[eccr] QuickLinks 256 - 18 January 2003

QuickLinks 256 - 18 January 2003

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Legal and regulatory issues

Audiovisual
1. EU - Work programme for reviewing the "Television without
frontiers" Directive
2. UK - Ofcom to review public service remits

Competition
3. US - Trade groups barred in Microsoft appeal

Computer crime
4. ES - Se multiplican las denuncias por webs de pornografía infantil
en servidores españoles
5. IRE - Judge charged over child porn
6. NZ - International efforts help combat child porn
7. UK - Child pornography - Britain's police overwhelmed
8. UK - Who star freed after porn arrest

Convergence of telecommunications, media and information technology
9. US - FCC Deregulation Plans Assailed
10. US - Forum On Media Ownership

Copyright, trademarks and patents
11. US - Supreme Court rejects copyright challenge
12. NO - 'DVD Jon' scores huge legal victory
13. US - Entertainment, Tech Firms Reach Truce on Digital Piracy
14. US- EFF: DMCA is choking innovation

Domain names
15. ICANN's Accomplishments - Report to U.S. Department of Commerce

e-Government
16. CH - Geneva Suburb Casts Ballots on the Internet in Test Project

e-Learning
17. UK - BBC to give away school syllabus online

Hotlines
18. CA - Cyber tips help catch child porn sites
19. CH - La Suisse ouvre une cellule de lutte contre la
cybercriminalité
20. CH - Schweizer Polizei betreibt wieder Internet-Monitoring

Information society and Internet policy
21. UN summit could spark Net regulation talks

Interception
22. ICC - "Don't play Big Brother" is business plea to governments on
Internet traffic
23. US - ACLU Spooked by Domestic Spying
24. US - Pentagon database plan hits snag on Hill

Liability, jurisdiction and applicable law
25. Freispruch für Telepolis-Forenteilnehmer Holger Voss

Mobile and wireless
26. UK - Scotland - Church alert on mobile phones porn risk

Safer Internet awareness
27. UK - Online child safety drive launched

Security and encryption
28. US - California disclosure law has national reach
29. US - The View From Symantec's Security Central
30. US - White House trims cybersecurity plan

Self-regulation / codes of conduct
31. UK - Chat room danger prompts new safety code
32. UK - TV ad industry to regulate itself
33. UK - Which? to end e-commerce scheme
34. US - A Plan to Stop Online Kiddie Porn

Market & Technology

Market
35. Remembrance of dot-com idiocy past

Standards
36. W3C approves mobile graphics standard

Technology
37. Hitting P2P Users Where It Hurts

Telecommunications
38. A help line for European telecoms

Forthcoming events

39. 2003-03-23 BR, Rio de Janeiro - ICANN Meetings
40. 2003-05-22 EU, Brussels - eHealth 2003 Conference
41. 2003-09-17 LU, Luxembourg - International congress on trustmarks
in electronic commerce
42. 2003-09-21 AU, Sydney - International Rating Conference:
Classification in a Convergent World

Who's who

43. Case admits defeat at AOL Time Warner

1. EU - Work programme for reviewing the "Television without
frontiers" Directive (RAPID)
What changes will be made to the Community's audiovisual policy? The
Commission has adopted a report on the application of the "Television
without Frontiers" (TVSF) Directive, together with a work programme
for 2003 aimed at reviewing the Directive. The 2003 work programme
will consist of a series of consultations with a view to arriving at
operational conclusions on the relevance bearing in mind economic and
technological developments of the existing Community rules, in
particular concerning matters such as access to events of major
importance to society, the promotion of cultural diversity, television
advertising and the protection of minors. 4th report on the
application of Directive 89/552/EEC "Television without Frontiers",
COM(2002)778
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem15105.htm

2. UK - Ofcom to review public service remits (Guardian)
The government's wholesale review of the way the BBC is funded will be
preceded by a detailed investigation into public service broadcasting
by new media and telecoms super-regulator, Ofcom. Culture secretary
Tessa Jowell says the review will be one of Ofcom's first tasks when
it officially takes over from existing regulators in autumn this year.
see also Come clean on 'mission creep', BBC told Mark Thompson's
controversial speech to the Oxford Media Convention, in which he
accuses the BBC of 'mission creep' over its public service remit. see
complete text.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem15117.htm

3. US - Trade groups barred in Microsoft appeal (Reuters)
A federal judge rejected a bid by tthe Software and Information
Industry Association and the Computer and Communications Industry
Association to appeal Microsoft's settlement deal with the government.
She said they do not have the legal standing to step in and appeal
the case to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. If
they want to pursue the matter further, she said, they can file a
private case against the company.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem15131.htm

4. ES - Se multiplican las denuncias por webs de pornografía infantil
en servidores españoles (Delitosinformáticos)
El número de webs con contenidos de pornografía infantil alojados en
servidores españoles se ha multiplicado por siete en el presente año
respecto a 2001, mientras que en el ámbito internacional se han
duplicado, procedentes en su mayoría de servidores de Estados Unidos y
Europa del Este, según datos facilitados por el presidente de la
entidad de denuncia "Protégeles", Guillermo Cánovas, en base a las
denuncias registradas por su línea abierta en Internet para avisar de
estos delitos.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem15109.htm

5. IRE - Judge charged over child porn (UTV)
An Irish circuit judge has been charged with possession of child
pornography at a court in County Kerry.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem15126.htm

6. NZ - International efforts help combat child porn (NZCity)
The New Zealand Internal Affairs Department is crediting its strong
links with overseas enforcement agencies as a major reason behind its
success in combating Internet child pornography. see also Penalties
for child porn traders paltry - lawyer (Stuff). Censorship and the
Internet. The Department of Internal Affairs' Inspectors have the role
of investigating New Zealand Internet websites and newsgroups and
enforcing censorship legislation. Combatting Internet Child
Pornography: New Zealand's Successes (Department of Internal Affairs
Press Release).
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem15104.htm

7. UK - Child pornography - Britain's police overwhelmed (Economist)
The hunt for consumers of child pornography following the FBI
investigation of Candyman and a Texas-based subscription website
called Landslide has overwhelmed Britain's police. More than a year
ago, the Americans provided them with credit-card details of the 7,272
Britons who paid a monthly subscription to join Landslide, which
provided an entry point to child porn websites all over the world. But
though 1,300 search warrants have been issued and 1,200 arrests made,
only a handful of cases have so far been brought. Police forces are
reluctant to disclose how many they have charged: Thames Valley police
say that doing so could jeopardise future inquiries. But the real
reason why police are not giving out a number is the embarrassing
likelihood that most of those on the list will be let off with a
caution. UK - Operation Ore: Can the UK cope? (BBC). The UK's largest
ever police hunt against internet paedophiles - Operation Ore - has
resulted in about 1,300 arrests out of a list of 6,000 suspects, but
could be putting a strain on the criminal justice system. see also
Prison chief arrested in porn inquiry (BBC). A deputy prison governor
has been arrested as part of an investigation into child pornography
on the Internet. UK - Teacher resigns after child porn arrest (BBC). A
teacher at an independent prep school in West Sussex has resigned
after being arrested as part of an international crackdown on internet
child porn.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem15119.htm

8. UK - Who star freed after porn arrest (CNN)
Pete Townshend, the legendary guitarist of The Who, has been released
from police custody after his arrest on suspicion of possessing
indecent images of children. see also UK- Rock star Townshend 'wrong'
over child porn (BBC) . Who star Pete Townshend has admitted he had
paid to see a child porn website, but insisted he had done so for
research and was emphatically not a paedophile. But the Internet Watch
Foundation - whose aim is to eliminate child porn on the net - said Mr
Townshend had been "incredibly foolhardy, naive and misguided" to
enter such a website. "It is wrong-headed, misguided and illegal to
look at, or download, or even to pay to download paedophiliac material
and if you do so, you are likely to go to prison," said vice chairman
Mark Stephens. see also Who star in child porn riddle (Observer) John
Carr, internet adviser to children's charity NCH, said: "This is a
much bigger problem than people were previously prepared to admit.
This will force us all to rethink our attitudes. We are no longer
talking about the dirty old man in the raincoat in the local park. We
are talking about our neighbours and trusted professionals" and see
In his own words.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem15137.htm

9. US - FCC Deregulation Plans Assailed (Washington Post)
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Michael K. Powell's
deregulatory agenda received a cool reception from a Senate committee,
as several members questioned his plans to rewrite telephone
regulations and media ownership rules. see also US - Feds mull
broadband market shake-up (CNET News.com), Hollings Blasts Proposed
FCC Rule Changes (dc.internet.com) .
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem15122.htm

10. US - Forum On Media Ownership (Columbia Law School)
Video of Morning session Afternoon session. Remarks by FCC
Commissioners Powell, Copps, Martin.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem15118.htm

11. US - Supreme Court rejects copyright challenge (CNET News.com)
The U.S. Supreme Court said Congress had the power to extend the
duration of copyrights, a decision that dealt a grave blow to a
growing movement against more expansive legal protections of artistic
works. Eldred v Ashcroft Majority opinion by Justice Ginsburg.
Dissenting opinions of Justice Stevens and Justice Breyer.
Commentary: The silent five and losing by Lawrence Lessig, transcript
of chat with Jonathan Zittrain (Washington Post), Mickey in Chains,
Part II, or Why the Court Got It Wrong in Eldred v. Ashcroft (Jack
Balkin). see also view in favour of the majority opinion from How
Appealing by Howard Bashman and an article on the origins of US
copyright and the successive extensions of copyright terms
Constructing Copyright¹s Mythology (Green Bag) by Thomas B. Nachbar.
Further resources in Copyfight by Donna Wentworth and in Siva
Vaidhyanathan's blog.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem15125.htm

12. NO - 'DVD Jon' scores huge legal victory (Aftenposten)
A Norwegian teenager who helped crack a code meant to protect the
content of DVDs won full backing from an Oslo court. The court
acquitted him on all charges, a ruling that comes as a crushing blow
to public prosecutors and entertainment giants. see also Teenage
hacker beats Hollywood clamp on DVDs (Guardian). Hollywood's biggest
film studios were defeated yesterday in their effort to punish a
Norwegian teenage computer hacker for DVD piracy. The case has made a
cult figure of Jon Lech Johansen, who is now 19.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem15143.htm

13. US - Entertainment, Tech Firms Reach Truce on Digital Piracy
(Washington Post)
Major players in the entertainment and technology industries announce
a measure of detente in what are increasingly contentious battles over
the best way to prevent digital piracy of music and video. Recording,
Technology Industries Reach Groundbreaking Agreement on Approach to
Digital Content Issues (Press Release) Technology And Record Company
Policy Principles issued jointly by Business Software Alliance,
Computer Systems Policy Project, Recording Industry Association of
America (RIAA). see also Music Industry Won't Seek Government Aid on
Piracy (New York Times), RIAA, BSA Say They'll Drop Legislative Push
(Extreme Tech). Music Biz: Compromise Is Key (Wired). As digital file
sharing, webcasting and other new technologies proliferate, artists
and industry officials said the music business is in jeopardy unless
artists, record companies and consumers stop fighting and start
compromising. see also Illegal music sites 'here to stay' (BBC).
Illegal music download sites will never be eradicated, the president
of the RIAA has admitted. Music would always be available for free
somewhere on the net despite costly court battles to shut down illegal
music sites. Commentary: Some "Truce" (LawMeme) by Ernest Miller.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem15129.htm

14. US- EFF: DMCA is choking innovation (ZDNet News)
A controversial digital copyright law is quashing free speech and
choking innovation, according to a new study by longtime critics of
the measure. In its new Unintended Consequences report, the
Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) lists a variety of cases
triggered by the Digital Millennium Copyright Act where aggressive
applications of the law have reached beyond the intention of the
measure. The EFF said the DMCA has had a threefold effect: chilling
free expression and scientific research; jeopardizing fair use; and
impeding competition.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem15139.htm

15. ICANN's Accomplishments - Report to U.S. Department of Commerce
(ICANN)
While the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)
has been completing its substantive reform efforts over the past nine
months, it has made significant progress in other key areas. This
message is conveyed by the latest ICANN Quarterly Report to the U.S.
Department of Commerce.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem15132.htm

16. CH - Geneva Suburb Casts Ballots on the Internet in Test Project
(New York Times)
When the 1,150 citizens of the Geneva suburb of Anièreres vote to
decide whether to allow public money to be spent renovating its
Michelin-rated restaurant, they will be guinea pigs in Switzerland's
continuing effort to make voting easier for its citizens. The voters
will have a choice of three ways to cast their ballot. They will be
able to vote at a polling place in the elementary school or mail their
ballot or, for the first time, vote on the Internet.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem15141.htm

17. UK - BBC to give away school syllabus online (Guardian)
The government has given the BBC the green light to spend £150m to put
the national curriculum on to the internet, sparking anger among firms
already manufacturing interactive teaching materials. The project,
called the Digital Curriculum, will use licence fee payers' money to
make large parts of the school syllabus available online, free of
charge, for pupils in school and at home. Jowell approves BBC
curriculum plan.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem15102.htm

18. CA - Cyber tips help catch child porn sites (canada.com)
A cyber tip line launched in Manitoba has resulted in about 15 child
porn Web sites being shut down. Billed as the first of its kind in
Canada, cybertip.ca has received 76 reports of child pornography and
luring on the Internet.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem15103.htm

19. CH - La Suisse ouvre une cellule de lutte contre la
cybercriminalité (NetEconomie)
Désormais, la Suisse propose aux personnes "souhaitant signaler
l'existence de sites Internet suspects" un point de contact central :
le SCOCI - Service national de coordination de la lutte contre la
criminalité sur Internet.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem15108.htm

20. CH - Schweizer Polizei betreibt wieder Internet-Monitoring (Heise)
Nach drei Jahren Unterbrechung wird in der Schweiz seit Anfang dieses
Jahres wieder ein polizeiliches Internet-Monitoring betrieben. Die neu
geschaffene Koordinationsstelle zur Bekämpfung der Internet-
Kriminalität KOBIK versteht sich als "Anlaufstelle für Personen, die
verdächtige Internet-Inhalte melden möchten." Daneben will KOBIK auch
selbst aktiv nach strafrechtlich relevantem Content Ausschau halten.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem15112.htm

21. UN summit could spark Net regulation talks (IDG)
A major United Nations summit on the information society due to take
place in December could be the spark for international talks on
regulations covering cyberspace and encompassing tax, freedom of
speech, intellectual property rights and privacy, the secretary
general of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) said.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem15130.htm

22. ICC - "Don't play Big Brother" is business plea to governments on
Internet traffic (ICC)
Business users and providers of communications services have called on
the European Union and governments to scale down their storage
requirements for traffic data to the minimum necessary to fight crime
and terrorism. They have also warned governments that differing
national data retention policies will make it impossible for
communication service providers to operate effectively. Such
inconsistencies would destroy the ability of service providers in
countries with the most stringent requirements to compete
internationally, a statement by International Chamber of Commerce
(ICC) corporate experts said. see Policy statement on the impact of
Internet content regulation (ICC) Commission on E-Business, IT and
Telecoms.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem15133.htm

23. US - ACLU Spooked by Domestic Spying (Wired)
The American Civil Liberties Union's new report Bigger Monster, Weaker
Chains: The Growth of an American Surveillance Society, by Jay Stanley
and Barry Steinhardt, warns that a combination of technological
innovation and weakened privacy protections is "feeding a surveillance
monster that is growing silently in our midst." GPS, biometrics,
cameras, wireless communication, implantable microchips and other
systems that identify, track and record people's activities need to be
held in check by legislation to protect Americans' privacy rights, the
report argues.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem15120.htm

24. US - Pentagon database plan hits snag on Hill (CNET News.com)
A Pentagon antiterrorism plan to link databases of credit card
companies, health insurers and others - creating what critics call a
"domestic surveillance apparatus" - is encountering growing opposition
on Capitol Hill.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem15121.htm

25. Freispruch für Telepolis-Forenteilnehmer Holger Voss (Heie)
In der Verhandlung um einen Meinungsbeitrag im Forum von Telepolis vor
dem Amtsgericht Münster wurde der Angeklagte Holger Voss von dem
Vorwurf freigesprochen, er habe zumindest billigend in Kauf genommen,
dass unbefangene Leser seine Äußerungen als Zustimmung zu
Terroranschlägen interpretieren.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem15107.htm

26. UK - Scotland - Church alert on mobile phones porn risk (Scotsman)
Churches could become unwitting peddlers of pornography due to the
growing trend for mobile phone masts on steeples, religious leaders
warned. Several churches in Edinburgh have cashed in on the mobile
phone boom in recent years by allowing antennae to be erected on their
roofs and steeples.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem15127.htm

27. UK - Online child safety drive launched (BBC)
A £1m advertising campaign warning of the dangers of internet
paedophiles is being launched by the government. The television, radio
and website messages, being broadcast throughout January, aim to make
parents and youngsters aware of how to surf the web safely. There is
also a new set of guidelines for internet service providers, who offer
chat and instant messaging services. These include measures such as
the provision of clear warning information, and ways for children to
report problems online. see Web site thinkyouknow.co.uk where you get
the inside info on how to stay safe while having fun online.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem15115.htm

28. US - California disclosure law has national reach (SecurityFocus)
A new California law requiring companies to notify their customers of
computer security breaches applies to any online business that counts
Californians as customers, even if the company isn't based in the
Golden State. To trigger the law, a breach must expose certain type of
information: specifically, customers' names in association with their
social security number, drivers license number, or a credit card or
bank account number. After such an intrusion, the company must notify
the affected customers in "the most expedient time possible and
without unreasonable delay."
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem15134.htm

29. US - The View From Symantec's Security Central (Washington Post)
An ordinary office building on Route 1 in Alexandria offers a rare
window into the Internet hacker wars and a few clues to why Uncle Sam
wants more monitoring capabilities in cyberspace.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem15142.htm

30. US - White House trims cybersecurity plan (AP)
The Bush administration has reduced by nearly half its initiatives to
tighten security for vital computer networks, giving more
responsibility to the new Homeland Security Department and eliminating
an earlier plan to consult regularly with privacy experts.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem15110.htm

31. UK - Chat room danger prompts new safety code (Guardian)
Internet chat room operators should provide virtual panic buttons and
prominent safety messages for child users to protect them from
paedophiles attempting to groom their victims online, according to the
code of good practice published by the Home Office. see Good practice
models and guidance for the internet industry on chat services,
instant messaging and web based services (Home Office) (file size 149
Kb). see also Chatroom danger prompts new code (CNN).
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem15114.htm

32. UK - TV ad industry to regulate itself (Guardian)
The regulation of television advertising is likely to be relaxed this
year as part of new legislation being introduced by the government.
Advertisers would be allowed to police themselves under a voluntary
code replacing the current statutory rules. The advertising industry
has been lobbying hard for the change but the proposals will alarm
consumer campaigners, who have expressed concern about the standards
of TV advertising. see also UK - co-regulatory scheme for TV
advertising (Guardian). The chairman of the new communications super-
regulator Ofcom has confirmed that the regulation of television
advertising is likely to be relaxed later this year, opening the door
for other media sectors to police themselves. Lord Currie said the
onus was on the advertising industry to come up with a scheme that
could be overseen by Ofcom. But he stopped short of referring to self-
regulation, speaking instead of a "co-regulatory" system that would
give Ofcom the power to step in if necessary. see also Self-regulation
and 'pester power' on television Advertising self-regulation is
neither voluntary nor "softer" than statutory control.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem15116.htm

33. UK - Which? to end e-commerce scheme (silicon.com)
The Consumers' Association has announced that the Which? Web Trader
scheme - a voluntary, consumer-focused code of practice for e-tailers
in the UK - is to close at the end of the month. Which? Web Trader
was launched in July 1999 to promote consumer confidence in online
shopping by providing an independent code of practice for e-tailers to
follow. Any company adhering to the guidelines would be allowed to
display a Which? logo in a bid to reassure consumers about the safety
of online shopping. But a lack of funds has led to the closure of the
scheme.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem15111.htm

34. US - A Plan to Stop Online Kiddie Porn (Wired)
Adult Sites Against Child Pornography (ASACP) is recruiting porn site
owners to join the association and submit their sites for review by
its advisory board. If no objectionable content is found on a site, it
will bestow "a sort of Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval for the
adult entertainment industry" so the site can advertise on its
homepage that it is free of kiddie porn. Customers will feel more
confident shopping on sites with such a seal. see Press Release.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem15106.htm

35. Remembrance of dot-com idiocy past (Salon)
At least Enron and WorldCom went down because of greed. But as James
Ledbetter's "Starving to Death on $200 Million a Year" reveals, the
Industry Standard pissed away a fortune out of mere carelessness.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem15101.htm

36. W3C approves mobile graphics standard (CNET News.com)
The Web's leading standards group put its seal of approval on a new
specification for graphics technology tailored for use by mobile
phones and other small networked devices. The World Wide Web
Consortium (W3C) recommended Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 1.1 and
two subsets of the recommendation for mobile phones and handheld
computers. Vector graphics are more flexible than the common bitmaps
that form many of the graphics on the Web.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem15128.htm

37. Hitting P2P Users Where It Hurts (Wired)
Unable to snuff out file-swapping networks in court, record labels and
other media outfits are shifting their anti-peer-to-peer crusade to a
new venue: the file-trading networks themselves. A company, Overpeer,
appears to be distributing so many defective copies of a given file on
P2P networks that users have a hard time locating an undamaged copy.
This technique, called "spoofing," has been used by disgruntled
musicians and other anti-P2P saboteurs for years but spoofing on a
grand scale requires extensive resources. see also Hollywood Fears
Fighting Piracy (LawMeme) comment by Ernest Miller.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem15135.htm

38. A help line for European telecoms (McKinsey Quarterly)
Europe's incumbent telecom operators are heavily in debt after their
ambitious expansion efforts in the 1990s and an enormous bill for
third-generation licenses. So far, the response has been to slash
spending. But cost cutting alone won't revive their fortunes: In
addition, they must do something about falling revenues.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem15140.htm

39. 2003-03-23 BR, Rio de Janeiro - ICANN Meetings (ICANN)
ICANN's next round of meetings will be held 23-27 March 2003 in Rio de
Janeiro, Brazil. The meetings are free to attend and open to any
interested person. ICANN encourages broad participation in its bottom-
up consensus-development process. The meetings will be hosted by the
Brazilian Internet Steering Committee (CGIBR) in representation of the
Brazilian Internet Community.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem15138.htm

40. 2003-05-22 EU, Brussels - eHealth 2003 Conference (European
Commission)
The Commission, in collaboration with the Greek Presidency, will
organise a high level conference on eHealth on the 22nd and 23rd May
2003 in Brussels. This event will include a two-day exhibition of 30
eHealth applications, selected through a call, and an award ceremony
for the eEurope Awards in eHealth. While the conference is aimed at
ministers and senior representatives of stakeholder groups such as
professional and user organisations, developers along with current
users of eHealth applications can submit a proposal for the chance to
exhibit. The first eEurope Awards: eEurope Awards in eHealth will be
attributed to the best demonstrations of the conference.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem15124.htm

41. 2003-09-17 LU, Luxembourg - International congress on trustmarks
in electronic commerce (eLuxembourg)
The Ministry of Economy of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg is organising
from 17 to 19 September 2003 an international congress on trustmarks
in electronic commerce. Surveys have shown that the development of
electronic commerce, more than any other service, is based mainly on
consumer confidence. Full information at the time of purchase,
security of the transactions, respect of delivery lead-times,
confidentiality, etc.: these are the pillars of confidence which can
turn site visitors into loyal customers. All players concerned by
trust in electronic commerce will attend this congress, to be held at
the Congress Center of the "Foires Internationales" at Luxembourg-
Kirchberg. see Le certificat qualité des sites de e-commerce du Grand-
Duché du Luxembourg (with a useful comparative survey of existing
trustmarks). Call for papers deadline 15 March 2003.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem15123.htm

42. 2003-09-21 AU, Sydney - International Rating Conference:
Classification in a Convergent World (OFLC)
21-24 September 2003, Sydney, Australia. The Office of Film and
Literature Classification (Australia) is presenting an international
conference in 2003. The conference is an opportunity to find out about
the latest challenges and dilemmas facing classification and ratings
systems from around the world in our fast changing entertainment and
technology environment. The conference will be attended by local and
international classifiers and regulators, film and computer games
producers, distributors and designers, producers and distributors of
new technologies, media representatives, academics, as well as
professional bodies and community groups.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem15113.htm

43. Case admits defeat at AOL Time Warner (Guardian)
Steve Case, the America Online chief who engineered the much-
criticised merger with Time Warner, has finally bowed to investor
pressure and will step down. see also Tripped Up by a Flawed New Media
Idea (New York Times).
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem15136.htm

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

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