New Net laws reach beyond borders
By MICHAEL GEIST
The challenge of borders lies at the very heart of cyberlaw. Most
observers have long argued that the Internet presents lawmakers with
a jurisdictional dilemma: The Internet is viewed as "borderless," but
law is best characterized as "bordered" because national laws
typically stop at the border.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/printarticle/gam/20020627/TWGEIS

VoIP nearing widespread use
CISCO has produced figures from analysts IDC showing that IP
telephony is now being considered by the majority of medium to large
businesses.

http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,4590185%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html

Email snooping bill knocked down
THE (Australian) Senate has rejected a Howard Government plan to
allow government agencies to snoop on email, SMS and voice mail
messages. 

http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,4596652%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html
 
ICANN Mulls Squatter Rules 
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers is
considering proposals that would protect domain owners from cyber
squatters.
 http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,53518,00.html

Cybersquatters put on the hot seat
The organization that oversees Internet domain names floated two
proposals on Thursday to help businesses and individuals fight
extortion by speculators, known as cybersquatters.
 http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1106-939819.html

Senators Weigh ICANN's Future 
A senate subcommittee considers whether the Internet's chief
regulatory body has bitten off more power than it can properly chew.
 http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,53159,00.html
 http://commerce.senate.gov/hearings/hearings0202.htm
 http://www.fednet.net/ram/2002/sco061202.ram
 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40540-2002Jun12.html
 http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/technology/tech-tech-icann.html

Public's role in Net governance threatened
As the Internet blossomed from a small community of users to a global
phenomenon in the mid-1990s, the governance of the domain name system
underwent a similarly dramatic change.
Once administered by Jon Postel, a computer scientist at the
University of California at Los Angeles, the U.S. government handed
over the reins to Internet Corp. for Assigned Names and Numbers
(ICANN), a California non-profit company, in 1998.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/printarticle/gam/20020613/TWGEIS

ISPs under fire  
SOME Internet companies were threatening to disconnect customers if
they filed complaints with the nation's telecommunications watchdog.

http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,4593395%255E2,00.html

http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,4590098%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html

ICANN Squeezes Out Regular Folk 
Out: online voting to elect ICANN's board members. In: a system to
fill the spots with suits. Irritated: many users who feel they'll no
longer have a voice.
 http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,53546,00.html

Internet Governance Group Approves Massive Reform Plan
The body that manages the Internet's addressing system will scrap its
existing governance structure and replace it with an entirely new
regime.
 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A60596-2002Jun28.html

Some Critics Pass On Landmark ICANN Hearing 
ICANN, the body that oversees the Internet's worldwide addressing
system, is pondering one of the most important decisions it has ever
faced at a public meeting this week, but some critics are taking a
pass on the gathering, frustrated by the organization's approach to
public participation.
 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57146-2002Jun27.html

Europeans rebel at ICANN

http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,4595481%5E15342%5E%5Enbv%5E15306-15319,00.html

ICANN Mulls Squatter Rules 
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers is
considering proposals that would protect domain owners from cyber
squatters.
 http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,53518,00.html

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