Hello all With some generous assistance from a Kiwi (who was willing to help an Aussie despite the Australians beating the New Zealanders in the rugby union over the weekend!!!), I now have a mailing list for anyone wanting to subscribe to a periodic enewsletter, and the details are: Send an email to internet-news-request§greta.electric.gen.nz with the subject “subscribe” (without the quotation marks). As is the case now, I will post my domain news once a week or so to the auDa mailing list. So my mailing list is aimed at people who are not on the auDA mailing list or those who would like to receive the fuller version of my news which I have posted below for today only. If there are any difficulties in subscribing, please contact me ASAP! And you can also contact me with any other feedback. And feel free to promote the enewsletter. Cheers David The l.i.n.k Issue number 15 of The l.i.n.k is now available. The l.i.n.k is a free electronic newsletter addressing issues relating to the Information Society. http://www.vocats.com/vocats/LeGoueff.nsf/NewsEng/9945F00DAA98027EC1256C09002937BC?OpenDocument Will VeriSign Retain .org? The consequences of pushing back the timeline for a new .org owner raise plenty of concerns, not least of which is the possibility that a lengthy delay will make a majority of the bidders ineligible to take over the domain. http://www.isp-planet.com/news/2002/icann_020729.html School district considers lawsuit against cybersquatter Web surfers were surprised to open up http://www.MinneapolisPublicSchools.com recently and find graphic pictures of aborted fetuses. So was the Minneapolis Public School District. http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/showStory.cfm?ArticleID=3884 Internet Registry Giants Want ICANN Heeled The operators of the world's five largest Internet domains today asked the U.S. Commerce Department to scale back the powers of the body that manages the Internet's global addressing system. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31870-2002Aug1.html Domain Name Dispute Resolution Service for .AU Domain name disputes arising under the .AU top-level domain are governed by the .au Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy (auDRP), designed by the .au Domain Administration Ltd. (auDA). The auDRP is designed to provide a cheaper, speedier alternative to litigation for the resolution of disputes between the registrant of a .au domain name and a party with competing rights in the domain name. http://arbiter.wipo.int/domains/cctld/au/index.html Public Consultation on changes to .uk Rules Nominet is proposing to introduce new Rules for the UK Top Level Domain and sub-domains. This is the first major overhaul of the Rules since Nominet started business in 1996. http://www.nominet.org.uk/rules/new-rules.html First Interim Implementation Report On 28 June 2002, the ICANN Board adopted and endorsed the Blueprint for Reform that had been recommended by the Board’s Evolution and Reform Committee (ERC). It directed the ERC to "oversee further detailed implementation and transition work based on the Blueprint for Reform." http://www.icann.org/committees/evol-reform/first-implementation-report-01aug02.htm Final Report of the New TLD Evaluation Process Planning Task Force http://www.icann.org/committees/ntepptf/final-report-31jul02.htm Schoolgirl's web site led to men's sex offences Four men today pleaded guilty to child sex offences after a 15-year-old Australian schoolgirl set up a website with explicit photos of herself. It was claimed she could make money from internet liaisons. http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/08/01/1028157812562.html China second to US in web traffic China is second only to the United States in Internet traffic, according to a survey. But the US still holds a commanding lead in this category, according to WebSideStory, an Internet analysis firm. http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/08/01/1028157806643.html FBI 'catch' 7,000 UK paedophiles More than 7,000 British paedophiles are reportedly caught in an online sting operation by United States authorities. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/2171089.stm Online paedophiles traced by police Police develop software to trace people accessing sexual images of children on the internet. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/2167969.stm The web's most wanted The war against hackers is entering a new phase. In the UK and the US, behind the walls of usually bland-looking buildings and shielded from wireless hacking by lead-lined walls, the stuff of Hollywood films is being played out across giant plasma screens. http://www.guardian.co.uk/internetnews/story/0,7369,767236,00.html ISP guidelines released INTERNET service providers will be asked to comply with new guidelines released by the Australian Communications Authority. http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,4842508%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html Beijing Internet cafes re-open to big crowds The first batch of 30 newly approved Internet cafes have re-opened to packed houses in the Chinese capital over the past week, having satisfied new regulations on fire safety, pornographic sites and admittance for minors. http://www.asiamedia.ucla.edu/Weekly2002/07.30.2002/China.htm JAPANESE TOWN REBELS OVER PRIVACY FEARS A small farming town of 7,000 people in northern Japan has rebelled against the central government's plan to introduce a computerised national registry network by refusing to plug into the system when it goes online next Monday. http://www.asiamedia.ucla.edu/Weekly2002/07.30.2002/Japan3.htm JOURNALISTS SEEK END TO VIRUS MAYHEM A Philippine journalists' group has called on governments in the country and overseas to wage an all-out war against those who create computer viruses, the Philippine News Agency reported. http://www.asiamedia.ucla.edu/Weekly2002/07.30.2002/Philippines3.htm Internet Security Alliance Releases Top Ten Recommended Information Security Practices The Internet Security Alliance (ISAlliance) today announced the release of its Common Sense Guide for Senior Managers: Top Ten Recommended Information Security Practices. The guide calls for a new measure of corporate responsibility on information security by targeting industry executive leadership. http://www.isalliance.org/news/pressreleases/bestpractices.phtml Taboo Surfing: Click Here for Iran . . . AT paltalk.com, an Internet video chat site, Iranian visitors sometimes trade nude pictures of themselves. At chat.yahoo.com, Iranian youths flirt, exchange mp3's and discuss Western styles. And at numerous Web logs — or "blogs" — Iranian women become public diarists, ruminating about sex, dating and marriage. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/08/04/weekinreview/04FATH.html LOGGING IN WITH . . . 'Politics of Control' Leads a Law Student to Challenge Digital-Copyright Act Benjamin G. Edelman, a first-year student at Harvard University's law school, is the latest academic researcher to challenge the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. http://chronicle.com/free/2002/08/2002080201t.htm Cautious Kabul Dabbles With Net The Taliban has been expunged but Afghanistan remains a largely religious land. That's why the country's first Internet cafe opens with protection from Net Nanny. http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,54285,00.html Britain's Great Digital Empire Great Britain's New Opportunities Fund is halfway through a hugely ambitious program to digitize vast swaths of the country's social, political and cultural life. http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,54196,00.html More Memory on the Way A new type of memory will be able to process up to 256 bits of information instead of the standard 32 bits. http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,54294,00.html Microsoft to meet some DOJ terms Microsoft will offer on Monday an update regarding the settlement agreement it has reached with the Justice Department. http://news.com.com/2100-1001-948328.html Wi-Fi users warned of pirates AT&T Broadband is warning customers to secure their Wi-Fi networks after an unusual case in which a subscriber played an unwitting role in dispatching a pirated movie over the Internet, the company's spokeswoman said. http://news.com.com/2100-1033-947496.html Report calls for spam feedback A CLEAR and widely accepted definition of spam should be developed to help fight the electronic junk mail problem, an interim report recommends. http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,4825009%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html Public comment sought on Spam Report http://www.dcita.gov.au/Article/0,,0_1-2_15-4_110347,00.html Spam Review Interim Report http://www.noie.gov.au/Projects/consumer/Spam/Interim_Report/index.htm A Shift Registers in Willingness to Pay for Internet Content More Internet users are showing a willingness to pay for content online, according to a survey of cyberspending patterns released on Wednesday. http://www.nytimes.com/2002/08/01/technology/01ONLI.html Internet Surveillance Law After the USA Patriot Act (from Quicklinks) The Big Brother That Isn't (SSRN) by Orin S. Kerr George Washington University - Law School: GWU Law School, Public Law Research Paper No. 43; Northwestern University Law Review, Vol. 97, 2003, Forthcoming: This article argues that the common wisdom on the USA Patriot Act is wrong. Far from being a significant expansion of law enforcement powers online, the Patriot Act actually changed Internet surveillance law in only minor ways and added several key privacy protections. The article focuses on three specific provisions of the Patriot Act: the provision applying the pen register law to the Internet, the provisions relating to Carnivore, and the new computer trespasser exception to the Wiretap Act. By explaining the basic framework of surveillance law and applying it to the Patriot Act, the author shows how the Internet surveillance provisions of the Patriot Act updated the law in ways that both law enforcement and civil libertarians should appreciate. http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=317501 http://digital.yahoo.com.au - Yahoo! Digital How To - Get the best out of your PC!Received on Fri Oct 03 2003 - 00:00:00 UTC
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