[eccr] Selection of QuickLinks 228 - 17 March 2002

QuickLinks 228 - 17 March 2002

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Legal and regulatory issues

   Audiovisual
1. UK - BBC's Davies has a bad week at the office

   Competition
2. EU - Microsoft makes moves to avoid Brussels fine

   Computer crime
3. La construcción de un Espacio de Libertad, de Seguridad y de
Justicia
4. Nordic countries - Child pornography on the Internet
5. UK - Priest admits child porn charge


   Consumer protection
8. France - Un site marchand français sur trois est en infraction

   Content regulation

11. UK - Pupil loses porn expulsion appeal

   Convergence of telecommunications, media and information technology

13. UK - Communications bill to relax cross-media ownership

   Copyright, trademarks and patents

15. Deutschland - Bitkom bekräftigt Forderung nach individuellen
Vergütungsverfahren für digitale Medien

   Data Protection (privacy)
18. UK - Sainsbury's sexy SMS job ad causes complaints


   Domain names
20. ICANN To Move Forward With Restructuring, Not Elections

   e-Government
21. Call for Papers - Information Technology and Public Administration
22. Deutschland - Schily eröffnet Formularserver der Bundesverwaltung
23. Deutschland - Verwaltung "rund um die Uhr" erreichbar
24. UK - Bobbies on the byte


   Information society and Internet policy
28. Deutschland - Medienkompetenz mit Madeleine
29. EU - Publishing in the Digital Age

   Junk mail (spam)
30. Netherlands - Abfab can no longer spam XS4ALL subscribers

   Liability, jurisdiction and applicable law
31. Deutschland - Wird NRW bald zur Internet-Service-Provider freien
Zone?
32. Sweden - Court holds forum owner responsible


   Mobile and wireless
35. Deutschland - Verwaltungsgericht: Mobilfunkstationen nicht ohne
Baugenehmigung
36. Deutschland - Zugangsdaten zu Funk-Netzwerken im Web

   Multimedia content and tools
37. EU - Commissioner stresses importance of content
38. UK - Electronic trail goes cold

   Protection of minors
39. Deutschland - Der Jugendschutz in den Medien wird neu gestaltet


   Rating and filtering

43. The Pre-Slipped Slope - censorware vs the Wayback Machine web
archive

   Security and encryption
44. Deutschland - Wirtschaftsministerium will den E-Mail-Verkehr
sicherer machen
45. USA - Canal+ Says News Corp. Unit Hacked Digital TV Smart Cards

   Self-regulation / codes of conduct
46. Deutschland - Adult-Content: Selbstregulierung

  
Market & Technology

   Market

50. UK - BBC digital stars 'paid too much'

   Mobile and wireless
51. Siemens connects new phone to the Net
52. The Net Effect

   Statistics
53. Italia - Siamo un popolo di cyber-guardoni

Who's who

56. Lawrence Lessig, pourfendeur des nouveaux monopoles du Net

1. UK - BBC's Davies has a bad week at the office (FT)
The BBC chairman's remarks about middle-class viewers have brought
unflattering reviews. This week, Mr Davies suggested the BBC should
pay less heed to the "white, middle-class, middle-aged and well
educated" people who complain that the BBC is "dumbing down" and pour
a little more of its energies into entertaining "the Asian teenager
on the streets of Leicester".
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem13279.htm

2. EU - Microsoft makes moves to avoid Brussels fine (FT)
Microsoft has made concessions that addressed some of the key
concerns raised by Brussels. It would make available to the industry
information on two technical standards,  an encryption language
called Kerberos and an internet standard known as Common Internet
File System.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem13319.htm

3. La construcción de un Espacio de Libertad, de Seguridad y de
Justicia (RAPID)
António Vitorino, Comisario responsable de Asuntos de Justicia e
Interior, Real Academia de Ciencias Morales y Políticas, Madrid, 14
de marzo 2002.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem13296.htm

4. Nordic countries - Child pornography on the Internet (Nordic
Council)
The Nordic countries place great emphasis on ensuring effective
measures to combat child pornography on the Internet. On the
initiative of the Committee of Nordic Government Officials, the
Nordic criminal law expert group prepared a survey of the forums
where the question was already being treated in order to evaluate the
usefulness of a Nordic collaboration and to direct the work towards
areas where there could be a need to implement Nordic initiatives.
see report in Danish / English  English version starts p 85.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem13326.htm

5. UK - Priest admits child porn charge (BBC)
A senior Catholic priest was caught with more than 30,000
photographs and computer images of children involved in sexually
depraved acts, a court has heard.  Father Michael O'Kelly, 47, the
Dean of Reading, pleaded guilty at Newbury Magistrates Court in
Berkshire to a single charge of making indecent pseudo-photographs of
a child between June 1997 and October 2000.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem13299.htm

8. France - Un site marchand français sur trois est en infraction
(Le Monde)
Manque d'information, publicité mensongère, renvoi vers des sites
illicites, "labels" auto-proclamés. Un site marchand français sur
trois enfreint la réglementation, selon l'enquête 2001 de la
direction générale de la consommation, de la concurrence et de la
répression des fraudes (DGCCRF).
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem13318.htm





11. UK - Pupil loses porn expulsion appeal (BBC)
A teenager accused of creating a pornographic website remains
excluded from a south Wales school after his family lost an appeal
against the decision.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem13300.htm



13. UK - Communications bill to relax cross-media ownership (FT)
The government has reaffirmed its plan to relax cross-media
ownership rules in its communications bill to be published next
month. The long-awaited draft bill has the potential to kick start
consolidation of the commercial terrestrial television sector. The
relaxation of limits on ownership of cross-media could spark a wave
of mergers and acquisitions involving the ITV companies, Channel 5
and BSkyB.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem13314.htm


15. Deutschland - Bitkom bekräftigt Forderung nach individuellen
Vergütungsverfahren für digitale Medien (Heise)
Der Bundesverband für Informationswirtschaft, Telekommunikation und
neue Medien e. V. (Bitkom) hat seine Forderung nach modernen Urheber-
Vergütungssystemen für digitale Medien bekräftigt. Sollten sich die
Verwertungsgesellschaften mit ihrer Forderung nach Pauschalvergütung
durch die Gerätehersteller durchsetzen, müssten die deutschen
Verbraucher jährlich einen dreistelligen Millionenbetrag aufbringen.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem13289.htm


18. UK - Sainsbury's sexy SMS job ad causes complaints (Yahoo UK)
A text message advertising jobs at a local store was sent by
Sainsbury's to hundreds of people in Stockport, telling them that the
sender needed them and couldn't get enough of them. The mobile
numbers were obtained from a list compiled by people who had
downloaded ring tones.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem13290.htm



20. ICANN To Move Forward With Restructuring, Not Elections
(Newsbytes)
The body that manages the Internet's worldwide addressing system
today voted to begin the process of restructuring itself, apparently
abandoning plans to establish a global mechanism that would allow
ordinary Internet users to directly elect some of the group's
leaders. see Preliminary Report (ICANN) Interim report of the actions
of the ICANN Board of Directors, Accra, Ghana, 14 March 2002. ICANN
'killing participation' in Internet (Yahoo UK), Governments weigh in
on ICANN reform (ComputerWire) and Should Geeks, Or Governments, Run
the Net? (Washington Post) and USA - Lawmakers Criticize Net
Governance Restructuring Plan (Newsbytes).
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem13291.htm

21. Call for Papers - Information Technology and Public
Administration (HICSS 36)
36th Hawai'i International Conference on System Sciences  January 6-
9, 2003. Call for Papers Minitrack Cluster on: Information Technology
and Public Administration, IT-Enabled Management of Government (e-Gov-
Management), Policies for IT-enabled Public Administration (e-
Policy), IT-Enabled Democracy (e-Democracy), and IT-Enabled
Government Services (e-Gov-Services)
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem13329.htm

22. Deutschland - Schily eröffnet Formularserver der
Bundesverwaltung (Heise)
Bundesinnenminster Otto Schily hat auf der CeBIT den Formularserver
der Bundesverwaltung online geschaltet. Nunmehr stehen unter
www.bund.de die rund 1000 wichtigsten Formulare des Bundes im Netz
bereit. Es ist Teil der eGovernment-Initiative BundOnline 2005, für
das die Bundesregierung 1,65 Milliarden Euro bereitstellt.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem13286.htm

23. Deutschland - Verwaltung "rund um die Uhr" erreichbar (Heise)
Mit der Initiative eGovernment - Rheinland-Pfalz 24 will die
öffentliche Verwaltung in Rheinland-Pfalz sich mit einem eigenen
Datennetz rund um die Uhr für Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft öffnen.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem13287.htm

24. UK - Bobbies on the byte (BBC)
Police officers will be armed with hand-held computers.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem13315.htm


28. Deutschland - Medienkompetenz mit Madeleine (Heise)
Um eine Verlebendigung des Medienkompetenz-Begriffs und seine
Erschließung für das 21. Jahrhundert bemühten sich die Stiftungen der
Mediengiganten AOL Time Warner und Bertelsmann auf einem hochkarätig
besetzten "Gipfeltreffen" in Berlin.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem13307.htm

29. EU - Publishing in the Digital Age (RAPID)
The European publishing industry met Commissioner Erkki Liikanen,
European Commission officials and Members of the European Parliament
in Brussels on 5 March 2002 to exchange views on policy issues
including the role of self-regulation and co-regulation, content and
editorial liability, advertising in the digital economy, data
protection and privacy, and applicable law in the sector. see also
Helen Alexander appeals to EU for light touch regulation (Periodical
Publishers Association),  Publishing in the Digital Age: European
Publishers meet EU Commission and Parliament (EADP News) and Speech
of Michael Gill (FEP).
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem13330.htm

30. Netherlands - Abfab can no longer spam XS4ALL subscribers (Press
Release)
Abfab has been ordered to stop inconveniencing XS4ALL subscribers by
sending them spam, unsolicited commercial bulk mail. If it persists,
it will face a penalty of EUR50 per e-mail, up to a maximum of EUR2.5
million. That is the result of the summary proceedings instituted by
XS4ALL against the Amstelveen-based company. The judge at the
Amsterdam Court has ruled that XS4ALL has no legal conveyance
obligation and can therefore ban third parties from sending spam
through its systems.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem13328.htm

31. Deutschland - Wird NRW bald zur Internet-Service-Provider freien
Zone? (eco Forum e.V.)
Der Verband der deutschen Internetwirtschaft - eco Forum e.V. - ist
besorgt über den Erlass der Sperrungsverfügungen gegen nordrhein-
westfälische Anbieter von Internetzugängen durch die Bezirksregierung
Düsseldorf. siehe auch Stellungnahme zur geplanten Sperrungsverfügung
der Bezirksregierung Düsseldorf (Prof. Thomas Hoeren) und Deutschland
- Das saubere Internet (Frankfurter Rundschau).
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem13308.htm

32. Sweden - Court holds forum owner responsible (kuro5hin.org)
A Swedish court held the editor of the web edition of Aftonbladet (a
major Swedish newspaper) responsible for comments published on their
forum, and the forum has subsequently closed. Aftonbladet was one of
the first Swedish newspapers with a web edition. They are still the
most visited website in Sweden, and they have up until today
encouraged their visitors to voice their opinion on different news
items in an online forum called 'Tyck till' ("Your opinion").
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem13321.htm

35. Deutschland - Verwaltungsgericht: Mobilfunkstationen nicht ohne
Baugenehmigung (Heise)
Mobilfunkstationen dürfen nicht ohne eine Baugenehmigung aufgestellt
werden. Das habe das Verwaltungsgericht Hannover entschieden,
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem13285.htm

36. Deutschland - Zugangsdaten zu Funk-Netzwerken im Web (Heise)
Mitglieder des WaveHan-Projekts haben jetzt auf ihrer Website eine
Datenbank mit Informationen zu Funknetzen auf der CeBIT
veröffentlicht. Die WLAN-Experten haben sich auf der Messe nach
offenen Netzen umgesehen und festgestellt, dass die Mehrzahl aller
WLANs der ausstellenden Firmen völlig ungeschützt ist.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem13284.htm

37. EU - Commissioner stresses importance of content (ContentWire)
In Barcelona, politicians must focus on electronic information.
"European politicians must recognise the importance of content and
applications, whether they are provided by commercial or public
services, and ensure that they are available not just through
computer terminals but also through mobile phones, televisions and
other innovations", says Mr Erkki Liikanen, Europe's commissioner for
enterprise and the Information Society at the start of a Barcelona
summit. "While this development is mainly a function of the market,
governments have a role to play since the public sector is the single
largest holder and producer of content in Europe. I intend to table
draft legislation shortly to encourage wider use of such public-
sector information for added value services".
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem13277.htm

38. UK - Electronic trail goes cold (Guardian)
Technological advancement means there is a real danger that digital
material will become inaccessible because of software and hardware
upgrades.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem13301.htm

39. Deutschland - Der Jugendschutz in den Medien wird neu gestaltet
(Heise)
Bund und Länder haben sich nach langem Hin und Her auf eine
Neugestaltung des Jugendschutzes in den Medien geeinigt. Die
Einzelheiten des neuen Jugendmedienschutz-Staatsvertrags wollen die
Länder in den nächsten Monaten ausarbeiten, die in Zukunft
größtenteils allein bestimmen werden, was öffentlich im Netz und im
Fernsehen gezeigt werden darf.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem13306.htm


43. The Pre-Slipped Slope - censorware vs the Wayback Machine web
archive (Seth Finkelstein)
This report examines how various censorware programs blacklist an
extensive (100 Terabytes) web-site archive called the "Wayback
Machine" . The control requirements of censorware lead to considering
this archive site as a "Loophole" or "proxy avoidance systems".
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem13281.htm

44. Deutschland - Wirtschaftsministerium will den E-Mail-Verkehr
sicherer machen (Heise)
Das Bundeswirtschaftsministerium stellt auf der CeBIT mit GnuPP (Gnu
Privacy Project) ein neues Gesamtpaket rund um die Open-Source-
Verschlüsselungssoftware Gnu Privacy Guard (GnuPG) vor.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem13288.htm

45.- Canal+ Says News Corp. Unit Hacked Digital TV Smart Cards
(Newsbytes)
The European television arm of Vivendi Universal says a subsidiary
of competitor News Corp. cracked its technology for securing
subscriber smart cards and released the code three years ago on a Web
site for fans of digital TV.  see also Piracy suit may reflect failed
merger talks (Reuters).
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem13293.htm

46. Deutschland - Adult-Content: Selbstregulierung (intern.de)
Eine neugegründete Initiative deutscher Webmaster will den "Adult-
Content" aus der Schmuddelecke holen. Das heißt, ganz vielleicht
nicht. Aber zumindest sollen die Anbieter dazu verpflichtet werden,
sich an gesetzliche Vorlagen und eigens entwickelte Standards zur
Selbstregulierung zu halten.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem13276.htm

50. UK - BBC digital stars 'paid too much' (Observer)
A string of Britain's best rewarded TV presenters are working for a
digital BBC channel which cannot be watched by more than half the
BBC's licence payers. The disclosure, from a survey of productivity
across the TV industry, has sparked calls for the BBC to review how
much it pays stars.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem13309.htm

51. Siemens connects new phone to the Net (Reuters)
At the CeBit trade fair in Hannover Siemens launched the M50 handset
with Java technology as well as a range of cordless Internet
applications for the home. The aim is to allow users to call up
content such as games or maps according to their personal needs.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem13316.htm

52. The Net Effect (Technology Review)
For big organizations, hoarding wireless bandwidth costs more than
giving it away.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem13317.htm

53. Italia - Siamo un popolo di cyber-guardoni (Panorama)
È un fenomeno immenso, con un giro di affari da capogiro, ma non
compare mai nelle classifiche ufficiali. Ecco la prima vera
radiografia del porno su Internet.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem13278.htm

56. Lawrence Lessig, pourfendeur des nouveaux monopoles du Net (Le
Monde)
Ce professeur de droit de Stanford s'est spécialisé sur les enjeux
politiques et juridiques de l'Internet. Pour lui, la privatisation du
Réseau menace la liberté d'expression, les libertés individuelles et
entrave l'innovation.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem13282.htm

QuickLinks
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