[eccr] QuickLinks 232 - 28 April 2002 - index

QuickLinks 232 - 28 April 2002

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Legal and regulatory issues

   Audiovisual
1. EU - Kulturgut Film, Wirtschaftsgut Film

   Competition
2. USA - Gates Tries Softer Voice In A Loud Court Battle

   Computer crime
3. EU - Commission proposal to combat attacks against information
systems
4. Deutschland - Datenklau im Funknetz nicht strafbar?
5. Italy - Cops Bust Child Porn Ring
6. Japan sets sights on online child porn
7. =D6sterreich -  Cybercops auf der Pirsch
8. UK - Indecent net pictures
9. UK - More cybercrime laws will be counter-productive, says
thinktank
10. UK - Paedophile net raids across country
11. UK - Plumber gets life for pornographic act
12. UK - Security systems help internet paedophiles hide abuse

   Consumer protection
13. USA - FTC shuts down spam scam
14. USA - Penalty Upheld For Man Who Scammed Ebay Bidders

   Content regulation
15. France - Les sites pornographiques doivent filtrer leurs visiteurs
16. USA - Judge: County can limit access to video games
17. USA - Supreme Court Overturns Ban on 'Virtual' Child Porn
18. USA - Vermont Child-Porn Monitoring Law Struck Down
19. Vietnam - Group asks for freedom for Web Critics

   Convergence of telecommunications, media and information technology
20. Europe - Does the Existing Regulatory Framework for Television
Apply to the New Media?
21. Europe - Media Supervision on the Threshold of the 21st Century

   Copyright, trademarks and patents
22. USA - Feuding Industries Reach DTV Piracy Accord

   Data Protection (privacy)
23. Deutschland - Datensch=FCtzer will Stasikartei aus dem Internet
entfernen
24. EU - CEN delivers report on data protection
25. USA - Etch-A-Sketch Maker Draws FTC's Ire
26. USA - FTC Extends Kids' Privacy 'Sliding Scale'
27. USA - Senators Urge Companies To Relax Their Privacy Bill Protests
28. W3C - Web consortium backs P3P privacy standard

   Digital divide
29. Developing countries - E-readiness Assessment
30. Mexico - Fears About Microsoft Return

   Domain names
31. ENUM - Listing again
32. ICANN Seeks Out Dot-Org Operator
33. Research - 4525 different domains that lead to a single porn site

   e-Government
34. Ausl=E4ndische E-Government-Strategien und ihre institutionellen
Rahmenbedingungen
35. Consultant's viewpoint on e-government
36. Deutschland - Koalitionsfraktionen machen Druck f=FCr
Informationsfreiheitsgesetz
37. EU - Company law: expert group launches online consultation on
possible reforms
38. France - Site internet public de l'acc=E8s au droit
39. UK - Britons 'do not want e-government'
40. UK - Government on the Web II

   e-Learning
41. EU - European Commission to encourage public-private
partnerships in education
42. France - Label =AB=E9cole de l'internet=BB

   Electronic commerce
43. Deutschland - Unterschriftenaktion gegen Internetapotheken
44. USA - Courts OKs Seizure Of Net Gambling Cash Destined For U.K.

   Information society and Internet policy
45. ILPF Conference 2002

   Internet access and use
46. France - ADSL : France T=E9l=E9com doit revoir sa copie
47. USA - Report Slams Cable ISP Deregulation

   Junk mail (spam)
48. EU - EP Committee again votes for 'national choice' on e-spam

   Liability, jurisdiction and applicable law
49. Netherlands / Germany - ISP forced to pull 'sabotage' site
50. Deutschland - Providerverband legt Protest gegen Website-
Sperrungen ein
51. Espa=F1a - El PP enmienda la ley de Internet para que s=F3lo los
jueces puedan cerrar 'webs
52. Niederlanden / Deutschland - Deutsche Bahn gewinnt gegen
Provider der Zeitschrift "Radikal"
53. USA - EBay's Risky Bid
54. USA - Google Runs Into Copyright Dispute

   Protection of minors
55. UK - Youngsters targeted by digital bullies

   Racism and xenophobia
56. Deutschland - Betreiber rechtsextremistischer Homepage in
spektakul=E4rer Aktion festgenommen
57. France - Dix-huit mois de prison pour propos racistes tenus sur
des forums de discussion
58. Norway - Man Imprisoned Over Online Hate Speech

   Rating and filtering
59. EU - Council Resolution on video games

   Security and encryption
60. Argentina - Hacking 'legal'

   Self-regulation / codes of conduct
61. EU - EP states self-regulation is best for audiovisual industries
62. France - R=E8glement des litiges et administration =E9lectronique

   Telecommunications
63. EU - Commission asks for comments on overall report on local
loop unbundling
64. EU - Electronic communications package published

Market & Technology

   Cable and satellite
65. UK - Lift-off for low-cost satellite broadband

   Employment and social issues
66. UK - Net cited as marriage wrecker

   Internet access and use
67. UK - Britons dash for broadband
68. UK - BT's broadband domination plan

   Market
69. UK - ITV Digital faces final whistle
70. USA - AOL struggles with broadband plan
71. USA - VeriSign Lays Off 350; Posts Loss

   Mobile and wireless
72. Can multimedia messaging live up to the mobile industry's hype?
73. Microsoft, Symbian Sharpen Blades in Cellphone War

   Security and encryption
74. Hotmail at Risk to Cookie Thieves
75. Keeping e-mail encryption alive

   Statistics
76. Children get impatient on the net
77. France - Commerce =E9lectronique
78. Global - Egovernment getting better
79. Religion proves a draw on net
80. Surfers Flock to Parenting and Family Web Sites
81. UK - Tedious TV turns off viewers
82. UK - Texting improves sex life

   Technology
83. Hackers turn tables on file-swapping firms

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