[eccr] QuickLinks 260 - 23 February 2003

QuickLinks 260 - 23 February 2003

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Legal and regulatory issues

   Computer crime
1. EU - Procedural safeguards for suspects and defendants in criminal
proceedings
2. US  - Fighting Child Pornography

   Consumer protection
3. Consumers in the Online Marketplace: the OECD Guidelines Three
Years Later

   Content regulation
4. GR - More Fallout Over Greek Game Ban

   Convergence of telecommunications, media and information technology
5. EU - Is Digital TV a priority for Europe?
6. U.S. backs merging Net, phone numbers

   Copyright, trademarks and patents
7. UK - Copyright defender advises Number 10
8. US - Bertelsmann sued over Napster

   Data Protection (privacy)
9. OECD - Privacy Online: Policy and Practical Guidance
10. OECD - Report on Compliance with, and Enforcement of, Privacy
Protection Online
11. US - eBay to Law Enforcement - We're Here to Help
12. US - Judge Suspends Wash. State Phone Privacy

   Domain names
13. DE - German registrar bans Web site
14. DE - Staatsanwaltschaft stellt Verfahren zu Domain-Sperre im DNS
ein
15. ICANN - Flak flies over ICANN contract renewal
16. UK - Net names' rallying cry

   e-Government
17. EU - Businesses reap rewards of e-government
18. EU - Council tells student that legal opinion on openness should
stay secret

   e-Learning
19. EU - eLearning: Commission launches website for information and
exchange

   Information society and Internet policy
20. EU - eEurope 2002 Action Plan has been a success in bringing
Europe on-line

   Interception
21. UK - Government wins net villain award

   Liability, jurisdiction and applicable law
22. FR - Yahoo! cleared in Nazi case
23. Analysts: Child Porn Hidden on Corporate Networks
24. DE - Neuer Gerichtsentscheid bestätigt Website-Sperrungen
25. EU - More coherence for European contract law: Commission adopts
Action plan
26. EU - More coherence for European contract law: Commission adopts
Action plan
27. US - CDT Report Calls Pennsylvania Law Over Broad and
Unconstitutional
28. US - Net blocking threatens legitimate sites

   Protection of minors
29. Avis n° 1 relatif à la protection des mineurs sur l'internet
30. FR - Groupe de travail 'Protéger l'enfance sur l'internet en
France et en Europe'
31. Gaming 'is good for you'

   Safer Internet awareness
32. NZ - Online safety conference "largest in the world"

   Security and encryption
33. EU - European Commission proposes creation of Network Security
Agency to boost Cyber Security in Europe
34. OECD - Implementation Plan for the OECD Guidelines for the
Security of Information Systems and Networks
35. US - Perspective: Ashcroft's worrisome spy plans

   Self-regulation / codes of conduct
36. EU - Progress towards ensuring an Information Society for All
37. KR - Portals to Regulate Music Services
38. The kids are alright
39. UK - Editors back PCC code

   Telecommunications
40. EU - Recommendation on Relevant Product and Service Markets
41. EU - Commission urges Europe to move to Broadband
42. US - Few Cheers for New FCC Rules

Market & Technology

   Internet access and use
43. Europe - More ISPs 'to impose download limits'
44. OECD - Broadband Access for Business

   Junk mail (spam)
45. Tangled Up in Spam

   Market
46. Google Buys Pyra: Blogging Goes Big-Time

   Statistics
47. Europe -  Online gaming growing rapidly
48. OECD - Measuring the Information Economy 2002
49. UK  - BT hits half-million broadband mark

   Technology
50. Estonians key to writing Kazaa code
51. Tracking tag for Net music unveiled

Forthcoming events

52. 2003-02-26 EU, Brüssel - Die Umsetzung des neuen TK-Rechtsrahmens

1. EU - Procedural safeguards for suspects and defendants in criminal
proceedings (RAPID)
The Commission has adopted a Green Paper on procedural safeguards for
suspects and defendants in criminal proceedings throughout the
European Union and has decided to transmit it to the Council, the
Parliament and the European Economic and Social Committee. This
initiative is part of the work of the European Union to create a
genuine European area of justice.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem15408.htm

2. US  - Fighting Child Pornography (New York Times)
The combination of digital photography and high-speed home Internet
access has set off what the authorities say is an explosion of
homemade child pornography.  U.S. authorities have responded by
compiling a federal catalog of all known child pornography
photographs. Germany,Britain, Sweden, the Netherlands and Interpol
already maintain similar databases, each with about a million photos
and films depicting thousands of children worldwide. The database has
two main goals: to help trace the children in the photos, and to aid
in prosecution by establishing that the photos are of identified
victims who were under 18 when the pictures were taken.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem15401.htm

3. Consumers in the Online Marketplace: the OECD Guidelines Three
Years Later (OECD)
This report by the Committee on Consumer Policy on the "Guidelines for
Consumer Protection in the Context of Electronic Commerce" summarises
the results of implementation activities in OECD countries.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem15392.htm

4. GR - More Fallout Over Greek Game Ban (Wired)
The Greek government is standing by its controversial law banning
electronic games in public. Designed to stop illegal gambling, the law
casts its net too wide, the EU says, ensnaring innocent Internet café
owners and computer game companies. Greece ignored its first caution,
an official letter sent in October. The EU will try to press its point
again later this month.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem15298.htm

5. EU - Is Digital TV a priority for Europe? (RAPID)
Mr Erkki Liikanen Member of the European Commission, responsible for
Enterprise and the Information Society PuntoIt Workshop European
Parliament, Strasbourg, 11 February 2003
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem15302.htm

6. U.S. backs merging Net, phone numbers (CNET News.com)
In an internal letter,the Commerce Department recommended that the
United States participate in an emerging electronic numbering system,
known as ENUM, that will allow people to use one identifier for many
different purposes, including mobile phones, e-mail, instant messaging
and faxes. see FCC Chairman Powell's Letter.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem15294.htm

7. UK - Copyright defender advises Number 10 (BBC)
Net freedom fighter Lawrence Lessig has urged the UK Government to
ensure that laws designed to prevent digital piracy do not trample
over the right of fair use. On his recent visit to the UK, the
Stanford University law professor held a private meeting with
government media policy advisers at Number 10 Downing Street.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem15379.htm

8. US - Bertelsmann sued over Napster (BBC)
A group of songwriters, composers and music publishers has launched a
$17bn lawsuit against German media giant Bertelsmann, alleging that it
helped Napster deprive them of royalties. Bertelsmann, the complaint
argues, prolonged the life of online song-swapping service Napster by
investing more than $100m into it.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem15406.htm

9. OECD - Privacy Online: Policy and Practical Guidance (OECD)
This report includes policy and practical guidance for implementing
privacy protection online. It is addressed to OECD member countries,
business and other organisations, individual users and consumers.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem15396.htm

10. OECD - Report on Compliance with, and Enforcement of, Privacy
Protection Online (OECD)
This report has been prepared by Christopher Kuner, Attorney-at-Law,
Hunton & Williams, in co-operation with the secretariat. It contains a
summary and an analysis of the responses to a questionnaire issued to
member countries in March 2002.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem15391.htm

11. US - eBay to Law Enforcement - We're Here to Help (LawMeme)
eBay's policies for cooperating with government investigations were
discussed at the recent CyberCrime 2003 conference. eBay has probably
the most generous policy of any internet company when it comes to
sharing information.  They do not require a subpoena except for very
limited circumstances.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem15412.htm

12. US - Judge Suspends Wash. State Phone Privacy (AP)
Washington state regulations to protect the privacy of telephone
customer account information, some of the toughest in the country,
have been suspended by a federal judge. State regulations required
phone companies to obtain customer approval before selling calling
records or using them to market anything but telecommunications
services.  But Verizon sued the state, saying its Utilities and
Transportation Commission overstepped its authority and infringed on
the company's ability to speak to and serve customers.  U.S. District
Judge  ruled that Verizon had raised "serious questions" about the
constitutionality of Washington's privacy rules, and granted a
preliminary injunction blocking their enforcement while the case is
pending.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem15377.htm

13. DE - German registrar bans Web site (CNET News.com)
A domain name registrar in Germany has deleted the registration for a
gruesome U.S.-based online photo gallery that featured stomach-
wrenching images from autopsies and medical procedures. Computer
Service Langenbach, which operates the Joker.com registrar in
Dusseldorf, Germany, yanked the Ogrish.com domain name from its
database in response to a request from a German prosecutor.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem15380.htm

14. DE - Staatsanwaltschaft stellt Verfahren zu Domain-Sperre im DNS
ein (Heise)
Der niederländische Anbieter der Gewaltszenen-Site ogrish.com darf mit
seiner Domain ins Ausland umziehen; die Sperre im DNS wird aufgehoben.
Das bestätigte die zuständige Staatsanwältin. Joker.com-Chef Siegfried
Langenbach sagte, er habe dem Umzug der Domain bereits zugestimmt. Das
Strafverfahren nach Paragraph 131 StGB wird damit gegenstandslos.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem15295.htm

15. ICANN - Flak flies over ICANN contract renewal (ZDNet)
The US Department of Commerce has come under fire for awarding,
without a proper tender process, a contract for running the most basic
and crucial functions of the Internet to ICANN, the Internet
Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers.  ICANN has now looks
likely to run the functions of the Internet Assigned Numbers Authority
(IANA) for another three years.The most important functions of IANA
include coordinating the root zone of the domain name system, and
allocating IP address spaces. See also Nominet attacks ICANN
(Register).
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem15385.htm

16. UK - Net names' rallying cry (Guardian)
Over two hundred delegates packed the debating chamber of the Oxford
Union last week to hear internet luminaries Lawrence Lessig and Esther
Dyson consider the future of the Internet and ways we can shape its
future. see also Dyson ends support for ICANN 1.0 (ZDNet UK).
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem15402.htm

17. EU - Businesses reap rewards of e-government (silicon.com)
Europe's citizens are still getting a raw deal when it comes to e-
government - although businesses are now able to take advantage of
anincreasingly sophisticated array of online services throughout the
European Union (EU).  Cap Gemini Ernst & Young released the latest
results of its third survey on electronic Public Services in Europe,
which is conducted on behalf of the European Commission (EC).
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem15399.htm

18. EU - Council tells student that legal opinion on openness should
stay secret (RAPID)
The European Ombudsman, Jacob Söderman, has called on the Council to
give a researcher access to an opinion from its Legal Service. The
opinion is on the legislative proposal from the Commission for rules
on access to documents and was requested by a student for his post-
graduate dissertation on public access to Council documents. In his
special report to the European Parliament, the Ombudsman states "the
refusal to give access is particularly surprising since it concerns an
opinion about rules on access to documents". He asks the Parliament to
support this call for the Council to reconsider the student's
application.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem15375.htm

19. EU - eLearning: Commission launches website for information and
exchange (RAPID)
The European Commission has launched its website on eLearning.This
portal will provide not only information on Community initiative in
this field, such as the eLearning programme (2004-2006), but also
links with national initiatives, both public and private, and
contributions from experts on subjects ranging from "eLiteracy" to the
situation in the candidate countries. see also Education policy in a
globalized world and Is e-learning going mainstream? by Viviane
REDING, Member of the European Commission responsible for Education
and Culture. Combating digital illiteracy, promoting virtual campuses
and virtual twinning ofschools: the e-learning programme's aims (2004-
2006).
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem15304.htm

20. EU - eEurope 2002 Action Plan has been a success in bringing
Europe on-line (RAPID)
The eEurope 2002 Action Plan, designed to bring Europe online as fast
as possible, has been a major success, according to the Commission's
eEurope 2002 Final Report.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem15299.htm

21. UK - Government wins net villain award (BBC)
The UK Home Office has been awarded the title of Internet Villain for
a second time in a row at the internet industry's annual ISPA award
ceremony.  The Home Office was regarded by the judges as a worthy
winner because of its confused and often contradictory policies on
internet snooping laws, including the Anti-Terrorism, Crime and
Security (ATCS) Act and continued delays associated with the
Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA).
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem15410.htm

22. FR - Yahoo! cleared in Nazi case (Guardian)
A Paris court cleared the internet giant Yahoo! and its former
president of condoning war crimes and crimes against humanity when it
allowed Nazi memorabilia to be sold on its auction sites.  The court
ruled that justifying war crimes meant "glorifying, praising, or at
least presenting the crimes in question favourably", and that Yahoo!
"manifestly did not fit that description".
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem15382.htm

23. Analysts: Child Porn Hidden on Corporate Networks (internetnews)
Child pornography is hidden on virtually every large corporate network
-- be it corporate, academic or government, according to security
experts. Security and law enforcement experts have differing opinions
on whether or not a company is held liable for illegal content sitting
on its network. Some say if company executives don't know it's there,
they're not responsible for it. Others disagree. Most say IT managers
need to go looking for it. And all of them agree that once it's found,
it needs to be reported to police.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem15415.htm

24. DE - Neuer Gerichtsentscheid bestätigt Website-Sperrungen (Heise)
Zwei weitere Provider in Nordrhein-Westfalen müssen die zwei von der
Bezirksregierung in Düsseldorf inkriminierten Naziseiten sofort
sperren.  Das Verwaltungsgericht Aachen entschied gegen den
Widerspruch der Provider, die einen Aufschub der Sperrungen bis zur
grundsätzlichen juristischen Entscheidung über die Sperrverfügungen
verlangten. Bislang liegen Entscheidungen aus Gelsenkirchen, Arnsberg,
Düsseldorf und Minden vor. Nur in Minden gaben die Richter der
Forderung von Mediaways statt, die Sperrungen bis zur endgültigen
Entscheidung auszusetzen.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem15381.htm

25. EU - More coherence for European contract law: Commission adopts
Action plan (RAPID)
The European Commission has adopted an Action Plan setting out a road
map for greater coherence of contract law in Europe. Measures being
proposed include support for voluntary initiatives to develop standard
Europe-wide contract terms, the improvement of existing and future EU
law on contracts, and a research initiative to develop common contract
law rules based on the best solutions found in the Member States'
laws.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem15370.htm

26. EU - More coherence for European contract law: Commission adopts
Action plan (RAPID)
The European Commission has adopted an Action Plan setting out a road
map for greater coherence of contract law in Europe. Measures being
proposed include support for voluntary initiatives to develop standard
Europe-wide contract terms, the improvement of existing and future EU
law on contracts, and a research initiative to develop common contract
law rules based on the best solutions found in the Member States'
laws.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem15404.htm

27. US - CDT Report Calls Pennsylvania Law Over Broad and
Unconstitutional (Press Release)
CDT has released a report criticizing a recently passed Pennsylvania
law forcing Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to block access to
numerous web sites without adequate court oversight. The report argues
that the statute unconstitutionally restricts speech, blocks access to
sites that are wholly innocent, and raises serious technical concerns.
The report's release coincides with a request under Pennsylvania's
right-to-know law seeking records of the Attorney General's requests
to block web sites. CDT Report on Penn. ISP Liability Law  [pdf] and
Text of the Penn. ISP Liability Law  [pdf].
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem15411.htm

28. US - Net blocking threatens legitimate sites (CNET News.com)
A study from Harvard University's Berkman Center, Web Sites Sharing IP
Addresses: Prevalence and Significance, highlights how modern Web
standards have permitted thousands of domain names to share one
Internet address. It concludes that instead of precisely targeting
only objectionable sites, attempts to restrict Internet addresses with
pornographic, political or gambling-related content inevitably make
legitimate sites unreachable too.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem15369.htm

29. Avis n° 1 relatif à la protection des mineurs sur l'internet
(Observatoire des Droits de l'Internet)
Le présent avis porte sur la protection des mineurs sur l'internet. Il
a été approuvé à l'unanimité des membres présents lors de la séance
plénière de l'Observatoire des Droits de l'Internet qui s'est tenue à
Bruxelles le mercredi 29 janvier 2003.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem15292.htm

30. FR - Groupe de travail 'Protéger l'enfance sur l'internet en
France et en Europe' (Forum des droits sur l'Internet)
Le Forum des droits sur l'internet lance, avec le soutien du
ministèredélégué à la Famille, un groupe de travail consacré à la
protection de l'enfance face aux contenus et comportements illicites
sur internet en France et en Europe. Ce groupe a pour mandat
d'énoncer, à destination des acteurs économiques et des usagers comme
des pouvoirs publics, des propositions concrètes relevant du droit,
des techniques et de la pédagogie d'internet.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem15293.htm

31. Gaming 'is good for you' (BBC)
Computer games are good for you, say researchers who studied the
complex social interactions in the popular shoot-em-up Counter-Strike.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem15374.htm

32. NZ - Online safety conference "largest in the world" (IDGNet)
The Internet Safety Group will hold its second annual conference in
July and will address security issues ranging from white-collar crime
online to child pornography to wireless network security.  NetSafe II:
Society, Safety & the Internetis expected to attract over 500
delegates, making it the largest conference of its kind in the world.
Keynote speakers include Ruben Rodriquez, director at the National
Centre for Missing and Exploited Children in the US and Rachel
O'Connell, who is director of research at the Cyberspace Research Unit
at the University of Central Lancashire.Professor Bill Caelli rounds
out the keynote speaker list. Caelli has a long history of work in the
computer security field.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem15297.htm

33. EU - European Commission proposes creation of Network Security
Agency to boost Cyber Security in Europe (RAPID)
The European Commission is proposing a Regulation setting up a
European Network and Information Security Agency. The objective of the
Agency will be to serve as a centre of competence where both Member
States and EU Institutions can seek advice on matters relating to
cyber security.The Agency will play a key role for the security of
Europe's digital economy and the development of the information
society in general. The Agency will also provide assistance to Member
States' authorities notably their Computer Emergency Response Teams.
This assistance will for example be to help in ensuring
interoperability of information security functions in networks and
information systems. Creation of a European Network and Information
Security Agency - Frequent Questions and Answers.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem15386.htm

34. OECD - Implementation Plan for the OECD Guidelines for the
Security of Information Systems and Networks (OECD)
This implementation plan sets out the OECD and ts member governments'
roles in implementing the OECD Guidelines for the Security of
Information Systems and Networks. The plan aims to promote a global
"Culture of Security".
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem15390.htm

35. US - Perspective: Ashcroft's worrisome spy plans (News.com)
Attorney General John Ashcroft wants even more power to snoop on
theInternet, spy on private conversations and install secret
microphones,spyware and keystroke loggers.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem15376.htm

36. EU - Progress towards ensuring an Information Society for All
(RAPID)
Mr Erkki Liikanen, Member of the European Commission, responsible for
Enterprise and the Information Society, European Voice conference on
security, trust and convenience, Brussels, 18 February 2003. Includes
a comprehensive list of eConfidence  measures: the promotion of high
standards of good business practices (e.g. codes of conduct, trust-
marks, complaint settlement procedures), and affordable access to
third-party alternative dispute resolution (ADR) systems.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem15409.htm

37. KR - Portals to Regulate Music Services (Chosunilbo)
The Korea Record Industry Association (KRIA) has announced that it
hadreached an agreement on 'Guidelines on the Role of Online Service
Providers for Copyright Protection' with four portal site companies.
The guidelines read that portal sites should immediately delete, or
block access to posted illegal musical data that is reported by record
companies, singers, and composers.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem15384.htm

38. The kids are alright (Guardian)
Outstanding websites built by children are being honoured in this
year's Childnet Awards.  The awards, organised by the charity Childnet
International, aim to reward children and those working with them who
are developing outstanding internet projects that benefit other
children worldwide.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem15395.htm

39. UK - Editors back PCC code (Guardian)
Self-regulation has proved to be an effective way of controlling the
press and should not be replaced by legislation, the Society of
Editors has argued. And it said the Commons select committee on
culture, media and sport's inquiry would demonstrate that the PCC's
code of conduct was effective.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem15397.htm

40. EU - Recommendation on Relevant Product and Service Markets
(Europa)
Commission Recommendation on Relevant Product and Service Markets
within the electronic communications sector susceptible to ex ante
regulation in accordance with Directive 2002/21/EC of the European
Parliament and of the Council on a common regulatory framework for
electronic communication networks and services. C(2003)497. see also
Explanatory memorandum and Mr. Erkki Liikanen press briefing (RAPID).
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem15303.htm

41. EU - Commission urges Europe to move to Broadband (RAPID)
The European Union must accelerate the changeover to broadband
services and third generation mobile communications, according to a
new European Commission Communication on the state of the electronic
communications sector. The report identifies broadband and "3G" as the
main drivers of the sector. Electronic Communications: the Road to
Knowledge Economy.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem15300.htm

42. US - Few Cheers for New FCC Rules (Wired)
A Federal Communications Commission decision to let states regulate
competition among the regional Bell telephone companies drew sharp
criticism from lawmakers, some members of the telecom industry and
consumer advocacy groups. The FCC asked each state to decide for
itself how to regulate competition in local telephone markets. The FCC
did excuse the Bell companies from having to share their broadband
pipelines with competitors at a fixed rate, which could spell trouble
for smaller competitors. It could also result in fewer choices for
consumers seeking high-speed Internet access.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem15413.htm

43. Europe - More ISPs 'to impose download limits' (ZDNet)
Jupiter Research warned that file sharing is growing "at a phenomenal
rate", and that the sheer volume of music and movie filesbeing
transferred between users is putting a huge burden on broadband
service providers. According to Jupiter, some broadband ISPs in Europe
are finding that over 50 percent of the traffic on their networks is
caused by P2P file-sharing.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem15378.htm

44. OECD - Broadband Access for Business (OECD)
With over 50 million subscribers in the OECD, broadband access is key
for economic growth and development. This report examines broadband
access development for businesses. It focuses on short distance leased
lines and new forms of broadband access.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem15389.htm

45. Tangled Up in Spam (New York Times)
I know what your in-box looks like, and it isn't pretty. It looks like
mine: a babble of come-ons and lies from hucksters and con artists.
Tofind your real e-mail, you must wade through the torrent of fraud
and obscenity known politely as ''unsolicited bulk e-mail'' and
colloquially as spam. In a perverse tribute to the power of the online
revolution, we are all suddenly getting the same mail.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem15398.htm

46. Google Buys Pyra: Blogging Goes Big-Time (Silicon Valley)
Google, which runs the Web's premier search site, has purchased Pyra
Labs, a San Francisco company that created some of the earliest
technology for writing weblogs, the increasingly popular personal and
opinion journals. The buyout is a huge boost to an enormously diverse
genre of online publishing that has begun to change the equations of
online news and information. Weblogs are frequently updated. Typically
they include links to other pages on the Internet, and the topics
range from technology to politics to just about anything you can name.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem15414.htm

47. Europe -  Online gaming growing rapidly (BBC)
Nearly six million Europeans visited an online games site during
January - more than double the figure from the same time in 2002,
according to net measurement firm Nielsen/NetRatings. Germany and
France are leading the pack when it comes to online gaming. Even
third-placed Holland is outstripping the US.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem15371.htm

48. OECD - Measuring the Information Economy 2002 (OECD)
With over 80 indicators based on the most up-to-date official
statistics, this publication provides a comprehensive
internationalcomparison of OECD Member countries' performance in the
information economy. Excel files with figures, underlying charts and
other data can be downloaded for free.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem15388.htm

49. UK  - BT hits half-million broadband mark (Reuters)
BT says around 100,000 more broadband Internet users had hooked up to
its network in January, giving it over 500,000 in total and putting it
on target for one million by mid-year.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem15400.htm

50. Estonians key to writing Kazaa code (CNN)
When a Swedish software developer cast about for help in writing the
Kazaa file-sharing software, colleagues raised eyebrows when he chose
three unheralded youths from little-known Estonia. And jaws dropped
when the program quickly became the leading software download on the
Internet.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem15387.htm

51. Tracking tag for Net music unveiled (Reuters)
The International Federation of Phonographic Industry (IFPI) and
Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) launched electronic
identity tags to keep tabs on Internet music sales in a bid to
compensate musicians and song writers as more of their works become
available online. The Global Release Identifier, or GRid, is a code
akin to the Universal Product Code (UPC) bar code found on a CD or
cassette tape in stores. Digital Rights Management DRM.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem15393.htm

52. 2003-02-26 EU, Brüssel - Die Umsetzung des neuen TK-Rechtsrahmens
(ZEI)
Zwischen europäischer Integration und mitgliedstaatlichen
Besonderheiten. In Zusammenarbeit mit der Landesvertretung Nordrhein-
Westfalens bei der Europäischen Union in Brüssel wird das Zentrum für
Europäische Integrationsforschung (ZEI) der Universität Bonn am 26.
Februar 2003 in Brüssel eine Konferenz zum Thema "veranstalten.
http://www.qlinks.net/items/qlitem15383.htm

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

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