[eccr] QuickLinks 243 - 31 August 2002

QuickLinks 243 - 31 August 2002

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Legal and regulatory issues

   Computer crime
1. US - Michigan - Net Billers Stung In Child Porn Crackdown
2. AU - Internet child porn king jailed for four years
3. Commons clerk on child porn charges
4. Mass arrests in Norway porn swoop
5. NZ - Porn sentence shocks child safety group
6. UK -Industry hits out at press over 'alarmist' paedophile reports
7. UK - Sentencing guidelines for child pornography
8. US - Law Professor on child porn charge

   Content regulation
9. China tightens Web control
10. China's Internet war with dissidents
11. Vietnam orders internet crackdown

   Copyright, trademarks and patents
12. US - Free Culture: Lawrence Lessig Keynote from OSCON 2002
13. US - Hyperlink patent case fails to click
14. US - Why telecoms back the pirate cause

   Data Protection (privacy)
15. DE - AN.ON. - Anonymität Online
16. US - DoubleClick to Limit Use of Profiles
17. US - Ziff Davis settles privacy probe

   e-Government
18. A Quiet Revolution in the Courts: Electronic Access to State
Court Records

   e-Learning
19. US - Wanted: Web-Savvy Schooling

   Electronic commerce
20. UK - E-commerce Regulations now in force
21. DE - Apotheker-Verband stellt Strafanzeige gegen Internet-Apotheke
22. US -PayPal settles with N.Y. over gambling

   Hotlines
23. Danish hotline tip uncovers international paedophile ring

   Information society and Internet policy
24. AU - Alston blasted for broadband porn comments
25. Media chief decries Net's moral fiber

   Interception
26. CA - Will ISPs become spies?
27. EU - Privacy fear over plan to store email
28. UK - New interception obligations for ISPs and Telcos
29. US - Internet Surveillance Law After the Patriot Act

   Junk mail (spam)
30. UK - Labour MP demands action on email porn

   Liability, jurisdiction and applicable law
31. US - RIAA drops ISP suit - for now
32. DE - Branchenverband eco hält Website-Sperrungen für rechtswidrig
33. ES - La justicia española incapaz de cerrar una web en servidor
extranjero

   Market
34. A New Model for AOL May Influence Cable's Future

   Mobile and wireless
35. UK - Big fine handed down for mobile spamming

   Portals, browsers and search engines
36. US - Search sites work to clean up their act

   Protection of minors
37. DE - Gericht: Personalausweisnummer reicht als
Alterssicherungssystem nicht
38. DE - Spiele-Verband sieht keinen besseren Jugendschutz durch
Gesetz
39. DE - Staatskanzleichefs segnen Jugendmedienschutz ab
40. FR - Les ados et le porno

   Racism and xenophobia
41. CA - Tribunal orders Web site to be shut down

   Rating and filtering
42. AU - Cyber censor to watch out for students' bad language
43. Die USK-Prüfdatenbank integriert!
44. UK - New film rating for children unveiled

   Safer Internet awareness
45. US - Cartoon turtle teaches online safety

   Security and encryption
46. OECD promotes "culture of security"

   Self-regulation / codes of conduct
47. UK - Press self-regulation - Witness payment laws put on hold

   Terrorism
48. US - Lack of E-Mail Trail Irks Moussaoui Judge

Market & Technology

   e-Government
49. La France va diffuser plus largement le droit sur l'internet

   Market
50. Online gaming war heats up

   Mobile and wireless
51. Could sex save 3G mobiles?
52. More mobile trouble

   Security and encryption
53. US - RIAA site comes under second attack

   Standards
54. Chat to the future

   Statistics
55. Music labels blame file swappers for slump
56. Study: Kazaa, Morpheus rave on

   Technology
57. Identification de biens numériques: la commission européenne
approuve le projet EDRA
58. Something to watch over you

Useful addresses

59. BE - Observatoire des Droits de l'Internet / Observatorium van
de Rechten op het Internet
60. New online guide lists where to find free computers, software
and e-mail
61. The l.i.n.k. - Issue 15 - July/August 2002

1. US - Michigan - Net Billers Stung In Child Porn Crackdown (MSNBC)
The state of Michigan is demanding that six Web site billing
companies stop processing payments from computer users interested in
getting child pornography online. Attorney General Jennifer Granholm
has issued cease and desist orders to BillCards, CardBilling, Ccbill,
LancelotSecurity, iBill and Trust-Bill. Each of the companies were
notified that providing access to and collecting proceeds from
members on behalf of child pornography Web sites constituted aiding
and abetting child porn distribution, which is illegal in Michigan.
"These companies are acting as the keepers of the keys to child porn
Web sites across the globe," Granholm said. "They're now on notice
that if they choose not to take responsibility for their actions,
we'll take them to criminal court."
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem14308.htm

2. AU - Internet child porn king jailed for four years (The Age)
A man who ran an international child porn club and had the biggest
collection of computer child porn images ever detected in Australia
was jailed for four years. The court was told that defendant had
226,500 porn images on his computer. More than 180,000 of those were
child abuse material while the remainder was adult pornography.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem14306.htm

3. Commons clerk on child porn charges (BBC)
A senior office clerk at the House of Commons has been charged with
10 counts of making indecent images of children, Scotland Yard has
confirmed. Police raided the Commons and seized computer equipment as
part of an investigation into an internet child pornography ring.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem14380.htm

4. Mass arrests in Norway porn swoop (BBC)
Police in Norway have charged more than 150 people in a nationwide
crackdown on child pornography.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem14381.htm

5. NZ - Porn sentence shocks child safety group (New Zealand News)
Ecpat, a group fighting child pornography, is stunned that a man
convicted of 30 child pornography-related charges escaped jail when
he was sentenced in Palmerston North District Court to 240 hours of
community work, fined $1300, and ordered to undergo nine months of
supervision including counselling.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem14341.htm

6. UK - Industry hits out at press over 'alarmist' paedophile
reports (NMA To Go)
The Internet industry has rounded on the UK's national news media,
accusing them of 'over-hyping' and 'dangerously misleading' the
general public about paedophile activity on the Web. The Government
will fast-track several measures that are designed to make the Web
safer for children to use. It will introduce not only the heavily
publicised anti-grooming legislation, but is also considering forcing
ISPs and other chat room providers to make more effort to highlight
the dangers of chat rooms. see also UK - The chatroom dilemma
(Guardian) and Fears for children's internet safety (BBC). The
examination by police of computers used by missing 10-year-olds
Jessica Chapman and Holly Wells follows years of mounting concern
about the dangers the web poses for children.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem14329.htm

7. UK - Sentencing guidelines for child pornography (Guardian)
The Sentencing Advisory Panel has published a new "league table" of
five classes of child porn offences, to help judges give appropriate
sentences to paedophiles. The panel rejected significant toughening
of punishments for child porn perverts, and said the 10-year maximum
jail term should be reserved for "very serious examples". It also
rejected the view - expressed by some who responded to a consultation
exercise earlier this year - that offenders who view or collect child
porn should always go to jail. The new sentencing system features a
five-point sliding scale ranging from "nude or erotic posing" in
level one to images of sadism or bestiality in level five. see UK -
Offences Involving Child Pornography (Sentencing Advisory Panel)
Advice to Court of Appeal. see also Child porn sentencing guide
provokes concern (Guardian) and The Children's Charities' Coalition
for Internet Safety (CHIS) Open letter to the Lord Chief Justice of
England about sentencing in child pornography cases.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem14330.htm

8. US - Law Professor on child porn charge (New York Post)
A law professor at New York Law school has been accused of keeping a
a stash of kiddie porn. Professor Edward Samuels - one of the most
popular and technically savvy professors on New York Law's campus and
a nationally known expert on copyright law - surrendered after school
technicians stumbled onto the pictures while fixing his office
computer. see also Net copyright: limiting liability of online
service providers and The Illustrated Story of Copyright by Edward
Samuels.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem14340.htm

9. China tightens Web control (South China Morning Post)
China is deploying an Internet monitoring and censorship system that
will shift the focus of the Great Firewall from the nation's virtual
border to personal computers and Internet cafes. The plan, said to be
part of the much larger Golden Shield initiative, has alarmed
organisations such as the International Centre for Human Rights and
Democratic Development. The change was a reaction to the inability of
security forces to effectively filter content coming into China
through the country's five Internet gateways - the system known
derisively as the Great Firewall.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem14323.htm

10. China's Internet war with dissidents (AP)
Chinese dissidents are doing their best to use the Internet to bring
democratic change to their society, but government crackdowns and the
nation's rural demographics mean that more freedoms are unlikely to
come soon, says a new RAND report You've Got Dissent Chinese
Dissident Use of the Internet and Beijing's Counter-Strategies,
produced by the International Security and Defense Policy Center and
the Center for Asia Pacific Policy.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem14322.htm

11. Vietnam orders internet crackdown (vnunet.com)
Vietnamese internet cafe owners who allow their customers to visit
anti-government or pornographic websites could face stiff penalties.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem14355.htm

12. US - Free Culture: Lawrence Lessig Keynote from OSCON 2002
(O'Reilly Network)
In his address before a packed house at the Open Source Convention,
Lawrence Lessig challenges the audience to get more involved in the
political process. Lawrence, a tireless advocate for open source, is
a professor of law at Stanford Law School and the founder of the
school's Center for Internet and Society. He is also the author of
the best-selling book Code, and Other Laws of Cyberspace. [Ed: 3 Web
pages of vintage Lessig, including an acerbic analysis of Mickey
Mouse's influence on copyright law and the duration of copyright
protection, and criticism of the use of technical devices to prevent
copying and use of the law in this context].
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem14328.htm

13. US - Hyperlink patent case fails to click (CNET News.com)
BT has lost its controversial bid to sue Prodigy Communications over
a patent that it claimed covered the use of hyperlinks. The judge
awarded Prodigy its motion for summary judgment to have the case
dismissed, saying that no jury could find that Prodigy infringes BT's
patent.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem14351.htm

14. US - Why telecoms back the pirate cause (CNET News.com)
The copyright wars on Capitol Hill have begun to drift into the
political equivalent of trench warfare, with Hollywood and the music
industry pitted against hardware makers, electronics manufacturers,
and ragtag activists at nonprofit groups. Now consumers have a
powerful new ally. Verizon and other telecommunications giants have
ordered their phalanx of lobbyists to oppose the entertainment
industry's demands for new copyright laws. The company is also
fighting the Recording Industry Association of America's request for
information about a subscriber. The Dark Side of Hacking Bill (Wired).
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem14320.htm

15. DE - AN.ON. - Anonymität Online (Heise)
Seit dreizehn Monaten betreiben das Unabhängige Landeszentrum für
Datenschutz Schleswig-Holstein ( ULDZ) und die  Technische
Universität Dresden im Rahmen eines vom Bundeswirtschaftsminister
geförderten Modellprojekts den Anonymisierungsdienst AN.ON. Für
diesen Dienst wurde das Programm JAP entwickelt, das Internetnutzern
anonymes Surfen im WWW ermöglicht. Jetzt wurde eine erste Bilanz
gezogen. Besonderen Wert legen die Datenschützer auf die
Feststellung, dass "die Kriminalität im Internet offenbar weit
geringer ist als bisher angenommen". Dies hätte die Analyse des AN.ON-
Projekts ebenfalls gezeigt.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem14337.htm

16. US - DoubleClick to Limit Use of Profiles (Washington Post)
A leading online advertising company agreed to pay $450,000 and
limit its use of personal information to bring an end to an
investigation by 10 states into claims the firm inappropriately
profiled computer users. The settlement follows a 30-month probe of
DoubleClick's use of millions of "cookies" to track, on behalf of
clients, what Web sites individual computer users visited and whether
they clicked on online banner ads. Under the agreement, DoubleClick
still will be able to track consumers online. But it will have to
better disclose how it does so and give individuals access to the
profiles created about them. The company also agreed to allow an
outside company to audit its privacy promises for several years.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem14331.htm

17. US - Ziff Davis settles privacy probe (CNET News.com)
Ziff Davis Media will pay $125,000 to end a multistate investigation
into a security breach on its computer system that exposed some
12,000 subscription orders last year. As part of its settlement
agreement with the attorneys general of Vermont, New York and
California, Ziff Davis also agreed to implement security measures to
safeguard data on its systems. Ziff Davis did not admit to any
wrongdoing in the matter. Ziff Davis will pay $500 to each of the
approximately 50 customers whose credit card information it exposed
in the breach. The company will also pay the three states $100,000
total to cover their investigative costs.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem14309.htm

18. A Quiet Revolution in the Courts: Electronic Access to State
Court Records (CDT)
The openness of judicial proceedings has always been a fundamental
principle of the state court system in the United States. However,
the courts are finding themselves faced with some unexpected
consequences of such an open access system as they become
increasingly reliant upon the Internet.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem14349.htm

19. US - Wanted: Web-Savvy Schooling (Washington Post)
Tech-savvy middle and high school students say they are increasingly
frustrated with the way the Internet is - or, more aptly, isn't -
being used in their education. A study by the Pew Internet and
American Life Project found that students are independently using the
Internet for a variety of educational activities but do not think
their schools take full advantage of the Web as a teaching tool. The
Digital Disconnect  (Pew Internet & American Life Project)  The
widening gap between Internet-savvy students and their schools. see
also Ghosts of Classrooms Past: A Web Teaching Tool Languishes (New
York Times).
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem14352.htm

20. UK - E-commerce Regulations now in force (Fox Williams)
The Electronic Commerce (EC Directive) Regulations 2002, which
implement the E-commerce Directive, came into force on 21 August
2002. Accordingly, businesses providing services over the Internet
now need to ensure that they comply with the requirements of the new
Regulations. Generally, the Regulations closely follow the Directive,
although some changes have been made following consultation.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem14362.htm

21. DE - Apotheker-Verband stellt Strafanzeige gegen Internet-
Apotheke (Heise)
Der Bundesverband Deutscher Apotheker (BVDA) hat Strafanzeige gegen
die Internet-Apotheke DocMorris und zwei mit ihr abrechnenden
gesetzlichen Krankenkassen gestellt. Der Apothekerverband wirft der
Internet-Apotheke mit Sitz in den Niederlanden vor, gefährliche
Arzneimittel zu vertreiben und dabei nicht ausreichend auf
Nebenwirkungen hinzuweisen. Darüber hinaus verstoße sie gegen das in
Deutschland geltende Versandhandelsverbot mit Medikamenten.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem14319.htm

22. US - PayPal settles with N.Y. over gambling (CNET.com)
PayPal will no longer allow residents of New York State to use its
online payment service for gambling, under an agreement the company
reached with the state attorney general's office. PayPal will stop
processing payments from New York customers to Internet casino Web
sites as of Sept. 1. PayPal will also pay $200,000 in disgorged
profits, costs of investigation and penalties, the attorney general's
office said. New Yorkers make up about 1.1 million of PayPal's 17.8
million member accounts, according to the agreement.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem14358.htm

23. Danish hotline tip uncovers international paedophile ring (BBC)
An international ring of paedophiles has been uncovered in which
parents allegedly abused their own children and then posted the
images on the internet, the United States Customs Service says.
Operation Hamlet was launched after Danish police were given
information by the Save the Children charity about photographs of a
man molesting a nine-year-old girl. Ten people have been arrested in
the US and 10 in Europe, including in England. The head of the US
Customs Service, Robert Bonner, described it as the most despicable
crime he had ever encountered. He said at least 45 children between
the ages of two and 14 had been abused, most of them by their own
parents.  Mr Bonner said the children had been forced to commit sex
acts. See also More Police Arrested In Internet Child Porn
Investigation (Guardian).
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem14346.htm

24. AU - Alston blasted for broadband porn comments (ZDNet Australia)
Pundits from across the IT industry in Australia have defended the
more legitimate uses of broadband in the wake of comments made by the
Federal Minister for Communications Information Technology and the
Arts Senator Richard Alston on the ABC's Inside Business program.
When asked about his scepticism with regards to broadband, the
minister attributed the high take-up of broadband in South Korea to
pornography.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem14307.htm

25. Media chief decries Net's moral fiber (CNET News.com)
The president of media giant News Corp. warns that the Internet has
become a "moral-free zone," with the medium's future threatened by
pornography, spam and rampant piracy. Speaking at an annual
conference organized by the Progress & Freedom Foundation, Peter
Chernin decried the "enormous amount" of worthless content online. He
also predicted that without new laws to stave off illicit copying,
News Corp.'s vast library of movies may never be made available in
digital form.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem14360.htm

26. CA - Will ISPs become spies? (CNET News.com)
The Canadian government is considering a proposal that would force
Internet providers to rewire their networks for easy surveillance by
police and spy agencies. see Lawful Access -Consultation Document
(Department of Justice, Canada)
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem14325.htm

27. EU - Privacy fear over plan to store email (Guardian)
Records of personal communications, including all emails and
telephone calls, will be stored for at least a year under a proposal
to be decided by EU governments. Under the plan, all
telecommunications firms, including mobile phone operators and
internet service providers, will have to keep the numbers and
addresses of calls and emails sent and received by EU citizens. The
information, known as traffic data, would be held in central computer
systems and made available to all EU governments. see leaked
documents EU: data retention to be "compulsory" for 12-24 months
(Statewatch) .
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem14356.htm

28. UK - New interception obligations for ISPs and Telcos (Fox
Williams)
A law which puts new obligations on ISPs and telcos regarding the
interception of communications, came into force on 1 August under the
auspices of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers (RIP) Act of 2000.
Interception is permitted under the RIP Act by certain public
authorities who obtain an interception warrant.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem14361.htm

29. US - Internet Surveillance Law After the Patriot Act (SSRN)
The Big Brother That Isn't, by Orin S. Kerr, George Washington
University - Law School. 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 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://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem14343.htm

30. UK - Labour MP demands action on email porn (Guardian)
Labour MP Derek Wyatt, chairman of the parliamentary internet
committee, has called on the government to bring internet service
providers under stricter control in an effort to stem the flow of
unsolicited pornographic emails. He said ISPs should be made
responsible for any unsolicited emails received by their subscribers
from pornography sites.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem14357.htm

31. US - RIAA drops ISP suit - for now (AP)
The U.S. recording industry has dropped efforts to compel four
Internet service providers to block a Chinese Web site accused of
distributing pirated music. Thirteen record companies had filed a
lawsuit after failing to persuade the site, Listen4ever.com, to shut
down on its own. But in a surprise move, the companies dropped the
lawsuit, saying the site is now offline. see also Record labels sue
Web heavyweights (Reuters) , EFF Media Advisory: Recording Industry
Withdraws Internet Attack, RIAA v. Backbone Providers Dismissal, US -
Music body presses anti-piracy case (CNET News.com)  and RIAA court
filings against Internet backbone ISPs (EFF) . The suit was based on
Section 512(j)(1)(B)(ii) of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of
1998. "If the service provider qualifies for the limitation on
remedies described in subsection (a) [Ed: mere conduit], the court
may only grant injunctive relief in one or both of the following
forms: ... (ii) An order restraining the service provider from
providing access, by taking reasonable steps specified in the order
to block access, to a specific, identified, online location outside
the United States".
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem14339.htm

32. DE - Branchenverband eco hält Website-Sperrungen für
rechtswidrig (Heise)
Der Verband der deutschen Internetwirtschaft (eco-Forum) empfiehlt
Providern in Nordrhein-Westfalen, gegen die Sperrungsverfügung der
Bezirksregierung Düsselsdorf zu klagen. Der Verband hat dafür ein 80-
seitiges Gutachten erstellt, das die "Rechtswidrigkeit" der
Sperrungsverfügungen begründen soll. Es wird allen betroffenen eco-
Mitgliedern kostenlos zu Verfügung gestellt. Außerdem hat eco eine
Kanzlei unter Vertrag genommen, um eine Vertretung vor Gericht zu
einheitlichen Konditionen zu ermöglichen
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem14363.htm

33. ES - La justicia española incapaz de cerrar una web en servidor
extranjero (Delitos informaticos)
Tras la orden del juez Garzón donde decretaba la suspensión de
actividades y el cierre de la página web de Batasuna (batasuna.org),
ésta continúa actualizando sus contenidos, a pesar de haber
transcurridos 48 horas del auto.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem14314.htm

34. A New Model for AOL May Influence Cable's Future (New York Times)
The agreement between AOL Time Warner and Comcast for AT&T Comcast
cable television to distribute the America Online Internet service
could now create the same kind of era-defining shift in cable
television that satellites did. And for the media industry, the big
question is which sorts of companies can benefit most from this
transition - the companies that operate the cable systems, or the
ones that provide the "content."
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem14332.htm

35. UK - Big fine handed down for mobile spamming (Yahoo UK)
A company that sent large numbers of unsolicited text messages to
mobile phone users telling them they had won a mystery prize worth
£500 has been fined £50,000 by the premium rate services regulator.
ICSTIS, the Independent Committee for the Supervision of Standards of
Telephone Information Services, is fining Moby Monkey, and barring it
from continuing the promotion.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem14311.htm

36. US - Search sites work to clean up their act (CNET News.com)
The commercial practices of search engines are once again in the
spotlight after a recent warning shot from federal regulators over
inadequate disclosure of paid links. The Federal Trade Commission
sent a letter urging several Web sites to provide conspicuous labels
for commercial search listings or face possible action, and minor
changes are already rippling through search destinations, including
Terra Lycos, Ask Jeeves, LookSmart, America Online and Microsoft's
MSN.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem14359.htm

37. DE - Gericht: Personalausweisnummer reicht als
Alterssicherungssystem nicht (Heise)
Das Amtsgericht Neuss hat den ehemaligen Geschäftsführer der
Düsseldorfer Firma Telecall wegen Verbreitung pornographischer
Schriften zu 50 Tagessätzen à 70 Euro verurteilt. Die Firma hatte auf
einer Webseite pornographisches Material angeboten und als
Altersverifizierung die Personalausweisnummer seiner Kunden
abgefragt. Dies war nach Ansicht des Gerichts unzureichend, da sich
Jugendliche einfach fremde Personalausweisnummern besorgen können --
sei es aus dem Internet oder aus der Brieftasche der Eltern. Zur
Beweisführung wurde im Gerichtssaal eine Erotik-Webseite abgerufen.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem14338.htm

38. DE - Spiele-Verband sieht keinen besseren Jugendschutz durch
Gesetz (Heise)
Nun stimmt auch der Verband der Unterhaltungssoftware Deutschland
(VUD) in den Chor der Kritiker des geplanten verschäften
Jugendschutzrechtes ein.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem14327.htm

39. DE - Staatskanzleichefs segnen Jugendmedienschutz ab (Heise)
Mit empfindlichen Geld- und in gravierenden Fällen auch mit
Gefängnisstrafen sollen Verstöße gegen den geplanten
Jugendmedienschutzstaatsvertrag geahndet werden. Der Staatsvertrag
verpflichtet Anbieter von "Telemedien", Jugendschutzbeauftragte zu
bestellen oder sich an eine Einrichtung der Freiwilligen
Selbstkontrolle anzuschließen und lizenzierte Filterprogramme
einzusetzen, um Kindern und Jugendlichen den Zugang zu
pornographischen, aber auch allgemein
"entwicklungsbeeinträchtigenden" Inhalten zu verwehren. Einer
endgültigen Verabschiedung durch die Ministerpräsidenten Ende
September steht nun nach Ansicht der Staatskanzleichefs jedoch nichts
mehr im Weg. Umstritten war bis zuletzt das  Verhältnis von
Medienaufsicht und Freiwilliger Selbstkontrolle.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem14345.htm

40. FR - Les ados et le porno (Nouvel Observateur)
Faut-il censurer le porno? Le CSA vient de recommander
l'interdiction totale des films X à la télévision. La diffusion de
films pornos, dit-il, même cryptée, même tardive, expose les mineurs
à ces productions, ce qui est interdit par la loi. Les chaînes
renvoient la responsabilité sur les parents. Mais quelle est la
véritable influence des images pornographiques sur les ados et les
enfants?L'enquête menée par Sophie des Déserts est éloquente.
Contrairement à ce que l'on croit souvent, l'expo-sition des mineurs
aux films X a des conséquences néfastes. Alors faut-il limiter les
débordements du sexe marchand ou bien préserver en toute circonstance
la liberté d'expression?
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem14344.htm

41. CA - Tribunal orders Web site to be shut down (Recorder)
The Canadian Human Rights Tribunal has ordered a Web site that
equates gays with pedophiles, bestiality and sexual predation shut
down, saying it violates federal hate laws. see Schnell v.
Machiavelli and Associates Emprize Inc. and J. Micka  (Canadian Human
Rights Tribunal).
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem14354.htm

42. AU - Cyber censor to watch out for students' bad language
(Sydney Morning Herald)
When New South Wales' students and teachers log on to their new "e-
learning accounts" they will find every keyboard stroke monitored to
ban bad language.  A range of filters to block sexually explicit and
offensive material is being developed by the NSW Department of
Education and Training and Unisys, the prime contractor of the $33
million roll-out of new email accounts, Internet access, chat rooms,
Web sites and bulletin boards.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem14334.htm

43. Die USK-Prüfdatenbank integriert! (Zavatar.de)
Mit der Integration der USK-Prüfdatenbank bieten wir Ihnen die
offiziellen Prüfergebnisse der Unterhaltungssoftware SelbstKontrolle -
aktuell und zuverlässig. Sie können in dieser Datenbank die USK-
Einstufungen zu über 7.300 Produktionen der letzten acht Jahre
recherchieren.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem14326.htm

44. UK - New film rating for children unveiled (Reuters)
The Board of Film Classification has changed the way it rates some
films, meaning children of any age can see the violent hit "Spider-
Man" and hundreds of other previously off-limit titles. The Board
said its new "12A" certificate was created after a majority of
parents said they wanted the power to decide themselves whether their
children see films rated for 12-year-old viewers or older. The new
category will require children under 12 to be accompanied by an
adult, while children over 12 will be able to see the film
unaccompanied, as before.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem14312.htm

45. US - Cartoon turtle teaches online safety (Reuters)
These days the concern is Internet safety and security, and the U.S.
Federal Trade Commission is turning to a new messenger - a savvy
little turtle named "Dewie" with a hardened shell that won't get
crushed on the Internet.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem14315.htm

46. OECD promotes "culture of security" (CNET News.com)
In time for the first anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, the
Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development has issued new
guidelines for securing information systems and networks in
anticipation of cyberterrorist attacks or intrusions. Towards A
Culture Of Security OECD Guidelines for the Security of Information
Systems and Networks.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem14321.htm

47. UK - Press self-regulation - Witness payment laws put on hold
(BBC)
Ministers are giving self-regulation a last chance to stop the media
making payments for stories to witnesses in court cases. Earlier this
year, the government proposed rendering it a crime to make or receive
such payments, after a number of high-profile trials. But the plans
were criticised by the Press Complaints Commission (PCC) and
newspaper editors as ill thought-out, unworkable and ineffective.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem14318.htm

48. US - Lack of E-Mail Trail Irks Moussaoui Judge (Washington Post)
The judge presiding over the case of alleged Sept. 11 conspirator
Zacarias Moussaoui ordered the FBI yesterday to explain why there are
no records of Moussaoui's Internet activities before his arrest,
expressing near disbelief that investigators have not recovered
Moussaoui's e-mail trail
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem14313.htm

49. La France va diffuser plus largement le droit sur l'internet
(Droit et Nouvelles Technologies)
par Etienne Wery. La France est depuis longtemps à la pointe pour ce
qui concerne la diffusion du droit sur l'internet, et la situation va
encore s'améliorer avec le nouveau décret 2002-1064 du 7 août 2002,
publié au Journal Officiel de ce 9 août.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem14333.htm

50. Online gaming war heats up (Reuters)
Microsoft and Sony announced fresh price cuts for their video games
consoles in Europe, adding fuel to an already contentious battle for
market share.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem14317.htm

51. Could sex save 3G mobiles? (Guardian)
Having shelled out billions of pounds for their 3G licences, the
mobile telephone operators have been desperately casting around for
ways to recoup their investment. Now it appears that pornography
could be their saviour.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem14348.htm

52. More mobile trouble (Economist)
Telecoms groups have spent billions on so-called "3G" licences and
equipment in Europe, but so far the service is only available on the
Isle of Man. Now banks are refusing to finance further investment
amid signs that customers are unwilling to pay for the new services.
This is forcing some firms to write off their investments and even
abandon their licences
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem14350.htm

53. US - RIAA site comes under second attack (CNET News.com)
For the second time in a month, the Recording Industry Association
of America's Web site has been attacked, apparently by opponents of
the industry group's efforts to shut down online music trading. see
also RIAA Web site disabled by attack.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem14316.htm

54. Chat to the future (Guardian)
It's anarchy in the world of instant messaging.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem14347.htm

55. Music labels blame file swappers for slump (ZDNet)
Compact disc shipments fell 7 percent in the first six months of
this year versus last year as growing use of Internet downloading
services undermined sales, the record industry said.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem14324.htm

56. Study: Kazaa, Morpheus rave on (CNET News.com)
Digital distribution of music through file-sharing services such as
Morpheus and Kazaa will continue to thrive, with use peaking in 2005.
The Yankee Group predicts 7.44 billion unlicensed audio files will be
swapped in 2005 among consumers aged 14 and older, up from 5.16
billion in 2001. After 2005, however, Yankee predicts free music
swapping will begin to decline.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem14364.htm

57. Identification de biens numériques: la commission européenne
approuve le projet EDRA (AFP)
La commission européenne, dans le cadre de son programme eContent,
vient d'approuver le projet EDRA destiné à créer une agence
européenne d'enregistrement des DOI (Digital Object Identifier), a
annoncé à Paris un des associés du projet, le Syndicat national
français de l'édition (SNE).
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem14310.htm

58. Something to watch over you (Economist)
It is easier than ever for individuals to track their possessions,
pets and loved ones. In fact, the new generation of tracking devices
combines two existing technologies. One is a global-positioning-
system (GPS) chip, which uses radio signals from a network of
satellites to work out where it is on the earth's surface to within a
few metres. The other is a mobile-telephone chip, which broadcasts
that location to whoever needs to know it. The result is a pocket-
sized, or even wrist-sized, personal locator.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem14365.htm

59. BE - Observatoire des Droits de l'Internet / Observatorium van
de Rechten op het Internet ()
New web site of Internet Rights Observatory set up by the Royal
Decree of November 26, 2001. Navigation in Dutch, French, English,
German. Documents in French and Dutch.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem14335.htm

60. New online guide lists where to find free computers, software
and e-mail (bridges.org)
The Free IT Guide, an online guide that tells people where to find
information about free computers, software and e-mail accounts, has
been created by bridges.org, the South African-based NGO that helps
communities in developing countries to span the digital divide.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem14342.htm

61. The l.i.n.k. - Issue 15 - July/August 2002 ((LE_GOUEFF /at/ vocats.com))
A free electronic newsletter addressing issues relating to the
Information Society.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem14336.htm

Main Sources and Contributors:
Baker & Mackenzie E-Law Alert, Michael Geist BNA - ILN,
cybertelecom.org, jugendschutz.net, Melanie Buescher, David
Goldstein, Gerhard Heine, Ola-Kristian Hoff / selfregulation.org.

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