often enough, including children who may
not even know what pornography is, will eventually
come across adult content, either intentionally or
unintentionally. Children are naturally curious, and
if they hear from others about pornography on the Web,
there is a strong chance they will look into it for
themselves.
 http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/1/prweb333165.htm

de: German Wikipedia Back Up Amid Lawsuit
The German version of Wikipedia returned to the
Internet on Friday after three days offline, a
blackout prompted by a lawsuit in which the parents of
a dead hacker objected to the site's use of his real
name.

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/G/GERMANY_WIKIPEDIA

de: Court orders German-language Internet encyclopedia
Wikipedia off-line (earlier story)
The German-language version of the Web-based
encyclopedia Wikipedia remained off-line Friday,
following a court order barring the German chapter of
the Wikimedia Foundation as part of a lawsuit filed by
the family of a dead hacker.

http://news.findlaw.com/ap/o/51/01-20-2006/b5480007f8652a73.html
 http://www.p2pnet.net/story/7660

http://www.int.iol.co.za/index.php?set_id=1&click_id=115&art_id=qw1137753003472B265

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/01/20/wikipedia_shutdown/

ir: Blogger gets three-year suspended sentence
Journalist and blogger Ahmad Reza Shiri will have a
permanent threat hanging over him as a result of the
suspended sentence of three years in prison handed
down by a court in the northern city of Mashad on 8
January, Reporters Without Borders said today. He was
reportedly accused of writing articles in his blog
calling for a boycott of last February?s legislative
elections.
 http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=16207

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uk: Minister opposes EU plan to regulate internet
TESSA JOWELL, the Culture Secretary, said yesterday
that a European Union plan to introduce internet
regulation was unwelcome, arguing that new media were
best left to govern themselves.

http://business.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,13130-2001048,00.html

us: Consumer groups push for net neutrality rules
Three consumer groups repeated their calls for a U.S.
law to prevent broadband providers from blocking or
slowing customer access to some Internet content by
saying the public wants government protection.

http://www.infoworld.com/article/06/01/18/74297_HNnetneutrality_1.html

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uk: Shoppers log on to record surge in online sales
Online shopping grew at its fastest-ever rate at
Christmas as UK shoppers spent nearly £5bn on internet
purchases in the 10-week run-up to the holidays,
helping to make Britons Europe?s top online consumers.

http://news.ft.com/cms/s/2c8898e0-8917-11da-94a6-0000779e2340.html

uk: More Britons Did Christmas Shopping Online
More consumers in Britain logged on to do their
holiday shopping this year, with Internet buying
rising 50 percent from a year ago, a retail group said
Friday.

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/B/BRITAIN_ONLINE_SHOPPING

http://technology.guardian.co.uk/news/story/0,,1690928,00.html

Mobiles 'don't raise cancer risk'
There is no link between mobile phone use and brain
tumours, researchers say after a large-scale study.
 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/4628914.stm
 http://www.out-law.com/page-6553

Iraqis making connection to the outside world online
Mohammed Rahi has an addiction that's been growing in
Iraq since soon after the U.S. invasion: the Internet.

http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2006-01-05-iraq-Internet_x.htm

Pod almighty
Less than two years ago, an article in this newspaper
coined a word to describe a new trend for posting
audio files online. Since then, podcasting has taken
the internet by storm, with millions listening to
radio shows, comedy skits and the random musings of
strangers through their MP3 players. Tim Dowling plugs
in to see what he's been missing

http://technology.guardian.co.uk/opinion/story/0,,1690887,00.html

at: Number of Telekom Austria ADSL access lines
reached 574,300 in December
 http://www.dmeurope.com/default.asp?ArticleID=12794

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FILE SHARING
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Digital music sales pass $1bn
Sales of legally downloaded digital music passed the
$1bn mark last year thanks to more legitimate online
music stores and mobile phone ringtones, said the
music industry?s leading trade body.

http://news.ft.com/cms/s/f12c307a-88f0-11da-94a6-0000779e2340.html

Legal downloads boom
MUSIC fans worldwide downloaded 420 million songs
legally in 2005, a 20-fold increase from two years
ago, recording industry research has found.

http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,17879713%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html

http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/D/DOWNLOADING_MUSIC

Long-lost tunes dug up for jukebox of the net
Greek singer Nana Mouskouri and the folk rock pioneers
Fairport Convention might appear unlikely standard
bearers for a technological revolution. But a record
firm yesterday announced plans to exhume long deleted
tracks by these artists and thousands of other acts,
to boost sales and introduce internet downloads to a
much wider audience.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/arts/news/story/0,,1689775,00.html

us: IPods pre-loaded with video tread legal gray zone
A tiny Massachusetts company named TVMyPod is selling
iPods that come with movies and TV programs already
loaded on them, a practice that raises questions of
legality as it addresses consumer demand for
convenience and portability.

http://go.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=technologyNews&storyID=10921165

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COMMENT, MICROSOFT & DEVELOPMENTS
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Old mogul, new media
Can Rupert Murdoch adapt News Corporation to the
digital age?

http://www.economist.com/business/displaystory.cfm?story_id=5407672

Murdoch questions mobile TV investment
The business model for distributing TV programming
over mobile phones is still unclear, according to
James Murdoch, who said ?we don?t know yet? which
technology, business model or content would work best.

http://news.ft.com/cms/s/043fe600-884e-11da-a25e-0000779e2340.html

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ARRESTS/COURT CASES FOR CHILD PORN
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uk: Sex offenders list expert charged over child porn
An expert involved in setting up a blacklist of
violent sex offenders has appeared in court on charges
relating to child pornography, it has emerged.

http://news.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2006/01/21/uexpert.xml

us: Child porn producer receives 100 years
A federal judge has sentenced a man to 100 years in
prison for producing and possessing more than 5,000
pieces of child pornography.

http://www.fortwayne.com/mld/journalgazette/news/local/13670739.htm

http://www.fortwayne.com/mld/newssentinel/news/local/13671713.htm

us: Man admits transmitting child porn
A convicted Binghamton sex offender at high risk for
re-offending could spend 30 years or more behind bars
in a federal prison after he admitted Thursday he sent
images of child pornography over the Internet to an
undercover police officer in Florida.

http://www.pressconnects.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060120/NEWS01/601200324/1006

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