[eccr] QuickLinks 283 - 14 September 2003

> QuickLinks 283 - 14 September 2003
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> Legal and regulatory issues
>
>    Competition
> 1. DE - T-Online ordered to revive Overture deal
> 2. FR - France Telecom fined record 40 million euros for unfair
> charges
> 3. Some insights into online competition
>
>    Computer crime
> 4. US - P2P Taken to Task for Child Porn
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>    Content regulation
> 5. SG - Panel proposes new censorship guidelines
> 6. TH - Govt can't block porn sites, claim researchers
> 7. TH - Webmaster complains over censorship of erotic police site
>
>    Convergence of telecommunications, media and information technology
> 8. FR - Les câblo-opérateurs préparent aussi leur offensive dans la
> télévision sur internet
>
>    Copyright, trademarks and patents
> 9. RIAA's Lawsuits Meet Surprised Targets
> 10. EU - New report finds problems with copyright law
> 11. EU delays vote on digital copyright plan
> 12. US - Lawsuits 'not scaring swappers'
>
>    Data Protection (privacy)
> 13. Release of the 2003 Privacy and Human Rights Report
> 14. UK - First ruling under new rules on e-mail marketing
>
>    Domain names
> 15. US - Kids.us Domain Open for Business
>
>    e-Government
> 16. AU - Offensive sites banned under FOI
> 17. E-Democracy, E-Governance, and Public Net-Work
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>    Information society and Internet policy
> 18. EU - eEurope 2005 Mid-term Review
>
>    Interception
> 19. UK - Government sweeps aside privacy rights
>
>    Liability, jurisdiction and applicable law
> 20. NL - ISP wins Scientology case on appeal
> 21. US - Pennsylvania Attorney General suspends tactic in fighting
> child porn
>
>    Safer Internet awareness
> 22. DE - EU Kommission warnt vor Jugendschutzproblemen im Mobilfunk
>
>    Technology
> 23. Open-source software - Microsoft at the power point
>
> Market & Technology
>
>    Convergence of telecommunications, media and information technology
> 24. UK - Digital TV beats 'red button blues'
>
>    Internet access and use
> 25. AOL's Appeal to Youth
> 26. File swappers face data limits
>
>    Market
> 27. AOL Europe emerges as a bright spot
> 28. Blogger bucks premium-services trend
> 29. UK - Dial up for BBC comedy clips
>
>    Statistics
> 30. DE - Mehr als die Hälfte der Deutschen nutzt das Internet
> 31. Europe  - Camera phones tempt handset buyers
> 32. Europe - Internetnutzung in Europa
>
> Forthcoming events
>
> 33. 2003-09-19 US, Washington DC - TPRC Conference on Communication,
> Information and Internet Policy
> 34. 2003-10-20 SE, Stockholm - SAFT International conference: Future
> Kids Online
>
> Useful addresses
>
> 35. Democracies Online Newswire Information
> 36. US - Papers from TPRC Conference on Communication, Information and
> Internet Policy
>
> Editorial information
>
> 37. Daily digest
>
> 1. DE - T-Online ordered to revive Overture deal (CNET News.com)
> Overture Services has obtained a court injunction to restore its
> contract with T-Online, one of Europe's largest Web access providers.
> A German court ordered Deutsche Telekom, parent company of T-Online,
> to continue providing the commercial search provider's results on its
> T-Online Web sites.
> http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem16646.htm
>
> 2. FR - France Telecom fined record 40 million euros for unfair
> charges (AFP)
> France's competition council has fined France Telecom a record 40
> million euros (45 million dollars) after a decade-long investigation
> into the state operator's failure to sell its list of subscribers to
> rival companies at a lower price. The competition council found that
> France Telecom failed to obey numerous legal injunctions to make its
> subscriber list available more cheaply to operators starting up
> director inquiry and telephone information services. The fine is one
> of the biggest in the history of the competition council and was
> imposed after a mammoth legal process that was started back in 1992.
> http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem16621.htm
>
> 3. Some insights into online competition (New York Times)
> The Internet has indeed spurred competition. But it has not led to
> uniformly low prices. In the book business, at least, Amazon has
> demonstrated that it is possible to build a large base of customers
> who will not bolt to the competition if you raise prices a little bit.
> Barnes and Noble, by contrast, caters to discount hunters with little
> loyalty to its particular service. (Customers at smaller sites are, if
> anything, even more price-sensitive.)  Review of Price Competition
> Online: Amazon Versus Barnes And Noble, article in the June issue of
> Quantitative Marketing and Economics, by Professor Austan Goolsbee, an
> economist at the University of Chicago Graduate School of Business and
> Professor Judith Chevalier, an economist at the Yale School of
> Management.
> http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem16635.htm
>
> 4. US - P2P Taken to Task for Child Porn (Wired)
> Senators turned a critical eye to file-trading networks in a hearing
> that explored the use of peer-to-peer services for the exchange of
> illegal pornography. While no new legislation was introduced, the
> hearing, convened by the Senate Judiciary Committee, focused on
> increasing criminal exploitation of file-sharing technologies to
> distribute child-porn images. Several witnesses, representing law
> enforcement and child-protection agencies, blamed peer-to-peer
> networks for contributing to the spread of illegal pornographic images
> by allowing users to cloak their identities.  see also Testimony of
> NCMEC.  See also Kazaa Chief Denies Link Between P2P and Child Porn
> (dc.internet.com),  and the bill Protecting Children from Peer-to-Peer
> Pornography Act of 2003 (search on HR 2885 in Thomas).
> http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem16642.htm
>
> 5. SG - Panel proposes new censorship guidelines (Straits Times)
> New guidelines on what Singaporeans can see at the cinema, theatre and
> on television were proposed by a committee appointed by the Ministry
> of Information, Communications and the Arts (Mita). The Committee
> reviewed the following media: films, videos, broadcast media, sound
> recordings, publications, arts entertainment and new and converging
> media. It calls for the setting up of a council comprising the four
> partners of regulators, industry, community and artists to look into
> media education for consumers and parents. For a start, industry
> players should share responsibility by providing suitable consumer
> advice to alert consumers and parents of content that may be sensitive
> to some. see Executive summary and Full report with interesting
> reference to Singapore's "symbolic ban" on 100 Web sites.
> http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem16653.htm
>
> 6. TH - Govt can't block porn sites, claim researchers (Bangkok Post)
> It will be almost impossible for the Thai government to effectively
> block access to pornographic web sites, according to researchers from
> Chulalongkorn University, but it can introduce other measures such as
> a rating system, self-regulation and even consider legalising the porn
> business.
> http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem16637.htm
>
> 7. TH - Webmaster complains over censorship of erotic police site
> (Sydney Morning Herald)
> The owner of a gay website showcasing pictures of Thai police in their
> snug-fitting brown uniforms has complained over police efforts to
> block access. The Nation newspaper reported that misterpolice.com
> webmaster Vorapong Siriwan was seeking to remove his website, which
> also includes tales of sexual fantasies involving police, from a
> blacklist of 100 censored sites.
> http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem16652.htm
>
> 8. FR - Les câblo-opérateurs préparent aussi leur offensive dans la
> télévision sur internet (ZDNet France)
> NNoos et NC Numéricâble, les deux principaux câblo-opérateurs du
> marché, ont dévoilé leurs offres de rentrée, combinant accès internet
> et télévision câblée. Et fourbissent leurs armes pour la télé sur IP.
> http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem16639.htm
>
> 9. RIAA's Lawsuits Meet Surprised Targets (Washington Post)
> 261 song sharers across the nation have been sued by the major record
> companies with the help of the Recording Industry Association of
> America (RIAA), the music industry's trade group. The RIAA is
> targeting what it calls "major offenders" of peer-to-peer digital song
> sharing, which it considers to be a violation of copyright law.
> Federal law allows penalties of up to $150,000 per copyrighted work,
> or, in other words, per song. see also US - Parent-child topic: music
> downloads, Record sales' woes go beyond file swapping and Music
> industry tries to change Web culture, Beyond File-Sharing, a Nation of
> Copiers, File-Sharing Battle Leaves Musicians Caught in Middle and
> Whatever Will Be Will Be Free on the Internet (New York Times), Is the
> music industry tone deaf or what? (AnchorDesk), On-line firms, DJ
> offer to pay Brianna's fine and  FAQ: Are You Next? (Newsweek),  see
> also RIAA Press Release, Lawsuit Attacks RIAA Amnesty Plan (Wired) and
> Why the RIAA's "Amnesty" Offer is a Sham (EFF).
> http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem16641.htm
>
> 10. EU - New report finds problems with copyright law (FIPR)
> European citizens could find many common activities banned as the EU
> Copyright Directive becomes law, a new FIPR report reveals.
> Transferring songs from a copy-protected CD to a Walkman or computer
> could be illegal, as could watching a DVD on a computer running Linux.
> Implementing the EU Copyright Directive reports on legal developments
> across the EU as member states change their laws to comply with the
> Directive.
> http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem16628.htm
>
> 11. EU delays vote on digital copyright plan (CNET News.com)
> A vote on the European Union's proposed directive on the enforcement
> of intellectual property rights, which has been compared to a
> controversial U.S. law, has been pushed back to November. The proposed
> directive on the enforcement of intellectual property rights is now
> scheduled for discussion on Nov. 4. Janelly Fourtou, the European
> Parliament member responsible for guiding the proposal, has not yet
> produced her report on the draft legislation, according to those
> familiar with the situation. The delay in voting on the new proposal
> follows the rescheduling of a vote on a proposal on the patentability
> of computer-implemented inventions, which has attracted heated
> criticism from computer scientists, economists and developers.
> http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem16634.htm
>
> 12. US - Lawsuits 'not scaring swappers' (BBC)
> Music-swapping on the internet has not slowed despite a flurry of
> lawsuits, according to industry trackers. The Recording Industry
> Association of America has filed lawsuits against 261 US individuals,
> claiming they have illegally downloaded and shared music. The move is
> part of the industry's attempts to stop people illegally swapping
> copyrighted songs on the web. But research firm BigChampagne, which
> monitors the peer-to-peer networks which file-swappers use, said the
> scare had not worked.
> http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem16632.htm
>
> 13. Release of the 2003 Privacy and Human Rights Report (EPIC)
> The Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) and Privacy
> International has released the sixth annual Privacy and Human Rights
> survey. The report is the most comprehensive survey on privacy and
> data protection ever published. The report will be released at the
> National Press Club in Washington, DC and simultaneously webcast on
> the Internet.  This report reviews the state of privacy in over fifty-
> five countries around the world.   Key topics include Total
> Information Awareness, the public response to the USA-Patriot Act,
> traveler profiling, biometric identification, and other new
> technologies of surveillance. According to the 2003 Privacy and Human
> Rights report, governments have enhanced their surveillance powers,
> affecting many fundamental human rights, including privacy. But public
> opposition is growing.
> http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem16654.htm
>
> 14. UK - First ruling under new rules on e-mail marketing (out-
> law.com)
> A landmark decision confirms that you need to check for explicit
> consent before using a marketing list for an e-mail campaign, even if
> you believe in good faith that the list comprises only those who opted
> to receive marketing. That is the view of the UK's Advertising
> Standards Authority, which today published its first public decision
> based on new requirements for consent before marketing by e-mail. It
> clarified another important point: what is necessary to identify a
> marketing communication as such.
> http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem16631.htm
>
> 15. US - Kids.us Domain Open for Business (eWeek)
> Registration for the kids.us domain has opened. Along with opening
> registration of kids.us, domain registry NeuStar began its review
> process for content of registered sites. Part of the process for
> registering a domain includes having NeuStar review the content to
> ensure it is suitable for minors before the site becomes active.
> NeuStar also plans ongoing monitoring of sites once they are live to
> make sure they comply with its content policy. That policy bans, among
> other things, content with pornography, violence, hate speech,
> gambling and inappropriate language as well as the use of interactive
> features such as instant messaging, chat and message boards or the
> linking to sites outside the kids.us domain.
> http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem16647.htm
>
> 16. AU - Offensive sites banned under FOI (News.com AU)
> Child pornography, bestiality and violent websites banned by the
> Australian Broadcasting Authority cannot be accessed under freedom of
> information laws passed by the Senate. Amendments to the
> Communications Legislation Bill ensure highly offensive online content
> and website addresses containing illegal material can no longer be
> reached through the use of the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act. see
> Communications Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 1) 2002 and Minister's
> speech in Senate on second reading (ParlInfoWeb / Hansard).
> http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem16638.htm
>
> 17. E-Democracy, E-Governance, and Public Net-Work (Publicus.Net)
> by Steven Clift. As our one-way broadcast world becomes increasingly
> two-way, will the governance process gain the ability to listen and
> respond more effectively? The information-age, led by Internet
> content, software, technology, and connectivity, is changing society
> and the way we can best meet public challenges. E-democracy, e-
> governance, and public net-work are three interrelated concepts that
> will help us map out our opportunity to more effectively participate,
> govern, and do public work.
> http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem16629.htm
>
> 18. EU - eEurope 2005 Mid-term Review (Europa)
> The eEurope 2005 Action Plan was launched by EU leaders at Seville in
> June 2002. It sets out the targets to be achieved by between 2003 and
> 2005 to promote the development of a knowledge-based economy in
> Europe. This web area is part of the public consultation to a mid-term
> review of the Action Plan which is currently underway. Contributions
> are invited by email and should be submitted by 25 September 2003.
> http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem16644.htm
>
> 19. UK - Government sweeps aside privacy rights (Guardian)
> Ministers in Britain were accused of conducting a systematic campaign
> to undermine the right to privacy as it emerged that a host of
> government departments, local councils and quangos are to be given the
> power to demand the communications records of every telephone and
> internet user.  A draft order to be debated by MPs reveals that
> ministers want the list of organisations empowered to demand
> communications data to be expanded to include seven Whitehall
> departments, every local authority in the country, NHS bodies in
> Scotland and Northern Ireland, and 11 other public bodies ranging from
> the postal services commission to the food standards agency. Until
> now, the list included only police forces, the intelligence services,
> customs and excise and the inland revenue.  see also 'Snoopers'
> charter' unveiled (BBC), Home Office Press Release and List of
> Statutory Instruments currently in force under the Regulation of
> Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (RIPA).
> http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem16622.htm
>
> 20. NL - ISP wins Scientology case on appeal (XS4ALL Press release)
> The Court of Appeal in The Hague has rejected all of Scientology's
> claims in appeal in Scientology's action against XS4ALL, Karin Spaink
> and ten other internet providers. The court concluded that Spaink's
> publications which quoted from works of Scientology were completely
> legal. In this case, the court said, freedom of opinion does not take
> second place to enforcement of copyright. Scientology cannot invoke
> copyright in these proceedings in order to preclude any discussion of
> the nature of the sect. This means that there are no grounds for any
> claim against XS4ALL or other providers. The court also set aside a
> lower court's declaratory judgment relating to ISP liability and to
> hyperlinks. see English translation of judgment.
> http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem16650.htm
>
> 21. US - Pennsylvania Attorney General suspends tactic in fighting
> child porn (Philadelphia Inquirer)
> The Pennsylvania Attorney General has agreed to halt his behind-the-
> scenes effort to get Internet service providers to block child
> pornography Web sites until a federal judge rules whether Fisher's
> tactic violates the First Amendment by indiscriminately blocking
> legitimate sites. The decision was announced at a federal court
> hearing on a request by civil rights groups for a temporary
> restraining order to stop the year-old program.  see also CDT
> Challenges Pennsylvania's Internet Blocking Statute (CDT)  and US -
> Porn-Blocking Law Taken to Court (Wired).
> http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem16633.htm
>
> 22. DE - EU Kommission warnt vor Jugendschutzproblemen im Mobilfunk
> (Heise)
> Vorerst keine weiteren Webfilter, dafür Jugendschutzkonzepte für den
> Mobilfunk und ein 'Safer Internet Forum' - diese Eckpunkte stellte die
> Generaldrektion Informationsgesellschaft (DG InfoSoc) der Europäischen
> Kommission bei einer öffentlichen Anhörung zur Zukunft des Safer
> Internet Action Programms in Luxemburg vor. 'Safer Internet Plus' soll
> sich demnach nahtlos an das 1999 gestartete Programm anschließen und
> für den Zeitraum von 2005 bis 2008 Jugendschutzprojekte in allen
> Mitgliedsländern der Union finanziell unterstützen. Das 'Safer
> Internet Forum' ist als gesamteuropäisches beratendes Expertengremium
> gedacht. Die Kommission will es bis Ende des Jahres besetzen.
> http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem16626.htm
>
> 23. Open-source software - Microsoft at the power point (Economist)
> Governments like open-source software, but Microsoft does not.
> Microsoft's chief executive, Steve Ballmer, interrupted his holiday in
> Switzerland to visit Munich and lobby the mayor. Microsoft even
> dropped its prices to match Linux - a remarkable feat since Linux is
> essentially free and users merely purchase support services alongside
> it. But the software giant still lost. City officials said the
> decision was a matter of principle: the municipality wanted to control
> its technological destiny. It did not wish to place the functioning of
> government in the hands of a commercial vendor with proprietary
> standards which is accountable to shareholders rather than to
> citizens.  Across the globe, governments are turning to open-source
> software which, unlike proprietary software, allows users to inspect,
> modify and freely redistribute its underlying programming
> instructions. Scores of national and state governments have drafted
> legislation calling for open-source software to be given preferential
> treatment in procurement.
> http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem16620.htm
>
> 24. UK - Digital TV beats 'red button blues' (BBC)
> The last five years of digital TV in the UK have transformed viewing
> from a passive experience to one where viewers have far greater
> control over what they watch and when. A lot of this is due to
> interactive television and the enhanced programming and advertising it
> offers.
> http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem16630.htm
>
> 25. AOL's Appeal to Youth (Washington Post)
> Too busy to read your child a bedtime story? Not to worry. America
> Online wants to come to your rescue, with a new online service for
> kids that will, among other things, allow your little one to choose a
> wholesome bedtime story to be read aloud by the computer. It is part
> of a new business strategy at struggling Dulles-based America Online,
> which has been losing subscribers who are switching to high-speed
> Internet connections offered by cable television and telephone
> companies. The fresh approach is a bid to hold onto more of its
> existing subscribers by appealing to their 6-to-12-year-old children
> with new online games and programming, called "KOL," which will be
> packaged as part of the basic AOL service.
> http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem16640.htm
>
> 26. File swappers face data limits (BBC)
> Net service providers and network managers are struggling to cope with
> the deluge of data that peer-to-peer systems can generate. Many are
> adopting tools that limit how much of a network file-sharing systems
> can sequester. Some organisations are imposing daily limits on how
> much people can download. Persistent offenders who regularly exceed
> their quota are being punished with long-term download limits.
> http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem16645.htm
>
> 27. AOL Europe emerges as a bright spot (New York Times)
> AOL Europe is emerging as an upbeat counterpoint to AOL's sagging
> business in the United States. In the past two and a half years, AOL
> Europe has more than doubled its subscribers to 6.2 million and nearly
> doubled its revenue to about $1.4 billion. The European service has
> gradually cut its costs and its losses, and in its latest quarter it
> finally broke even.
> http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem16648.htm
>
> 28. Blogger bucks premium-services trend (CNET News.com)
> Google-owned Web log-creation site Blogger is eliminating its paid
> version and folding premium functions into its free service, bucking a
> trend toward making people pay for Web site extras. The creation of
> Blogger Pro, which cost subscribers a yearly fee of $35, came about as
> a result of financial necessity, Blogger co-founder Evan Williams
> wrote in an e-mail to subscribers. Now that Google owns the service,
> that need has passed. Google said it would give Blogger Pro
> subscribers either a $24 Blogger sweatshirt or a prorated cash refund.
> [Ed: I chose the sweatshirt].
> http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem16636.htm
>
> 29. UK - Dial up for BBC comedy clips (BBC)
> Comedy lovers in the UK will soon be able to watch classic sketches
> such as Basil beating Manuel with a spoon in Fawlty Towers on their
> mobile phones. Favourite moments from BBC comedy shows will be made
> available for download in a deal with the Vodafone network. This is
> the first such deal for the BBC and BBC Worldwide expects it to grow
> rapidly. Eight 30-second clips from Fawlty Towers will be offered
> initially, with other shows expected to follow shortly. The deal was
> made possible after the show's star, writers and other rights holders
> agreed to it.
> http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem16649.htm
>
> 30. DE - Mehr als die Hälfte der Deutschen nutzt das Internet
> (Pressemitteilung)
> Die Zahl der Internet-Nutzer in Deutschland ist 2003 nach einem
> schwachen Zuwachs im Vorjahr wieder deutlich angestiegen. 34,4
> Millionen Erwachsene, das sind 53,5 Prozent der Bevölkerung ab 14
> Jahren, sind inzwischen online. Gegenüber 2002 stieg die Online-
> Nutzung um 22 Prozent. Am häufigsten wird das Internet von den 14- bis
> 19-Jährigen ( 92,1 Prozent) genutzt, am wenigsten von Menschen über 60
> Jahren (13,3 Prozent). In dieser Altersgruppe sind die Zuwachsraten
> allerdings besonders hoch. Zu diesen Ergebnissen kommt die ARD/ZDF-
> Online-Studie 2003, über die die neueste Ausgabe der Fachzeitschrift
> "Media Perspektiven" berichtet. sihe   Internetverbreitung in
> Deutschland: Unerwartet hoher Zuwachs,  Offliner 2003: Stabile
> Vorbehalte gegenüber dem Internet und  Veränderung des
> Mediennutzungsverhaltens bei Onlinenutzern.
> http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem16623.htm
>
> 31. Europe  - Camera phones tempt handset buyers (The Register)
> Camera phones are beginning to revitalise the European cellphone
> market, bringing consumers back into shops to buy new handsets. So
> says market watcher Canalys, which reported that shipments of camera
> phones jumped 166 per cent during the second quarter over the same
> period last year. Just under 3.9 million camera phones shipped in
> Europe during Q2, up from just over 1.4 million in Q2 2002.
> http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem16643.htm
>
> 32. Europe - Internetnutzung in Europa (ECIN)
> Electronic Commerce Info Net. Bei einer für 2003 auf rund 378
> Millionen geschätzten Einwohnerzahl sind in der EU 42,9 Prozent der
> Bevölkerung online, also mehr als 162 Millionen. Demgegenüber gibt es
> in der Gesamtheit der nicht-EU-Länder erwartungsgemäß weniger
> Internetnutzer, nämlich nur rund 28 Millionen - obwohl die Gesamtzahl
> der Einwohner mit gut 344 Millionen fast gleichauf mit den EU-
> Einwohnern liegt. Die Penetrationsrate erreicht dementsprechend
> lediglich 8,2 Prozent. Dass auf diesem niedrigen Niveau auch eine
> Wachstumsrate von 73,5 Prozent im Zeitraum von 2000 bis 2003 keine
> schnellen Entwicklungen verspricht, ist selbstverständlich. siehe auch
> Tabelle und Karten Internetnutzer Millionen und Internetnutzer
> Prozent.
> http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem16651.htm
>
> 33. 2003-09-19 US, Washington DC - TPRC Conference on Communication,
> Information and Internet Policy (TRPRC)
> The 31st Research Conference on Communication, Information and
> Internet Policy hosted by The National Center for Technology & Law,
> George Mason University School of Law, Arlington, VA. September 19 -
> September 21, 2003.
> http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem16625.htm
>
> 34. 2003-10-20 SE, Stockholm - SAFT International conference: Future
> Kids Online (SAFT)
> The SAFT Project invites you to the International Conference Future
> Kids Online 20-21 October 2003, Stockholm, Sweden. For two full days,
> up to 200 participants will meet to discuss issues of safer use of the
> Internet among children and teenagers. Potentials as well as risks
> concerning kids' online behavior will be in focus, eg. chatting,
> communities, online gaming, instant messaging, file sharing,
> pornography, racism and source criticism. Current research and
> extensive survey results on children's use of new media will be
> presented. The roles of both parents, educators, industry and
> government are also on the agenda. Along with politicians,
> researchers, industry representatives and experts, kids themselves
> will present their views and opinions on Internet use and safety
> issues.
> http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem16401.htm
>
> 35. Democracies Online Newswire Information (Publicus.Net)
> by Steven Clift. I spread e-democracy joy (and pain) to the 2600
> members of my Democracies Online Newswire e-mail announcement list
> each week.  Learn more about DoWire and its related communities of
> practice and country-specific e-mail lists. My goal is organize
> everyone who is interested using the Internet to make their community
> and our world a better place.  Using democratic internet to improve
> the outcomes of governance and citizen participation through the
> intelligent use of information and communication technologies is my
> strategy.
> http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem16627.htm
>
> 36. US - Papers from TPRC Conference on Communication, Information and
> Internet Policy (TPRC)
> Papers are online covering a wide variety of issues likely to be of
> to QuickLinks readers, for example: The Internet: Still Wide Open and
> Competitive? by Eli Noam. This paper aims to measure market
> concentration in the Internet sector, to trace it over time, and to
> compare it with trends in other information industries. The findings
> are interesting: the newer the medium, the more concentrated it is,
> and often the more its concentration is rising in recent years. Thus,
> print media are relatively unconcentrated, and rising only slowly.
> Film, Broadcasting, and New Media, the next entrants, are more
> concentrated in the order of chronology. Most concentrated are the
> Internet media, especially Broadband, the newest of media. see also
> The Post-.COM Internet: Toward Regular and Objective Procedures for
> Internet Governance  (Milton Mueller, Lee McKnight). Makes the case
> for using regular and objective procedures to assign new Internet top-
> level domain names (TLDs) instead of the unscheduled, discretionary
> and ad hoc processes and criteria currently used by ICANN. The paper
> proposes a procedure for adding 40 top-level domains to the Internet
> domain name system on an annual basis.
> http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem16624.htm
>
> 37. Daily digest (QuickLinks)
> After a long hiatus, Bloglet is back in operation. This allows you to
> receive an e-mail with a daily digest of new items posted to
> QuickLinks. There is a link to the subscription form on the QuickLinks
> home page. To subscribe, enter your e-mail address and submit the
> form. This is in addition to the possibility of receiving RSS feeds
> using your news aggregator, mentioned in issue 278.
> http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem16619.htm
>
> Main Sources and Contributors: Baker & McKenzie E-Law Alert, Michael
> Geist BNA - ILN, cybertelecom.org, jugendschutz.net, Gerhard Heine,
> David Goldstein, Net Family News, selfregulation.info,
> saferinternet.org.
>

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