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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 *************************************************** Google Economist Sees Good Signs in Searches : Jobless Queries Down, Real Estate Up http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/11/AR2009091103771.html Twitter paves way for advertising by changing terms of use http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/technology/article6831287.ece Ministers need to act quickly on child internet safety, warns UK adviser http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article6833102.ece Filesharing crackdown divides UK music industry http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/sep/13/filesharing-crackdown-rift Hong Kong named world's spam capital [AFP] http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-technology/hong-kong-named-worlds-spam-capital-20090910-fj0x.html Controlling illegal use of copyrighted material on the Web: Comment http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-lazarus13-2009sep13,0,7434261.column AusCERT: Cybercrime levels are "pandemic" http://www.itnews.com.au/News/155485,auscert-cybercrime-levels-are-pandemic.aspx Web Censoring Widens Across Southeast Asia : Governments Try to Curb Criticism by Arresting Bloggers http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125288982580207609.html ********************** RESEARCH PAPERS ********************** National and International Dimensions of Copyright’s Public Domain (An Australian Case Study) by Graham Greenleaf 1. The value of Australia’s copyright public domain : 1.1 Introduction: What do these innovations have in common? A set of examples follow. They all involve valuable contributions to Australian innovation in the area of information goods. They all involve copyright works in which various parties have continuing proprietary (copyright) interests. But they also involve the public (or classes of the public) having rights to use those works in ways that involve some of the exclusive rights of the copyright owner. In this article, as discussed in Part 2, I use the expression “public domain” in the expansive sense of encompassing all “public rights” in copyright. “Public rights” are all those aspects of copyright law and practice that are important in determining the ability of the public (or a significant class of the public) to use works without obtaining a licence on terms set (and changeable) by the copyright owner. http://www.law.ed.ac.uk/ahrc/script-ed/vol6-2/greenleaf.asp ********************** INTERNET USE ********************** Google Economist Sees Good Signs in Searches : Jobless Queries Down, Real Estate Up Google chief economist Hal Varian is pretty confident the national economy is recovering, and he's not just basing that on government data. He says he can tell from Americans' search habits. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/09/11/AR2009091103771.html IBM, European Researchers Develop Multimedia Search Tool [IDG] IBM, working with researchers in Europe, claims to have developed a better way to search online for photos and videos than current methods used by Google and Yahoo. http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/171791/.html Britain is lagging behind Europe in broadband technology Britain is lagging behind many other European countries in terms of its broadband technology, according to latest research. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/news/6174401/Britain-is-lagging-behind-Europe-in-broadband-technology.html Newspapers 'too slow' to compete with online ads The head of online classifieds company carsales.com.au says newspaper publishers are suffering because they have been too slow to react to the growth of the internet. The online company, which was founded nearly 15 years ago, was floated on the share market last week. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/09/13/2684312.htm Australian Opposition Leader a man of news habit with web worries Opposition Leader Malcolm Turnbull says he only buys newspapers "out of habit" and has raised concerns for democracy in the internet era of "profitless abundance". http://www.theage.com.au/national/turnbull-a-man-of-news-habit-with-web-worries-20090913-fm7f.html ********************** SOCIAL NETWORKING ********************** Facebook Is Going for Some Twitter Sensibility Like a balding hipster who imitates a young trendsetter’s style, Facebook is updating itself to look a lot more like Twitter. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/09/14/technology/internet/14facebook.html Twitter paves way for advertising by changing terms of use Twitter, the popular micro-blogging website, took another step towards making money yesterday by amending its terms of use to allow advertisers to reach its 45 million regular visitors. http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/technology/article6831287.ece Twitter: Your 'tweets' belong to you [IDG] Twitter has modified the terms of service that govern the proper user of the microblogging and social-networking site to state unequivocally that messages posted belong to their authors and not to the company. http://www.pcworld.idg.com.au/article/318305/ http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/318305/ http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9137886/Twitter_Your_tweets_belong_to_you Twitter keeps it simple with new terms of service [AP] Twitter keeps it simple, even when it comes to updating the legalese in its terms of service. http://www.usatoday.com/tech/news/2009-09-11-twitter-tos_N.htm Start a-twittering, Former High Court judge Michael Kirby tells elderly Former High Court judge Michael Kirby says old people are ignored because they are too polite, and that it's time they "shake it up" and start unleashing their thoughts and concerns on Twitter. http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,26068696-5013404,00.html ************************************************ CHILD PROTECTION, FILTERING & CONTENT REGULATION ************************************************ nz: Hector’s World helps Kiwi children deal with cyberbullying [news release] New cyberbullying resources are being launched today for children, teachers and parents, and are free online at Kiwi website www.hectorsworld.com. These are the latest animated resources with Hector and his friends from New Zealand’s Hector’s World®, which helps children 2-9 years old stay safe online and learn about digital citizenship. http://hectorsworld.netsafe.org.nz/wp-content/uploads/hwl-media-release-cyberbullying-nz-07-09-09.pdf au: Industry partners to boost Cybersmart.gov.au awareness [news release] Key internet and children’s advocacy organisations have joined Government to link Australian children, parents and teachers with expert cyber-safety advice. Bravehearts, Child Wise, The Alannah and Madeline Foundation, Google and YouTube Australia, MySpace and Telstra are the first organisations committing to promote the Cybersmart.gov.au web site. http://www.minister.dbcde.gov.au/media/media_releases/2009/087 au: Most 16 to 17 year old boys admit viewing online pornography Most 16 to 17-year-old boys admit to viewing online pornography - but they claim it's an accident. http://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/most-16-to-17-year-old-boys-admit-viewing-online-pornography/story-e6frf7jo-1225771733976 au: Exposing kids to porn 'should be illegal' Parents who expose their children to pornography would face criminal charges under plans being drawn up by a senior Liberal MP to shield the young from sexual material. http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,26069896-2,00.html http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,20797,26069891-952,00.html Ministers need to act quickly on child internet safety, warns UK adviser Millions of children are still at risk online because moves to enhance internet safety have stalled, according to Gordon Brown’s adviser on the issue. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article6833102.ece uk: New web filter laws questioned by top child abuse cop New laws reportedly planned for the Queen's Speech to force all internet providers to block access to child pornography websites have been questioned by Britain's top abuse investigator. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/09/09/ceop_iwf/ ********************** ONLINE TV & MUSIC ********************** Twilight of the iPods Sales of Apple's music player are heading for a long-term decline which could affect digital music downloads. Can connectivity alter that? http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/sep/09/apple-ipod-digital-music-sales Filesharing crackdown divides UK music industry A growing rift is developing in the music industry over proposals by business secretary Lord Mandelson to crack down on persistent filesharers by suspending their broadband connections. http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/sep/13/filesharing-crackdown-rift Rock stars slam disconnection plan for pirates Some of the biggest names in the music business, including Sir Elton John and Sir Paul McCartney, have slammed the record labels' plans to disconnect from the internet people who are caught repeatedly downloading music illegally. http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/rock-stars-slam-disconnection-plan-for-pirates-20090907-fdtd.html http://www.theage.com.au/technology/technology-news/rock-stars-slam-disconnection-plan-for-pirates-20090907-fdtd.html Musicians hit out at plans to cut off internet for file sharers Musicians from some of the world’s biggest bands are calling on the Government to abandon proposals to cut off the internet connections of people who illegally download music. http://entertainment.timesonline.co.uk/tol/arts_and_entertainment/music/article6828262.ece ********************** MOBILE/WIRELESS ********************** Motorola unveils Google-powered smartphone Motorola on Thursday unveiled its first Google Android-powered smartphone, a touch screen device designed to compete with Apple’s iPhone that will target consumers who use social media sites. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/19661b88-9e2c-11de-b0aa-00144feabdc0.html Motorola Phone Focuses on Social Networks Motorola introduced the first of a new generation of smartphones Thursday that it hopes will reverse its plummeting cellphone sales. http://nytimes.com/2009/09/11/technology/companies/11moto.html ********************** SPAM ********************** Hong Kong named world's spam capital [AFP] Hong Kong is under siege from legions of "zombies" attacking people with spam and leaving in their wake a trail of destruction costing millions of US dollars a year, analysts have warned. http://news.theage.com.au/breaking-news-technology/hong-kong-named-worlds-spam-capital-20090910-fj0x.html http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-technology/hong-kong-named-worlds-spam-capital-20090910-fj0x.html ********************** DIGITAL DIVIDE ********************** OECD Workshop on Policy Coherence in the Application of Information and Communication Technologies for Development Information communication technologies (ICTs)s are crucial to reducing poverty, improving access to health and education services and creating new sources of income and employment for the poor. But there are substantial discrepancies in access to ICTs between, but also within, countries, depending on key factors such as gender, rural coverage, skills and educational levels. http://www.oecd.org/site/0,3407,en_21571361_42740239_1_1_1_1_1,00.html ************************** ONLINE CRIME, SECURITY & LEGAL ************************** Controlling illegal use of copyrighted material on the Web: Comment Fines for the misuse of a copyrighted photo are too high, critics say. Though agencies deserve a fair fee, negotiating with users is preferable to big penalties. The letter arrived at Dave Formella's Long Beach travel agency the other day. It's fair to say it freaked him out. http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-lazarus13-2009sep13,0,7434261.column Pentagon computer hacker Gary McKinnon seeks Supreme Court appeal Gary McKinnon, the computer hacker with Asperger's syndrome who broke into the Pentagon's computer systems in his search for proof of UFOs, is likely to discover this week whether his appeal against extradition to the US will be heard by the UK's highest court. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/sep/13/gary-mckinnon-pentagon-extradition-appeal MPs take McKinnon fight to US ambassador Three senior British politicians are taking their campaign for Nasa hacker Gary McKinnon to the American ambassador in London. Labour MP Michael Meacher, Conservative David Davis and Liberal Democrat Chris Huhne are planning to send a letter to US ambassador Louis Susman asking for an audience to discuss the case, a spokesman for Meacher said. http://news.zdnet.co.uk/security/0,1000000189,39746753,00.htm Symantec Warns on CyberTerrorism Here’s a sobering statistic: One in five of us will be victims of a cyber-attack, which are occurring at an astounding rate of every quarter of a second. http://www.businessweek.com/the_thread/techbeat/archives/2009/09/symantec_warns.html http://www.zdnetasia.com/news/security/0,39044215,62057733,00.htm The Internet is now like the Wild West: IBM consultant [MIS Asia] "The Internet has finally taken on the characteristics of the Wild West where no one is to be trusted," said Sukhdev Singh, senior security consultant and regional X-Force expert, IBM Internet security systems, IBM ASEAN. http://www.mis-asia.com/news/articles/the-internet-is-now-like-the-wild-west-ibm-consultant http://www.networkworld.com/news/2009/091009-the-internet-is-now-like.html IBM X-Force® Report Reveals Unprecedented State of Web Insecurity [news release] IBM today released results from its X-Force 2009 Mid-Year Trend and Risk Report. The report's findings show an unprecedented state of Web insecurity as Web client, server, and content threats converge to create an untenable risk landscape. http://www-304.ibm.com/jct03001c/press/us/en/pressrelease/28257.wss http://www-935.ibm.com/services/us/index.wss/summary/imc/a1031611?cntxt=a1000451 Symantec Announces August 2009 MessageLabs Intelligence Report [news release] Symantec Corp. today announced the publication of its August 2009 MessageLabs Intelligence Report. Analysis highlights how activity levels for Cutwail, one of the largest botnets globally, fell by as much as 90 percent following the shutdown of an ISP in Latvia. Also in August, another prolific botnet called Donbot continued to use shortened URLs in its spam runs, peaking at distributing ten billion emails in just one day. http://www.messagelabs.co.uk/resources/press/36702 Cyber security Tsar needed to lift Australia's defences? The appointment of a US-style cybersecurity tsar could be of major benefit to the Australian Government as it looks to increase the security of government infrastructure and data, according to the global CIO of security company Symantec. http://www.computerworld.com.au/article/318029/ AusCERT: Cybercrime levels are "pandemic" The head of Australia's computer emergency response team AusCERT stood before a Federal Government Inquiry into Cybercrime today, seeking both to highlight the pressing need for a national response to the problem whilst simultaneously defending his organisation's role as the nation's first line of defence. ... “If we can solicit the help of the ISPs, the domain name registrars, the people who run the networks, people like ourselves [and] the law enforcement agencies, what we can start to do is make a difference,” Ingram said. http://www.itnews.com.au/News/155485,auscert-cybercrime-levels-are-pandemic.aspx http://www.securecomputing.net.au/News/155485,auscert-cybercrime-levels-are-pandemic.aspx au: Duped Facebook friend thought it was 'the real deal' When a distressed friend asked for help after an overseas trip turned into a nightmare, a Kalgoorlie man was only to willing to pitch in. But little did he know the $1000 he wired to Natasha Cann was in fact going to a professional cyber fraudster, who had hacked into her Facebook account and was proceeding to dupe all her friends into handing over their cash. http://www.theage.com.au/technology/technology-news/duped-facebook-friend-thought-it-was-the-real-deal-20090911-fkm2.html http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/duped-facebook-friend-thought-it-was-the-real-deal-20090911-fkm2.html Rudd hackers escalate threats against .gov.au websites The hackers who brought down the Prime Minister's website this week have already outlined their plans for round two, signalling a marked escalation in their attacks. http://www.smh.com.au/technology/security/rudd-hackers-escalate-threats-against-govau-websites-20090911-fk2x.html http://www.theage.com.au/technology/security/rudd-hackers-escalate-threats-against-govau-websites-20090911-fk2x.html http://www.watoday.com.au/technology/security/rudd-hackers-escalate-threats-against-govau-websites-20090911-fk2x.html http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/technology/security/rudd-hackers-escalate-threats-against-govau-websites-20090911-fk2x.html Hacked by hoons: how attack on PM's website unravelled Exclusive: Secret chat logs between the hackers who briefly brought down the Prime Minister's website last night reveal that the operation was a disorganised failure in one sense, but not in another. http://www.smh.com.au/technology/security/hacked-by-hoons-how-attack-on-pms-website-unravelled-20090910-fipj.html http://www.theage.com.au/technology/security/hacked-by-hoons-how-attack-on-pms-website-unravelled-20090910-fipj.html Hackers attack government websites A hackers' alliance known as "Anonymous" has carried out its threat, staging a denial-of-service attack on websites of Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and ACMA on Wednesday night, as a protest to government's planned internet censorship. The Defence Department has been asked to help out in the matter. http://www.builderau.com.au/blogs/syslog/viewblogpost.htm?p=339271190 AFP's high-tech unit let Rome burn The unit — one of Australia's peak cybercrime-fighting bodies — appears to have been on a mission in recent times to raise its profile and community awareness in general about internet security issues. http://www.zdnet.com.au/insight/security/soa/AFP-s-high-tech-unit-let-Rome-burn/0,139023764,339298463,00.htm ************************** PRIVACY ************************** ca: Privacy commissioners urge caution on expanded surveillance plan [news release] Parliament should take a cautious approach to legislative proposals to create an expanded surveillance regime that would have serious repercussions for privacy rights, say Canada’s privacy guardians. http://www.priv.gc.ca/media/nr-c/2009/nr-c_090910_e.cfm ********************** CENSORSHIP ********************** Web Censoring Widens Across Southeast Asia : Governments Try to Curb Criticism by Arresting Bloggers Attempts to censor the Internet are spreading to Southeast Asia as governments turn to coercion and intimidation to rein in online criticism. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125288982580207609.html SKorea to train 3,000 'cyber sheriffs': report [AFP] South Korea plans to train 3,000 "cyber sheriffs" by next year to protect businesses after a spate of attacks on state and private websites, a report said Sunday. http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-technology/skorea-to-train-3000-cyber-sheriffs-report-20090913-fm2p.html http://news.theage.com.au/breaking-news-technology/skorea-to-train-3000-cyber-sheriffs-report-20090913-fm2p.html ************************** GOVERNMENT & PUBLIC POLICY ************************** Google offers to open digital library to rivals Google on Thursday offered to give internet rivals, including Amazon, access to its massive database of digital books, as it renewed efforts to counter a wave of opposition stirred up by its landmark legal settlement with the publishing industry. http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/2456dcf0-9e3e-11de-b0aa-00144feabdc0.html Google to allow booksellers to profit from digital library In an effort to quell its critics, Google Inc. on Thursday said it would open up its vast digital books archive to rival retailers who can access the books and sell them online. http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-books11-2009sep11,0,6375242.story US Official Slams Google Book Settlement The U.S. government's top copyright official told lawmakers Thursday Google's pending $125 million deal in a class-action lawsuit with authors and publishers will encroach on Congress' role in setting copyright policy. The settlement, which would embolden the Internet giant's effort to create the world's largest digital library and bookstore, would also let the firm "engage in a number of indisputable acts of copyright infringement," Register of Copyrights Marybeth Peters told the House Judiciary Committee. http://techdailydose.nationaljournal.com/2009/09/official-slams-google-book-set.php nz: Joyce gives $300m vow on rural broadband Nearly 1000 rural schools and more than 500,000 rural New Zealanders are to get broadband, at a cost of $300 million. http://www.stuff.co.nz/dominion-post/politics/2853203/ http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/2853230/ http://www.stuff.co.nz/the-press/business/2853230/ nz: Govt wants $300m for rural broadband The Government says $300 million needs to be spent getting rural New Zealanders connected. http://www.odt.co.nz/news/politics/73507/govt-wants-300m-rural-broadband nz: Rural broadband plan rolled out [NZPA] The government says $300 million needs to be spent getting rural New Zealanders connected with broadband. http://tvnz.co.nz/business-news/rural-broadband-plan-rolled-2986130 http://www.guide2.co.nz/politics/news/rural-broadband-plan-announced/11/10922 http://www.nzherald.co.nz/technology/news/article.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10596462 NZ Govt's rural broadband plan unrealistic - Epitiro The Government's rural broadband initiative is big on promises that it may not be able to deliver, according to an international internet performance specialist. http://www.nzherald.co.nz/technology/news/article.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10596847 us: Lieberman, Collins To Unveil Cyber Bill Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Joseph Lieberman and ranking member Susan Collins over the weekend gave a sneak peek at a Monday hearing intended to examine cybercrime that is directed at small- to medium-sized companies. In a Sunday press release, the pair said the event precedes the introduction of legislation focused on combating high-tech attacks on the private sector. Senate Commerce Chairman John (Jay) Rockefeller and Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, also introduced a broad cyber bill earlier this year. http://techdailydose.nationaljournal.com/2009/09/lieberman-collins-to-unveil-cy.php ********************** TELECOMMUNICATIONS ********************** Wave of staff suicides at France Telecom France Telecom is struggling to deal with a wave of staff suicides which has seen more than 20 workers take their lives in the past 18 months – some leaving notes blaming job stress and misery at work. http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/sep/09/france-telecom-staff-suicides-phone +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 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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