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And see my website - http://GoldsteinReport.com/ - for daily updates in between postings. *************************************************** The domain name news is supported by auDA *************************************************** Execs reveal why newspapers don't block Google http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10235359-93.html Micro-payments considered for WSJ website http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/afcc5024-3d97-11de-a85e-00144feabdc0.html Internet 'Crucial' to Family Life in UK http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/index.cfm?NewsID=115309 Scottish paedophile gang case highlights net danger, may be to blame for child abuse growth, psychologist says http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/scotland/article6251697.ece nz: Exposing the girl bullies http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10571460 au: Girls forced to leave Sydney private school for cyber-bullying http://www.abc.net.au/pm/content/2008/s2563938.htm http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/05/07/2563942.htm Australian ISPs escape copyright trap http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,24897,25448224-15306,00.html Out of Africa: the blood tantalum in your mobile phone http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2009/05/08/1241289162634.html Mobile internet spending up, overall revenue down http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/index.cfm?NewsID=115482 NZ's 3rd mobile network launched: 2degrees http://www.nzherald.co.nz/technology/news/article.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10571640 Wellington, Manukau frustrate 2degrees [BusinessDay] http://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/2400954/ In China, $700 puts a spammer in business [IDG] http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9132758 Google heading for global trademark storm http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article6250503.ece Google lets advertisers buy rivals' trade marks as keywords in 194 countries http://out-law.com/page-9997 US Army Cadets Trade the Trenches for Firewalls http://nytimes.com/2009/05/11/technology/11cybergames.html Cyber criminals' methods revealed by University of California study http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/the_web/article6251026.ece Women more affected by ID fraud, US study finds http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10236214-83.html The Economist debate - Copyright and wrongs: This house believes that existing copyright laws do more harm than good http://www.economist.com/debate/days/view/310 us: Bill would turn Internet flamers into felons http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/050809-bullying-bill.html Google enduring 'trial by fire' [AFP] http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2009/05/11/1241893888218.html Google's Strength May Be Part of Microsoft Defense Strategy http://nytimes.com/2009/05/08/technology/companies/08soft.html French Anti-Piracy Proposal Undermines E.U. Telecommunications Overhaul http://nytimes.com/2009/05/07/technology/07iht-telecoms.html ********************** INTERNET USE ********************** Execs reveal why newspapers don't block Google To hear the poobahs of traditional media tell it, Google is to print media what global warming is to the polar caps. At many once-stalwart print publications, profits are melting away. http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10235359-93.html The end of the age of free For a decade now, consumers have become accustomed to free access to music, films and information, via the internet. But with many of the media's big players - including Rupert Murdoch - thinking of charging for content, is the tide about to turn? http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/may/10/music-news-murdoch-free-google Editorial: Is the era of free news over? One safe prediction where the internet is concerned is that most predictions will turn out wrong. If some of the headier late 20th-century forecasts had proved correct, we would already be living in a world without books, offices, coins and banknotes, newspapers ... http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/may/10/rupert-murdoch-internet-media-free-news News Corp will charge for newspaper websites, says Rupert Murdoch Rupert Murdoch expects to start charging for access to News Corporation's newspaper websites within a year as he strives to fix a "malfunctioning" business model. http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/may/07/rupert-murdoch-charging-websites Micro-payments considered for WSJ website "A sophisticated micro-payments service” will launch this autumn, Robert Thomson, editor-in-chief of Dow Jones and managing editor of the Journal, told the Financial Times. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/afcc5024-3d97-11de-a85e-00144feabdc0.html Wall Street Journal plans micropayments model The Wall Street Journal is expected to begin charging nonsubscribers micropayments for access to individual articles, according to a report Sunday in the Financial Times. http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10237303-93.html Charging for online content may be a lifeline for publishers It is going to be like stuffing toothpaste back in the tube, says Jack Matthews, the head of Fairfax Media's digital business unit. But as media watchers and analysts digest Rupert Murdoch's latest push to start charging readers for access to newspapers online, some say making it work may be a matter of survival for publishers challenged by an advertising recession and the shift of eyeballs and dollars to the internet. http://business.smh.com.au/business/charging-for-online-content-may-be-a-lifeline-for-publishers-20090508-ay17.html http://business.theage.com.au/business/charging-for-online-content-may-be-a-lifeline-for-publishers-20090508-ay17.html Recession takes toll at News Corp but Rupert Murdoch says ‘worst is over’ News Corporation, the parent company of The Times, reported a 97 per cent decline in profits at its newspaper division as the collapse in advertising brought on by the recession and unfavourable exchange rates hit its income. http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/media/article6237283.ece US Senate Panel Examines Newspapers' Plight [AP] A Senate panel on Wednesday looked into the question of whether struggling newspapers should be allowed to operate as nonprofits similar to public broadcasting stations. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124161657814091749.html Internet 'Crucial' to Family Life in UK Brits would rather cut back on food than Internet access, says the mobile carrier O2. According to research by the ISP and mobile network operator, 67 percent of families are reluctant to reduce their spending on Internet access when it comes to beating the credit crunch, while only 24 percent said they didn't want to reduce their food spending. http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/index.cfm?NewsID=115309 http://www.pcworld.com/article/164654/.html Danish schools ready to trial internet access during exams Each summer we're subjected to a string of arguments over whether getting an A-level or GCSE is getting easier. But thanks to officials in Denmark, it may be time to stop talking about dumbing down exams and start talking about wiring them up instead. http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2009/may/11/danish-internet-exams au: Getting connected not a priority for seniors More than 15 years after the invention of the World Wide Web, almost half of Australians over 65 have never used the internet. A report by the Australian Communications and Media Authority, released yesterday, showed 44 per cent of the nation's seniors had never gone online, while only 48 per cent of them had a home internet connection. http://www.theage.com.au/national/getting-connected-not-a-priority-for-seniors-20090507-awt9.html http://www.watoday.com.au/national/getting-connected-not-a-priority-for-seniors-20090507-awt9.html Internet unattractive to aged Australians: ACMA The Internet has little appeal for older Australians, according to a report by the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA). http://www.arnnet.com.au/article/302531/ Elderly Aussies’ lack of interest in web concerns ACMA More than half of Australians aged over 65 don’t have the internet at home and 44 per cent have never used the Web, according to an Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) report. http://www.itnews.com.au/News/102682,elderly-aussies-lack-of-interest-in-web-concerns-acma.aspx Some older Australians missing out on the Internet While 87 percent of Australians teens and adults use the Internet at least once a week, almost half of the remainder are over 50. http://www.itwire.com/content/view/24911/53/ ********************** SOCIAL NETWORKING ********************** Twitter is a sucker's game that only serves the needs of a tiny elite Let me start by confessing I do have a Twitter account. But I won't be fooled again. That is, I refuse to once more play the attention-seeking game, where everyone enriches the contest runner and surrounding marketers for the privilege of aspiring to be one of the very few big winners. http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/may/07/twitter-is-a-suckers-game au: Facebook turns a blind eye to racist rants Facebook has again come under fire for ignoring racism on the site after it refused to ban controversial groups that deny the Holocaust. It will instead attempt to block the groups from being viewed by users in countries where Holocaust denial is illegal. http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2009/05/07/1241289297544.html http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2009/05/07/1241289297544.html http://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/2395353/ ************************************************ CHILD PROTECTION, FILTERING & CONTENT REGULATION ************************************************ Scottish paedophile gang case highlights net danger, may be to blame for child abuse growth, psychologist says The internet may be responsible for creating a new breed of sex criminals, a leading clinical psychologist has warned. Speaking in the wake of Scotland's most serious paedophile conspiracy trial, Ethel Quayle, a child abuse expert, said that the opportunity to access instant images of abuse appears to be responsible for the emergence of “novel behaviour” in some men, transforming the minority who may be potential child abusers into online voyeurs and potential sex criminals. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/scotland/article6251697.ece http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/scotland/article6251919.ece UK sites fail age verification check Children's charities are backing a plan to make web retailers ensure young people cannot buy age-restricted goods. A private members bill going through the House of Lords is calling for it to be mandatory for web retailers to adopt age verification systems. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8039580.stm Sexting: Sending of Explicit Photos Can Land Teens in Legal Fix In Fairfax County, a teenage boy sent out a text message asking girls to send photos of their breasts. Word got out at his high school, police said, and when authorities tracked the teen down, they discovered a cache of naked images on his phone. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/06/AR2009050604088.html nz: Exposing the girl bullies A schoolyard assault filmed on a cellphone and posted on YouTube has raised fresh fears about cyber-bullying and girl-on-girl violence. Footage obtained by the Herald on Sunday shows a group of students from James Cook High School in South Auckland surrounding a 16-year-old girl on the school field. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10571460 au: Girls forced to leave Sydney private school for cyber-bullying Two adolescent girls have been forced to leave one of Sydney's elite private schools because of cyber-bullying. The girls were taken out of Ascham school after they published material on a social networking web site, containing personal and possibly defamatory information about their classmates. http://www.abc.net.au/pm/content/2008/s2563938.htm http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/05/07/2563942.htm au: Phone bans 'not the answer to cyber-bullying' A helpline expert says phone and internet bans may not be the best way to protect children from the impact of cyber-bullying. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/05/08/2564481.htm au: Cyber bullies run amok at top Sydney school Parents have been urged to confiscate their children's mobile phones at night and monitor computer use after two year 9 students from the prestigious girls' school Ascham were forced to leave the school because of cyber-bullying. http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2009/05/07/1241289315388.html http://nqr.farmonline.com.au/news/metro/national/general/cyber-bullies-run-amok-at-private-school/1507786.aspx Web helps nastiness rise to new levels Girls have always been mean to each other. The renowned Canadian author, Margaret Atwood, 69, gives a chilling account in her book Cat's Eye of being bullied by her two "best friends" more than 55 years ago. But new technology enables girls to be even meaner, Australia's foremost expert on cyber bullying says. http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2009/05/08/1241727605728.html au: Mean girls: mother speaks out on Ascham bullying The mother of a former student at the prestigious Sydney girls' school embroiled in a cyber-bullying scandal has spoken out about the claimed culture of intimidation at Ascham. http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2009/05/08/1241727605725.html http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2009/05/08/1241727605725.html au: Turning up heat on web harassment Backyard bullies have moved into cyberspace with such speed and aggression that police, governments and lawyers are testing new ways of slowing their spread. http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2009/05/07/1241289315391.html http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2009/05/07/1241289315391.html http://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/2395325/ au: Girls quit elite city school over cyber bullying Two Year 9 students have been removed from Sydney's exclusive Ascham School before they could be expelled for cyber bullying. http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,25445928-5005941,00.html au: 'Cyber bullys' forced out of elite school [AAP] Two teenage girls have been forced to leave a prestigious Sydney girls' school over cyber bullying allegations involving explicit messages. http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,25446884-5005961,00.html http://www.skynews.com.au/news/article.aspx?id=329832 au: Second teen charged with schoolgirl assault Another teenager has been charged with assaulting a Gold Coast schoolgirl, after video of the attack was posted on the internet. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/05/08/2565139.htm Optus to fund filtering pilot off its own back A mandatory grant reporting document released by the Department for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy (DBCDE) reveals it has spent close to $300,000 this year on its controversial ISP-level filtering pilot. http://www.itnews.com.au/News/NewsStory.aspx?story=102943 uk: Calls for action on cyberbullying Cyberbullying in schools must be tackled to end the misery of victims and ensure standards do not suffer. This is the view of the new chief executive of charity Teacher Support Cymru. Welcoming the recent publication of the Cyberbullying: Supporting School Staff guidance for local authorities and governing bodies, Julian Stanley says effective policies must be a top priority. http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/2009/05/07/calls-for-action-on-cyberbullying-91466-23561523/ Web Filtering Proposals: Crucial Child Safeguard or Censorship Tool? An Australian group campaigning against government Internet filtering proposals has been ordered by the government to remove a link to a U.S.-hosted Web site showing graphic pictures of aborted babies. http://www.cnsnews.com/public/content/article.aspx?RsrcID=47852 ********************** ONLINE TV & MUSIC ********************** Australian ISPs escape copyright trap The NSW Federal Court will no longer be called to test a contentious legal claim that ISPs directly infringe copyright laws by providing services to individuals who illegally share files on peer-to-peer networks. http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,24897,25448224-15306,00.html Pirate Bay attorney outlines arguments for appeal The judge had a conflict of interest--that's one argument that will be used in appealing the Pirate Bay verdict, an attorney of one of the defendants told CNET News on Friday. http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10236624-93.html FTC Testifies on Data Security, Peer-to-Peer File Sharing [news release] The Federal Trade Commission today testified on the Commission’s efforts to promote better security for sensitive consumer information and to prevent the inadvertent sharing of consumers’ personal or sensitive data over Peer-to-Peer Internet file-sharing networks. As part of these efforts, the agency also announced that it had reached an agreement with one of the largest privately held lenders in the United States to resolve charges that the company violated federal law by failing to provide reasonable security for consumers’ sensitive information. http://ftc.gov/opa/2009/05/peer2peer.shtm ********************** MOBILE/WIRELESS ********************** Out of Africa: the blood tantalum in your mobile phone Tantalum is a rare metal with unique properties. Chief among these is that with a melting point of 2996 degrees Celsius it's a superlative thermal conductor. http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2009/05/08/1241289162634.html http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2009/05/08/1241289162634.html Mobile internet spending up, overall revenue down While one of the fastest growing revenue segments for mobile operators is mobile internet, driven by access fees and data traffic, mobile user ARPUs (average revenue per user) dropped between 5 percent and 15 percent year-over-year in the fourth quarter of 2008 compared to the same period in 2007. http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/news/index.cfm?NewsID=115482 http://computerworld.com.au/article/302557/ http://pcworld.idg.com.au/article/302557/ NZ's 3rd mobile network launched: 2degrees New Zealand's third mobile phone network has been given a name and an expected date of birth, but those wanting more details have been told they must wait. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/technology/news/article.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10571640 Wellington, Manukau frustrate 2degrees [BusinessDay] Third mobile start up NZ Communications says resource consent problems in Wellington and Manukau City have slowed down the build out of the 2 degrees network. http://www.stuff.co.nz/technology/2400954/ AT&T Plans for a Proliferation of Wireless Gadgets Glenn Lurie doesn’t know what the future looks like. But he’s in a hurry to get there. Mr. Lurie is president of emerging devices for AT&T, which on Thursday announced a partnership with Jasper Wireless. Under the arrangement, Jasper plans to provide technical infrastructure to AT&T to support a new generation of wireless devices, like e-readers, netbooks and navigation systems. http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/07/att-plans-for-a-proliferation-of-wireless-gadgets/ EU to slash mobile routing fees, save consumer cash Fees for routing mobile phone calls should be slashed by up to 70 percent and customer bills cut by 2 billion euros ($2.7 billion) over the next three years under guidelines adopted by the European Commission on Thursday. http://in.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idINIndia-39477620090507 European Commission acts on termination rates to boost competition [news release] The European Commission has today set out clear guidance for EU telecoms regulators on the cost-based method to be used when calculating termination rates – the wholesale fees charged by operators to connect the call from another operator's network which are part of everyone's phone bill. http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/09/710 The Cellphone Industry’s Field of Dreams If you build a mobile app store, cellphone customers will come. At least, that’s the latest mantra of the mobile phone industry. As we’ve noted before, Apple’s wildfire success with the App Store for the iPhone and iPod Touch is fueling fierce competition among the makers of other handset devices, which are all eager to create worthy rivals to Apple’s mobile storefront. http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/05/08/the-cellphone-industrys-field-of-dreams/ ********************** SPAM ********************** In China, $700 puts a spammer in business [IDG] You pay US$700 to use a server in China that lets you send all the spam you like. It's called bulletproof hosting, and to the people who fight spam and cybercrime it's becoming a big problem. http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9132758 http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/050809-in-china-700-puts-a.html http://www.pcworld.com/article/164635/.html US senator annoyed by spam call about car warranty [AP] The telephone calls flood people every day around the country: A computerized voice tells them that their car warranties are about to expire and that they should sign up for new service plans. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/05/10/national/a082208D32.DTL http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/chronicle/6417389.html ************************** ONLINE CRIME, SECURITY & LEGAL ************************** Google heading for global trademark storm The internet search engine giant Google has announced that it will extend to 194 countries a scheme that allows companies to use their rivals' trademarks for online advertising. Google will no longer consider requests from brand owners to take down “Sponsored Links” that use their trademarks to sell rival or even counterfeit goods. http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article6250503.ece Google lets advertisers buy rivals' trade marks as keywords in 194 countries Google has increased by 190 the number of countries in which advertisers will be able to pay for their ads to appear when a rival's trade mark is typed into its search engine. That policy previously only applied in the US, Canada, the UK and Ireland. http://out-law.com/page-9997 Google's Big Fat Looming Antitrust Problem Google which has never been one to show much regard for Microsoft, could well be feeling sympathetic toward Redmond now that it finds itself under the antitrust gun. http://ecommercetimes.com/story/67024.html US Army Cadets Trade the Trenches for Firewalls The Army forces were under attack. Communications were down, and the chain of command was broken. Pacing a makeshift bunker whose entrance was camouflaged with netting, the young man in battle fatigues barked at his comrades: “They are flooding the e-mail server. Block it. I’ll take the heat for it.” http://nytimes.com/2009/05/11/technology/11cybergames.html Cyber criminals' methods revealed by University of California study The scale of the threat posed by cyber-criminals has been revealed after researchers took over a network of computers for ten days, gaining unrestricted access to thousands of bank and credit card accounts. http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/the_web/article6251026.ece Women more affected by ID fraud, US study finds Women are more affected by identity fraud then men are, according to a new survey that also found that it takes women longer to restore their identities but they also tend to change their behavior afterward. http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10236214-83.html us: Woman Charged With Using Craigslist to Harass Neighbor Using Craigslist for ill purposes is a great way to get caught by the police. This latest Craigslist crank reads like an episode of Desperate Housewives. http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2009/05/08/woman-charged-with-using-craigslist-to-harass-neighbor/ ********************** CENSORSHIP ********************** YouTube completes a year of being blocked in Turkey Reporters Without Borders condemns the fact the video-sharing website YouTube has been inaccessible in Turkey for the past 12 months. Access has not been restored since it was blocked exactly one year ago today as a result of three orders issued by Ankara magistrate courts without any specific reason being given. http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=31211 ************************** GOVERNMENT & PUBLIC POLICY ************************** The Economist debate - Copyright and wrongs: This house believes that existing copyright laws do more harm than good The moderator's opening remarks: Copyright strangles creativity. Copyright rewards originality. It is a nuisance to the public that unduly enriches a few people. It is the backbone of our knowledge economy that fuels progress. Hate it, love it, break it, protect it; few people lack strong opinions about copyright and its place in society. Copyright is just that—the right to make copies. Prior to the printing press there was no such thing. The act of duplication was so labour-intensive and imperfect that it was tolerated. After Gutenberg's technology made disseminating ideas easier and a better business, the act of publishing eventually became a matter of royal privilege (as much to control content as raise income). Books were expensive and quality was poor. http://www.economist.com/debate/days/view/310 us: Bill would turn Internet flamers into felons A little-noticed bill re-introduced in Congress last month would make the use of popular electronic communications a felony if "the intent is to coerce, intimidate, harass, or cause substantial emotional distress to a person." http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/050809-bullying-bill.html http://www.arnnet.com.au/article/302562/ http://pcworld.idg.com.au/article/302562/ us: Trolling someone online? Bill would slap you with jail time A recently introduced cyberbullying bill could land us all in jail—that is, if you have ever used an electronic medium to troll someone. HR 1966, the Megan Meier Cyberbullying Prevention Act, is named after the high-profile "MySpace suicide" victim Megan Meier. It's meant to prevent people from using the Internet to "coerce, intimidate, harass, or cause substantial emotional distress to a person." However, as with many bills of this nature, the murky language and vague standards leave much open to interpretation, which has caused critics to call it the Censorship Act instead. http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/05/trolling-someone-online-bill-would-slap-you-with-jail-time.ars Google CEO says he expects more government scrutiny Google Inc Chief Executive Eric Schmidt said he expects more regulatory scrutiny from around the world and the company is paying more attention to the way it approaches certain business issues as a result of the attention. http://in.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idINIndia-39488420090508 Google enduring 'trial by fire' [AFP] Google's unabashed success as an internet search and advertising juggernaut has placed it in the crosshairs of regulators worried the firm will trample free market competition. http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2009/05/11/1241893888218.html http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2009/05/11/1241893888218.html Google's Strength May Be Part of Microsoft Defense Strategy Microsoft will argue against a European Commission proposal that it promote competing browsers in its Windows operating system on the ground that such a move would strengthen its rival Google’s dominance in the global search-advertising market, according to a person with direct knowledge of Microsoft’s legal defense. http://nytimes.com/2009/05/08/technology/companies/08soft.html Microsoft says EU may boost Google dominance - FT Microsoft says EU regulators will hand Google more dominance of the Internet search business if they go ahead with planned regulations on Microsoft's Windows operating system, the Financial Times reported. http://in.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idINIndia-39515720090509 http://uk.reuters.com/article/internetNews/idUKTRE5480X520090509 Google's Washington Influence Grows Google is rising fast. It has a near-monopoly on Internet searches, holds a commanding share of the growing online advertising market, and is expanding into myriad online services now dominated by its politically wired corporate rivals. That trajectory matches Microsoft's, but with a major difference. Microsoft spurned Washington and was subsequently humbled by a 1998 antitrust lawsuit backed by its rivals. Google has carefully cultivated friends and political clout in Washington, particularly on the Democratic side of the aisle, to help it withstand the inevitable pushback from aggrieved competitors. http://techdailydose.nationaljournal.com/2009/05/googles-washington-influence-g.php French Anti-Piracy Proposal Undermines E.U. Telecommunications Overhaul The European Parliament on Wednesday rejected a long-planned revision of the Continent’s telecommunications laws because of a controversial provision to punish Internet pirates. http://nytimes.com/2009/05/07/technology/07iht-telecoms.html Europe Votes Sweeping Telecom Reform New rules will protect consumers, harmonize regulation, and enshrine net neutrality. But a late amendment left the legislation in limbo http://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/content/may2009/gb2009057_886976.htm Web snag for EU telecoms reform Euro MPs have rejected a far-reaching package of telecoms reforms because they say internet users need better protection from being disconnected. The MEPs backed an amendment saying web surfers' rights could not be infringed without a ruling by a judicial body. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8036341.stm ********************** TELECOMMUNICATIONS ********************** ACCC powerless to clip Dodo's wings The consumer watchdog is waiting for new powers to heavily fine telcos who keep ripping off customers, in the wake of complaints about its number one offender, Dodo. http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2009/05/08/1241727582476.html http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2009/05/08/1241727582476.html au: ACCC takes Dodo to task for 'false' ads The consumer watchdog has blown the whistle on multi-service telco reseller Dodo over its mobile and broadband cap advertisements. http://www.australianit.news.com.au/story/0,24897,25443632-15306,00.html ********************************** ARRESTS/COURT CASES FOR CHILD PORN ********************************** Scottish paedophile ring found guilty of more than 50 charges A ring of eight paedophiles, including a former welfare campaigner for young gay men, were today convicted of child abuse and producing indecent images of children. The men, from across central Scotland, were found guilty by a jury in Edinburgh of more than 50 charges, ranging from abusing infants from three months old to conspiracy and holding more than 125,000 images of child pornography. http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/may/07/scottish-paedophile-ring-guilty-child-abuse Paedophile gang preyed on children of close friends A paedophile gang that carried out a series of attacks on children and infants, including a three-month-old baby, were found guilty yesterday at the High Court in Edinburgh in a groundbreaking legal case. http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/law/article6245307.ece +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ The domain name news is supported by auDA For information on subscriptions to the domain name and/or general internet news please contact me. For archives of postings to the list, see http://lists.technewsreview.com.au/pipermail/technewsreview/. 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