[eccr] QuickLinks 250 - 17 November 2002

QuickLinks 250 - 17 November 2002

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Legal and regulatory issues

   Audiovisual
1. UK - Communications bill set for fast-track
2. EU - Council - Differences of opinion on Television without
Frontiers
3. UK - EU funding of TV report on Euro was breach of Code of
Programme Sponsorship

   Competition
4. US - Comcast Wins FCC Approval to Buy AT&T Broadband

   Computer crime
5. UK - Police demand extra cash to tackle internet child abuse
6. UK - British Web designer charged over viruses
7. UK - Child porn 'librarian' jailed
8. UK - Global weapon to fight child net porn
9. UK - Hopes raised for Internet grooming ban
10. UK - IWF recommends stopping feeds from 76 newgroups
11. US - House considers jailing hackers for life
12. US - Judge rules cops' hacker went too far
13. US wants to extradite UK hacker

   Consumer protection
14. EU - Survey - Unlocking the potential of cross-border shopping
15. UK - Consumers warned of hi-tech scams

   Content regulation
16. FR - La censure se profile sur le petit écran
17. FR - Nouveaux moyens et nouveaux enjeux du contrôle judiciaire
des réseaux
18. FR - Réglementation des jeux vidéo : les censeurs parlent
généralement tout seuls
19. VN - Block on BBC's Vietnamese site

   Copyright, trademarks and patents
20. EU - Council fails to agree on Community Patent jurisdiction
21. FR - Le CSPLA propose des mesures pour lutter contre la
contrefaçon en ligne

   Digital content
22. EU - Council adopts draft Resolution on interactive media content

   Domain names
23. ICANN Shanghai Board meeting
24. ICANN to consider three new domains
25. US - Senate Approves Kid-Friendly Internet Zone
26. WIPO - Patricia Kaas s'attaque à son détournement pornographique

   e-Government
27. EU - European Parliament site adds 13 new languages
28. US - Supreme Court to judge sex offender databases

   Information society and Internet policy
29. EU - Internal Market: Scoreboard highlights slowdown in national
implementation of EU law
30. FR - Intervention publique du Premier ministre sur les TIC

   Junk mail (spam)
31. UK - MPs to get porn protection filter
32. US - Federal, State, and Local Law Enforcers Tackle Deceptive
Spam and Internet Scams

   Liability, jurisdiction and applicable law
33. DE - Provider in NRW erstreitet Teilsieg gegen Website-Sperrung
34. UK - A net to catch unwary editors

   Mobile and wireless
35. Special report: mobile phones

   Protection of minors
36. DE - Jugendmedienschutz-Staatsvertrag

   Rating and filtering
37. iGGBA adopts ICRA standard for parental controls on I-Gaming
38. US - Should Libraries Censor Net Porn?

   Safer Internet awareness
39. UK - Parents alerted to safe surfing benefits

   Security and encryption
40. US - House OKs billion-dollar cybersecurity bill

   Self-regulation / codes of conduct
41. EU - Fair commercial practices

   Standards
42. W3C bows to royalty-free pressure

   Telecommunications
43. UE - La Commission songe à réguler le marché des lignes fixes

Market & Technology

   Market
44. Music industry - Fighting back

   Mobile and wireless
45. The aim of the game

   Rating and filtering
46. Updated Censorware Report - BESS's Secret LOOPHOLE

   Statistics
47. ES - Un 14,5 por ciento de menores ha concertado por lo menos
una «cita a ciegas» por Internet
48. US - Pester power pushes Net shopping spree

Forthcoming events

49. 2002-11-29  FR, Issy-les-Moulineaux - Administration
électronique et données personnelles
50. 2002-12-02 BR, Salvador, Bahia - International Conference about
Child Pornography on the Internet
51. 2002-12-14 NL, Amsterdam - ICANN 2002 Annual Meeting
52. 2003-03-23 BR, Rio de Janeiro - ICANN Meetings
53. 2003-06-22 CA, Montreal - ICANN Meeting

Useful addresses

54. eEurope benchmarking

Editorial information

55. Status of EU initiatives

1. UK - Communications bill set for fast-track (Guardian)
The new communications bill could be unveiled as early as this week
after the government confirmed it would be introduced in this
parliamentary session. The Queen's speech confirmed that the bill,
which is expected to signal a new round of consolidation in the
broadcasting industry, will be introduced by this time next year.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem14819.htm

2. EU - Council - Differences of opinion on Television without
Frontiers (EurActiv)
On 11 November, the Audiovisual and Culture Council held a debate on
the review of the Television without Frontiers Directive,
highlighting large differences on the scope and priorities of the
review. see also  Discussion paper on the "Television without
Frontiers" (TWF) Directive, Background note (Danish Presidency) and
Press Release
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem14820.htm

3. UK - EU funding of TV report on Euro was breach of Code of
Programme Sponsorship (ITC)
CNBC's Euro Change was a series of programmes reporting on the
issues surrounding the launch of the Euro. The series received
partial funding from the European Union. Given the close association
between the funder of the series and its topic, the ITC regarded this
as a serious breach of Section 8 of the ITC Code of Programme
Sponsorship. The ITC would consider statutory sanctions in the event
of any similar recurrence.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem14822.htm

4. US - Comcast Wins FCC Approval to Buy AT&T Broadband (Reuters)
Cable operator Comcast has won approval from the U.S. Federal
Communications Commission to buy rival AT&T Broadband for $30.5
billion, creating a pay television giant with about 27 million
subscribers.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem14814.htm

5. UK - Police demand extra cash to tackle internet child abuse
(Guardian)
Britain's strategy to tackle internet paedophilia is being seriously
undermined by a lack of funding, senior police officers have warned.
The Association of Chief Police Officers (ACPO) has asked for more
cash to fund a national strategy against child abuse on the internet.
see also Police 'failing to arrest paedophiles' (BBC), UK - A force
to be reckoned with (Guardian) by John Carr. Operation Ore, the
police investigation into a child porn ring, is raising fundamental
questions about the priority the police attach to child protection
and about the capacity of the Home Office to respond to rapid change.
see also UK - Mass arrests in child porn inquiry (BBC) Police have
arrested 56 people across the north of England on suspicion of
viewing child pornography on the Internet. The arrests by Northumbria
Police officers are part of a national investigation called Operation
Ore.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem14804.htm

6. UK - British Web designer charged over viruses (Reuters)
A Web site designer has been charged with sending computer viruses
around the globe, including one rated the world's third most
prolific, according to Scotland Yard. Simon Vallor, 21, from
Llandudno, in Wales, was arrested following a tip-off from the US
Federal Bureau of Investigation. He has been charged with hacking and
sending the "Gokar Redesi" and "Admirer" email computer viruses, and
with the possession of indecent images of children.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem14811.htm

7. UK - Child porn 'librarian' jailed (Guardian)
A young computer clerk who ran Britain's biggest online child
pornography library was jailed for two years at the Old Bailey
yesterday. Darren Guest spent hours in front of his bedroom PC
building up an "abhorrent" collection of pre-teen material with the
help of other paedophiles contacted through internet chatrooms.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem14805.htm

8. UK - Global weapon to fight child net porn (BBC)
Police forces around the globe will soon be using software developed
in Britain as part of the worldwide fight against child pornography.
It is part of an initiative from the Foreign and Commonwealth Office
to tackle pornography in Eastern Europe and South East Asia, where
much of the indecent imagery of children comes from. SurfControl,
based in Cheshire, originally developed its filtering software to aid
UK police in the investigation of online child abuse. The software
allows police to trace and target people who seek, possess or
distribute pornographic images of children on the net.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem14803.htm

9. UK - Hopes raised for Internet grooming ban (ZDNet UK)
Internet grooming, the practice by which paedophiles use the Web to
cultivate relationships with children with the aim of making contact
and abusing them, could soon be made illegal. The Queen's Speech,
which lays out the government's legislative agenda for the next 12
months, included a commitment to bring forward a bill to review the
laws on sexual offences. The precise details of the bill will not be
published until later this year, but it is likely that this bill will
outlaw the grooming of children by paedophiles, following pressure
from child protection charities.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem14812.htm

10. UK - IWF recommends stopping feeds from 76 newgroups (Press
Release)
The Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) has announced  a tough stance
against 51 newsgroups that regularly carry child abuse images and a
further 25 newsgroups with names that appear to advertise or advocate
paedophilia. The IWF is recommending to all UK Internet Service
Providers that these newsgroups ought to be detached from their
newsfeeds and servers.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem14799.htm

11. US - House considers jailing hackers for life (CNET News.com)
A last-minute addition to a proposal for a Department of Homeland
Security would punish malicious computer hackers with life in prison.
The U.S. House of Representatives voted 299 to 121 to approve the
bill, which combines parts of 22 existing federal agencies into a new
department. During closed-door negotiations before the debate began,
the House Republican leadership inserted the Cyber Security
Enhancement Act (CSEA) into the Homeland Security bill. CSEA expands
the ability of police to conduct Internet or telephone eavesdropping
without first obtaining a court order, and offers Internet providers
more latitude to disclose information to police.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem14787.htm

12. US - Judge rules cops' hacker went too far (CNET News.com)
A federal judge has ruled that law enforcement officials went too
far when they tried to use evidence gathered by a known hacker to
convict someone of possessing child pornography.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem14788.htm

13. US wants to extradite UK hacker (vnunet)
US authorities want to extradite a UK hacker accused of breaking
into nearly 100 government and private-sector computers. Gary
McKinnon, an unemployed computer programmer living in London, is
alleged to have caused damage estimated at more than £500,000. And
consultants have warned that other hackers may be able to replicate
the attacks.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem14818.htm

14. EU - Survey - Unlocking the potential of cross-border shopping
(RAPID)
The Commission has published two major surveys on cross-border
shopping in the EU. The surveys look at both the consumer and
business experience of, and attitudes to, cross-border shopping. They
are relevant in the context of the Commission's Green Paper on
Consumer Protection and follow-up communication. Harmonisation of
regulations on commercial practices, advertising and other consumer
protection regulation was cited as the most efficient of the options
in facilitating cross-border sales and/or advertising (68.2% of
businesses).  See Fair commercial practices.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem14778.htm

15. UK - Consumers warned of hi-tech scams (Guardian)
Growing numbers of consumers, particularly young people, are
becoming the victims of swindles via email, text messaging and fax,
the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) said. Unscrupulous firms
often use bogus prize draws and special offers to entice recipients
to reply, it said, and as the popularity of text messaging grows
among children, this group is likely to be heavily targeted.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem14800.htm

16. FR - La censure se profile sur le petit écran (Libération)
La commission présidée par la philosophe Blandine Kriegel a rendu
public son rapport sur la violence à la télé.  Au programme: réforme
de la classification des films et interdiction de la violence à la
télé avant 22 h 30. Le rapport préconise tout d'abord de réformer la
Commission de classification des films et d'étendre son champ
d'action aux cassettes vidéo, aux DVD, aux jeux vidéo et
«progressivement» à l'Internet. Deuxième suggestion de Kriegel : elle
recommande non pas d'interdire le porno à la télé, mais de renforcer
le double cryptage des films pornographiques. voir aussi Ciné, jeux,
DVD : tout doit être contrôlé (Libération) et Le Monde.fr : Le
rapport Kriegel très critiqué par les cinéastes (Le Monde).
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem14791.htm

17. FR - Nouveaux moyens et nouveaux enjeux du contrôle judiciaire
des réseaux (Forum des droits sur l'internet)
Cinquième Rencontre du Forum 21 Octobre 2002. Le cinquième débat du
Forum des droits sur l'internet aborde les prochaines réformes du
Gouvernement en matière d'enquête sur Internet et la nécessaire
protection des droits et libertés des citoyens. Ce débat est en ligne
sur le site du Forum.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem14781.htm

18. FR - Réglementation des jeux vidéo : les censeurs parlent
généralement tout seuls (Le Monde)
Quantic Dream est un studio de création de jeux vidéo qui a imaginé,
conçu et développé le jeu vidéo "Nomad Soul" avec la participation du
chanteur David Bowie. En tant que créateur, David Cage est
particulièrement sensible aux propositions de loi visant à encadrer
la diffusion des jeux vidéo.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem14796.htm

19. VN - Block on BBC's Vietnamese site (Guardian)
Access to the BBC's Vietnamese language website has been blocked,
with the government following China's lead in cracking down on
foreign news sources.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem14802.htm

20. EU - Council fails to agree on Community Patent jurisdiction
(RAPID)
At the Competitiveness Council in Brussels on 14th November 2002,
the Council held a further discussion on the main outlines of the
future jurisdictional system for the proposed Community Patent. The
Council failed to agree draft conclusions suggested by the Danish
Presidency. Internal Market Commissioner Frits Bolkestein underlined
that the Commission cannot accept that the proposed central and
specialised EU jurisdiction should be watered down. see also EU -
Preparation of the Competitiveness Council of Ministers, Brussels, 14-
15 November 2002 (RAPID).
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem14783.htm

21. FR - Le CSPLA propose des mesures pour lutter contre la
contrefaçon en ligne (Forum des droits sur l'Internet)
Le Conseil supérieur de la propriété littéraire et artistique a
rendu public une étude réalisée par Philippe Chantepie sur la lutte
contre la contrefaçon des droits de propriété littéraire et
artistique dans l'environnement numérique. Le rapport propose
notamment de modifier le dispositif légal actuel et d'améliorer les
procédures et les moyens offerts aux diverses autorités.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem14825.htm

22. EU - Council adopts draft Resolution on interactive media
content (EurActiv)
On 11 November, the Audiovisual and Culture Council approved a draft
Resoluion on interactive media content in Europe.  The draft
Resolution states that in order to combine cultural diversity and a
European market for interactive cultural content the focus should be
on: frameworks for European networks of professionals; availability
and adequacy of financing for the development of creative interactive
media content; distribution and marketing of European interactive
content.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem14821.htm

23. ICANN Shanghai Board meeting (ICANN)
Preliminary report of the Board meeting in Shanghai 31 October 2002.
see also real-time captioning of the Board meeting and Communique of
the XIV meeting of the GAC.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem14828.htm

24. ICANN to consider three new domains (CNET News.com)
Stuart Lynn, president of the Internet Corporation for Assigned
Names and Numbers (ICANN) has recommended taking steps to add three
new top-level domains to the Web's navigation system. His report did
not recommend the specific top-level domains to be considered.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem14786.htm

25. US - Senate Approves Kid-Friendly Internet Zone (Reuters)
The Senate approved a bill that would set up an area within the
United States' ".us" Internet domain that would allow only Web sites
deemed appropriate for children 12 years old and younger. Web sites
bearing an address like "www.example.kids.us" would have to certify
that they do not contain sexually explicit material, hate speech,
violence or other material not suitable for minors.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem14790.htm

26. WIPO - Patricia Kaas s'attaque à son détournement pornographique
(Forum des droits sur l'internet)
La chanteuse Patricia Kaas vient d'obtenir de l'OMPI la rétrocession
du nom de domaine patriciakaas.com, exploité par une société du
Belize. La page renvoyait vers de nombreux sites pornographiques,
constituant ainsi la preuve de la mauvaise foi du déposant.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem14782.htm

27. EU - European Parliament site adds 13 new languages (Europarl)
The European Parliament is opening its site to the citizens of the
new countries in their own languages; Bulgarian, Czech, Estonian,
Latvian, Lithuanian, Magyar (Hungarian), Maltese, Polish, Romanian,
Slovak, Slovene and Turkish.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem14776.htm

28. US - Supreme Court to judge sex offender databases (CNET News.com)
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear challenges to a pair of state laws
that require sex offenders to register personal facts in publicly
accessible databases, in a legal showdown that could set new rules
for access to information in the digital age.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem14815.htm

29. EU - Internal Market: Scoreboard highlights slowdown in national
implementation of EU law (RAPID)
The European Commission's latest Internal Market Scoreboard shows
that, as the tenth anniversary of the opening of Europe's frontiers
draws near, the implementation deficit has started to grow again,
rising from 1.8% in May 2002 (see IP/02/722) to 2.1%. This deficit is
the percentage of EU Internal Market laws currently in force which
Member States have not yet passed into national law even though the
deadline agreed by the European Parliament and Council of Ministers
has passed. see also Internal Market has brought big gains in last
ten years, but more needed, say citizens and companies.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem14777.htm

30. FR - Intervention publique du Premier ministre sur les TIC
(internet.gouv.fr)
Le Premier ministre a présenté les principaux axes de l'action
gouvernementale en faveur du développement de la société de
l'Information devant 1000 dirigeants d'entreprises innovantes. voir
aussi Le plan RE/SO 2007 (pour une REpublique numérique dans la
SOciété de l'information)  et Résumé et liste des annonces
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem14816.htm

31. UK - MPs to get porn protection filter (Guardian)
The parliamentary computer network will be upgraded with a hi-tech
filter to protect MPs and their staff from unsolicited pornographic
emails, the government said.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem14792.htm

32. US - Federal, State, and Local Law Enforcers Tackle Deceptive
Spam and Internet Scams (Press Realease)
The Federal Trade Commission and 12 federal, state, and local law
enforcement and consumer protection agencies today announced a four-
part initiative launched to fight deceptive spam and Internet scams.
Consumers who receiving large amounts of objectionable spam may want
to change their e-mail address and follow some safer surfing tips
suggested in the FTC's publication, E-mail Address Harvesting: How
Spammers Reap What You Sow.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem14813.htm

33. DE - Provider in NRW erstreitet Teilsieg gegen Website-Sperrung
(Heise)
Die Provider, die sich gegen die umstrittene Website-
Sperrungsverfügung des Düsseldorfer Regierungspräsidenten Jürgen
Büssow wehren, haben einen ersten Etappensieg errungen. Das
Verwaltungsgericht Minden hat einen der wehrhaften Zugangsanbieter in
einem Eilverfahren von der Verpflichtung befreit, die Anordnung des
SPD-Politikers sofort umzusetzen. Die von Büssow geforderte
unverzügliche Vollziehung der Verfügung wurde abgelehnt.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem14795.htm

34. UK - A net to catch unwary editors (Times)
Under English law, when a website is accessed, a new publication has
occurred in law and the strict liability rule in contempt of court
cases applies. The same applies to potentially defamatory articles.
Newspapers could be in contempt if past copies are accessed years
later and the limitation period in libel actions - one year since the
1996 Defamation Act - does not begin to apply to electronic archives.
The moment something is accessed online, "publication" has occurred
and a new cause of action arises. The Americans spotted this
absurdity some time ago. They brought in a "single publication rule".
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem14827.htm

35. Special report: mobile phones (Guardian)
How the mobile changed the world
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem14824.htm

36. DE - Jugendmedienschutz-Staatsvertrag (Artikel5.de)
Staatsvertrag über den Schutz der Menschenwürde und den Jugendschutz
in Rundfunk und Telemedien (Jugendmedienschutz-Staatsvertrag -
JMStV). Zur Unterzeichnung und Ratifizierung vorgesehene Fassung des
JMStV. [Stand 22. Oktober 2002]. Begründung zum JMStV [Stand 20.
Oktober 2002].
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem14779.htm

37. iGGBA adopts ICRA standard for parental controls on I-Gaming
(ICRA)
At the European I-Gaming Congress and Expo, the interactive Gaming,
Gambling and Betting Association announced the adoption of the
Internet Content Rating Association's (ICRA) system of parental
control. Each member of iGGBA will rate their web site which will
then allow parents to voluntarily set filters to prevent children
from accessing I-Gaming web sites.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem14798.htm

38. US - Should Libraries Censor Net Porn? (AP)
The Supreme Court will decide if public libraries can be forced to
install software blocking sexually explicit Web sites. The latest
measure, signed by President Clinton in 2000, requires public
libraries receiving federal technology funds to install filters on
their computers or risk losing aid. A three-judge federal panel ruled
the Children's Internet Protection Act violates the First Amendment
because the filtering programs also block sites on politics, health,
science and other non-pornographic topics.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem14823.htm

39. UK - Parents alerted to safe surfing benefits (BBC)
Parents are being targeted in a renewed campaign to try to stop
children accessing unsuitable material on the internet. The move
follows a survey which found that 70% of youngsters over the age of
10 had online access at home - and a quarter had seen potentially
harmful material. The Safe Surfing campaign, which begins on 15
November, is a nationwide scheme to generate awareness about internet
safety.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem14797.htm

40. US - House OKs billion-dollar cybersecurity bill (ZDNet News)
Congress approved a massive spending program that allocates nearly a
billion dollars for computer security research. By a voice vote, the
U.S. House of Representatives agreed to the Cyber Security Research
and Development Act (CSRDA), which hands colleges and universities
about $900 million over the next five years to create security
centers, recruit graduate students and pay for research.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem14810.htm

41. EU - Fair commercial practices (RAPID)
David BYRNE European Commissioner for Health and Consumer
Protection. Speech at the Annual Conference of the European
Association of Communications Agencies (EACA), Brussels, 4 October
2002. Includes discussion of the role for codes of conduct under the
future Framework Directive prohibiting unfair commercial practices
detrimental to consumers.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem14774.htm

42. W3C bows to royalty-free pressure (CNET News.com)
The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), a standards body that oversees
some Internet protocols, has released a last-call working draft of
its policy on patents. In an earlier draft, the proposal allowed
companies with patent rights on technology behind standards
authorized by the W3C to demand royalties from companies using those
standards. It now states that all members who participate in a
proposed standard must agree to license any relevant patents on a
royalty-free basis. If members aren't willing to do that, the working
group involved with that standard has a few options, including
investigating the validity of the patents, designing around the
patents, or transferring the standard to another standards
organization.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem14789.htm

43. UE - La Commission songe à réguler le marché des lignes fixes
(Reuters)
Afin d'encourager l'usage des lignes internet à haut-débit, la
Commission européenne compte demander aux autorités nationales de
réguler l'accès des fournisseurs de services aux réseaux de lignes
téléphoniques fixes dépendant des opérateurs historiques.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem14817.htm

44. Music industry - Fighting back (Economist)
EMI's new online music service is the latest sign that the big
record labels, shocked by the speed with which their market is being
eroded by piracy and the illegal downloading of songs over the
Internet, are determined to fight back.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem14785.htm

45. The aim of the game (Guardian)
Downloadable games are the next big thing - is that what you bought
your mobile phone for, wonders Ben Hammersley.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem14801.htm

46. Updated Censorware Report - BESS's Secret LOOPHOLE (Seth
Finkelstein)
Revised and updated an anticensorware report BESS's Secret LOOPHOLE:
(censorware vs. privacy and anonymity). Sites are banned, even though
they had no pornography or sometimes any content objectionable at
all, simply because the services the sites provided could be used to
read forbidden material. In this update, I've added new examples.
Also more discussion of the legal implications of this banning.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem14784.htm

47. ES - Un 14,5 por ciento de menores ha concertado por lo menos
una «cita a ciegas» por Internet (ABC)
Un estudio presentado por el Defensor del Menor de la Comunidad de
Madrid subraya los peligros que la Red de redes puede entrañar para
los más jóvenes. ver tambien El 38% de los niños que accede a la Red
visita páginas violentas (El País).
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem14809.htm

48. US - Pester power pushes Net shopping spree (NUA)
Over half of US parents with Internet access say they have been
asked by their children to buy Christmas gifts that were first seen
online.  According to an America Online/RoperASW study, 56 percent of
online parents have been pestered for presents discovered via the Net.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem14794.htm

49. 2002-11-29  FR, Issy-les-Moulineaux - Administration
électronique et données personnelles (Forum des droits sur l'Internet)
Sixième et dernière séance du débat public itinérant qu'organise le
sur la question de l'administration électronique et la protection des
données personnelles se tiendra à Issy-les-Moulineaux le 29 novembre
2002. Parallèlement, vous pouvez réagir et ainsi prolonger les débats
en postant vos contributions sur le forum de discussion ouvert à cet
effet. voir aussi Compte-rendu du débat public organisé à Lille le 8
novembre 2002. Débattre : Administration électronique et données
personnelles.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem14780.htm

50. 2002-12-02 BR, Salvador, Bahia - International Conference about
Child Pornography on the Internet (CEDECA-BA)
2 - 3 December 2002, Salvador, Bahia, Brazil. The first
international conference in Latin America against child pornography
on the Internet is organised by the ECPAT representative in Brazil
CEDECA-BA. The conference is a 2 day event bringing stakeholders
together to create work groups and action plans.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem14826.htm

51. 2002-12-14 NL, Amsterdam - ICANN 2002 Annual Meeting (ICANN)
Pre-registration is now open for ICANN's 2002 Annual Meeting, to be
held on 14 and 15 December 2002 at the Sheraton Amsterdam Airport
Hotel & Conference Center at Schiphol (Amsterdam) Airport, the
Netherlands.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem14808.htm

52. 2003-03-23 BR, Rio de Janeiro - ICANN Meetings (ICANN)
23-27 March 2003 ICANN Meetings Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem14806.htm

53. 2003-06-22 CA, Montreal - ICANN Meeting (ICANN)
Montreal, Canada has been selected at the site for the June 2003
meeting of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers
(ICANN). The meeting is scheduled for Sunday, 22 June, through
Thursday 26 June, with an ICANN Public Forum to be held on Wednesday,
25 June, and the ICANN Board to meet on Thursday, 26 June.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem14807.htm

54. eEurope benchmarking (Europa)
eEurope is based on a list of 23 key indicators agreed in November
2000. These indicators will come from a variety of sources (OECD,
surveys, studies). See also eEurope benchmarking report. Listof 2000
Results/2001Results/2002 Results.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem14793.htm

55. Status of EU initiatives (QuickLinks)
Further updated. Links checked.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem14775.htm

Main Sources and Contributors:
Baker & McKenzie E-Law Alert, Michael Geist BNA - ILN,
cybertelecom.org, jugendschutz.net, Gerhard Heine.

QuickLinks
Links to news items about legal and regulatory aspects of Internet
and the information society, particularly those relating to
information content, and market and technology.



QuickLinks is edited by Richard Swetenham
(richard.swetenham /at/ cec.eu.int) 

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