general internet news - 6 March

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

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CENSORSHIP, FILTERING & CONTENT REGULATION
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The Future of Some Email May Not Use Email By Paul
Hoffman  	
Paul McNamara quotes me extensively in this piece on
the EFF protest of Goodmail. When I say "the EFF has
lost its mind", i really mean "the EFF has lost its
way". In the early days, the EFF was about preventing
the government from ruining the Internet commons, and
preventing the government from putting walls on the
frontier. These days, the EFF is more about preventing
companies who have no power to regulate from doing
things the EFF doesn't like. That is a huge change,
and one that makes the EFF much less worthy of
support.

http://www.circleid.com/posts/future_of_some_email_may_not_use_email/

Young people get ?Sorted? (Childnet news release)
Childnet?s ?SORTED? website helps young people to
protect themselves from viruses, phishing scams and
spam problems.

http://www.childnet-int.org/news/articles/0100306.html
 http://www.childnet-int.org/news/

Microsoft readies Windows Live parental controls
Microsoft is inviting testers to try an early version
of new parental control software for Windows XP called
Windows Live Family Safety Settings.

http://news.com.com/Microsoft+readies+Windows+Live+parental+controls/2100-1029_3-6042502.html

us: Might as well face it, he?s addicted to net porn
By the time Lance Tracy realized he had an addiction
to pornography, it had almost cost him his marriage.
He started attending a church recovery group to
address his increasing obsession with searching for
and looking at pornographic images on the Internet.
Lance kept an online journal to document his recovery
process, and it was that journal that his wife, Amy,
discovered on their home computer.
 http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11609937/

us:  Internet Pornography: Raising the Alarm By Rev.
Stephen J. Rosetti 	
Internet pornography is big business. In 2002, Web
sites that peddled pornography and sex were the
largest income generators of the Internet, exceeding
both computer hardware sales and software sales.
 http://www.the-tidings.com/2006/0303/rossetti.htm

au: National Expo Visits The Apple Isle
After great success in Queensland and Victoria,
NetAlert Expo, the government initiative to promote
Internet safety to Australians, is about to embark on
a two-week tour of Tasmania.

http://netalert.net.au/02967-National-Expo-Visits-The-Apple-Isle.asp

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CYBERCRIME, CYBERSECURITY AND PRIVACY
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ar: Internet child pornographer gets diplomatic
immunity?
The Argentine newspaper Clarin reported that following
a request from Interpol Department of the German
Police, the Argentine Federal Police with a warrant
issued by the District Court No 48 tried to search
premises from where child pornography video were
offered via Internet.

http://electromate.blogspot.com/2006/03/internet-child-pornographer-gets.html

au: Outcry over Sydney pedophile's web site
A convicted Sydney pedophile's personal website, on
which he shares his views about "boy love", has been
referred to the Australian Federal Police.

http://smh.com.au/news/national/outcry-over-sydney-pedophiles-web-site/2006/03/03/1141191832935.html

au: Spyware cybersigns point to Begg-Smith
Dale Begg-Smith's name keeps popping up in all the
wrong places, like much of the insidious internet
spyware that he has been responsible for peddling and
pushing.

http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2006/03/03/1141191842651.html

pk: Blasphemous websites to be blocked, orders SC
The Supreme Court on Thursday directed the government
to block internet sites displaying sacrilegious
cartoons and called explanation from authorities
concerned as to why these sites had not been blocked
earlier.
 http://asiamedia.ucla.edu/article.asp?parentid=40226

us: Internet?s dark side
According the U.S. Census Bureau, in 2003, more than
half of American homes had computers with Internet
access. That represented a 50 percent increase from
2001, and it was triple the 18 percent figure from
1997. The Census Bureau doesn?t have 2006 figures, but
looking at those numbers, we can easily project the
vast majority of American homes have Internet access.
Those numbers are undoubtedly continuing to grow in
Oklahoma as well.
 http://www.claremoreprogress.com/archive/article24887

cn: Google moving search records out of China
In an effort to protect users of its Google.cn Web
site, Google is moving search records out of China and
into the U.S., a company executive said this week.

http://www.infoworld.com/article/06/03/01/75996_030106HNgooglechina_1.html

American Companies And Net Censorship: Time For A
Solution
A reporter was asking me the other day whether the
complicity of American Internet companies in helping
China censor its Internet was right, and whether those
companies are deserving of condemnation? My answers?
No, of course it's not right. But no, they do not
deserve condemnation.

http://chinatechnews.com/index.php?action=show&type=news&id=3554

Microsoft asks US courts to intervene in EU case
Microsoft said on Friday it had asked U.S. Federal
courts to force IBM , Sun Microsystems, Oracle and
Novell to give it documents in its battle against the
European Commission.

http://news.com.com/Microsoft+asks+US+courts+to+intervene+in+EU+case/2100-1014_3-6046035.html

http://news.ft.com/cms/s/b04ca824-aa23-11da-96ea-0000779e2340.html

us/ng: UCI Psychiatrist Bilked by Nigerian E-Mails,
Suit Says
A renowned psychiatrist from UC Irvine was duped into
squandering at least $1.3 million of his family's
fortune on a Nigeria Internet scam, according to a
lawsuit recently filed by his son.

http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-me-nigerian2mar02,1,6091527.story

http://smh.com.au/news/breaking/renowned-psychiatrist-duped-by-nigerian-scam/2006/03/03/1141191816776.html

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GOVERNMENT & PUBLIC POLICY
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US, UN should confront China on Web policy: scholar
A Chinese scholar and vocal critic of the Communist
Party's propaganda machine called on the United
States, U.N. agencies and international media to
confront China over its efforts to impose Internet
controls.

http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?storyid=2006-03-03T085802Z_01_T290671_RTRUKOC_0_US-MEDIA-CHINA.xml

us: State Senate panel OKs ban on 'cyber bullying'
A measure to require schools to prohibit "cyber
bullying" advanced out of the Senate Education
Committee yesterday by a vote of 5-0.

http://www.twincities.com/mld/inquirer/news/local/states/new_jersey/14006155.htm

China's Internet Industry Called For Better Oversight
During a seminar sponsored by the Internet Society of
China in Hainan this past weekend, industry and
government representatives called for better
management of China's Internet resources.

http://chinatechnews.com/index.php?action=show&type=news&id=3607

au: Study examines govt broadband
WHILE a regulatory battle keeps Telstra's promised
national next generation network on the backburner,
the federal Government is to launch a study to look at
the opportunities publicly-owned networks can provide.

http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,18312112%5E15319%5E%5Enbv%5E15306,00.html

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INTERNET & NEW TECHNOLOGY USE
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au: ACMA releases report on internet performance
Australian internet performance across different
technologies and access plans is generally consistent
with transmission protocols and the inherent nature of
the internet, according to a report released today by
the Australian Communications and Media Authority.

http://www.acma.gov.au/ACMAINTER:STANDARD::pc=PC_100459

Europe's digital library taking shape
At least 6 million books, documents and other cultural
works will be made available online over the next five
years under a planned European Digital Library.
 http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-6045628.html

http://smh.com.au/news/breaking/eu-sketches-out-plan-for-internet-library/2006/03/03/1141191825739.html

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/03/03/european_digital_library_goes_live/

European Commission steps up efforts to put Europe?s
memory on the Web via a ?European Digital Library?
(news release)

http://europa.eu.int/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/06/253&type=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

us: AOL accused of planning ?two-tier? internet
AOL, the internet service provider, has been accused
of planning to introduce an ?e-mail tax? that could
lead to a two-tiered internet. 

http://news.ft.com/cms/s/7a358db2-a8a9-11da-aeeb-0000779e2340.html

ph: Cellphone messages mobilize RP crowds
They come in droves, sometimes two or three at a time.
Their origin often unknown, they spread like a plague,
and can be just as lethal in a fragile democracy like
the Philippines.

http://www.chinapost.com.tw/asiapacific/detail.asp?ID=77785&GRP=C

kr: Internet harassment roils Korea
Kim Hyo-bi doesn't want her picture taken any more.
Not after the 22-year-old student's portrait wound up
on a photo-sharing Web site last summer with her face
coloured and distorted to make her look silly, titled
alongside the original as "Before and After."

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20060303.gtkorea0303/BNStory/Technology/home

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FILE SHARING
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U.S. opens probe into online music pricing - sources
The U.S. Department of Justice has opened an
investigation into online music pricing at the world's
major music labels, sources familiar with the matter
said on Thursday.

http://go.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=11407171

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COMMENT, MICROSOFT & DEVELOPMENTS
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Wikipedia racks up one million articles
The team behind Wikipedia, the online encyclopaedia
written by its users, is celebrating after the English
version of Wikipedia racked up its one millionth
article.

http://news.zdnet.co.uk/internet/0,39020369,39255206,00.htm

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ARRESTS/COURT CASES FOR CHILD PORN
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au: Teen faces child porn charges
A 16-year-old Victorian boy has been charged over
alleged child pornography involving a 12-year-old girl
from the Northern Territory.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200603/s1583726.htm

us: Two arrested in child sex Web probe
Two men have been arrested on allegations they had
illegal sexual contact with minors they met through
MySpace.com, a popular virtual hangout for children
and teenagers, officials in Connecticut said Thursday.

http://news.com.com/Two+arrested+in+child+sex+Web+probe/2100-1030_3-6045470.html


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