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02-01-14-WashPost-2600-DeCSS.txt 02-01-18-SJMerc-China.txt 02-01-30-Reuters-Corley-DMCA.txt 02-02-07-NYState-AGSuesCompAssoc.txt 02-02-07-SJMerc-McAfeeLicense.txt 02-02-14-CHE-Destroy-USGS-CDs.txt 02-03-20-SJMerc-ChildPorn.txt 02-03-21-SJMerc-Google-Scientology.txt 02-03-24-SJMerc-CIPAt.txt 02-03-26-SJMerc-CIPA.txt 02-03-26-Wired-CIPA.txt 02-03-27-CNN-CIPA-Trial.txt 02-03-28-SJMerc-CIPA.txt 02-04-11-PCWorld-BillRequireKidSafeDomain.txt 02-04-16-SJMerc-SupremeCourtStrikesVirtualChildPronBan.txt 02-05-03-EFF-Google-Scientology.txt 02-05-04-SJMerc-DMCA-ISPs-SpeechPolice.txt 02-05-08-SJMerc-ElcomSoft-DMCA-ConstitutionallyOK.txt 02-05-15-SJMerc-ProtectingChildren.txt 02-05-22-Wired-DotKidsDotUS.txt 02-05-27-NYT-OnlineJurisdiction.txt 02-05-31-SJMerc-CIPARuledUnconstitutional.txt 02-06-00-CACM-FreeSpeechOnlineAndOffline.txt 02-06-01-SJMerc-DG-CIPAOverturned.txt 02-06-03-ChillingEffects-ClearinghouseWebsite.txt 02-06-04-ALA-NTIASeeksComments-ProtectingChildren.txt 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03-01-30-Guardian-BloggingBecomesMoreBusinessLike.txt 03-02-03-SJMerc-LawsuitsFlyReContentCleaningSoftware.txt 03-02-05-Gulker-TheImportanceOfBlogs.txt 03-02-05-HillNews-CongressCommUnveilTechPriorities.txt 03-02-07-SJMerc-OnLineGamesPlaceForProtestAndActivism.txt 03-02-16-SJMerc-DG-GoogleBuysBloggerFirmPyra.txt 03-02-17-FoxNews-108thCongressPreparesTechAgenda.txt 03-02-19-CNETNews-IPAddressSharingBlocksLegitimateWebSites.txt 03-02-20-SJMerc-CDTChallengesPennLawBlockingWebsiteAccess.txt 03-02-21-BBC-IsGoogleTooPowerful-BloggingIsNotJournalism.txt 03-02-27-PCWorld-PrivacyAndDataSecuritySummitFocussesOnSpam.txt 03-03-03-SJMerc-GovtPublicationRestrcitionsStallScientificResearch.txt 03-03-03-SJMerc-SecurityRestrictingSciencePublicationAndTravel.txt 03-03-05-SJMerc-SupremeCourtLooksAtFilteringInUSvsALA.txt 03-03-06-CNETNews-AppealsCourtStrikesCOPA.txt 03-03-06-CNETNews-CourtRulingInCarafanoCDALibelThreatensISPs.txt 03-03-06-SJMerc-Editorial-AppealsCourtStrikesCOPA.txt 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03-04-10-SFGate-CFP03FocussesonCivilLibertiesIssues.txt 03-04-11-Harvard-Edelman-GoogleSafeSearchGreatlyOverblocks.txt 03-04-14-EFF-MPAA-StateSuperDMCALawsOpposed.txt 03-04-14-GAOReport-P2PProvideAccessToChildPornography.txt 03-04-14-SJMerc-DG-DMCAUsedToStopIDCardPresentation.txt 03-04-14-Slashdot-DMCAUsedToStopIDCardPresentation.txt 03-04-14-TheRegister-StateDMCALawsPreventAnonymousCommunications.txt 03-04-17-SJMec-WalMartShutsSiteProvidingBargainBarCodes.txt 03-04-17-SJMerc-DMCAUsedToStopIDCardPresentation.txt 03-04-18-SJMerc-WashStateBillWouldProhibitViolentVideoGameSales.txt 03-05-18-SJMerc-DG-SKoreanCitizenReportersChangingJournalism.txt 03-05-22-AP-WashStateBansViolentVideoGamesFoMinors.txt 03-06-15-SJMerc-DG-TheFutureOfPublishning.txt 03-06-23-ALA-SupremeCtOKsCIPAPornFilters.txt 03-06-23-SJMerc-SupremeCtOKsCIPAPornFilters.txt 03-06-24-SJMerc-SomeLibrariesToRejectFedGrants.txt 03-06-24-SJMerc-SupremeCtOKsCIPAPornFilters.txt 03-06-30-EFF-CASupremeCt-IntelCannotBlockEmailFromEx-Worker.txt 03-06-30-SJMerc-CASupremeCt-IntelCannotBlockEmailFromEx-Worker.txt 03-06-30-SJMerc-OnLinePublicRecordsTooAccessible.txt 03-07-01-SJMerc-CASupremeCt-IntelCannotBlockEmailFromEx-Worker.txt 03-07-01-SJMerc-SpamOK-ProductOfOurMediaWorld.txt 03-07-08-WashPost-GradStudentMapsCriticalInfrastructure.txt 03-07-15-MSNBC-HomeComputersHijackedToServePornography.txt 03-08-05-SJMerc-JailSentenceForLinksToBombBuilding.txt 03-08-06-NewSci-ShouldEmailBeFree.txt 03-08-25-CNETNews-DeCSSLoosesFreeSpeechProtection.txt 03-08-26-LATimes-DeCSSLoosesFreeSpeechProtection.txt 03-08-26-SJMerc-CA-DeCSSNotFreeSpeechIssue.txt 03-08-26-TheReg-DeCSSLoosesFreeSpeechProtection.txt 03-09-00-PrivacyIntl-InternetCensorshipAndControlStudy.txt 03-09-03-CNETNews-MisleadingDomainNameArrest.txt 03-09-03-SJMerc-MisleadingDomainNameArrest.txt 03-09-09-CNETNews-RIAATellsSenateP2PFullOfChildPorn.txt 03-09-16-ACMUbiquity-IsChildInternetAccessARisk.txt 03-09-19-TheReg--InternetCensorshipAndControlStudy.txt 03-09-27-SJMerc-DoNotCallLists-CompromiseBetweenPrivacyAndFreeSpeech.txt 03-09-28-SJMerc-DG-InternetHasGoodGuysAndBadGuys.txt 03-10-00-FBI-RegionalComputerForensicLabs.txt 03-10-08-FBI-RegionalComputerForensicLabs-PressRelease.txt 03-10-09-Wired-SpammersUsingInvisibleHosting.txt 03-10-14-SJMerc-AshcroftvsACLU-SupremeCourtAgreesToHearCOPA.txt 03-10-14-SmartMoney-AshcroftvsACLU-SupremeCourtAgreesToHearCOPA.txt 03-10-16-NYU-Weblogs-ARadicalFormOfJournalism.txt 03-11-00-CACM-BalancingFreeSpeechAndCensorship.txt 03-11-03-NYT-DieboldCasePitsCopyrightAgainstFreeSpeech.txt 03-11-13-OnlineJourRev-InternetRevolutionInChina.txt 03-11-13-WashPost-SpammersTargetInstantMessageUsers.txt 03-11-18-SJMerc-DieboldIssuesLegalThreatsToEVotingActivists.txt 03-11-21-SJMerc-InternetLooseningMediaControlInChina.txt 03-11-30-USACM-ACMWashingtonUpdate-7-11.txt 03-12-02-SJMerc-DieboldDropsSuitAgainstPostersOfDocuments.txt 03-12-10-SJMerc-GuiltyPleaInRedirectingKidsToPornSitesCase.txt 03-12-22-MSNBC-NetCouldBecomeToolOfGovtAndCorporations.txt 03-12-23-CNETNews-2003TechLawReview.txt 03-12-29-Wired-WishListsFor2004.txt 03-12-30-BusWeek-TopTechTrendsFor2004.txt 04-01-07-SJMerc-ACLUChallengesPennLawOnLnlinePorn.txt 04-01-09-SJMerc-CubaTightensControlOverInternet.txt 04-01-30-SJMerc-CalifBillWouldControlViolentVideoGameSales.txt 04-03-02-SJMerc-SupremeCourtRevisitsCOPA.txt 04-03-15-SJMerc-PornographerDonatesWhitehouseURLToUSGovt.txt 04-03-31-USACM-WashUpdate-CFP2004.txt 04-04-01-SJMerc-CellPhoneIsNewFrontierForPorn.txt 04-04-06-BaltoSun-AshcroftAndDOJWagesWarOnPornography.txt 04-04-07-PCWorld-YourRightToAccessX-RatedWebsites.txt 04-04-17-SJMerc-ShockJocksMayMoveToSatelliteRadio.txt 04-04-20-CFP2004-WhoIsWatchingTheWatchers.txt 04-06-21-SJMerc-ChinaPushesForSelfCensorshipForISPs.txt 04-06-29-Bloomberg-USSupremeCourtSuspendsInternetAntiPornographyLaw-COPA.txt 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05-03-05-DanGillmor-AppleSuesBloggers.txt 05-03-05-Harrell-PublishingTradeSecretsHurtApple.txt 05-03-05-SJMerc-CalifCourtToHearApplevsBloggers.txt 05-03-07-BusWeek-JudgeRulesBloggersMustRevealSources.txt 05-03-07-SJMerc-CompaniesFireBloggers.txt 05-03-08-SenClinton-SpeechOnMediaOnChildren.txt 05-03-11-ALA-SeconfFOIARelatedBillIntroducedInSenate.txt 05-03-11-SJMerc-JudgeRulesBloggersMustRevealAppleSources.txt 05-03-12-SJMerc-JudgeSidestepsIssueOfWhetherBloggersAreJournalists.txt 05-03-15-ALA-SupportRequestedForFasterFOIAAct.txt 05-03-18-SJMerc-BloggerRulingInAppleCaseThreatensAllMedia.txt 05-03-18-SJMerc-DrugUseInNARCVideoGameCausesProbles.txt 05-03-18-SJMerc-KaiserSuesBloggerForLinkingToPatientData.txt 05-03-18-SJMerc-ParentsOfTeensSharplyIncreaseUseOfInternetFilters.txt 05-03-24-SJMerc-YahooSeeksFreeSpeechProtectionFromFrenchFine.txt 05-04-06-SJMerc-FrenchAppealsCourtRulesYahooNotLiableForNaziSales.txt 05-04-07-MS-MSCanadaDevelopsChildExploitationTrackingSystem.txt 05-04-07-SeattlePI-MSCanadaDevelopsChildExploitationTrackingSystem.txt 05-04-07-SJMerc-MSCanadaDevelopsChildExploitationTrackingSystem.txt 05-04-14-SJMerc-ChineseInternetFiltersVerySophisticated.txt 05-04-18-Wired-CFP-TeensShowKnowledgeOfCivilLibertiesAndFirstAmmendment.txt 05-04-24-SJMerc-InterviewWithEFFLawyerKurtOpsahl.txt 05-04-28-SJMerc-BahrainRequiresLocalWebsitesToRegister.txt 05-05-03-SJMerc-CalifBillWouldRestrictAccessToViolentVideoGames.txt 05-05-09-SJMerc-WiredOnlineJournalistUsedFakeSources.txt 05-05-31-SJMerc-JapanesePrefectureRestrictsSalesOfViolentUSVideoGame.txt 05-06-01-SJMerc-ICANNApprovesXXXDomainForPornSites.txt 05-06-02-GamesIndBiz-JapaneseCoToPublishEroticaForPSP.txt 05-06-02-ICANNWatch-ProblemsWithXXXDomain.txt 05-06-06-RSF-ChinaIntendsToCloseUnregisteredWebsitesAndBlogs.txt 05-06-14-ZDNet-MSNBlockingKeyWordsOnChinaWeb.txt 05-06-17-Wired-ChinaShutsDownInternetCafes.txt 05-06-28-SJMerc-BloggersFightGovernmentRegulation.txt 05-07-25-SJMerc-InternetHuntingPosesEthicalQuestions.txt 05-07-27-WashPost--ResearcherRevealsDetailsOfCiscoFlaw.txt 05-07-27-WashPost--ThreatsIssuedAsResearcherRevealsDetailsOfCiscoFlaw.txt 05-07-28-CNETNews--LawsuitsFiledAsResearcherRevealsDetailsOfCiscoFlaw.txt 05-07-28-CompWorld-ResearcherAgreesToStopRevealingDetailsOfCiscoFlaw.txt 05-07-28-MSNBC-FreeSpeechAdvocatesDecryTunsiaLocationForUNInternetSummit.txt 05-07-28-NetworkWorld--ResearcherRevealsDetailsOfCiscoFlaw.txt 05-07-29-SJMerc-ResearcherAgreesToStopRevealingDetailsOfCiscoFlaw.txt 05-07-29-SJSecFocus-ResearcherAgreesToStopRevealingDetailsOfCiscoFlaw.txt 05-08-01-NYT-NextGenerationAnonymousP2PBasedOnFreeSpeechIssues.txt 05-08-01-Wired-InterviewWithResearcherWhoRevealedDetailsOfCiscoFlaw.txt 05-08-05-BroadbandRpts-SenBoxerSaysP2PImpactsChildMorality.txt 05-08-10-SJMerc-GoogleBlacklistsReportersForUsingGoogleToGetInfo.txt 05-08-25-CitizenOrg-AntiFreeSpeechAttackViaTrademarkLawRevisions.txt 05-08-25-OutLaw-GripeSiteWinsTrademarkSuitAgainstFalwell.txt 05-09-02-SJMerc-GoogleShouldNotBlacklistMediaOutlet.txt 05-09-06-ReportersWOBorders-YahooProvidesChineseWithDataToJailJournalist.txt 05-09-06-RepWoBorders-InfoProvidedByYahooHelpedJailJournalist.txt 05-09-07-SJMerc-YahooProvidesChineseWithDataToJailJournalist.txt 05-09-08-IntlHeraldTrib-YahooProvidesChineseWithDataToJailJournalist.txt 05-09-11-StanfordCIS-AuthorsEffortToStopCriticismOnAmazonDismissed.txt 05-09-28-SJMerc-TechCompaniesShouldUniteToEncourageDemocraticIdeals.txt 05-11-02-BaltSun-MDCourtToDecideOnSubpoenaNamesOfOnlineSubscribers.txt 05-11-03-SJMerc-PoliticalBlogsNewFocusOfCampaignFinanceLaws.txt 05-11-03-Stanford-NewLawsAndTechAreCreatingDigitalSubversives.txt 05-11-04-SJMerc-LibyaJailsBloggerWhoCriticizedGovernment.txt 05-11-04-SJMerc-ShouldThreateningInternetMessagesBeReported.txt 05-11-07-SJMerc-TechFirmsAskedToPledgeToFreeSpeech.txt 05-11-08-NYT-CriticsPressCompaniesOnInternetRightsIssues.txt 05-11-09-StanforCIS-CourtStopsFrenchRulingOnFashionPhotoDisplay.txt 05-11-10-SJMerc-SeniorCitizenBloggersDefyStereotypes.txt 05-11-15-SJMerc-OpenSourceMediaToBlendJournalismAndBlogs.txt 05-11-21-ContraCostaTimes-CraigslistUnderFireForSexualAds.txt 05-11-22-StanfordCIS-USCourtBlocksViolentVideoGameSalesLaw.txt 05-11-23-MiamiHerald-UnivMiamiRemovesBloggerFromCampusHousing.txt 05-11-25-WashPost-FBIBlogsAnalyzePublicallyAvailableData.txt 05-11-28-SJMerc-CubaRestrictsInternetUse.txt 05-11-28-SJMerc-SonyPlayStationToGetParentalControls.txt 05-11-29-SJMerc-CannibalismInVideoGamesAtIssue.txt 05-11-29-USAToday-Seigenthaler-FalseWikipediaBiography.txt 05-12-00-CACM-ConcernAboutReliabilityOfWikipediaEntries.txt 05-12-05-CNETNews-FairUseRestrictionsImpactFreeSpeech.txt 05-12-05-SJMerc-Wikipedia-UsersMustRegisterBeforePosting.txt 05-12-06-SFChron-WikipediasOnlineCredibilityGap.txt 05-12-11-SeaTimes-WikipediaPranksterConfesses.txt 05-12-12-SJMerc-ManApologizesAfterFakeWkikpediaPost.txt 05-12-12-SJMerc-WikipediaNeedsSafeguards.txt 05-12-12-TheReg-WikipediaNeedsToTakeResponsibilityToInsureQuality.txt 05-12-19-SJMerc-SuitFiledAgainstAOLInOnlineHumiliation.txt 05-12-19-Wired-WikipediaFounderEditsOwnBio.txt 05-12-20-NYT-GoogleEarthDisplaysRaiseGovtSecurityConcerns.txt 05-12-20-Wikipedia-PoliciesForBiosOfLivingPersons.txt 05-12-22-SJMerc-FedJudgeBlocksImplementationOfCAViolentVideoGameLaw.txt 05-12-30-SJMerc-ChinaShutsDown598SitesForOnlineObscenity.txt 06-01-03-RConversation-MSNTakesDownChineseBlogger.txt 06-01-03-Scobleizer-MSNTakesDownChineseBlogger.txt 06-01-05-RedHerring-MSNTakesDownChineseBlogger.txt 06-01-06-SJMerc-CriticsAssailMSShutdownOfChineseBlog.txt 06-01-13-SJMerc-InternationalFreeSpeechIssuesUndecidedByCourt.txt 06-01-25-SJMerc-GoogleToCensorResultsInChina.txt 06-01-25-SJMerc-TechFirmsFailToJustifyAidToChineseOppression.txt 06-01-25-Times-ChineseUnconcernedAboutGoogleCensoring.txt 06-01-26-CNETNews-GoogleSaysChinaDecisionPainfulButRight.txt 06-01-26-OutCourt-SitesGoogleAgreedToCensorInChina.txt 06-01-27-Google-InsightsIntoOurActivitiesInChina.txt 06-01-27-Infoworld-Schmidt-GoogleInChina-TheEvilScale.txt 06-01-27-SJMerc-GatesSaysNoReasonNotToDoBusinessInChina.txt 06-01-27-SJMerc-LACityAttorneySuesOverHiddenPornInGTA.txt 06-01-30-NATranscript-HouseStaffersEditWikipediaBios.txt 06-01-31-SJMerc-MSModifiesBlogShutdownPoliciesAfterChinaIncident.txt 06-02-00-IEEEOnlineSys-IsDeviantBehaviorTheNormOnP2P.txt 06-02-01-Lantos-HumanRightsAndTheInternet-China.txt 06-02-01-SJMerc-LawmakersAccuseInternetCompaniesOfBowingToChineseCensors.txt 06-02-02-RedHerring-MSModifiesBlogShutdownPoliciesAfterChinaIncident.txt 06-02-08-AP-JournalistGroupClaimsYahooAssistedInConvictionOfChineseDissident.txt 06-02-08-Wired-OverturningCommDecencyActSavedInternetsSoul.txt 06-02-09-AP-GermanCourtRejectsAppealInIncudingNameInWikipedia.txt 06-02-09-CNETNews-CraigsListAccusedOfHousingAdDiscrimination.txt 06-02-09-SJMerc-CraigsListAccusedOfHousingAdDiscrimination.txt 06-02-09-StanfordCIS-CalifCourtEnjoinsEnforcementOfViolentVideoGameLaw.txt 06-02-09-StanfordCIS-USCourtRulesWebsiteNotLiableForThirdPartyFalseInformation.txt 06-02-10-SJMerc-PrinciplesNeededForOperatingWithChinaCensorship.txt 06-02-10-SJMerc-TeensPostRevealingInformationOnSocialSites.txt 06-02-13-SJMerc-PrinciplesNeededForOperatingWithChinaCensorship.txt 06-02-13-WSJ-USGroupDevelopsToolsToEvadeChinaCensors.txt 06-02-14-AP-NetFirmsCaughtBetweenChinaAndUSDemandsForFreeSpeech.txt 06-02-14-SJMerc-TechFirmsFeelHeatOverChineseCensorship.txt 06-02-14-SJMerc-TechFirmsNeedUnitedFrontOnChinaRepression.txt 06-02-14-SJMerc-YahooExpressesConcernBeforeHearingsOnChinaCensoship.txt 06-02-14-Yahoo-OurBeliefsAsAGlobalInternetCompany.txt 06-02-15-AP-LawmakersRipNetCompaniesForHelpingChineseRepression.txt 06-02-15-BusWeek-HowBestToProvideNetServicesInChinaIsComplex.txt 06-02-15-SJMerc-HighTechExecsGrilledOverChinaPolicies.txt 06-02-15-WashPost-InternetFirmsToDefendChinaPoliciesBeforeHouseSubcommittee.txt 06-02-16-AP-ChinaDefendsItsRightToPoliceInternet.txt 06-02-16-CNETNews-BillTargetsTechCooperationWithChina.txt 06-02-16-FirstMonday-UseAndAbuseOfOnlineProductRecommendationSystems.txt 06-02-17-AP-TechFirmsCouldNegotiateWithChinaOverCensorship.txt 06-02-18-SJMerc-GoogleLaunchesChinaBlogDataBeforeCongressionalHearing.txt 06-02-21-AP-GoogleDeniesItsOperatingInChinaWithoutValidLicense.txt 06-02-21-RedHerring-GoogleOperatingInChinaWithoutValidLicense.txt 06-02-22-StanfordCIS-USCourtRulesOnlineActivitiesNotCoveredByRICO.txt 06-02-27-SJMerc-PublicIsSplitOnNetCompaniesRoleInChina.txt 06-02-27-StanfordCIS-WhenCitizenOnlineMediaAndBigMediaCollide.txt 06-03-01-SJMerc-GoogleDiscussingOverseasEthicsCode.txt 06-03-07-Reuters-MSClaimsNoInvolvementInJailedChineseJournalistCase.txt 06-03-07-SidneyMornHer-ChineseHotmailUserChargedWithSubversion.txt 06-03-08-SJMerc-AirlineSubpoenasGoogleToSupplyUserName.txt 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07-08-07-MediaNews-FederalJudgeRulesCalifVideoGameRestrictionLawUnconstitional.txt 91-06-00-CACM-FirstAmmendmentRightsForInformationProviders.txt ==========> 00-08-00-ACMUbiquity-TheHistoryOfPrintingPressSuggestsInternetremainUnregulated.txt========== The information age and the printing press: looking backward to see ahead James A. Dewar August 2000 Ubiquity, Volume 1 Issue 25 History suggests that the Internet should remain unregulated. Introduction We are in the midst of the "Information Age." Pundits have proclaimed it for years; articles in the popular press have plumbed its implications for every ==========> 00-10-00-ACMUbiquity-CandiatePositionsOnInternetPrivacyFreeSpeechAndIntellectualProperty.txt========== Presidential politics and internet issues in the 2000 election Doug Isenberg October 2000 Ubiquity, Volume 1 Issue 34 What are the candidates' positions on Internet taxes, online privacy, free speech and intellectual property law? You certainly can't vote in this year's presidential election online, Internet coverage of the Democratic and Republic conventions was largely a bust, and -- ==========> 01-03-00-CACM-DistributionOfDigitalInformationBelongsInCyberspace.txt========== Digital village: a cyberpublishing manifesto Hal Berghel March 2001 Communications of the ACM, Volume 44 Issue 3 The distribution of digital information on physical media is just not effective. Information belongs in cyberspace. Imagine a world without the printed page. What would it look like? How would it function? What would the role of an archive be? How would the greatest ==========> 01-08-00-CACM-FreeSpeechRightsForComputerProgrammers.txt========== Viewpoint: Free speech rights for programmers David S. Touretzky August 2001 Communications of the ACM, Volume 44 Issue 8 Misuse of copyright law is an affront to the rights of computer scientists. The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) was supposed to protect publishers from electronic piracy. Instead it's being used to curtail the speech of computer scientists. Congress had been warned this would happen, to no avail. ==========> 01-11-07-SJMerc-Yahoo.txt========== Posted at 8:59 p.m. PST Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2001 Judge says Yahoo is not subject to French ruling in Nazi memorabilia case BY MARY ANNE OSTROM Mercury News In a decision protecting Internet free-speech rights, a San Jose federal judge ==========> 01-11-20-WashPost-EUCyberCrime.txt========== EU Moves To Ratify Cybercrime Terms, Penalties By Brian Krebs, Newsbytes WASHINGTON, D.C., U.S.A., 20 Nov 2001, 12:20 PM CST Spurred by the passage of a global cybercrime treaty and the events of Sept. 11, the European Union has working to fast-track a proposal that would harmonize definitions and penalties for a range computer crimes. ==========> 01-11-22-AP-FBI.txt========== New Law Lets U.S. Nab Foreign Hackers Updated: Thu, Nov 22 1:55 AM EST By D. IAN HOPPER, AP Technology Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - The recently approved antiterrorism law could be used to prosecute foreign hackers, a move critics say could make the United States the world's Internet policeman. The new prosecutorial powers, which have no parallel in other nations, affect ==========> 01-11-26-CNN-EUCyberCrime.txt========== Europe: Cybercrime treaty not 'Big Brother' BUDAPEST, Hungary (Reuters) -- A European treaty to combat the growing menace of cybercrime will give law enforcers broad international reach but will not be a "Big Brother" type agency, the Council of Europe (CoE) said Friday. "Contrary to what has been said in certain circles, we are not going to set up a 'Big Brother'," Guy de Vel, CoE's legal affairs director, told a news conference after 30 countries signed the new convention in Hungary's ==========> 01-11-26-InfoWorld-SklyarovDMCA.txt========== November 26, 2001 06:14 PM Judge sets appeal hearings in Sklyarov case By Sam Costello and Stephen Lawson BOSTON - THE case of Russian programmer Dmitry Sklyarov, charged with violating copyright law by writing software that strips copy and use restrictions out of Adobe Systems Inc. e-books, crept forward Monday as dates were set next year for a pair of hearings. ==========> 01-11-26-WashPost-EUCyberCrime.txt========== Thirty Nations Sign Global Cybercrime Treaty By Brian Krebs, Newsbytes WASHINGTON, D.C., U.S.A., 26 Nov 2001, 10:04 AM CST The United States and 29 other nations signed a treaty last Friday establishing common tools and rules for fighting Internet crime. On Nov. 23, foreign ministers from the United States, Canada, Japan and South ==========> 01-11-27-SJMerc-DG-China.txt========== Posted at 8:00 p.m. PST Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2001 Chinese government of two minds on Net access BY DAN GILLMOR Mercury News BEIJING -- When the Chinese government announced recently that it was shutting down more than 15,000 Internet cafes, it reinforced a widely held perception that China's rulers remain implacably hostile to the open nature of the Net. ==========> 01-11-27-SJMerc-DG-COPA.txt========== Posted at 9:00 p.m. PST Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2001 Internet porn is still protected speech, justices should rule This morning the U.S. Supreme Court will hear another challenge to the federal government's attempt to sanitize words and pictures on the Internet. Free speech should win again. The case, Ashcroft vs. ACLU, deals with the rights of adult Web surfers to ==========> 01-11-28-SJMerc-COPA.txt========== Posted at 9:45 a.m. PST Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2001 Court ponders whether government went too far with Child Online Protection Act WASHINGTON (AP) -- Congress cannot wall off part of the Internet just because many Americans might think it contains material harmful to children, a lawyer for operators of sexually explicit Web sites argued to the Supreme Court on Wednesday. There is no such thing as an objective nationwide standard to judge what is ==========> 01-11-28-SJMerc-CorleyDeCSStxt.txt========== Posted at 6:30 p.m. PST Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2001 Appeals court sides with Hollywood over posting of DVD hack SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- In a resounding victory for Hollywood's major studios Wednesday, a New York federal appeals court upheld a ruling against a man who posted on his Web site a program that let users decrypt and copy DVDs. The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York ruled unanimously in ==========> 01-11-28-SJMerc-FeltenDMCASDMI.txt========== Posted at 6:39 p.m. PST Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2001 Lawsuit by professor who challenged anti-piracy laws dismissed TRENTON, N.J. (AP) -- A Princeton University professor who feared strong-arm legal tactics would stop him from telling the world how his research hacked through digital security measures has lost in court. Edward Felten sued the Recording Industry Association of America, charging that the group used threats of lawsuits to stop him from presenting his work at ==========> 01-11-29-SJMerc-DG-CorleyFeltenDMCA.txt========== Posted on Thursday, November 29, 2001 Anti-Liberty DMCA Upheld Again AP: Court upholds ban on DVD-cracking code. But Hollywood studios, looking to protect their coveted content, disagreed. A lower court found the harm to Hollywood outweighed the free speech protections and the appeals court agreed. AP: Lawsuit by professor who challenged anti-piracy laws dismissed. ==========> 01-12-03-AtNY-DeCSS-Felten.txt========== AtNewYork Back to http://www.atnewyork.com/news/article/0,,8471_932661,00.html Entertainment Wins Rounds; Digital Copyright Fight Goes On By Erin Joyce Five years from now, when VHS-format video tapes have gone the way of 8-Track tapes and researchers can't access encrypted material on DVDs for fair use of copyrighted work, public outcry will force a narrowing of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. ==========> 01-12-03-WSJ-EUCybercrime.txt========== "Treaty on Cybercrime Flew Under the Radar Despite Potential Risks" Wall Street Journal (12/03/01) P. B1; Weber, Thomas E. The Council of Europe's Convention on Cybercrime lists a wide range of online activities that could be construed as illegal, mandates real-time Internet data monitoring, and authorizes Net communications surveillance. The United States and over two dozen other countries have signed the accord. However, the document is open to interpretation, and high-tech companies, civil libertarians, and programmers have expressed concern. Companies are worried that addressing investigators' requests for surveillance and computer data will ==========> 01-12-05-SJMerc-FranceYahoo.txt========== Posted at 1:55 p.m. PST Wednesday, Dec. 5, 2001 French groups appeal Yahoo's win in Nazi memorabilia case SJ Mercury SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) -- Two French groups are appealing the recent federal court decision that held Yahoo! Inc. did not have to remove Nazi memorabilia from its site to comply with a ruling in France. Attorneys for the League Against Racism and Anti-Semitism and the Union of ==========> 01-12-06-AtHome-EUDataBase.txt========== EU Dispute Delays Data Protection Bill Updated: Thu, Dec 06 4:37 PM EST By CONSTANT BRAND, Associated Press Writer BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) - Plans to boost European Union data protection laws were under threat of unraveling Thursday as a dispute between EU governments and the European Parliament over how to regulate unsolicited e-mails remained unresolved. ==========> 02-01-00-CACM-MonitoringInternetUseInTheWorlplace.txt========== Internet abuse in the workplace: Monitoring for pornography and sexual harassment Raymond R. Panko, Hazel Glenn Beh January 2002 Communications of the ACM, Volume 45 Issue 1 The legal basis for workplace surveillance when dealing with two particular Internet abuses. There has been a marked increase in workplace surveillance in recent years, ==========> 02-01-04-WashPost-NationalBorders.txt========== Rise of Internet 'Borders' Prompts Fears for Web's Future By Ariana Eunjung Cha Washington Post Staff Writer Friday, January 4, 2002; Page E01 It is the modern-day equivalent of a border sentry. When visitors try to enter UKBetting.com, a computer program checks their identification to determine where they're dialing in from. Most people are waved on through. Those from the United States, China, Italy and other countries where gambling laws are muddy, ==========> 02-01-07-ACMUbiquity-SethJohnson-MSXP.txt========== Freedom to Think and Speak By Seth Johnson Under Microsoft's Digital Rights Management operating system, the ability to use information freely will be policed at the most intricate level. In his November 6 essay "You're Free to Think," (http://davenet.userland.com/2001/11/06/youreFreeToThink), Dave Winer comments that whatever else happens in the ongoing, increasing trend towards policing of the public's right to use information and information technology, we are still ==========> 02-01-08-WashPost-Bernstein.txt========== Prof Renews Free Speech Fight Against US Encryption Law By Brian Krebs, Newsbytes WASHINGTON, D.C., U.S.A., 08 Jan 2002, 5:28 PM CST A computer science professor is renewing a constitutional challenge to U.S. encryption laws, arguing that the government's policy on restricting the export of domestic cryptographic research violates the First Amendment. Daniel Bernstein, the University of Illinois computer science professor who ==========> 02-01-14-WashPost-2600-DeCSS.txt========== 2600 Magazine Seeks Another Opinion In N.Y. DeCSS Case By Steven Bonisteel, Newsbytes NEW YORK, NEW YORK, U.S.A., 14 Jan 2002, 5:14 PM CST Lawyers for the New York-based "hacker quarterly" 2600 magazine have asked that the full 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals reconsider a decision by three of its judges to uphold a ban on publishing software code that can unlock encrypted video on DVDs. ==========> 02-01-18-SJMerc-China.txt========== Posted at 5:39 p.m. PST Friday, Jan. 18, 2002 China orders Internet providers to screen e-mail, use less foreign software BEIJING (AP) -- China has issued its most intrusive Internet controls to date, ordering service providers to screen private e-mail for political content and holding them responsible for subversive postings on their Web sites. The new rules, posted earlier this week on the Web site of the Ministry of Information Industry, represent Beijing's latest efforts to tighten its grip on ==========> 02-01-30-Reuters-Corley-DMCA.txt========== Wednesday January 30 4:28 PM ET DVD Hacker Vows to Keep Challenging Ruling By Sue Zeidler LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Eric Corley, the central figure in the ``DVD Hacker'' case who was barred by a court from posting online how to make copies of DVDs, vowed on Wednesday to keep fighting the copyright law the ruling was based on, and which he says oppresses more and more people each day. ==========> 02-02-07-NYState-AGSuesCompAssoc.txt========== http://www.oag.state.ny.us/press/2002/feb/feb07a_02.html Department of Law 120 Broadway New York, NY 10271 February 7, 2002 SPITZER SUES SOFTWARE DEVELOPER TO PROTECT CONSUMERS' FREE SPEECH RIGHTS Public's Ability to Criticize Product at Issue ==========> 02-02-07-SJMerc-McAfeeLicense.txt========== Posted at 12:04 p.m. PST Thursday, Feb. 7, 2002 New York AG sues Network Associates in free speech case ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- New York state has sued the maker of McAfee antivirus software alleging it is restricting free speech by barring customers from publishing product reviews without its consent, Attorney General Eliot Spitzer announced Thursday. ==========> 02-02-14-CHE-Destroy-USGS-CDs.txt========== An Order to Destroy a CD-ROM Raises Concerns Among University Librarians by ALEX P. KELLOGG --C.H.E. College librarians who were forced by the federal government to destroy copies of a CD-ROM put out by the United States Geological Survey say destruction of the disks raises concerns about intellectual freedom. The government said the CD's, which compiled information on water supplies, posed a security risk in the aftermath of the September 11 terrorist attacks. In October the government ordered 335 libraries holding copies of the CD-ROM destroy them. The majority of the libraries were on college campuses, in law schools, and at community colleges. ==========> 02-03-20-SJMerc-ChildPorn.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/2901404.htm Posted on Wed, Mar. 20, 2002 Larry Magid: Net users can help fight child porn By Larry Magid Special to the Mercury News The FBI announced Monday that it had charged dozens of people for using computers and the Internet to distribute child pornography. Those caught in the sweep, called ``Operation Candyman,'' allegedly used e-mail and the Web to ==========> 02-03-21-SJMerc-Google-Scientology.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/2910195.htm Posted on Thu, Mar. 21, 2002 Google pulls, replaces Web page critical of Scientology SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Google Inc. restored a Web site critical of the Church of Scientology on its Internet search engine Thursday while free speech advocates slammed the company for removing the site in the first place. Google said the company had only removed certain pages from the site because ==========> 02-03-24-SJMerc-CIPAt.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/2929639.htm Posted on Sun, Mar. 24, 2002 Librarians fighting Internet-filter law SOFTWARE BLOCKS PORNOGRAPHY BUT CENSORS VALUABLE INFORMATION, PLAINTIFFS SAY By John Loviglio Associated Press PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A battle over free speech and online pornography returns to the nation's birthplace today as librarians try to convince a federal court ==========> 02-03-26-SJMerc-CIPA.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/2936807.htm Posted on Tue, Mar. 26, 2002 Librarians testify against Web-filter requirement A special panel of judges is hearing two groups' challenge to a federal law that would link funding to use of the software. By Joseph A. Slobodzian Inquirer Staff Writer This was an incident that seemed to illustrate perfectly the need for the ==========> 02-03-26-Wired-CIPA.txt========== http://www.wired.com/news/print/0,1294,51312,00.html Porn-Filter Trial Gets Raunchy By Declan McCullagh 2:00 a.m. March 26, 2002 PST PHILADELPHIA -- Raunchy depictions of explicit sex punctuated a trial over library filtering on Monday when government attorneys argued the images were unsuitable for display on public terminals. ==========> 02-03-27-CNN-CIPA-Trial.txt========== http://www.cnn.com/2002/TECH/internet/03/27/internet.porn.reut/ Porn trial experts say software block limited PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania (Reuters) -- Filtering software intended to protect children from exposure to pornography on library computers is doomed to fail despite its congressional endorsement as a ==========> 02-03-28-SJMerc-CIPA.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/2954272.htm Posted on Thu, Mar. 28, 2002 U.S. government mounts defense of library porn law PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - The U.S. government sought on Thursday to defend its bid to protect children from online pornography in public libraries, with testimony about Internet software that allows library patrons to view explicit text but not photos on the World Wide Web. ==========> 02-04-11-PCWorld-BillRequireKidSafeDomain.txt========== http://www.pcworld.com/resource/printable/article/0,aid,93964,00.asp Kid-Safe Domain Nears Reality Legislation is no substitute for parental monitoring of dot-com kids, some critics say. Anne M. Ju, Medill News Service Thursday, April 11, 2002 A bill that calls for a child-friendly Web domain has been unanimously approved by committee and goes next to the full House, where it faces some concern that ==========> 02-04-16-SJMerc-SupremeCourtStrikesVirtualChildPronBan.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/3075114.htm Posted on Tue, Apr. 16, 2002 Supreme Court strikes down ban on virtual child pornography WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court struck down a congressional ban on virtual child pornography Tuesday, ruling that the First Amendment protects pornography or other sexual images that only appear to depict real children engaged in sex. ==========> 02-05-03-EFF-Google-Scientology.txt========== May 3, 2002 EFF Thanks Google In early March, popular search engine company Google proved its commitment to its users by opting to provide information about attempts at censorship to EFF's Chilling Effects Clearinghouse. The Church of Scientology (CoS) threatened Google with a lawsuit, citing violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), because certain Google searches provided links to a site that opposes CoS. Operation Clambake ==========> 02-05-04-SJMerc-DMCA-ISPs-SpeechPolice.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/3200100.htm Posted on Sat, May. 04, 2002 Legal protection turns service providers into speech police NEW YORK (AP) - A 1998 federal law meant to combat digital piracy is increasingly being used to challenge free speech online as well. In one recent case, the search engine Google removed links to a Norwegian site that criticizes the Church of Scientology International after the ==========> 02-05-08-SJMerc-ElcomSoft-DMCA-ConstitutionallyOK.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/3225820.htm Posted on Wed, May. 08, 2002 Judge rules copyright law constitutional By Jennifer Files Mercury News A federal judge in San Jose ruled Wednesday that a controversial digital copyright law is constitutional, allowing a criminal case against Russian software vendor ElcomSoft to proceed. ==========> 02-05-15-SJMerc-ProtectingChildren.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/business/columnists/gmsv/3270972. htm Posted on Wed, May. 15, 2002 Larry Magid: Words for Congress about protecting kids online By Larry Magid Special to the Mercury News A week from today, I'll be on Capitol Hill talking about Internet safety before some members of Congress and staff. The event is sponsored by the ==========> 02-05-22-Wired-DotKidsDotUS.txt========== http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,52709,00.html Dot-Kids Heads a Mess of Regs By Declan McCullagh 2:00 a.m. May 22, 2002 PDT WASHINGTON -- The U.S. Congress, racing to leave town before the Memorial Day recess, is focusing on Internet regulation like never before. Politicians are scrambling to debate a raft of technology regulations, ranging ==========> 02-05-27-NYT-OnlineJurisdiction.txt========== May 27, 2002 A Libel Suit May Establish E-Jurisdiction By CARL S. KAPLAN Two years ago, when Stanley Young, a Virginia prison warden, learned that two Connecticut newspapers had written stories about his prison's treatment of inmates from that state, he went to read the four articles on the Internet. He did not much like what he saw. "I was a lot angry," recalled Mr. Young, head of Wallens Ridge State ==========> 02-05-31-SJMerc-CIPARuledUnconstitutional.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/3373419.htm Posted on Fri, May. 31, 2002 Federal judges throw out law requiring filtering software at libraries PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Public libraries cannot be forced to use Internet filters designed to block pornography, three federal judges said Friday in overturning a new federal law. In a 195-page decision, the judges said the Children's Internet Protection ==========> 02-06-00-CACM-FreeSpeechOnlineAndOffline.txt========== Inside risks: Free speech online and offline Ross Anderson June 2002 Communications of the ACM, Volume 45 Issue 6 Esther Dyson argued that as the world will never be perfect, whether online or offline, it is foolish to expect higher standards on the Internet than we accept in real life. Legislators are now turning this argument around, and arguing they have to restrict traditional offline freedoms in order to regulate cyberspace. ==========> 02-06-01-SJMerc-DG-CIPAOverturned.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/3381419.htm Posted on Sat, Jun. 01, 2002 Dan Gillmor: Three judges stand up for First Amendment By Dan Gillmor Mercury News Technology Columnist News and views, culled and edited from my online eJournal (www.dangillmor.com): ==========> 02-06-03-ChillingEffects-ClearinghouseWebsite.txt========== http://www.chillingeffects.org/ Chilling Effects Clearinghouse A joint project of the Electronic Frontier Foundation and Harvard, Stanford, Berkeley, University of San Francisco, and University of Maine law school clinics. ==========> 02-06-04-ALA-NTIASeeksComments-ProtectingChildren.txt========== ALAWON: American Library Association Washington Office Newsline Volume 11, Number 46 June 4, 2002 In This Issue: NTIA Invites Comments Evaluating Effectiveness of Technology and Policies Protecting Children's Safety on the Internet The U.S. Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) has initiated a notice and ==========> 02-06-10-ZDNet-SimonsFeltenStanfordPPClass.txt========== http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-934602.html This story was printed from ZDNN, located at http://zdnet.com.com/2001-11-0. Software programmers hit the law books By Lisa M. Bowman Special to ZDNet News June 10, 2002, 10:10 AM PT URL: http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-934602.html ==========> 02-08-05-SJMerc-ChinaJailsNetUser.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/3803541.htm Posted on Mon, Aug. 05, 2002 China jails politically incorrect Net user 11 yrs HONG KONG, Aug 5 (Reuters) - The Chinese government has sentenced a former policeman to jail for eleven years for downloading ``anti-revolutionary'' materials from the Internet, a human rights group in Hong Kong said on Monday. Li Dawei, 40, was the first person found guilty of subversion for downloading ==========> 02-09-03-SJMerc-ChinaBlocksGoogle.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/3992823.htm Posted on Tue, Sep. 03, 2002 China blocks Google search engine BEIJING (AP) - China has blocked access to popular U.S. Internet search engine Google amid government calls to tighten media controls ahead of a major Communist Party congress. Attempts to look at the site through Chinese Internet services on Tuesday ==========> 02-11-02-NYT-FCCToConsiderRelaxingMediaOwnshipshipRestrictions.txt========== New York Times Fewer Media Owners, More Media Choices By JIM RUTENBERG November 2, 2002 For decades, public interest advocates have successfully argued for stringent limits on the number of newspapers, radio stations and television outlets that a company can own. They have summoned images of Citizen Kane, or worse, Big Brother, warning ==========> 02-11-12-SJMerc-SupremeCourtToRuleOnLibraryFilters-CIPA.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/4505381.htm Posted on Tue, Nov. 12, 2002 High court agrees to rule on library Web filters By Elise Ackerman Mercury News The latest epic legal battle over free speech on the Internet took a major step toward resolution Tuesday when the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to consider a challenge to a law requiring public libraries to filter Web content or lose ==========> 02-11-15-CIOMagazine-Spam-ITandHR-Issues.txt========== http://www.cio.com/archive/111502/et_article.html Nov. 15, 2002 Seething over Spam New tools and legislation can help—but nothing can stop it all BY MERIDITH LEVINSON IT WAS SPAM OVERLOAD. Inboxes at a certain Fortune 50 energy company were packed with unsolicited e-mail, making it difficult for users to find important messages. ==========> 02-11-15-SJMerc-CongressApprovesKidsDomainAndWebcastingRoyaltyFees.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/4530132.htm Posted on Fri, Nov. 15, 2002 Congress Creates Kids' Internet Area DAVID HO Associated Press WASHINGTON - Congress approved legislation Friday to create a safe haven on the Internet for children, where parents can be assured Web sites are free of pornography and other material not suitable for youngsters. ==========> 02-12-04-ALA-AccessToGovtDocsThreatened.txt========== ALAWON: American Library Association Washington Office Newsline Volume 11, Number 98 December 4, 2002 In This Issue: URGENT! Comments Needed by December 13th on OMB's Proposed Amendments to the FAR That Threaten Public Access and the Federal Depository Library Program. BACKGROUND: Director Mitchell E. Daniels Jr. of the Office of Management and Budget ==========> 02-12-10-SJMerc-PornFiltersBlockSomeHealthSites.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/4709282.htm Posted on Tue, Dec. 10, 2002 Report: Anti-pornography filters can block some health sites WASHINGTON (AP) - Different ways that schools, libraries and parents apply filtering software to block pornographic Web sites determine whether these programs interfere with people looking up health subjects on the Internet, according to a new study by health researchers. ==========> 02-12-11-SJMerc-DG-AustralianCourtSaysOKToLibelSuitThere.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/4719322.htm Posted on Wed, Dec. 11, 2002 Dan Gillmor: Australian court's upside-down Internet ruling By Dan Gillmor Mercury News Technology Columnist The judges of the High Court of Australia must be some of the most obtuse people on the planet. ==========> 02-12-16-FinancialTimes-LocalLawsChallengeInternet.txt========== http://search.ft.com/search/article.html?id=021216000425 COMMENT & ANAL YSIS: Material published on the internet and thus accessible anywhere in the world is increasingly being challenged under the laws of By Patti Waldmeir Financial Times; Dec 16, 2002 When an Australian court ruled last week that Australian law could be used to protect the rights of an Australian businessman living in Australia, cyberspace ==========> 02-12-19-WashPost-BloggingExposuresAuthorsToProblems.txt========== http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A9204-2002Dec18.html Free Speech -- Virtually Legal Constraints on Web Journals Surprise Many 'Bloggers' By Jennifer Balderama Washington Post Staff Writer Thursday, December 19, 2002; Page E01 Late last year, John Stanforth posted to his personal Web site a reminiscence about software he had developed for internal ==========> 02-12-31-TechNews-TechPoliciesInThe107thCongress.txt========== Tech Policy Priorities Changed in Wake of Terrorist Attacks War on Terrorism Shifted Attention Away From Telecom, Copyright Issues By TechNews.com Staff Tuesday, December 31, 2002; 12:00 AM In the two years of the 107th Congress, the technology industry started out with a presence on Capitol Hill that was as strong as its high-flying stock performance. Broadband Internet access regulations, corporate tax breaks and fast-track trade authority for the president dominated the tech business agenda, while consumer concerns abounded -- from what constitutes ==========> 03-01-00-ColumbiaJournalismRev-DG-InteractiveJournalism.txt========== HERE COMES 'WE MEDIA' Tech-Savvy Readers Want In on the Conversation BY DAN GILLMOR In 1999, Jane’s Intelligence Review, the journal widely followed in national security circles, wondered whether it was on the right track with an article about computer security and cyberterrorism. The editors went straight to some experts — the denizens of Slashdot, a tech-oriented Web site — and ==========> 03-01-06-DaveWiner-Weblogs.txt========== http://davenet.userland.com/2003/01/06/firstEssayOfTheYear First essay of the year Mon, Jan 6, 2003; by Dave Winer. First essay of the year I still owe you an essay to kick off the new year. ==========> 03-01-07-Expatica-YahooCEOToEscapeFrenchPunishment.txt========== http://www.expatica.com/france.asp?pad=278,313,&item_id=27831 Yahoo! boss to escape Paris sentence PARIS, Jan 7 (AFP) - The prosecutor in the Paris trial of former Yahoo! boss Timothy Koogle, accused of illegally selling Nazi memorabilia on-line through the US Internet company's auction site, called on Tuesday for no punishment to be levied in case of a conviction. "The situation is regularised and nobody has come here to say that ==========> 03-01-18-NYT-NYCourtRulesAgainstSoftwareReviewPolicy.txt========== http://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/18/business/18SOFT.html?ex=1043914789&ei=1&en=ff4 d9301bb3d6409 Court Rules Against Network Associates' Software Review Policy New York Times January 18, 2003 By MATT RICHTEL A New York court has ruled that Network Associates, a maker of popular antivirus and computer security software, may not require people who buy ==========> 03-01-21-SJMerc-DG-ProvidersMightControlInternetContent.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/5002309.htm Posted on Tue, Jan. 21, 2003 Dan Gillmor: Internet content in peril in non-competitive world By Dan Gillmor Mercury News Technology Columnist As competition bogs down for high-speed Internet access in the United States, prices are rising. This helps explain why it costs much more for people here to subscribe to cable-modem or digital subscriber line ==========> 03-01-30-CNETNews-BlogsAidSWDevelopers.txt========== http://news.com.com/2100-1001-982854.html Blogs open doors for developers By David Becker Staff Writer, CNET News.com January 31, 2003, 4:00 AM PT Secrecy has long been a hallmark of the software development process: Let too many people know too much about what you're working on too early, and somebody might steal your ideas. ==========> 03-01-30-Guardian-BloggingBecomesMoreBusinessLike.txt========== http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/story/0,3605,884658,00.html New biz on the blog As business begins to cash in on weblogs, Jim McClellan reports on those creating bucks and buzz from the online craze Thursday January 30, 2003 The Guardian If recent rumours are to be believed, AOL is getting ready to add ==========> 03-02-03-SJMerc-LawsuitsFlyReContentCleaningSoftware.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/5094390.htm Posted on Mon, Feb. 03, 2003 Content-Cleaning Software Angers Some GARY GENTILE Associated Press LOS ANGELES - Last June, Utah software developer Breck Rice met with movie directors to pitch new software for letting consumers digitally alter Hollywood hits. ==========> 03-02-05-Gulker-TheImportanceOfBlogs.txt========== http://www.gulker.com/2003/02/05.html#a834 Doc Searls responding to something I wrote in December, initially in response to a post on Azeem Azhar's blog, when I was trying to see if there was anything to learn from Weblog referrer data: Doc writes: "Anyway, I don't think "celebrity," "popularity," "traffic," "audience" and "power ==========> 03-02-05-HillNews-CongressCommUnveilTechPriorities.txt========== http://www.hillnews.com/news/020503/priorities.aspx House and Senate committees unveil high-tech priorities By Jeff Dufour As the 108th Congress picks up steam, the House and Senate committees responsible for telecommunications and technology issues have revealed their top priorities for the coming year. "We will have an ambitious telecom agenda" this year, said Ken Johnson, ==========> 03-02-07-SJMerc-OnLineGamesPlaceForProtestAndActivism.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/5130967.htm Posted on Fri, Feb. 07, 2003 Online games increasingly a place for protest, social activism NEW YORK (AP) - Gone are the days when playing video games online meant simply playing a hand of poker or battling your buddies to the death in a giant arena you couldn't control. Many games are now all about role-playing, and some players aren't ==========> 03-02-16-SJMerc-DG-GoogleBuysBloggerFirmPyra.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/5195814.htm Posted on Sun, Feb. 16, 2003 Dan Gillmor: Google buys Pyra in big boost for blogging By Dan Gillmor Mercury News Technology Columnist Weblogs are going Googling. Google, which runs the Web's premier search site, has purchased Pyra ==========> 03-02-17-FoxNews-108thCongressPreparesTechAgenda.txt========== http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,78729,00.html Congress Preps Tech Agenda Monday, February 17, 2003 By Liza Porteus WASHINGTON — U.S. lawmakers continue to pursue their high-tech agendas, having introduced about 20 tech-related bills in the first week of the new Congress alone and seeking dozens of new rules on piracy, privacy and security, among other issues. ==========> 03-02-19-CNETNews-IPAddressSharingBlocksLegitimateWebSites.txt========== http://news.com.com/2100-1023-985216.html Net blocking threatens legitimate sites By Declan McCullagh Staff Writer, CNET News.com February 19, 2003, 5:36 PM PT Government efforts to block offensive Web sites are technically problematic and legally worrisome, a new study says. ==========> 03-02-20-SJMerc-CDTChallengesPennLawBlockingWebsiteAccess.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/5222575.htm Posted on Thu, Feb. 20, 2003 Civil liberties group opposes Internet blocking law WASHINGTON (AP) - A pioneering strategy to stem online child pornography is threatening Internet stability because it blocks Web surfers visiting innocent sites located in the same virtual neighborhoods as those peddling illegal porn, a prominent civil liberties group says. ==========> 03-02-21-BBC-IsGoogleTooPowerful-BloggingIsNotJournalism.txt========== http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/2786761.stm Last Updated: Friday, 21 February, 2003, 11:43 GMT Is Google too powerful? Is it time to set up Ofsearch, a regulator of search engines asks technology consultant Bill Thompson Everyone's favourite search engine now owns the world's most popular ==========> 03-02-27-PCWorld-PrivacyAndDataSecuritySummitFocussesOnSpam.txt========== http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,109595,00.asp It's Open Season on Spammers Techies, attorneys, government officials team to tackle spam. Andrew Brandt, PCWorld.com Thursday, February 27, 2003 WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The problem of spam--how to get rid of it, how to track down the senders, and whether to prosecute those spammers--has dominated many ==========> 03-03-03-SJMerc-GovtPublicationRestrcitionsStallScientificResearch.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/5304602.htm Posted on Mon, Mar. 03, 2003 Demand for government review stalls research project By Glennda Chui Mercury News Neuroscientist Bruno Olshausen has been waiting nearly a year to launch a study of how the brain recognizes objects against a cluttered background -- one with potential applications for baggage screening at ==========> 03-03-03-SJMerc-SecurityRestrictingSciencePublicationAndTravel.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/5304603.htm Posted on Mon, Mar. 03, 2003 Security concerns may be shackling science By Glennda Chui Mercury News Russian scientists are invited to the United States for meetings aimed at stopping the spread of nuclear weapons, only to find they can't get past the border. Foreign researchers are yanked from some federal labs. ==========> 03-03-05-SJMerc-SupremeCourtLooksAtFilteringInUSvsALA.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/5321221.htm Posted on Wed, Mar. 05, 2003 Supreme Court looks at free speech and library Net filters WASHINGTON (AP) - Pornography is everywhere on the Internet, some of it free for the peeking to anyone with an Internet connection and a bit of online know-how. Right alongside the smut is more valuable information than anyone could ==========> 03-03-06-CNETNews-AppealsCourtStrikesCOPA.txt========== http://news.com.com/2100-1028-991477.html?tag=fd_top Appeals court strikes down Net porn law By Declan McCullagh Staff Writer, CNET News.com March 6, 2003, 6:07 PM PT WASHINGTON--A federal law aimed at curbing Internet pornography violates Americans' free speech rights and is unconstitutional, an appeals court ruled Thursday. ==========> 03-03-06-CNETNews-CourtRulingInCarafanoCDALibelThreatensISPs.txt========== http://news.com.com/2009-1023-991264.html Ruling could threaten long-standing content protections By Paul Festa Staff Writer, CNET News.com March 6, 2003, 4:00AM PT A controversial case before a federal appeals court could significantly restrict legal protections that have long absolved Internet companies from responsibility for their customers' actions. ==========> 03-03-06-SJMerc-Editorial-AppealsCourtStrikesCOPA.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/5335896.htm Posted on Thu, Mar. 06, 2003 Court strikes down law intended to keep kids from online porn PHILADELPHIA (AP) - For the second time, a federal appeals court has ruled that a law meant to keep Internet pornography away from children is unconstitutional. The 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said Thursday the Child Online ==========> 03-03-06-SJMerc-SupremeCourtLooksAtFilteringInUSvsALA.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/5329512.htm Posted on Thu, Mar. 06, 2003 Court hears library Net filtering arguments By Stephen Henderson Knight Ridder WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court has already struck down two laws aimed at protecting young eyes from smut on the Internet. But in arguments before the court Wednesday, several justices indicated they ==========> 03-03-09-SJMerc-BlogsSuccessHeraldsBigFuture.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/5354264.htm Posted on Sun, Mar. 09, 2003 Success of Weblogs Heralds Big Future MICHAEL LIEDTKE Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO - The online diaries known as Weblogs, or "blogs," seemed like a lot of inconsequential chatter when they surfaced a few years ago. ==========> 03-03-11-NYT-KaporQuitsBoardOfCompanyInvolvedWithTIA.txt========== http://www.nytimes.com/2003/03/11/business/11PRIV.html?ex=1048367544&ei=1&en =492a77eeb13df314 Software Pioneer Quits Board of Groove [New York Times] March 11, 2003 By JOHN MARKOFF SAN FRANCISCO, March 10 - Mitchell D. Kapor, a personal computer industry software pioneer and a civil liberties ==========> 03-03-12-CNETNews-GAOReportFindsPornographyWidelyAvailableOnP2P.txt========== http://news.com.com/2100-1028-992371.html Congress cracks down on P2P porn By Declan McCullagh Staff Writer, CNET News.com March 12, 2003, 5:30 PM PT The U.S. Congress is targeting peer-to-peer networks again--and this time politicians aren't fretting over music and software piracy. ==========> 03-03-13-ALA-S609RestoreFOIAWouldEliminateSomeExemptions.txt========== Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2003 11:11:10 -0500 From: "ALAWASH E-MAIL" To: ALA Washington Office Newsline Subject: [ALA-WO:802] SENATE INTRODUCES RESTORE FOIA ALAWON: American Library Association Washington Office Newsline Volume 12, Number 22 March 13, 2003 In This Issue: Senators Introduce the Restore Freedom of Information ==========> 03-03-13-SJMerc-GAOReportFindsPornographyWidelyAvailableOnP2P.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/business/columnists/gmsv/5384049. htm Posted on Thu, Mar. 13, 2003 GAO stumbles across T&A on P2P By John Paczkowski After weeks of painstaking investigative work and analysis, the General Accounting Office (GAO) and the House Committee on Government Reform were ==========> 03-03-13-USHouse-RepWaxman-P2PMakesPornographyAvailable.txt========== http://reform.house.gov/min/pdfs/pdf_inves/pdf_pornog_state.pdf Statement of Rep. Henry A. Waxman Hearing on Stumbling into Smut: The Alarming Ease of Access to Pornography on Peer-to-Peer Network March 13, 2003 Today, I join with Chairman Tom Davis to draw attention to an Internet technology that gives kids easy access to incredibly graphic pornography. ==========> 03-03-13-WashPost-GAOReportFindsPornographyWidelyAvailableOnP2P.txt========== http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A17695-2003Mar12.html Pornography Prevalent on File-Sharing Services By Jonathan Krim Washington Post Staff Writer Thursday, March 13, 2003; Page E01 Popular Internet services that allow computer users to swap music and video clips also are an easy and free-flowing conduit for pornography, including images of minors, ==========> 03-03-20-HarvardLaw-AnalysisOfChineseInternetFilteringShowsFourDistinctMethods.txt========== http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/filtering/china/ Empirical Analysis of Internet Filtering in China Harvard Law School, March 20, 2003 Jonathan Zittrain* and Benjamin Edelman**, Berkman Center for Internet & Society Abstract The authors are collecting data on the methods, scope, and depth of selective barriers to Internet access through Chinese networks. Tests from May 2002 ==========> 03-03-28-CNETNews-ESRepsVoteToBanDecpetiveURLsAndVirtualPorn.txt========== http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2132645,00.html?rtag=zdnetukhompage Deceptive URLs and 'virtual' porn banned 13:14 Friday 28th March 2003 Declan McCullagh, CNET News.com The US will imprison owners of Web sites that use deceptive domain names to lure people into sex sites. They have also voted to ban 'virtual' child porn ==========> 03-03-31-CNETNews-FreedomTechnologyAndTheInternet.txt========== http://news.com.com/2010-1071-994654.html Freedom, technology and the Net By Declan McCullagh March 31, 2003, 4:00 AM PT WASHINGTON--These are perilous times for online privacy, free speech and the freedom to tinker with legally purchased hardware and software. Last week, the House of Representatives approved a constitutionally dubious ==========> 03-03-31-Provos-WebPagesMovedOffshore-MichSuperDMCA.txt========== http://niels.xtdnet.nl/honeyd/ Due to a new Michigan law, the legality of my research or these web pages is currently unclear. Felton provides additional information about the resulting restrictions on technology and research. The web pages will be reinstated once the situation has been resolved. Please, support the EFF. ==========> 03-03-31-Salon-NetworkedWorldPosesManyThreatsToHumanity.txt========== http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2003/03/31/knowledge/index.html Are we doomed yet? The computer-networked, digital world poses enormous threats to humanity that no government, no matter how totalitarian, can stop. A fully open society is our best chance for survival. By Sheldon Pacotti March 31, 2003 | I've been talking to ==========> 03-04-03-SJMerc-CASupremeCourtDividedOnIntelEmailCase.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/5549141.htm Posted on Thu, Apr. 03, 2003 Intel e-mail issue divides court By Howard Mintz Mercury News LOS ANGELES - The California Supreme Court on Wednesday Appeared deeply divided over how to balance free-speech rights in Cyberspace against a company's right to control its ==========> 03-04-06-SJMerc-DG-LibertiesWeHaveLost.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/5571471.htm Posted on Sun, Apr. 06, 2003 Why we may never regain the liberties that we've lost By Dan Gillmor Mercury News Technology Columnist NEW YORK - The lights of a magnificent, recovering city glittered from the 80th floor of the Empire State Building on Wednesday evening. The multiple ironies were not lost on the gathering of civil-liberties and ==========> 03-04-09-Purdue-CERIAS-Roundtable-FreedomToTeach-FreedomToLearn.txt========== CERIAS April 9, 2003 Special Roundtable Because of recent events in the news, we have scheduled a special roundtable session at the CERIAS spring security symposium. The session is entitled "Freedom to Teach, Freedom to Learn: Information Security as a Sensitive Topic" and I will moderate. ==========> 03-04-10-SFGate-CFP03FocussesonCivilLibertiesIssues.txt========== http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/gate/archive/2003/04/10/cfp.DTL War on Electronic Privacy Attendees of Computers, Freedom and Privacy conference fight for high tech civil liberties Annalee Newitz, Special to SF Gate Thursday, April 10, 2003 The giant silver coffee dispensers positioned at the center of the meeting rooms in the New Yorker Hotel ==========> 03-04-11-Harvard-Edelman-GoogleSafeSearchGreatlyOverblocks.txt========== http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/people/edelman/google-safesearch/ Empirical Analysis of Google SafeSearch Benjamin Edelman - Berkman Center for Internet & Society - Harvard Law School This research is part of a series of projects with Professor Jonathan Zittrain. Abstract Google offers interested users a version of its search engine restricted by a service it calls SafeSearch, intended to omit references to sites with ==========> 03-04-14-EFF-MPAA-StateSuperDMCALawsOpposed.txt========== http://www.eff.org/IP/DMCA/states/20030414_eff_sdmca_pr.php For Immediate Release: Monday, April 14, 2003 Electronic Frontier Foundation Opposes Digital Lockdown Some States Pass, Others Consider Copyright Legislation Electronic Frontier Foundation Media Release San Francisco, CA - The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) today released a detailed analysis of the dangers posed by ==========> 03-04-14-GAOReport-P2PProvideAccessToChildPornography.txt========== http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d03351.pdf GAO Report "File Sharing Programs: Peer-to-Peer Networks Provide Ready Access to Child Pornography", characterizes the Internet, specifically mentioning "broadband" as the leading source of child pornography. Also thought that SIGGRAPH might be interested in the hearing that the Full House Government Reform Committee held yesterday "Stumbling onto Smut the Alarming ==========> 03-04-14-SJMerc-DG-DMCAUsedToStopIDCardPresentation.txt========== http://weblog.siliconvalley.com/column/dangillmor/archives/000942.shtml#000942 April 14, 2003 DMCA Misused Again, Stifling Speech • posted by Dan Gillmor 05:10 PM Slashdot: Blackboard Campus IDs: Security Thru Cease & Desist. On Saturday night, Virgil and Acidus, two young security researchers, were scheduled to give a talk at ==========> 03-04-14-Slashdot-DMCAUsedToStopIDCardPresentation.txt========== http://features.slashdot.org/features/03/04/14/1846250.shtml Blackboard Campus IDs: Security Thru Cease & Desist Posted by jamie on Monday April 14, @03:14PM from the cease-and-desist dept. On Saturday night, Virgil and Acidus, two young security researchers, were scheduled to give a talk at Interz0ne II on security flaws they'd found ==========> 03-04-14-TheRegister-StateDMCALawsPreventAnonymousCommunications.txt========== http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/55/30231.html Super-DMCA' fears suppress security research By Kevin Poulsen, SecurityFocus Posted: 14/04/2003 at 10:16 GMT Steganography and honeypot expert Niels Provos may risk four years in prison by completing his Ph.D., writes Kevin Poulsen, of SecurityFocus. A University of Michigan graduate student noted for his research into ==========> 03-04-17-SJMec-WalMartShutsSiteProvidingBargainBarCodes.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/5655505.htm Posted on Thu, Apr. 17, 2003 Wal-Mart pressure closes Web site with bargain bar codes A Web site that urged visitors to lower prices for grocery items by substituting bar codes shut itself down after pressure from Wal-Mart Inc. The site's operators, a group of tech-savvy political ==========> 03-04-17-SJMerc-DMCAUsedToStopIDCardPresentation.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/5656656.htm Posted on Thu, Apr. 17, 2003 Student barred from discussing flaws in campus technology ATLANTA (AP) - Fifteen minutes before he was to lecture on security flaws in a debit card system used on 223 college campuses, 22-year-old Billy Hoffman found out a judge had banned him from talking. Hoffman had used a screwdriver to break into a laundry room swipe ==========> 03-04-18-SJMerc-WashStateBillWouldProhibitViolentVideoGameSales.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/5666096.htm Posted on Fri, Apr. 18, 2003 Washington lawmakers pass bill banning sale of violent video games to kids OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) -Washington state is on the verge of approving a law that will fine retailers $500 if they sell children video games that depict violence against police. ==========> 03-05-18-SJMerc-DG-SKoreanCitizenReportersChangingJournalism.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/5889390.htm Posted on Sun, May. 18, 2003 Dan Gillmor: A new brand of journalism is taking root in South Korea By Dan Gillmor Mercury News Technology Columnist SEOUL - Lee Bong-Ryul has a day job as an engineer at a semiconductor company. In his spare time, he's helping to shape tomorrow's journalism. ==========> 03-05-22-AP-WashStateBansViolentVideoGamesFoMinors.txt========== Wash. Limits Access to Violent Games State's law prohibiting sale or rental to kids of video games depicting brutality against police is first in the nation. From Associated Press and Bloomberg News May 22, 2003 Washington this week became the first state in the nation prohibiting the sale or rental to children of video games that depict violence against police. ==========> 03-06-15-SJMerc-DG-TheFutureOfPublishning.txt========== http://weblog.siliconvalley.com/column/dangillmor/archives/001095.shtml#001095 June 15, 2003 The Future of Copyright, Publishing, Privacy • posted by Dan Gillmor 03:11 AM • permanent link to this item We're on an island in Helsinki's harbor, at a restaurant in a restored building that once held cannon emplacements. The occasion is a half-day gathering ==========> 03-06-23-ALA-SupremeCtOKsCIPAPornFilters.txt========== ALAWON: American Library Association Washington Office Newsline Volume 12, Number 57 June 23, 2003 In This Issue: Supreme Court upholds CIPA, ALA Denounces Decision For Immediate Release June 23, 2003 ALA denounces Supreme Court ruling on Children's Internet Protection Act (Toronto) We are very disappointed in today's decision. Forcing ==========> 03-06-23-SJMerc-SupremeCtOKsCIPAPornFilters.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/6151827.htm Posted on Mon, Jun. 23, 2003 Court OKs Anti-Porn Filters in Libraries GINA HOLLAND Associated Press WASHINGTON - A divided Supreme Court ruled Monday that Congress can force the nation's public libraries to equip computers with anti-pornography filters. ==========> 03-06-24-SJMerc-SomeLibrariesToRejectFedGrants.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/6158188.htm Posted on Tue, Jun. 24, 2003 Many libraries will skip grants to avoid using Net filters By Julie Sevrens Lyons Mercury News Uncle Sam wants YOU to have no library access to potential Pornographic Web sites. But many local libraries will do whatever it takes to avoid computer ==========> 03-06-24-SJMerc-SupremeCtOKsCIPAPornFilters.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/6158183.htm Posted on Tue, Jun. 24, 2003 Court OKs tying library funding to Net filtering By David Plotnikoff Mercury News The Supreme Court on Monday upheld a law requiring schools and libraries that receive federal technology funding to use software intended to filter out pornography. ==========> 03-06-30-EFF-CASupremeCt-IntelCannotBlockEmailFromEx-Worker.txt========== http://www.eff.org/Cases/Intel_v_Hamidi/20030630_eff_hamidi_pr.php For Immediate Release: Monday, June 30, 2003 California Supreme Court Sides With Email Pamphleteer Intel v. Hamidi Decision Protects Internet Speech Electronic Frontier Foundation Media Release Los Angeles - The California Supreme Court today ruled that former Intel employee Ken Hamidi did not "trespass" on Intel's computers when he sent email messages to Intel employees at work. ==========> 03-06-30-SJMerc-CASupremeCt-IntelCannotBlockEmailFromEx-Worker.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/6204501.htm Posted on Mon, Jun. 30, 2003 story:PUB_DESC State Supreme Court puts crimp in policing internal e-mail By Howard Mintz Mercury News Putting a crimp in corporate efforts to police internal e-mail systems, a deeply divided California Supreme Court today refused to allow the Intel to block a disgruntled ex-worker from bombarding the Santa Clara chip giant with ==========> 03-06-30-SJMerc-OnLinePublicRecordsTooAccessible.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/6201466.htm Posted on Mon, Jun. 30, 2003 Are public court records too public in cyberspace? DAVID KRAVETS Associated Press SAN FRANCISCO - Courthouses have long been considered stodgy institutions, foreign to the public they serve. The Internet has made them a little less detached, offering the ability to pay tickets, attend traffic school, even ==========> 03-07-01-SJMerc-CASupremeCt-IntelCannotBlockEmailFromEx-Worker.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/6209060.htm Posted on Tue, Jul. 01, 2003 story:PUB_DESC Court says Intel can't block e-mail FIRED WORKER'S MASS MESSAGES OK By Howard Mintz Mercury News Putting a crimp in corporate efforts to police internal e-mail systems, a deeply divided California Supreme Court on Monday refused to allow Intel to ==========> 03-07-01-SJMerc-SpamOK-ProductOfOurMediaWorld.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/6209055.htm Posted on Tue, Jul. 01, 2003 story:PUB_DESC Spam is just a byproduct of our media-saturated world By Eric Goldman The discourse level in the spam ``debate'' has reached a vitriolic low. The message is clear: People hate spam. But why? Why do people hate spam so much? Don't get me wrong. The dozens of spam e-mails I receive each day annoy me. But ==========> 03-07-08-WashPost-GradStudentMapsCriticalInfrastructure.txt========== http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A23689-2003Jul7.html Dissertation Could Be Security Threat Student's Maps Illustrate Concerns About Public Information By Laura Blumenfeld Washington Post Staff Writer Tuesday, July 8, 2003; Page A01 Sean Gorman's professor called his dissertation "tedious and unimportant." Gorman didn't talk about it when he went on dates because "it was so boring ==========> 03-07-15-MSNBC-HomeComputersHijackedToServePornography.txt========== http://msnbc.com/news/939227.asp?0sl=-41&cp1=1 Could your computer be a criminal? PCs hijacked to send spam, serve porn, steal credit cards By Bob Sullivan MSNBC July 15 — One thousand home computers hijacked and used to serve up pornography. Perhaps tens of thousands co-opted by the “SoBig” virus, many of them turned into spam machines. Hundreds of other home computers loaded with ==========> 03-08-05-SJMerc-JailSentenceForLinksToBombBuilding.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/6459469.htm Posted on Tue, Aug. 05, 2003 Anarchist Web Site Lands Man in Jail Associated Press LOS ANGELES - A federal judge sentenced a man to a year in prison Monday for creating an anarchist Web site with links to sites on how to build bombs. U.S. District Judge Stephen Wilson sentenced Sherman Austin to more than the ==========> 03-08-06-NewSci-ShouldEmailBeFree.txt========== http://www.technologyreview.com/articles/dialog0703.asp?p=0 Should E-mail Still Be Free? Dialogue: Per-message charging may be an effective way to stifle spam. But it is anathema to most Internet users. 'Introduce sanity by making people pay for what they use' By Barry Shein August 6, 2003 Vipul Prakash makes many good points. I do, however, take exception to his ==========> 03-08-25-CNETNews-DeCSSLoosesFreeSpeechProtection.txt========== http://news.com.com/2100-1028-5067665.html DVD-copying code loses free speech shield By John Borland Staff Writer, CNET News.com August 25, 2003, 1:36 PM PT update The California Supreme Court ruled Monday that a Web publisher could be barred from posting DVD-copying code online without infringing on his free speech rights. ==========> 03-08-26-LATimes-DeCSSLoosesFreeSpeechProtection.txt========== http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-dvd26aug26.story August 26, 2003 DVD Industry Wins Ruling State high court holds that free speech rights don't protect computer users who enable others to copy movies illegally. By Maura Dolan and Jon Healey, Times Staff Writers SAN FRANCISCO — In a case pitting free speech rights against trade secrets, the California Supreme Court ruled on Monday that courts can prevent computer users ==========> 03-08-26-SJMerc-CA-DeCSSNotFreeSpeechIssue.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/6618304.htm Posted on Tue, Aug. 26, 2003 story:PUB_DESC DVD decryption ruling sends mixed message By Sam Diaz Mercury News California's Supreme Court left both sides of a controversial DVD decryption case declaring victory Monday. ==========> 03-08-26-TheReg-DeCSSLoosesFreeSpeechProtection.txt========== http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/32482.html California Supremes issue DVD crack setback By Andrew Orlowski in San Francisco Posted: 26/08/2003 at 00:03 GMT In the United Kingdom, cracked DVD players are widely available and openly advertised. In California it has just got harder to post cracks which allow copies of DVDs to be made to be posted the Internet. ==========> 03-09-00-PrivacyIntl-InternetCensorshipAndControlStudy.txt========== http://www.privacyinternational.org/survey/censorship/ Silenced: Censorship and Control of the Internet September 2003 Silenced is an independent research initiative managed jointly by Privacy International and the GreenNet Educational Trust. The twelve-month project was undertaken through a collaboration of more than fifty experts and advocates throughout the world. The work was made possible by a grant from the Open Society Institute. ==========> 03-09-03-CNETNews-MisleadingDomainNameArrest.txt========== http://news.com.com/2100-1025_3-5071133.html?tag=fd_top Man arrested in domain deceit By Dawn Kawamoto Staff Writer, CNET News.com September 3, 2003, 5:15 PM PT Federal law enforcement officers arrested a man Wednesday for allegedly creating misleading domain names to deceive children and direct them to pornographic Web sites. ==========> 03-09-03-SJMerc-MisleadingDomainNameArrest.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/6683165.htm Posted on Wed, Sep. 03, 2003 1 Arrested in Online 'Moustrapping' Case ERIN McCLAM Associated Press NEW YORK - Federal agents Wednesday arrested a Hollywood, Fla., man who authorities say runs Web sites that use misspelled addresses to direct children looking for Disneyland or the Teletubbies to graphic sex instead. ==========> 03-09-09-CNETNews-RIAATellsSenateP2PFullOfChildPorn.txt========== http://news.com.com/2100-1028_3-5073817.html?tag=fd_top RIAA: Child porn rife on P2P networks Last modified: September 9, 2003, 6:04 PM PDT By Declan McCullagh Staff Writer, CNET News.com The Recording Industry Association of America appears to be expanding its fight against online piracy by encouraging a legislative crackdown on peer-to-peer networks, warning they are infested with child pornography. ==========> 03-09-16-ACMUbiquity-IsChildInternetAccessARisk.txt========== http://www.acm.org/ubiquity/views/v4i29_shoniregun.html Is Child Internet Access a Questionable Risk? By Charles Adetokunbo Shoniregun and Andrew Anderson The unlimited and pervasive use of the Internet by young people raises many concerns about child safety. What solutions are available and why aren't they being used? ==========> 03-09-19-TheReg--InternetCensorshipAndControlStudy.txt========== http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/32922.html Net censorship hits 'all time high' By John Leyden Posted: 19/09/2003 at 06:42 GMT Internet restrictions, government secrecy and communications surveillance have reached an unprecedented level across the world. A year-long study of Internet censorship in more than 50 countries found that a ==========> 03-09-27-SJMerc-DoNotCallLists-CompromiseBetweenPrivacyAndFreeSpeech.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/6874978.htm Posted on Sat, Sep. 27, 2003 story:PUB_DESC Speech, privacy rights at odds DO-NOT-CALL LIST AND SPAM LAW AT ISSUE By Michael Bazeley Mercury News Bombarded daily by spam and harassed nightly by telemarketers, many consumers simply want to be left alone. ==========> 03-09-28-SJMerc-DG-InternetHasGoodGuysAndBadGuys.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/business/columnists/6881523.htm Posted on Sun, Sep. 28, 2003 story:PUB_DESC In the Wild West of the Internet, there are good guys and bad guys By Dan Gillmor Mercury News Technology Columnist Several weeks ago, a friend, David Weinberger, and I launched a small, non-commercial Web site. We called it ``WordPirates'' (www.wordpirates.com), the purpose of which was to remind people how some good words in our language ==========> 03-10-00-FBI-RegionalComputerForensicLabs.txt========== http://www.nationalrcfl.org/ A Message from the RCFL Director Welcome to the National RCFL Program's web page. This site serves as a gateway to the growing number of RCFLs throughout the country. Our mission is to aid in the establishment and continued operations of RCFLs and to serve as a national clearinghouse for information about computer forensics - a field that has grown exponentially with no signs of abating. Because computers are involved in so many types of crimes, ranging from the mundane to the complex, the need for ==========> 03-10-08-FBI-RegionalComputerForensicLabs-PressRelease.txt========== http://www.fbi.gov/pressrel/pressrel03/lab100803.htm For Immediate Release October 08, 2003 Washington D.C. FBI National Press Office FBI Director Mueller Announces Five New Computer Forensic Laboratories Washington D.C. -- FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III today announced ==========> 03-10-09-Wired-SpammersUsingInvisibleHosting.txt========== http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,60747,00.html Cloaking Device Made for Spammers By Brian McWilliams 02:00 AM Oct. 09, 2003 PT Call them spackers -- they're the new breed of computer crackers who earn a living in cahoots with spammers. The latest innovations developed by such mercenary hackers on behalf of the ==========> 03-10-14-SJMerc-AshcroftvsACLU-SupremeCourtAgreesToHearCOPA.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/7011314.htm Posted on Tue, Oct. 14, 2003 story:PUB_DESC Supreme Court to revisit Net porn law WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court agreed Tuesday to revisit the thorny question of how to protect children from online smut without resorting to unconstitutional censorship. The case asks whether, in the name of children, Congress wants to restrict too ==========> 03-10-14-SmartMoney-AshcroftvsACLU-SupremeCourtAgreesToHearCOPA.txt========== http://www.smartmoney.com/bn/ON/index.cfm?story=ON-20031014-000543-1018 Justices Look at Online Porn October 14, 2003 By Mark H. Anderson Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- Once again, a congressional effort to put online pornography out of the reach of children has come before the U.S. Supreme Court. And, once again, the justices have agreed to take a look. ==========> 03-10-16-NYU-Weblogs-ARadicalFormOfJournalism.txt========== http://journalism.nyu.edu/pubzone/weblogs/pressthink/2003/10/16/radical_ten.html October 16, 2003 What's Radical About the Weblog Form in Journalism? These ten things, for starters. Got others? Hit the comment button. People have been telling me I ought to write shorter posts. That's what works, they say. That's what web cruisers expect, they say. In general, I don’t listen to them. But here I am trying.... ==========> 03-11-00-CACM-BalancingFreeSpeechAndCensorship.txt========== Balancing free speech and censorship: academia's response to the Internet A. Graham Peace November 2003 Communications of the ACM, Volume 46 Issue 11 Many universities do not consider the topic of censorship important enough to address in a formal way—but the legal and ethical risks of neglecting this issue should not be ignored. Universities are often hailed as bastions of free speech—places where ==========> 03-11-03-NYT-DieboldCasePitsCopyrightAgainstFreeSpeech.txt========== http://www.nytimes.com/2003/11/03/business/media/03secure.html?hp File Sharing Pits Copyright Against Free Speech By JOHN SCHWARTZ Published: November 3, 2003 Correction Appended Forbidden files are circulating on the Internet and threats of lawsuits are in the air. Music trading? No, it is the growing controversy over one company’s ==========> 03-11-13-OnlineJourRev-InternetRevolutionInChina.txt========== http://www.ojr.org/ojr/world_reports/1068766903.php China's Internet Revolution The rapid spread of Internet cafes, wireless phones and online chat has given the Chinese unprecedented freedom of expression and access to "unofficial" information. But the government recently seized control of the Internet cafes and is making other moves to reign in those new freedoms. Mark Glaser Posted: 2003-11-13 ==========> 03-11-13-WashPost-SpammersTargetInstantMessageUsers.txt========== http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A36039-2003Nov13.html Spammers Target Instant Message Users By David McGuire washingtonpost.com Staff Writer Thursday, November 13, 2003; 11:03 AM Nicole Fann was shocked the first time it happened. Fann, a consultant at a Northern Virginia high-tech company, was working on her ==========> 03-11-18-SJMerc-DieboldIssuesLegalThreatsToEVotingActivists.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/7288162.htm Posted on Tue, Nov. 18, 2003 Group Fears Threats of E-Voting Company RACHEL KONRAD Associated Press SAN JOSE, Calif. - A civil rights group fears legal threats from an electronic voting company are having a "chilling effect" among Internet service providers, students and voting rights advocates. ==========> 03-11-21-SJMerc-InternetLooseningMediaControlInChina.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/7319207.htm Posted on Fri, Nov. 21, 2003 Internet Loosening Media Control in China PATRICK CASEY Associated Press NEW YORK - China's government has long controlled the information its citizens receive through official media, but that may end as the Internet burrows deeper into the fast-changing communist country, a Chinese Internet expert says. ==========> 03-11-30-USACM-ACMWashingtonUpdate-7-11.txt========== ACM Washington Update Vol 7.11 November 30, 2003 ACM and CRA Sponsor Cyber Security Policy Event Congress to Approve Funding for Computing Research and Education OMB Issues New Privacy Guidelines FBI Plans to Open Five New Computer Crime Labs NIST Seeks Comment on New Security Controls and Secure Hash Standard New Congressional Research Services Report on E-Voting Nanotechnology R&D Authorization Enacted into Law ******************************* ==========> 03-12-02-SJMerc-DieboldDropsSuitAgainstPostersOfDocuments.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/7389899.htm Posted on Tue, Dec. 02, 2003 Diebold drops legal case against speech advocates SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - In a major victory for free speech enthusiasts on the Internet, Diebold Inc. has agreed not to sue voting rights advocates who publish leaked documents about the alleged security breaches of electronic voting. ==========> 03-12-10-SJMerc-GuiltyPleaInRedirectingKidsToPornSitesCase.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/7461505.htm Posted on Wed, Dec. 10, 2003 Florida man pleads guilty to directing kids to porn sites NEW YORK (Dow Jones/AP) -- A Florida man pleaded guilty in federal court Wednesday to charges that he used misspelling or variations of well-known Web sites to direct minors and other unwitting users to pornographic content. Briefly sobbing after he entered the courtroom, John Zuccarini, 56, of ==========> 03-12-22-MSNBC-NetCouldBecomeToolOfGovtAndCorporations.txt========== http://msnbc.msn.com/Default.aspx?id=3606168&p1=0 A Net of Control Unthinkable: How the Internet could become a tool of corporate and government power, based on updates now in the works Christoph Niemann for Newsweek By Steven Levy Newsweek International Issues 2004 - Picture, if you will, an information infrastructure that ==========> 03-12-23-CNETNews-2003TechLawReview.txt========== http://news.com.com/2010-1028_3-5131781.html Unexpected twists in Internet law December 23, 2003, 4:00 AM PT By Doug Isenberg Internet law in 2003 was full of surprises, with Congress passing an antispam bill, the courts blessing pop-up advertising, the music industry losing lawsuits and the Supreme Court finally upholding an Internet law. ==========> 03-12-29-Wired-WishListsFor2004.txt========== http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,61726,00.html The Fantasy and Reality of 2004 By Michelle Delio 02:00 AM Dec. 29, 2003 PT Fling dishes or flaming furniture out the window, fire off celebratory gunfire, jump off chairs, ring bells, beat drums, clutch silver as the clock strikes midnight or sweep bad juju out of the house with a kitchen broom -- these are some of the ways people welcome in the New Year. ==========> 03-12-30-BusWeek-TopTechTrendsFor2004.txt========== http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/dec2003/tc20031230_9935.htm DECEMBER 30, 2003 • Editions: Edition Preference NEW YEAR OUTLOOK Tech's Top Trends for 2004 Yes, it will be a better year, especially for consumers, overseas telecoms, and China -- which will become ever-more important In 2003, the tech industry hit bottom and bumped through yet another bad year. ==========> 04-01-07-SJMerc-ACLUChallengesPennLawOnLnlinePorn.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/7653729.htm Posted on Wed, Jan. 07, 2004 ACLU challenges 'misguided' Pennsylvania law on online porn PHILADELPHIA (AP) - The American Civil Liberties Union of Pennsylvania asked a judge to throw out a state law aimed at fighting Internet child pornography, arguing it also blocks access to thousands of legitimate Web sites. The group, along with the Washington-based Center for Democracy & Technology, ==========> 04-01-09-SJMerc-CubaTightensControlOverInternet.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/7674007.htm Posted on Fri, Jan. 09, 2004 Cuba tightens control over Internet HAVANA (AP) - Cuba tightened its controls over the Internet on Friday, prohibiting access over the low-cost government phone service most ordinary citizens have at home. The move could affect hundreds, perhaps thousands, of Cubans who illegally ==========> 04-01-30-SJMerc-CalifBillWouldControlViolentVideoGameSales.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/7836133.htm Posted on Fri, Jan. 30, 2004 Violent video games spark debate, legislation By Julie Patel Mercury News In one video game, you get rewarded for beating a prostitute to death with a baseball bat. In another, you can hack off a person's limbs with a chain saw. ==========> 04-03-02-SJMerc-SupremeCourtRevisitsCOPA.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/8085402.htm Posted on Tue, Mar. 02, 2004 Supreme Court revisits claim of censorship in law shielding kids from online porn WASHINGTON (AP) - Online pornography has been around almost as long as the Internet itself, but Congress and the courts are still tangling over ways to protect Web-surfing children from smut that adults can legally see and buy. ==========> 04-03-15-SJMerc-PornographerDonatesWhitehouseURLToUSGovt.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/8193844.htm Posted on Mon, Mar. 15, 2004 Pornographer donates WhitehouseKids.com address to U.S. government WASHINGTON (AP) - The owner of the Whitehouse.com pornography Web site has donated a similar Internet address to the government, a move he said would ensure that children don't inadvertently stumble into one of the Internet's seedier neighborhoods. ==========> 04-03-31-USACM-WashUpdate-CFP2004.txt========== ACM Washington Update Vol 8.3, March 31, 2004 ******************************* [1] USACM and CRA Urge Congress to Support NIST Labs [2] European Union Enacts New Copyright Enforcement Directive [3] Lawsuits Over Ballot Printers Advance [4] Two More States Opt-out of MATRIX Project [5] White House Defends Science Policy [6] Computers, Freedom and Privacy Conference to be held April 20 to 23 ==========> 04-04-01-SJMerc-CellPhoneIsNewFrontierForPorn.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/8331436.htm Posted on Thu, Apr. 01, 2004 Porn's new frontier is the cell phone By David Hayes Kansas City Star KANSAS CITY, Mo. - If you thought drivers with cellphones were hazards before ... ==========> 04-04-06-BaltoSun-AshcroftAndDOJWagesWarOnPornography.txt========== http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bal-te.obscenity06apr06,0,3004361.story?coll=ba l-home-headlines Administration wages war on pornography Obscenity: For the first time in 10 years, the U.S. government is spending millions to file charges across the country. By Laura Sullivan Baltimore Sun National Staff April 6, 2004 ==========> 04-04-07-PCWorld-YourRightToAccessX-RatedWebsites.txt========== http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,115531,00.asp Your Right to X-Rated Sites The ACLU and the government butt heads over privacy, free speech, and protecting kids online--again. Anush Yegyazarian, PC World Wednesday, April 07, 2004 Do adults have a right to view material online that may be sexually explicit, but not obscene, if that material is also available to minors? Many people, ==========> 04-04-17-SJMerc-ShockJocksMayMoveToSatelliteRadio.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/8457077.htm Posted on Sat, Apr. 17, 2004 Satellite Radio May Be 'Shock Jock' Haven ELLEN SIMON Associated Press NEW YORK - If traditional radio decides Howard Stern is too hot to handle, satellite radio is waiting. Even if the prince of "shock jocks" stays where he is, the two nationwide satellite radio companies hope the Stern controversy can ==========> 04-04-20-CFP2004-WhoIsWatchingTheWatchers.txt========== http://campus.acm.org/public/membernet/storypage.March.2004.cfm?story=6 "Who's Watching the Watchers" Focus of 14th Computers, Freedom and Privacy Conference April 20-23, 2004 "The program lineup, with topics virtually grabbed from the headlines, is clear evidence that these security and privacy issues are central to the way we live and work." -- Deirdre Mulligan, Chair, CFP2004 ==========> 04-06-21-SJMerc-ChinaPushesForSelfCensorshipForISPs.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/8975982.htm Posted on Mon, Jun. 21, 2004 China pushes self-censorship for Net firms San Jose Mercury News BEIJING (AP) - The Chinese government is calling on Internet service providers to sign a ``self-discipline pact'' meant to stop the spread of information that could harm national security as defined by Beijing. ==========> 04-06-29-Bloomberg-USSupremeCourtSuspendsInternetAntiPornographyLaw-COPA.txt========== http://quote.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000087&sid=aSKHei9gQ3dk&refer=top_wor ld_news Internet Anti-Pornography Law Suspended by U.S. Supreme Court June 29 (Bloomberg) -- The U.S. Supreme Court, citing free- speech concerns, suspended enforcement of a federal criminal law that would bar commercial Web sites from making pornography available to children. The justices, voting 5-4, said the law may unduly restrict access by adults to ==========> 04-06-29-SJMerc-USSupremeCourtPrefersFiltersToCOPA.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/9041258.htm Posted on Tue, Jun. 29, 2004 Court ruling a boost for improved Internet filters WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court is embracing Internet filtering software -- already popular in schools and libraries -- as an effective alternative to a U.S. law to ban online material that might be harmful to children. Justice Anthony M. Kennedy wrote Tuesday in the court's majority opinion on ==========> 04-06-29-SJMerc-USSupremeCourtSuspendsInternetAntiPornographyLaw-COPA.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/9039239.htm Posted on Tue, Jun. 29, 2004 Supreme Court keeps Net porn law on hold WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court blocked a law meant to shield Web-surfing children from dirty pictures and online come-ons, ruling Tuesday that the law also would cramp the free speech rights of adults to see and buy what they want on the Internet. ==========> 04-06-30-LATimes-SupremeCourtBarsEnforcementOfCOPA-FiltersDoBetterJob.txt========== http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-scotus30jun30,1,5337486.sto ry Court Rejects Law Blocking Internet Porn The justices affirm online free speech and suggest software filters are a more effective way to shield minors from explicit sexual material. Filters Better Than Ever, Experts Say, but Parents Face Same Old Struggles June 30, 2004 By David G. Savage, Times Staff Writer ==========> 04-08-29-SJMerc-USCourtSaysYahooNotImmuneToFrenchNaziLaws.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/9528202.htm Posted on Sun, Aug. 29, 2004 Internet free speech laws, Chapter Whatever By Jon Ann Steinmetz Mercury News Could somebody please make this issue go away once and for all? It's starting to get on our nerves. In a decision that could expose U.S.-based Web sites to free speech laws of other nations, a federal appeals court found that Yahoo ==========> 04-09-24-SJMerc-GoogleChineseServiceOmitsGovernmentBannedSites.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/9753421.htm Posted on Fri, Sep. 24, 2004 Google's Chinese news service omits government-banned sites San Jose Mercury News SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Google Inc.'s recently launched news service in China doesn't display results from Web sites blocked by that country's authorities, raising prickly questions for an online search engine that has famously promised to ``do no evil.'' ==========> 04-11-02-Wired-OnlineMultiplayerGamesRaiseFreeSpeechIssues.txt========== http://www.wired.com/news/games/0,2101,65532,00.html Heavy Price for Free Speech By Daniel Terdiman 02:00 AM Nov. 02, 2004 PT Wired NEW YORK -- Recently, in the massively multiplayer online role-playing game A Tale in the Desert, an uproar erupted after an in-game trader declared that he would not sell to women and then inquired whether one female character was for ==========> 04-11-21-SJMerc-DG-ChineseBloggersStayAwayFromPolitics.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/10238306.htm Posted on Sun, Nov. 21, 2004 In China, blogs waiting to bloom WITH LIMITS ON FREEDOM OF SPEECH, POLITICS STILL TRUMPS TECHNOLOGY By Dan Gillmor Mercury News Technology Columnist SHANGHAI - They play a key role in a medium made to order for debating the issues of our times. And in the United States, Web logs spout forth a torrent ==========> 04-11-24-CNETNews-GAOToInvestigate2004EVoting.txt========== http://news.com.com/E-voting+faces+new+scrutiny/2100-1028_3-5465309.html E-voting faces new scrutiny By Evan Hansen Story last modified Wed Nov 24 04:00:00 PST 2004 NNET News news analysis A newly announced federal investigation of the November election will bring fresh scrutiny on the performance of e-voting machines, but election experts said they believe any impact will be limited to future political ==========> 04-11-24-SJMerc-GroupsAskForTighterControlsOnAccessToInappropriateVideoGames.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/mercurynews/business/10261240.htm Posted on Wed, Nov. 24, 2004 'Game off' urged VIOLENCE: GROUPS WANT TIGHTER CURBS ON ACCESS BY YOUTHS By Mike Antonucci Mercury News An assortment of politicians, religious leaders and social advocacy groups lashed out Tuesday at the video-game industry and retailers, saying they make ==========> 05-01-18-CircleID-UNMayBeProposingToLimitInternetFreeSpeech.txt========== http://www.circleid.com/article/899_0_1_0_C/ Preventing A New World Internet Order By: Bruce Levinson From CircleID Internet Governance January 18, 2005 If anyone needs another reason why the UN should not be in charge of the internet, they need look no further than the upcoming UNESCO conference on "Freedom of Expression in Cyberspace." The United Nations Education Scientific ==========> 05-02-11-SJMerc-ChatRoomUserSetsUpMassSuicide.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/10877954.htm Posted on Fri, Feb. 11, 2005 Man accused of trying to set up mass suicide in chat room San Jose Mercury News GRANTS PASS, Ore. (AP) - Investigators are subpoenaing Internet chat room records to try to contact more than two dozen women, including a mother with two children, who were in contact with an Oregon man organizing a mass Valentine's Day suicide, authorities said Friday. ==========> 05-02-11-SJMerc-YahooCaseOnNaziItemsToBeReheard.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/10876069.htm Posted on Fri, Feb. 11, 2005 Yahoo case on Nazi items to be reheard FRENCH GROUPS WON 2000 SUIT OVER ONLINE SALES By Howard Mintz Mercury News A federal appeals court Thursday agreed to reconsider a ruling that found Yahoo could not escape legal action in France for violating a French ban on the sale ==========> 05-02-16-CentMichLife-ACLUSaysPatriotActDiminshesRights.txt========== http://www.cm-life.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2005/02/16/4212e37c3c7b1 ACLU says Patriot Act diminishing liberties By Danielle Fracassa Central Michigan Life February 16, 2005 John Scalise is worried basic rights granted by the Constitution are at serious risk under the USA Patriot Act. ==========> 05-03-03-CNETNews-FedElectionCommCrackdownOnBlogs.txt========== http://news.com.com/The+coming+crackdown+on+blogging/2008-1028_3-5597079.html The coming crackdown on blogging By Declan McCullagh CNET News Story last modified Thu Mar 03 04:00:00 PST 2005 Bradley Smith says that the freewheeling days of political blogging and online punditry are over. ==========> 05-03-04-FitstAmmend-CalifShieldLawForJournalists.txt========== http://www.thefirstamendment.org/shieldlaw.html March 4, 2005 Protecting Unpublished Information and Confidential Sources (The following guide is intended to be a quick reference and provide general information to journalists and citizens. It addresses some common problems, but does not substitute for research or consultation with a lawyer on detailed questions.) The First Ammendment Pocket Guide to Protecting Unpublished Information and Confidential Sources ==========> 05-03-04-SJMerc-CourtRequiresBloggersToNameSourcesInAppleCase.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/11049112.htm Posted on Fri, Mar. 04, 2005 Apple 1, bloggers 0 JUDGE SAYS WEB SITES CAN BE FORCED TO REVEAL SOURCES By Dawn C. Chmielewski Mercury News In a case with implications for the freedom to blog, a San Jose judge tentatively ruled Thursday that Apple Computer can force three online ==========> 05-03-05-DanGillmor-AppleSuesBloggers.txt========== http://dangillmor.typepad.com/dan_gillmor_on_grassroots/2005/03/the_gathering_s. html March 05, 2005 The Gathering Storms Over Speech Dan Gillmor Apple Computer's disgusting attack on three online journalism sites, in a witch hunt to find out who (if anyone) inside the company leaked information about allegedly upcoming products, has taken a nasty turn. Too bad it's not ==========> 05-03-05-Harrell-PublishingTradeSecretsHurtApple.txt========== http://www.shapeofdays.com/2005/03/my_two_cents_on.html March 05, 2005 My two cents on Apple v. dePlume (Welcome, MacSlash, MacSurfer, Stepwise and Michelle Malkin readers. Thanks for stopping by. There's a sort of sideways follow-up to this post here; you might enjoy reading it, too.) The back story ==========> 05-03-05-SJMerc-CalifCourtToHearApplevsBloggers.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/11060925.htm Posted on Sat, Mar. 05, 2005 Apple, bloggers face off in court RULING EXPECTED NEXT WEEK ON PROTECTION OF SOURCES By Sam Diaz Mercury News A Santa Clara County Superior Court judge heard arguments Friday in a case that ultimately could determine whether bloggers and other online publishers share ==========> 05-03-07-BusWeek-JudgeRulesBloggersMustRevealSources.txt========== http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/mar2005/tc2005037_7877_tc024.htm MARCH 7, 2005 Business Week NEWS ANALYSIS :TECH By Jessi Hempel Are Bloggers Journalists? A judge didn't think so, thus his ruling that three blogs must reveal their sources. The decision has sparked a debate and may chill such sites ==========> 05-03-07-SJMerc-CompaniesFireBloggers.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/11068158.htm Posted on Mon, Mar. 07, 2005 Firms taking action against worker blogs ANICK JESDANUN Associated Press NEW YORK - Flight attendant Ellen Simonetti and former Google employee Mark Jen have more in common than their love of blogging: They both got fired over it. Though many companies have Internet guidelines that prohibit visiting porn ==========> 05-03-08-SenClinton-SpeechOnMediaOnChildren.txt========== http://clinton.senate.gov/~clinton/speeches/2005314533.html March 8, 2005 Senator Clinton's Speech to Kaiser Family Foundation Upon Release of Generation M: Media in the Lives of Kids 8 to 18. As Delivered Thank you so so much and it's such a pleasure to be here, particularly in a space that is named for one of the people I admire so much in our public life, ==========> 05-03-11-ALA-SeconfFOIARelatedBillIntroducedInSenate.txt========== ALAWON: American Library Association Washington Office Newsline Volume 14, Number 22 March 11, 2005 In This Issue: Second FOIA-related bill introduced by Senators Leahy & Cornyn The Faster FOIA Act of 2005 - introduced by U.S. Senators John Cornyn and Patrick Leahy on March 10, 2005 - would establish an advisory ==========> 05-03-11-SJMerc-JudgeRulesBloggersMustRevealAppleSources.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/11113128.htm Posted on Fri, Mar. 11, 2005 R E L A T E D L I N K S • Mike Langberg: Apple should think differently about suits Bloggers ordered to reveal sources to Apple Mercury News SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - A judge on Friday ordered three independent online reporters to divulge confidential sources in a lawsuit brought by Apple ==========> 05-03-12-SJMerc-JudgeSidestepsIssueOfWhetherBloggersAreJournalists.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/11118727.htm Posted on Sat, Mar. 12, 2005 Online sources ordered revealed JUDGE SIDESTEPS ONE ISSUE: ARE BLOGGERS JOURNALISTS? By Dawn C. Chmielewski Mercury News A San Jose judge ruled Friday that two Web sites have no right to protect the identity of people who gave them trade secrets about an upcoming Apple Computer ==========> 05-03-15-ALA-SupportRequestedForFasterFOIAAct.txt========== ALAWON: American Library Association Washington Office Newsline Volume 14, Number 24 March 15, 2005 In This Issue: "FASTER FOIA" in Sunshine Week We are writing to urge you to call your Senator, if he or she is on the Senate Judiciary Committee, about the "Faster FOIA" Act of 2005 (S. 589). The bill is on a fast track to be marked-up by the Judiciary ==========> 05-03-18-SJMerc-BloggerRulingInAppleCaseThreatensAllMedia.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/11170453.htm Posted on Fri, Mar. 18, 2005 Apple ruling puts all of us in danger JUDGE'S BROAD PRECEDENT, PUNISHING `TRADE SECRET' LEAKS, MAY SILENCE WHISTLE-BLOWERS Mercury News Editorial Consider the following scenario. A drug company's research determines that one of its drugs already on the market is dangerous. The company decides the ==========> 05-03-18-SJMerc-DrugUseInNARCVideoGameCausesProbles.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/11171591.htm Posted on Fri, Mar. 18, 2005 Drugs in 'NARC' give ammo to game critics By Mike Antonucci Mercury News Given the political and social backlash against violent video games, you might expect their publishers to duck for cover. ==========> 05-03-18-SJMerc-KaiserSuesBloggerForLinkingToPatientData.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/11173596.htm Posted on Fri, Mar. 18, 2005 Kaiser adds to its lawsuit against blogger WOMAN ALSO ACCUSED OF INVADING PRIVACY By Barbara Feder Ostrov Mercury News Kaiser Permanente is stepping up its campaign against a Berkeley woman who posted links to patient information on her blog, filing new motions in an ==========> 05-03-18-SJMerc-ParentsOfTeensSharplyIncreaseUseOfInternetFilters.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/11171543.htm Posted on Fri, Mar. 18, 2005 Use of Internet filters by parents of teens up sharply in U.S. homes By K. Oanh Ha Mercury News American families with teenagers have sharply increased their use of Internet filters to block access to inappropriate online content, according to a study released Thursday. Nonetheless, children and their parents say that teens still ==========> 05-03-24-SJMerc-YahooSeeksFreeSpeechProtectionFromFrenchFine.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/11220045.htm Posted on Thu, Mar. 24, 2005 Yahoo challenges French fine in U.S. appeals court San Jose Mercury News SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Lawyers for Yahoo Inc. returned to a federal appeals court Thursday, pleading for legal protection for U.S.-based Internet portals whose content is protected by the First Amendment in the United States, but illegal in foreign countries. ==========> 05-04-06-SJMerc-FrenchAppealsCourtRulesYahooNotLiableForNaziSales.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/11326488.htm Posted on Wed, Apr. 06, 2005 French appeals court says Yahoo not liable for Nazi gear auctions San Jose Mercury News PARIS (AP) - A Paris appeals court on Wednesday upheld a decision that absolved Yahoo! Inc. of any legal responsibility for auctions of Nazi paraphernalia formerly held through its Web site. ==========> 05-04-07-MS-MSCanadaDevelopsChildExploitationTrackingSystem.txt========== http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/features/2005/apr05/04-07CETS.asp Tool Thwarts Online Child Predators Microsoft April 7, 2005 Microsoft helped international law enforcement create the Child Exploitation Tracking System as part of a continuing collaboration to stop those who prey on children online. ==========> 05-04-07-SeattlePI-MSCanadaDevelopsChildExploitationTrackingSystem.txt========== http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/219360_msftexploit08.html Friday, April 8, 2005 Detective's plea puts Microsoft to work Computer system helps track child pornographers By TODD BISHOP SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER REPORTER Canadian law enforcement authorities and Microsoft Corp. yesterday unveiled a new computer system originally sparked by an e-mail to Bill Gates from a ==========> 05-04-07-SJMerc-MSCanadaDevelopsChildExploitationTrackingSystem.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/11336620.htm Posted on Thu, Apr. 07, 2005 Microsoft, Canadian officials launch anti-child-porn system San Jose Mercury News TORONTO (AP) - A computer system developed by Microsoft Corp. and Canadian police is providing a new weapon to fight Internet child pornography. Developed by Microsoft Canada at the request of a frustrated Toronto sex-crimes ==========> 05-04-14-SJMerc-ChineseInternetFiltersVerySophisticated.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/11393833.htm Posted on Thu, Apr. 14, 2005 Study finds Chinese Internet filters sophisticated San Jose Mercury News NEW YORK (AP) - The Chinese government has become increasingly sophisticated at controlling the Internet, taking a multilayered approach that contributes to precision in blocking political dissent, a report released Thursday finds. ==========> 05-04-18-Wired-CFP-TeensShowKnowledgeOfCivilLibertiesAndFirstAmmendment.txt========== http://www.wired.com/news/privacy/0,1848,67258,00.html Next Gen Weighs a 'Secure' Future By Kim Zetter Wired 09:43 AM Apr. 18, 2005 PT For some participants at the Computers, Freedom and Privacy conference in Seattle last week the talks presented by activists, lawyers and public officials were fraught with pessimism about government surveillance. ==========> 05-04-24-SJMerc-InterviewWithEFFLawyerKurtOpsahl.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/mercurynews/business/11476907.htm Posted on Sun, Apr. 24, 2005 Lawyer defends online speech San Jose Mercury News Kurt Opsahl got hooked on cyberlaw in 1997 when he took a class on the subject at the University of California-Berkeley. Today, Opsahl is a staff attorney for the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a San ==========> 05-04-28-SJMerc-BahrainRequiresLocalWebsitesToRegister.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/11512867.htm Posted on Thu, Apr. 28, 2005 Bahrain's decision to register Web sites criticized San Jose Mercury News MANAMA, Bahrain (AP) - All Web sites operating in Bahrain must register with the country's Information Ministry under a new government mandate that has provoked protests from an international watchdog for press freedom. ==========> 05-05-03-SJMerc-CalifBillWouldRestrictAccessToViolentVideoGames.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/11551967.htm Posted on Tue, May. 03, 2005 A more persuasive medium? San Jose Mercury News By John Hrabe Fearful that new publishing technology would undermine the Catholic Church, Pope Paul IV created the Index of Prohibited Books expressly forbidding individuals from reading blasphemous books. Although centuries have passed ==========> 05-05-09-SJMerc-WiredOnlineJournalistUsedFakeSources.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/11603987.htm Posted on Mon, May. 09, 2005 Review finds fault with online journalist's stories San Jose Mercury News WASHINGTON (AP) - An investigation over the sourcing and accuracy of news stories by a freelance journalist at a leading Internet news site concluded that the existence of dozens of people quoted in the articles could not be confirmed. ==========> 05-05-31-SJMerc-JapanesePrefectureRestrictsSalesOfViolentUSVideoGame.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/11778869.htm Posted on Tue, May. 31, 2005 Japanese state to restrict sales of violent U.S. video game San Jose Mercury News TOKYO (AP) - A state in Japan has decided to ban a U.S. video game from being sold or rented to minors, after officials deemed it harmful and capable of inciting violence. ==========> 05-06-01-SJMerc-ICANNApprovesXXXDomainForPornSites.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/11790710.htm Posted on Wed, Jun. 01, 2005 ICANN approves new 'xxx' addresses for porn sites San Jose Mercury News WASHINGTON (AP) - The Internet's primary oversight body approved a plan Wednesday to create a virtual red-light district, setting the stage for pornographic Web sites to use new addresses ending in ``xxx.'' ==========> 05-06-02-GamesIndBiz-JapaneseCoToPublishEroticaForPSP.txt========== http://gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=9280 Japanese company to publish erotica for PSP Illustration Ellie Gibson 08:00 02/06/2005 Games Industry Biz GLAY'z to release five hardcore porn titles UMD format in July Following Playboy's recent decision to offer PSP owners downloadable ==========> 05-06-02-ICANNWatch-ProblemsWithXXXDomain.txt========== http://www.icannwatch.org/articles/05/06/02/1339259.shtml ICANN .xxx posted by michael on Thursday June 02 2005, @05:30AM Talk about decisions that come out of nowhere with no public discussion or warning: ICANN advances the .xxx domain name. Read the official press release or the CNN story. But most of all, read Lauren Weinstein's commentary, which seems to me to get ==========> 05-06-06-RSF-ChinaIntendsToCloseUnregisteredWebsitesAndBlogs.txt========== http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=14010 China 6 June 2005 RSF Authorities declare war on unregistered websites and blogs Reporters Without Borders voiced alarm today at the Chinese government's announced intention to close down all China-based websites and blogs that are not officially registered. The plan is all the more worrying as the government has also revealed that it has a new system for monitoring sites in real time ==========> 05-06-14-ZDNet-MSNBlockingKeyWordsOnChinaWeb.txt========== http://www.zdnetasia.com/news/business/0,39044229,39236515,00.htm Microsoft blocking words on China's Web? By Dan Ilett, CNET News.com 14/6/2005 URL: http://www.zdnetasia.com/news/business/0,39044229,39236515,00.htm Microsoft may have banned the words "democracy" and "freedom" from the Chinese version of its MSN Web site. ==========> 05-06-17-Wired-ChinaShutsDownInternetCafes.txt========== http://wired-vig.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,53232,00.html China Shuts Down Internet Cafes Reuters Wired 06:29 AM Jun. 17, 2002 PT The owner of the cafe destroyed by the pre-dawn blaze Sunday in Beijing's university district has surrendered and was under investigation, police said. ==========> 05-06-28-SJMerc-BloggersFightGovernmentRegulation.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/12004856.htm Posted on Tue, Jun. 28, 2005 Bloggers use mainstream methods to fight government regulation San Jose Mercury News WASHINGTON (AP) - Bloggers who built their Internet followings with anti-establishment prose are now lobbying the establishment to protect their livelihoods from federal regulations. ==========> 05-07-25-SJMerc-InternetHuntingPosesEthicalQuestions.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/12218309.htm Posted on Mon, Jul. 25, 2005 A Web site for hunting poses questions about killing By Eric Goldman San Jose Mercury News A few months ago, a Web site called Live-shot.com offered a new service to allow Internet customers to hunt animals on Live-shot.com's private game farm. The customer can control and fire a .30-06 rifle via the Internet, but the ==========> 05-07-27-WashPost--ResearcherRevealsDetailsOfCiscoFlaw.txt========== http://blogs.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2005/07/black_hat_day_1.html Brian Krebs on Computer Security Black Hat Day 1: Update on Cisco-gate Washington Post, July 27, 2005 LAS VEGAS, July 27 -- I promised earlier that I would follow up on this morning's pre-dawn post about one of the most eagerly awaited presentations here at Black Hat -- a talk to be given by Michael Lynn of Internet Security Systems about a previously undisclosed flaw purportedly present in nearly all ==========> 05-07-27-WashPost--ThreatsIssuedAsResearcherRevealsDetailsOfCiscoFlaw.txt========== http://blogs.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2005/07/update_to_cisco.html Black Hat Day 2: Peace Breaks Out Brian Krebs on Computer Security Black Hat: The Latest on Lynn and Cisco Washington Post, July 27,2005 LAS VEGAS, July 27 -- The Michael Lynn story keeps getting more interesting. The computer security researcher lost his job at Internet Security Systems today after he briefed Black Hat conference attendees about a flaw in the ==========> 05-07-28-CNETNews--LawsuitsFiledAsResearcherRevealsDetailsOfCiscoFlaw.txt========== http://news.zdnet.co.uk/internet/security/0,39020375,39211011,00.htm Cisco tries to silence researcher Joris Evers CNET News.com July 28, 2005, 08:40 BST Cisco and ISS have jointly filed for a restraining order to stop a researcher publishing more details on a flaw in the networking firm's kit that 'could bring the Internet to its knees' ==========> 05-07-28-CompWorld-ResearcherAgreesToStopRevealingDetailsOfCiscoFlaw.txt========== http://www.computerworld.com/securitytopics/security/story/0,10801,103561,00.htm l Update: ISS researcher agrees to silence on Cisco flaws Cisco plans to issue a security advisory 'within the next day' News Story by Stephen Lawson and Robert McMillan ComputerWorld JULY 28, 2005 (IDG NEWS SERVICE) - A security researcher who gave a presentation on vulnerabilities in Cisco Systems Inc. routers at this week's ==========> 05-07-28-MSNBC-FreeSpeechAdvocatesDecryTunsiaLocationForUNInternetSummit.txt========== http://msnbc.msn.com/id/8715638/ U.N. Internet summit draws rights groups' fire Free speech advocates assail choice of Tunisia as site for ‘info society’ talks Michael Moran Senior correspondent MSNBC July 28, 2005 A United Nations organization created to settle disputes between the world’s ==========> 05-07-28-NetworkWorld--ResearcherRevealsDetailsOfCiscoFlaw.txt========== http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/072805-cisco-black-hat.html?net&story=0728 05-cisco-black-hat Furor over Cisco IOS router exploit erupts at Black Hat By Ellen Messmer, Network World, 07/28/05 Although Cisco and Internet Security Systems had abruptly cancelled a planned technical talk and demo at the Black Hat Conference to reveal how unpatched Cisco routers can be remotely compromised, the researcher who had originally uncovered the problem went ahead with the talk anyway, igniting a spate of ==========> 05-07-29-SJMerc-ResearcherAgreesToStopRevealingDetailsOfCiscoFlaw.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/12255870.htm Posted on Fri, Jul. 29, 2005 Researcher, Cisco reach agreement FLAW IN SOFTWARE A BONE OF CONTENTION By Dan Lee San Jose Mercury News Cisco Systems reached an agreement Thursday with a defiant computer security researcher who said he would stop revealing the details of a serious flaw in ==========> 05-07-29-SJSecFocus-ResearcherAgreesToStopRevealingDetailsOfCiscoFlaw.txt========== http://www.securityfocus.com/news/11260 Settlement reached in Cisco flaw dispute Robert Lemos, SecurityFocus 2005-07-29 LAS VEGAS -- A researcher who showed off a way to remotely compromise Cisco routers has to turn over all materials and agree not to further disseminate information on the flaws or the technique he used to run code on the popular network hardware. ==========> 05-08-01-NYT-NextGenerationAnonymousP2PBasedOnFreeSpeechIssues.txt========== http://www.nytimes.com/2005/08/01/technology/01file.html? August 1, 2005 New File-Sharing Techniques Are Likely to Test Court Decision By JOHN MARKOFF NY Times SAN FRANCISCO, July 31 - Briefly buoyed by their Supreme Court victory on file sharing, Hollywood and the recording industry are on the verge of confronting more technically sophisticated opponents. ==========> 05-08-01-Wired-InterviewWithResearcherWhoRevealedDetailsOfCiscoFlaw.txt========== http://www.wired.com/news/print/0,1294,68365,00.html Router Flaw Is a Ticking Bomb By Kim Zetter Wired 02:00 AM Aug. 01, 2005 PT LAS VEGAS -- Security researcher Mike Lynn roiled the Black Hat conference Wednesday when he resigned from his job at Internet Security Systems to deliver a talk about a serious vulnerability in Cisco IOS, the operating system ==========> 05-08-05-BroadbandRpts-SenBoxerSaysP2PImpactsChildMorality.txt========== http://www.broadbandreports.com/shownews/66168 Senators: P2P Impacts a Child's Morality Well lobbied senators know what's right Posted on 2005-08-05 09:19:03 Broadband Reports "Peer-to-peer file sharing is affecting children's morality and well-being by giving them access to pornography and encouraging the everyday theft of music," suggests Senator Barbara Boxer, who last year hauled in $720,410 in campaign ==========> 05-08-10-SJMerc-GoogleBlacklistsReportersForUsingGoogleToGetInfo.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/12348297.htm Posted on Wed, Aug. 10, 2005 Google blackout of journalist a black eye for Internet giant By Mike Langberg Mercury News Google chief executive Eric Schmidt believes passionately in his company's mission, which he describes as corralling all human information, then making it universally accessible. ==========> 05-08-25-CitizenOrg-AntiFreeSpeechAttackViaTrademarkLawRevisions.txt========== citizen.org Aug 25, 2005 Anti Free Speech Attck Via Trademark Law Revisions An insidious attack on free speech is making its way through Congress, in the form of a series of technical amendments to the trademark laws. One version has already passed the House, and a related version is, I am told, under very active consideration in the Senate. Our concern is about the anti-speech implications of HR 683, the ==========> 05-08-25-OutLaw-GripeSiteWinsTrademarkSuitAgainstFalwell.txt========== http://www.out-law.com/page-6050 Gripe website wins trade mark suit OUT-LAW News, 25/08/2005 A US Appeals Court has found that a website using the domain name fallwell.com, set up to criticise evangelist Jerry Falwell, did not violate trade mark laws. There was no likelihood of confusion, ruled the Court. Christopher Lamparello, a gay rights activist, set up his site in order to ==========> 05-09-02-SJMerc-GoogleShouldNotBlacklistMediaOutlet.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/12544244.htm Posted on Fri, Sep. 02, 2005 Blacklisting media outlet could send chilling message Mercury News Editorial Take Google. Add an ``o'' for each week the company has behaved childishly, and you get Goooooooogle. It rhymes with boo, boo, boo -- sort of -- and that's what Google deserves. Boo. ==========> 05-09-06-ReportersWOBorders-YahooProvidesChineseWithDataToJailJournalist.txt========== http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=14884 6 September 2005 Reporters Without Borders Information supplied by Yahoo ! helped journalist Shi Tao get 10 years in prison The text of the verdict in the case of journalist Shi Tao - sentenced in April to 10 years in prison for “divulging state secrets abroad” - shows that Yahoo ! Holdings (Hong Kong) Ltd. provided China’s state security authorities with details that helped to identify and convict him, Reporters Without Borders said ==========> 05-09-06-RepWoBorders-InfoProvidedByYahooHelpedJailJournalist.txt========== http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=14884 China - United States 6 September 2005 Reporters Without Borders Information supplied by Yahoo ! helped journalist Shi Tao get 10 years in prison The text of the verdict in the case of journalist Shi Tao - sentenced in April to 10 years in prison for “divulging state secrets abroad” - shows that Yahoo ! Holdings (Hong Kong) Ltd. provided China’s state security authorities with details that helped to identify and convict him, Reporters Without Borders said ==========> 05-09-07-SJMerc-YahooProvidesChineseWithDataToJailJournalist.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/12581006.htm Posted on Wed, Sep. 07, 2005 Yahoo stirs tempest over China dealings By Michael Bazeley Mercury News Yahoo has provoked the ire of a media watchdog group for allegedly giving information to the Chinese government that led to the jailing of a Chinese journalist for leaking state secrets. ==========> 05-09-08-IntlHeraldTrib-YahooProvidesChineseWithDataToJailJournalist.txt========== http://www.iht.com/articles/2005/09/07/business/yahoo.php International Herald Tribune Yahoo helped Chinese to prosecute journalist By Joseph Kahn The New York Times THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 2005 BEIJING The Internet giant Yahoo provided information that helped Chinese state security officials convict a Chinese journalist for leaking state secrets to a foreign Web site, court documents show. ==========> 05-09-11-StanfordCIS-AuthorsEffortToStopCriticismOnAmazonDismissed.txt========== http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/packets/vol_3_no_2/003559.shtml Self-Published Authors’ Effort to Squelch Criticism on Amazon.com Dismissed Stanford-CIS Nov. 9, 2005 Pro se plaintiff Jeffrey Hammer brought an action in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York against defendant Amazon.com (“Amazon”). Non-party Anthony Trendl (“Trendl”) posted negative reviews of plaintiff’s books on Amazon’s website, Amazon.com, and plaintiff wanted them ==========> 05-09-28-SJMerc-TechCompaniesShouldUniteToEncourageDemocraticIdeals.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/12762637.htm Posted on Wed, Sep. 28, 2005 Valley firms in China should unite to stand up for what's right By Mike Langberg Mercury News China is not a democracy and China's government remains firmly committed to controlling what information reaches its citizens, a reality reinforced earlier this week by a new crackdown on freedom of speech online. ==========> 05-11-02-BaltSun-MDCourtToDecideOnSubpoenaNamesOfOnlineSubscribers.txt========== # "Internet Postings Targeted in Court" Baltimore Sun (11/02/05) P. 1A; Smitherman, Laura Today a Maryland appeals court will hear testimony concerning whether an Internet user's identity could be unveiled if he makes disparaging remarks in chat rooms or on message boards in a case that may add to the growing raft of legal discourse concerning free speech and the Internet. The case originates from the efforts of an Arizona drug company to subpoena the names of subscribers to a Rockville, Md.-based financial newsletter. The ACLU, the Electronic Privacy Information Center, and other advocacy groups have taken up ==========> 05-11-03-SJMerc-PoliticalBlogsNewFocusOfCampaignFinanceLaws.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/13072099.htm Posted on Thu, Nov. 03, 2005 Political blogs new focus of campaign-finance laws By Jim Puzzanghera Mercury News Washington Bureau WASHINGTON - Democrats and Republicans agree that the online threads spun by political bloggers should not become tangled in complex federal campaign-finance rules. ==========> 05-11-03-Stanford-NewLawsAndTechAreCreatingDigitalSubversives.txt========== Free Speech Hackers: How New Laws and Technologies are Creating the Next Generation of Digital Subversives Annalee Newitz, AlterNet http://www.techsploitation.com Thursday, 3 November 2005 at 4:15pm Room 380-380C Stanford University ABSTRACT: ==========> 05-11-04-SJMerc-LibyaJailsBloggerWhoCriticizedGovernment.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/13081331.htm Posted on Fri, Nov. 04, 2005 Libya reportedly puts blogger in prison JASPER MORTIMER Associated Press CAIRO, Egypt - Libya has sent to prison for 18 months a blogger who criticized the government on the Internet, Human Rights Watch says in a report that inspired a series of Web tributes to the dissident Friday. ==========> 05-11-04-SJMerc-ShouldThreateningInternetMessagesBeReported.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/13083017.htm Posted on Fri, Nov. 04, 2005 After Orange County slayings, what should Web do with threats? Mercury News LOS ANGELES (AP) - Two weeks before William Freund donned a mask and cape and fatally shot two neighbors before killing himself, members of an online forum for people with a rare mental disorder read the 19-year-old's string of violent rantings. ==========> 05-11-07-SJMerc-TechFirmsAskedToPledgeToFreeSpeech.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/13105047.htm Posted on Mon, Nov. 07, 2005 Tech firms asked to pledge to free speech Associated Press NEW YORK - A group of investors and researchers is pledging to watch the action of technology companies doing business in countries with less than stellar human rights reputations, and is asking the company to proclaim their commitment to freedom of expression. ==========> 05-11-08-NYT-CriticsPressCompaniesOnInternetRightsIssues.txt========== http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/08/technology/08data.html November 8, 2005 Critics Press Companies on Internet Rights Issues By TOM ZELLER Jr. The New York Times In an indication of growing tensions between human rights advocates and American Internet and technology companies doing business in countries with repressive regimes, a group of two dozen fund management firms and investment ==========> 05-11-09-StanforCIS-CourtStopsFrenchRulingOnFashionPhotoDisplay.txt========== http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/packets/vol_3_no_2/003560.shtml First Amendment Prevents Enforcement of French Judgment Against US Website Stanford-CIS Nov. 9, 2005 Sarl Louis Feraud International and S.A. Pierre Balmain, French corporations that design and market high-fashion clothing, sought to enforce a default judgement issued by the Tribunal de Grande Instance de Paris against Viewfinder Inc., an American company that maintains websites on which it posts photographs ==========> 05-11-10-SJMerc-SeniorCitizenBloggersDefyStereotypes.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/13132868.htm Posted on Thu, Nov. 10, 2005 Senior-citizen bloggers defy stereotypes Mercury News CHICAGO (AP) - Forget shuffleboard, needlepoint, and bingo. Web logs, more often the domain of alienated adolescents and home to screeds by middle-aged pundits, are gaining a foothold as a new leisure-time option for ==========> 05-11-15-SJMerc-OpenSourceMediaToBlendJournalismAndBlogs.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/13174420.htm Posted on Tue, Nov. 15, 2005 Media site to blend traditional journalism with blogs Mercury News NEW YORK (AP) - A media Web site scheduled to debut Wednesday will seek to blend traditional journalism with the freeform commentary developed through the emerging Web format known as blogs. ==========> 05-11-21-ContraCostaTimes-CraigslistUnderFireForSexualAds.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/13226838.htm Posted on Mon, Nov. 21, 2005 Craigslist under fire again for sexual ads Critics say Web site makes it too easy to find, offer intimate encounters By Guy Ashley Contra Costa Times Five months after his stepdaughter ran away from home, Linton W. found her one night last August on Craigslist. ==========> 05-11-22-StanfordCIS-USCourtBlocksViolentVideoGameSalesLaw.txt========== http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/packets/vol_3_no_3/003620.shtml Michigan Federal District Court grants preliminary injunction to block enforcement of statute against exposure of violent video games to minors. Stanford - CIS Nov. 22, 2005 In an action brought by three video game businesses, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan preliminarily enjoined the enforcement of a portion of Michigan 2005 Public Act 108 (the “Act”), which ==========> 05-11-23-MiamiHerald-UnivMiamiRemovesBloggerFromCampusHousing.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/13243962.htm Posted on Wed, Nov. 23, 2005 University of Miami boots blogger from campus housing By Nicholas Spangler Miami Herald MIAMI - Administrators at the University of Miami ordered the student who blogged a raunchy rap song recorded by members of the football team to leave campus housing for the remainder of the semester. ==========> 05-11-25-WashPost-FBIBlogsAnalyzePublicallyAvailableData.txt========== http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/11/24/AR2005112400848. html Probing Galaxies of Data for Nuggets FBIS Is Overhauled and Rolled Out to Mine the Web's Open-Source Information Lode By Susan B. Glasser Washington Post Staff Writer Friday, November 25, 2005; A35 The CIA now has its own bloggers. ==========> 05-11-28-SJMerc-CubaRestrictsInternetUse.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/13277250.htm Posted on Mon, Nov. 28, 2005 Internet use restricted in Cuba, which blames U.S. By Frances Robles Miami Herald Oscar Visiedo says that when he helped bring the Internet to Cuba in 1992, he faced three daunting obstacles: the U.S. economic embargo, technological shortcomings and ominous state security. ==========> 05-11-28-SJMerc-SonyPlayStationToGetParentalControls.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/13271955.htm Posted on Mon, Nov. 28, 2005 Sony PlayStation to get parental controls MAY WONG Associated Press SAN JOSE, Calif. - Sony Corp. has become the latest of the video game console makers to announce parental controls in it newest machine, according to the Entertainment Software Association. ==========> 05-11-29-SJMerc-CannibalismInVideoGamesAtIssue.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/13286238.htm Posted on Tue, Nov. 29, 2005 Video-game cannibalism gnaws at watchdogs Mercury News WASHINGTON (AP) - Video games glamorizing guns and violence have long drawn the ire of media watchdog groups. This holiday season, they say they have found a bloody new wrinkle to hate: cannibalism. ==========> 05-11-29-USAToday-Seigenthaler-FalseWikipediaBiography.txt========== http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/editorials/2005-11-29-wikipedia-edit_x.htm Posted 11/29/2005 7:12 PM A false Wikipedia 'biography' By John Seigenthaler USA Today "John Seigenthaler Sr. was the assistant to Attorney General Robert Kennedy in the early 1960's. For a brief time, he was thought to have been directly involved in the Kennedy assassinations of both John, and his brother, Bobby. ==========> 05-12-00-CACM-ConcernAboutReliabilityOfWikipediaEntries.txt========== Communications of the ACM Volume 48, Number 12 (2005), Pages 152-152 Inside risks: Wikipedia risks Peter Denning, Jim Horning, David Parnas, Lauren Weinstein The Wikipedia (WP; en.wikipedia.org/wiki/) applies the wiki technology (from a Hawaiian word for "quick") to the encyclopedia, a venerable form of knowledge organization and dissemination. Wikipedia provides a fast and flexible way for anyone to create and edit encyclopedia articles without the delay and intervention of a formal editor or review process. ==========> 05-12-05-CNETNews-FairUseRestrictionsImpactFreeSpeech.txt========== http://news.com.com/Free+speech+under+Net+attack,+study+says/2100-1030_3-5983072 .html Free speech under Net attack, study says By Anne Broache Staff Writer, CNET News.com Published: December 5, 2005, 2:20 PM PST Web site owners and remix artists alike are finding free-expression rights squelched because of ambiguities in copyright law, a recent study says. ==========> 05-12-05-SJMerc-Wikipedia-UsersMustRegisterBeforePosting.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/business/technology/13334855.htm Posted on Mon, Dec. 05, 2005 Online encyclopedia tightens rules following false article Mercury News SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia to which anyone can contribute, is tightening submission rules after a prominent journalist complained that an article falsely implicated him in the Kennedy assassinations. ==========> 05-12-06-SFChron-WikipediasOnlineCredibilityGap.txt========== http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2005/12/06/WIKI.TMP The online credibility gap Wikipedia article's false claim on JFK killing stirs debate Carolyn Said, Chronicle Staff Writer Tuesday, December 6, 2005 John Siegenthaler Sr. says he was wrongly linked to the K... The San Francisco Chronicle What if an online encyclopedia read by millions said you shot JFK? ==========> 05-12-11-SeaTimes-WikipediaPranksterConfesses.txt========== http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2002677060_wiki11.html Sunday, December 11, 2005 - Page updated at 12:00 AM Wikipedia prankster confesses By Katharine Q. Seelye The New York Times Seattle Times It started as a joke and ended up as a shot heard round the Internet, with the joker quitting his job and Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia, suffering a blow ==========> 05-12-12-SJMerc-ManApologizesAfterFakeWkikpediaPost.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/13385665.htm Posted on Mon, Dec. 12, 2005 Man apologizes after fake Wikipedia post Associated Press Mercury News NASHVILLE, Tenn. - A man who posted false information on an online encyclopedia linking a prominent journalist to the Kennedy assassinations says he was playing a trick on a co-worker. ==========> 05-12-12-SJMerc-WikipediaNeedsSafeguards.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/13389214.htm Posted on Mon, Dec. 12, 2005 Wikipedia needs safeguards that work By Mike Langberg Mercury News Jimmy Wales has often described himself as the constitutional monarch of Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia written and edited by volunteers. ==========> 05-12-12-TheReg-WikipediaNeedsToTakeResponsibilityToInsureQuality.txt========== http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/12/12/wikipedia_no_responsibility/print.html There's no Wikipedia entry for 'moral responsibility' By Andrew Orlowski in San Francisco Published Monday 12th December 2005 14:25 GMT No single raindrop believes it is to blame for the flood - Despair.com (http://despair.com/ir.html) On Monday, in one of his now-weekly appearances on cable news defending the ==========> 05-12-19-SJMerc-SuitFiledAgainstAOLInOnlineHumiliation.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/13440653.htm Posted on Mon, Dec. 19, 2005 Internet, civil liberties collide in unique lawsuit Medina County man sues AOL, two participants in online chat room By Julie Wallace Beacon Journal staff writer MEDINA - A Medina County man who says he was humiliated online by two other participants in a romance chat room has sued the alleged miscreants, as well as ==========> 05-12-19-Wired-WikipediaFounderEditsOwnBio.txt========== http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,69880,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_2 Wikipedia Founder Edits Own Bio By Evan Hansen Wired 06:21 PM Dec. 19, 2005 PT Sleuthing into the accuracy of the open-source web encyclopedia known as Wikipedia has led to the door of its founder, Jimmy Wales. ==========> 05-12-20-NYT-GoogleEarthDisplaysRaiseGovtSecurityConcerns.txt========== http://www.nytimes.com/2005/12/20/technology/20image.html?hp&ex=1135141200&en=51 1ace6173042ea4&ei=5094&partner=homepage December 20, 2005 Governments Tremble at Google's Bird's-Eye View By KATIE HAFNER and SARITHA RAI The New York Times Correction Appended When Google introduced Google Earth, free software that marries satellite and ==========> 05-12-20-Wikipedia-PoliciesForBiosOfLivingPersons.txt========== http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Biographies_of_living_persons Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. This page is a proposed Wikipedia policy, guideline, process, or informational page. The proposal may still be in development, under discussion, or in the process of gathering consensus for adoption. References or links to this page should not describe it as "policy". [Accessed 12/20/05] ==========> 05-12-22-SJMerc-FedJudgeBlocksImplementationOfCAViolentVideoGameLaw.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/13467710.htm Posted on Thu, Dec. 22, 2005 Court puts California's violent video game law on hold SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - A federal judge has blocked the implementation of a new state law banning the sale or rental of violent video games to minors until a lawsuit brought by the video game industry is resolved. In a ruling issued late Wednesday, U.S. District Court Judge Ronald Whyte ==========> 05-12-30-SJMerc-ChinaShutsDown598SitesForOnlineObscenity.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/13516766.htm Posted on Fri, Dec. 30, 2005 China shuts 598 sites for online smut Associated Press BEIJING - Chinese police have closed 598 Web sites in a crackdown on pornography, but online gambling and fraud are growing, state media said Friday. The latest crackdown, launched in March, led to 25 arrests, the China Daily ==========> 06-01-03-RConversation-MSNTakesDownChineseBlogger.txt========== http://rconversation.blogs.com/rconversation/2006/01/microsoft_takes.html January 03, 2006 Microsoft takes down Chinese blogger RConversation Anti takedown cropped Microsoft’s MSN Spaces continues to censor its Chinese language blogs, and has become more aggressive and thorough at censorship since I first checked out MSN’s censorship system last summer. On New Years Eve, MSN Spaces took down ==========> 06-01-03-Scobleizer-MSNTakesDownChineseBlogger.txt========== http://scobleizer.wordpress.com/2006/01/03/microsoft-takes-down-chinese-blogger- my-opinions-on-that/ Scobleizer Weblog Daily link January 3, 2006 Microsoft takes down Chinese blogger (my opinions on that) OK, this one is depressing to me. It’s one thing to pull a list of words out of blogs using an algorithm. It’s another thing to become an agent of a government and censor an entire blogger’s work. Yes, I know the consequences. Yes, there ==========> 06-01-05-RedHerring-MSNTakesDownChineseBlogger.txt========== http://redherring.com/Article.aspx?a=15186&hed=Microsoft+Closes+China+Blog Microsoft Closes China Blog Redmond giant deletes blog on MSN Spaces service kept by New York Times researcher. January 5, 2006 Red Herring Microsoft closed down a widely read blog on its MSN Spaces service run by a blogger in China who apparently ran afoul of government censors. ==========> 06-01-06-SJMerc-CriticsAssailMSShutdownOfChineseBlog.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/13565841.htm Posted on Fri, Jan. 06, 2006 Critics assail Microsoft's shutdown of Chinese blog Mercury News BEIJING (AP) - Microsoft Corp. has shut down the Internet journal of a Chinese blogger that discussed politically sensitive issues, including a recent strike at a Beijing newspaper. ==========> 06-01-13-SJMerc-InternationalFreeSpeechIssuesUndecidedByCourt.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/13618861.htm Posted on Fri, Jan. 13, 2006 Court dismisses Yahoo's Paris lawsuit UNRESOLVED: ARE U.S. FIRMS LIABLE FOR OVERSEAS CONTENT PROTECTED IN U.S.? Associated Press A federal appeals court in San Francisco on Thursday skirted answering whether Yahoo must pay a fine of about $15 million to a Paris court for displaying Nazi memorabilia for sale in violation of French law. ==========> 06-01-25-SJMerc-GoogleToCensorResultsInChina.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/13708107.htm Posted on Wed, Jan. 25, 2006 Google to censor results in China FIRM SAYS SOME INFORMATION IS BETTER THAN NONE AT ALL By Michael Bazeley Mercury News Google on Tuesday launched operations in China, a decision executives have agonized over because it will require the Internet firm to subject itself to ==========> 06-01-25-SJMerc-TechFirmsFailToJustifyAidToChineseOppression.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/13709126.htm Posted on Wed, Jan. 25, 2006 High-tech firms fail to justify aid to Chinese oppression By Richard Cohen The charm of businessmen in general is not only that they lack irony but, because they took business courses in college, they lack basic knowledge. That explains why they unknowingly suggest Anatole France, who in 1894 wrote, ==========> 06-01-25-Times-ChineseUnconcernedAboutGoogleCensoring.txt========== http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,25689-2009450,00.html January 25, 2006 On the spot: Chinese unruffled by Google censorship By Times Online Jane Macartney, Beijing Correspondent for The Times, discovered that Google's decision to bow to Chinese censorship demands has made big news around the world - except in China. ==========> 06-01-26-CNETNews-GoogleSaysChinaDecisionPainfulButRight.txt========== http://news.com.com/Google+China+decision+painful+but+right/2100-1028_3-6031431. html?tag=nefd.top Google: China decision painful but right By Reuters CNET Networks Story last modified Thu Jan 26 07:12:00 PST 2006 DAVOS, Switzerland--Google co-founder Sergey Brin said his company's decision to self-censor its Chinese search system followed a change of heart over how ==========> 06-01-26-OutCourt-SitesGoogleAgreedToCensorInChina.txt========== http://blog.outer-court.com/censored/ Sites Google Agreed to Censor in China Outer Court Blog [Accessed Jan. 26, 2006] This is an incomplete selection of search results which Google.cn self-censors working together with the Chinese government. Google does not censor access to the site itself, it only censors the site within the search result; access to the sites is blocked by the Chinese government. ==========> 06-01-27-Google-InsightsIntoOurActivitiesInChina.txt========== http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2006/01/google-in-china.html Googler insights into product and technology news and our culture. Google in China 1/27/2006 11:58:00 AM Posted by Andrew McLaughlin, senior policy counsel Google users in China today struggle with a service that, to be blunt, isn't very good. Google.com appears to be down around 10% of the time. Even when users can reach it, the website is slow, and sometimes produces results that ==========> 06-01-27-Infoworld-Schmidt-GoogleInChina-TheEvilScale.txt========== Google CEO on censoring: "We did an evil scale" Company decides to offer censored search services in China, rather than none at all InfoWorld By Stacy Cowley, IDG News Service January 27, 2006 It took Google (Profile, Products, Articles) Inc. more than a year to make the decision that offering a censored version of its search services in China would be a lesser evil than boycotting business in the country altogether, according ==========> 06-01-27-SJMerc-GatesSaysNoReasonNotToDoBusinessInChina.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/13728059.htm Posted on Fri, Jan. 27, 2006 Gates: Censorship, piracy no reason not to do business in China Mercury News DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) - The specter of state censorship and the proliferation of software piracy shouldn't deter technology companies from doing business in China, Bill Gates said Friday. ==========> 06-01-27-SJMerc-LACityAttorneySuesOverHiddenPornInGTA.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/business/technology/13727237.htm Posted on Fri, Jan. 27, 2006 Los Angeles city attorney sues makers of 'Grand Theft Auto' video game Mercury News LOS ANGELES (AP) - The city attorney's office has sued the makers of ``Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas'' for allegedly hiding pornographic material inside the video game, officials said. ==========> 06-01-30-NATranscript-HouseStaffersEditWikipediaBios.txt========== http://www.thetranscript.com/headlines/ci_3452611 Wikipedia target of House 'editors' By Evan Lehmann, Transcript Washington Bureau North Adams Transcript Monday, January 30 WASHINGTON — Virginia Congressman Eric Cantor "smells of cow dung." Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist is "ineffective." And U.S. Rep. Martin Meehan ==========> 06-01-31-SJMerc-MSModifiesBlogShutdownPoliciesAfterChinaIncident.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/13757873.htm Posted on Tue, Jan. 31, 2006 In wake of China incident, Microsoft amends policies on blog shutdowns Mercury News SEATTLE (AP) - Microsoft Corp. says it is setting new policies on shutting down Web journals after its much-publicized squelching of a well-known Chinese blogger at the request of Chinese officials. ==========> 06-02-00-IEEEOnlineSys-IsDeviantBehaviorTheNormOnP2P.txt========== http://dsonline.computer.org/portal/site/dsonline/menuitem.9ed3d9924aeb0dcd82ccc 6716bbe36ec/index.jsp?&pName=dso_level1&path=dsonline/2006/02&file=o2001.xml&xsl =article.xsl& IEEE Distributed Systems Online Exclusive Content, Feb. 2006 Peer-to-Peer - Is Deviant Behavior the Norm on P2P File-Sharing Networks? Daniel Hughes, James Walkerdine, and Geoff Coulson • Lancaster University Stephen Gibson • York St John College Empirical evidence suggests that a small subset of the peer-to-peer community ==========> 06-02-01-Lantos-HumanRightsAndTheInternet-China.txt========== http://lantos.house.gov/HoR/CA12/Human+Rights+Caucus/Briefing+Testimonies/02-01- 05+Opening+Remarks+for+Rep+Lantos+China+Google+Hearing.htm Human Rights and the Internet –– The People’s Republic of China Remarks by Congressman Tom Lantos Feb. 01, 2005 Co-Chairman, Congressional Human Rights Caucus Caucus Members’ Briefing ==========> 06-02-01-SJMerc-LawmakersAccuseInternetCompaniesOfBowingToChineseCensors.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/13760731.htm Posted on Wed, Feb. 01, 2006 Lawmakers accuse Internet companies of bowing to Chinese censors Mercury News WASHINGTON (AP) - Lawmakers on Wednesday accused U.S.-based Internet companies of giving in to pressure from China and helping to censor Web users in violation of American principles of free speech. ==========> 06-02-02-RedHerring-MSModifiesBlogShutdownPoliciesAfterChinaIncident.txt========== http://www.redherring.com/Article.aspx?a=15567&hed=Feds+Blast+Tech+Firms+on+Chin a Feds Blast Tech Firms on China Red Herring Congressional caucus launches blistering assault on absent tech firms as the debate on China begins. February 2, 2006 The tone of the debate between the U.S. government and U.S. technology ==========> 06-02-08-AP-JournalistGroupClaimsYahooAssistedInConvictionOfChineseDissident.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/13825494.htm Posted on Wed, Feb. 08, 2006 Group claims Yahoo assisted crackdown on second Chinese dissident SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A Yahoo Inc. unit provided information that led to an eight-year prison sentence for a Chinese dissident, an advocacy group for journalists said Wednesday, which would be at least the second time the company has aided Chinese authorities in their crackdown on protesters. ==========> 06-02-08-Wired-OverturningCommDecencyActSavedInternetsSoul.txt========== http://www.wired.com/news/technology/1,70185-1.html They Saved the Internet's Soul By Ryan Singel 13:04 PM Feb, 08, 2006 Wired In some alternative universe out there, the world is using a very different internet. It's a network without sex and violence, devoid of four-letter words and racy ideas, subject to constant monitoring by censors and harsh punishment ==========> 06-02-09-AP-GermanCourtRejectsAppealInIncudingNameInWikipedia.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/13830933.htm Posted on Thu, Feb. 09, 2006 German court rejects appeal to ban hacker's name in Wikipedia BERLIN (AP) - A Berlin court Thursday rejected a lawsuit filed by the parents of a dead hacker who sought to keep a German Web site from linking to material in the online encyclopedia Wikipedia that contained the full name of their son. The parents of the German hacker known as ``Tron'' had argued that the ==========> 06-02-09-CNETNews-CraigsListAccusedOfHousingAdDiscrimination.txt========== http://news.com.com/Suit+against+Craigslist+claims+discriminatory+ads/2100-1030_ 3-6037057.html Suit against Craigslist claims discriminatory ads By John Borland CNET News Story last modified Thu Feb 09 06:57:12 PST 2006 A Chicago-based public interest legal group has sued Craigslist over hundreds of housing posts that have included race, gender or other discriminatory ==========> 06-02-09-SJMerc-CraigsListAccusedOfHousingAdDiscrimination.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/13830200.htm Posted on Thu, Feb. 09, 2006 Housing ads challenged CRAIGSLIST ACCUSED IN SUIT OF POSTING DISCRIMINATORY ITEMS By Sue McAllister Mercury News Craigslist, the Bay Area-based online community with global reach, was sued this week by a Chicago fair housing group that accused the company of allowing ==========> 06-02-09-StanfordCIS-CalifCourtEnjoinsEnforcementOfViolentVideoGameLaw.txt========== http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/packets/vol_3_no_5/003773.shtml California District Court Enjoins Enforcement of Violent Video Game Law Stanford Center for the INternet & Society Feb. 9, 2006 The United States District Court for the Northern District of California, granted plaintiffs’ Video Software Dealers Association (VSDA) and Entertainment Software Association (ESA) motion for a preliminary injunction prohibiting enforcement of a California law (“the Act”) that requires violent video games ==========> 06-02-09-StanfordCIS-USCourtRulesWebsiteNotLiableForThirdPartyFalseInformation.txt========== http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/packets/vol_3_no_5/003774.shtml Court rules website not liable for third party false information Stanford Center for the Internet & Society Feb. 9, 2006 Plaintiff Shelly Landry-Belle sued defendant Various Inc., the operator of AdultFriendFinder.com and several other websites, after Landry-Belle’s ex-boyfriend purportedly posted false, defamatory, and sexually obscene material about her to several of Various’ websites. The posts suggested that ==========> 06-02-10-SJMerc-PrinciplesNeededForOperatingWithChinaCensorship.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/13843385.htm Posted on Fri, Feb. 10, 2006 Principles needed on China's Net censorship By Mike Langberg Mercury News It's easy to condemn Internet censorship in China. Yet it's hard to come up with an appropriate response. ==========> 06-02-10-SJMerc-TeensPostRevealingInformationOnSocialSites.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/13840568.htm Posted on Fri, Feb. 10, 2006 Whose space is it, anyway? By Kimra McPherson Mercury News Lizzie Bernard was joking when she suggested her mom get her own account on MySpace, the wildly popular Web site where millions of teens hang out. ==========> 06-02-13-SJMerc-PrinciplesNeededForOperatingWithChinaCensorship.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/13860865.htm Posted on Mon, Feb. 13, 2006 Climbing China's `Great Firewall' By Mike Langberg Mercury News It's easy to condemn Internet censorship in China. Yet it's hard to come up with an appropriate response. ==========> 06-02-13-WSJ-USGroupDevelopsToolsToEvadeChinaCensors.txt========== Chinese Sensors of Internet Face 'Hacktivists' in U.S. Wall Street Journal (02/13/06) P. A1; Fowler, Geoffrey A. While the Internet's growing pervasiveness in China has made it difficult to police the activities of an estimated 111 million users, the Chinese government is nonetheless attempting to reinforce its authority, requiring all bloggers to register with the state and continuing its block on objectionable content, such as Wikipedia and the BBC, as well as dispatching roughly a dozen state agencies to monitor Internet activity. Chinese Web censorship, sometimes referred to as the 'Great Firewall,' has sparked an insurgent community of U.S.-based ==========> 06-02-14-AP-NetFirmsCaughtBetweenChinaAndUSDemandsForFreeSpeech.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/13871707.htm Posted on Tue, Feb. 14, 2006 Net firms caught between Chinese rules, U.S. demands for free speech BEIJING (AP) - Yahoo Inc., Google Inc. and other U.S. Internet companies under fire for assisting in China's censorship efforts are insisting they must obey Beijing or risk limiting access to their most promising market. As the companies face congressional hearings in Washington on Wednesday about ==========> 06-02-14-SJMerc-TechFirmsFeelHeatOverChineseCensorship.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/13875904.htm Posted on Tue, Feb. 14, 2006 Tech firms feel the heat over China's firewall EXECS FACE CONGRESSIONAL QUESTIONS ON HUMAN RIGHTS By Jim Puzzanghera Mercury News Washington Bureau WASHINGTON - It's called the Great Firewall of China -- a 21st-century barrier constructed with the help of Silicon Valley companies to block the country's ==========> 06-02-14-SJMerc-TechFirmsNeedUnitedFrontOnChinaRepression.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/13875912.htm Posted on Tue, Feb. 14, 2006 Tech firms need united front on China repression Mercury News Editorial Search a newspaper's archives for stories about technology companies' fight against piracy in China, and you'll come away with a picture of an industry that's united, engaged and activist. ==========> 06-02-14-SJMerc-YahooExpressesConcernBeforeHearingsOnChinaCensoship.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/13869101.htm Posted on Tue, Feb. 14, 2006 Yahoo expresses concern before hearings on China By Michael Bazeley Mercury News Two days before it was due to face questions by Congress over its dealings in China, Yahoo released a statement Monday vowing to help ``explore policies'' that could guide how technology companies should operate in countries that ==========> 06-02-14-Yahoo-OurBeliefsAsAGlobalInternetCompany.txt========== http://yhoo.client.shareholder.com/press/ReleaseDetail.cfm?ReleaseID=187401 Press Release Yahoo!: Our Beliefs as a Global Internet Company [Accessed Feb. 14, 2006] As a leading provider of Internet-based services, Yahoo! is committed to open access to information and communication on a global basis. We believe information is power. Citizens across the globe are benefiting greatly from increased access to communications, commerce and independent sources of ==========> 06-02-15-AP-LawmakersRipNetCompaniesForHelpingChineseRepression.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/13879050.htm Posted on Wed, Feb. 15, 2006 Lawmakers rip tech giants for helping Chinese repression WASHINGTON (AP) - Four U.S. high-tech companies on Wednesday found themselves branded collaborators with the Chinese government in suppressing dissent in return for access to a booming Internet market. House members contended that Microsoft Corp., Yahoo Inc., Cisco Systems Inc. ==========> 06-02-15-BusWeek-HowBestToProvideNetServicesInChinaIsComplex.txt========== http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/feb2006/tc20060215_060300.htm FEBRUARY 15, 2006 By Ben Elgin Business Week The Web and China: Not So Simple Google, Yahoo, and Microsoft say they face a stark choice: Conform to Beijing's edicts or quit the market. The truth is much more complicated ==========> 06-02-15-SJMerc-HighTechExecsGrilledOverChinaPolicies.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/13884712.htm Posted on Wed, Feb. 15, 2006 High-tech execs get an earful over China policies By Jim Puzzanghera Mercury News Washington Bureau WASHINGTON - Halfway through an extraordinary congressional hearing Wednesday about the role of U.S. high-tech giants in censoring the Internet in China, Rep. Tom Lantos tried to cut through all the legalese. ==========> 06-02-15-WashPost-InternetFirmsToDefendChinaPoliciesBeforeHouseSubcommittee.txt========== http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/02/14/AR2006021401859. html Internet Firms to Defend Policies Hearing Explores China Censorship By Yuki Noguchi Washington Post Staff Writer Wednesday, February 15, 2006; D01 Yahoo Inc., Google Inc. and Microsoft Corp. will go on Capitol Hill today to ==========> 06-02-16-AP-ChinaDefendsItsRightToPoliceInternet.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/13887127.htm Posted on Thu, Feb. 16, 2006 China defends right to police Internet Associated Press BEIJING - China on Thursday defended its right to police the Internet, one day after four American technology giants appeared before Congress on charges they collaborated with Beijing to crush free speech online in return for market access. ==========> 06-02-16-CNETNews-BillTargetsTechCooperationWithChina.txt========== http://news.com.com/Proposed+law+targets+tech-China+cooperation/2100-1028_3-6040 303.html Proposed law targets tech-China cooperation By Declan McCullagh CNET Networks Story last modified Thu Feb 16 13:42:24 PST 2006 Nearly every U.S. company with a Web site located in China will have to move it elsewhere or its executives would face prison terms of up to a year, according ==========> 06-02-16-FirstMonday-UseAndAbuseOfOnlineProductRecommendationSystems.txt========== http://www.firstmonday.org/issues/issue11_3/david/index.html First Monday Paper received 3 December 2005; accepted 16 February 2006. Six degrees of reputation: The use and abuse of online review and recommendation systems by Shay David and Trevor Pinch Abstract This paper reports initial findings from a study that used quantitative and qualitative research methods and custom–built software to investigate online ==========> 06-02-17-AP-TechFirmsCouldNegotiateWithChinaOverCensorship.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/13898777.htm Posted on Fri, Feb. 17, 2006 Tech companies needn't boycott China to combat censorship By Bruce Meyerson AP Business Writer By most accounts, Nike Inc. has improved work conditions at foreign-owned plants that make the company's sneakers. Yet say the word ``sweatshop,'' and many people instantly think of Nike. ==========> 06-02-18-SJMerc-GoogleLaunchesChinaBlogDataBeforeCongressionalHearing.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/13906414.htm Posted on Sat, Feb. 18, 2006 Google launches China blog a day before China hearing By Elise Ackerman Mercury News A business school marketing professor would probably say it was ``poor timing'' that Google decided to launch a corporate blog in Chinese a day before the Mountain View company testified before Congress about its practices in China. ==========> 06-02-21-AP-GoogleDeniesItsOperatingInChinaWithoutValidLicense.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/13923025.htm Posted on Tue, Feb. 21, 2006 Google denies report on China operation JOE McDONALD Associated Press BEIJING - Google Inc. denied a report Monday that its Chinese-language search engine, which has been criticized for blocking searches for politically sensitive material, is operating without a required government license. ==========> 06-02-21-RedHerring-GoogleOperatingInChinaWithoutValidLicense.txt========== http://www.redherring.com/Article.aspx?a=15804&hed=Google+Lacks+China+License Google Lacks China License Search giant doesn’t have a proper Internet content provider license, but neither do most non-Chinese web companies. February 21, 2006 Red Herring A report published in Tuesday’s Beijing News claimed that search giant Google, ==========> 06-02-22-StanfordCIS-USCourtRulesOnlineActivitiesNotCoveredByRICO.txt========== http://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/packets/vol_3_no_6/003812.shtml Maine District Court Holds that Group of Individuals Who Published Criticism of “Cult” On-line Are Not an Association-in-Fact Under RICO SCIS Packets, Vol. 3, No. 6, Feb. 22, 2006 In a recent decision, a U.S. District Court set standards that would indicate what on-line activities would and would not constitute racketeering under RICO, the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, 18 U.S.C. § 1962(c). The United States District Court for the District of Maine held on a motion for ==========> 06-02-27-SJMerc-PublicIsSplitOnNetCompaniesRoleInChina.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/13973779.htm Posted on Mon, Feb. 27, 2006 Public split on Net companies' role in China By Therese Poletti Mercury News Americans are sharply divided over whether Internet companies like Google and Yahoo should allow their content to be censored in China, according to a survey to be released Tuesday by a Michigan-based think tank. ==========> 06-02-27-StanfordCIS-WhenCitizenOnlineMediaAndBigMediaCollide.txt========== The Stanford Law School Center for Internet and Society (CIS) and The Stanford Law and Technology Association (SLATA) When citizens media and big media collide J.D Lasica Author, "Darknet: Hollywood's War Against the Digital Generation" Monday, February 27, 2006 In recent years we've seen the emergence of new grassroots media forms: text blogging, podcasting, Webcasting, video blogging, and digital photography as ==========> 06-03-01-SJMerc-GoogleDiscussingOverseasEthicsCode.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/13990018.htm Posted on Wed, Mar. 01, 2006 Google discussing ethics code for dealing overseas By K. Oanh Ha Mercury News Google's research chief said the search giant and other technology firms with Chinese operations are discussing a code of principles to address censorship and protection of people's privacy in repressive countries. ==========> 06-03-07-Reuters-MSClaimsNoInvolvementInJailedChineseJournalistCase.txt========== http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/07/AR2006030700091. html Microsoft says not involved in China journalist case Reuters Tuesday, March 7, 2006; 2:09 AM BEIJING (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp. said on Tuesday it had no involvement in the case of a Chinese journalist charged with sending subversive e-mails abroad under a pseudonym using a Hotmail account. ==========> 06-03-07-SidneyMornHer-ChineseHotmailUserChargedWithSubversion.txt========== http://www.smh.com.au/news/breaking/chinese-hotmail-user-charged-with-subversion /2006/03/07/1141493650111.html Chinese Hotmail user charged with subversion Sydney Morning Herald March 7, 2006 - 12:44PM A Chinese journalist has been charged with sending subversive Hotmail emails abroad under a pseudonym amid accusations Yahoo recently provided evidence that led to the imprisonment of two Chinese internet writers. ==========> 06-03-08-SJMerc-AirlineSubpoenasGoogleToSupplyUserName.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/14047424.htm Posted on Wed, Mar. 08, 2006 Google subpoenaed by airline AMERICAN SEEKS PERSON WHO THEY SAY POSTED COPYRIGHTED VIDEO By Elise Ackerman Mercury News American Airlines wants Google to reveal the identity of a person who the airline says posted a copyrighted video on Google's video Web site. ==========> 06-03-09-CNETNews-BillWouldProvideBloggersFreedomFromElectionLaws.txt========== http://news.com.com/Political+bloggers+may+get+federal+protection/2100-1028_3-60 47902.html?tag=nefd.top Political bloggers may get federal protection By Declan McCullagh CNET Networks Story last modified Thu Mar 09 09:12:23 PST 2006 Bloggers would be largely immunized from hundreds of pages of confusing federal regulations dealing with election laws, according to a bill approved by a House ==========> 06-03-10-AP-ChildOnlineProtectionActNotBeingEnforced.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/14066830.htm Posted on Fri, Mar. 10, 2006 Experts: Government fighting old fight in Internet blocking case Mercury News PHILADELPHIA (AP) - It seemed like a good idea: enact a federal law to protect children from sexually explicit material on the Internet. But eight years after Congress passed the Child Online Protection Act, legal ==========> 06-03-13-SJMerc-AdultContentEasilyAvailableForCellPhones.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/14088090.htm Posted on Mon, Mar. 13, 2006 Smut goes wireless; critics sound alarm ADULTS-ONLY CONTENT EASILY AVAILABLE By Jessie Seyfer Mercury News Call it pornography for iPods. Smut for smart-phones. Call it what you will, mobile pornography is a growing business. ==========> 06-03-15-AP-27ChargedInOnlineChildPornEnterprise.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/14105658.htm Posted on Wed, Mar. 15, 2006 27 charged in online child porn enterprise INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - U.S. and international authorities have charged 27 people in connection with an online child pornography enterprise, federal authorities said Wednesday. Those charged were participants in an online chat room that included streaming ==========> 06-03-20-AP-AmazonModifiesSearchAfterComplaintsOfBiasInResults.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/14145495.htm Posted on Mon, Mar. 20, 2006 Amazon modifies search engine after complaint about results for 'abortion' SEATTLE (AP) - Amazon.com Inc. said Monday it had modified the way its search engine handles queries for the term ``abortion'' after receiving an e-mail complaint that the results appeared biased. Until the recent change, a user who visited the Seattle Internet retailer and ==========> 06-03-22-StanfordCIS-HateSpeechAndTheInternet.txt========== Hate Speech and the Internet: a Discussion with Ann Brick of the ACLU and Steven M. Freeman of the ADL Wednesday, March 22, 2006 4:30 PM to 6 PM Room 180 Open to All With the growth of the Internet as a tool of free speech, hate speech remains a ==========> 06-03-27-AP-FedElectionCommWontRegulateInternetPoliticalActivity.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/14199709.htm Posted on Mon, Mar. 27, 2006 FEC won't regulate most Internet political activity under campaign law WASHINGTON (AP) - Regulators brought Internet political advertising under the nation's campaign finance law Monday but declared that all other political activity on the Internet would be untethered by federal rules. The three Republicans and three Democrats on the Federal Election Commission ==========> 06-03-27-DailyKos-FedElectionCommWontRegulateInternetPoliticalActivity.txt========== http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2006/3/27/1427/23860 FEC: The Netroots Win by Adam B Mon Mar 27, 2006 at 12:02:07 PM PDT Daily Kos Not an election, mind you - though those victories will come - but an official governmental recognition that what you all do is a valuable part of the democratic experiment, and one which should not be thwarted by the incursion of ==========> 06-03-27-NYT-FedElectionCommWontRegulateInternetPoliticalActivity.txt========== http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/28/politics/28fec.html?_r=1&oref=slogin March 28, 2006 Agency Exempts Most of Internet From Campaign Spending Laws By ADAM NAGOURNEY The New York Times WASHINGTON, March 27 — The Federal Election Commission ruled unanimously Monday that political communication on the Internet, including Web logs, setting up Web sites and e-mail, was not regulated by campaign finance laws. ==========> 06-03-27-Wired-FedElectionCommWontRegulateInternetPoliticalActivity.txt========== http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,70505-0.html?tw=wn_politics_1 Net: a Political Free-for-All Wired Associated Press 09:45 AM Mar, 27, 2006 The Federal Election Commission decided Monday that the nation's new campaign finance law will not apply to most political activity on the internet. In a 6-0 vote, the commission decided to regulate only paid political ads ==========> 06-03-28-AP-IranianBloggersAttackedByGovernment.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/14206608.htm Posted on Tue, Mar. 28, 2006 Iranian bloggers under government attack DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - On his last visit to Iran, Canadian-based blogger Hossein Derakhshan was detained and interrogated, then forced to sign a letter of apology for his blog writings before being allowed to leave the country. ==========> 06-03-28-WashTimes-FedElectionCommWontRegulateInternetPoliticalActivity.txt========== http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20060327-101937-9324r.htm FEC to leave alone Web political speech By Eric Pfeiffer THE WASHINGTON TIMES Published March 28, 2006 The Federal Election Commission voted 6-0 yesterday morning in favor of campaign-finance rules that will leave political speech on the Internet mostly unregulated. ==========> 06-03-29-RConversation-YahooFounderPositionOnHumanRightsUnsatisfactory.txt========== http://rconversation.blogs.com/rconversation/2006/03/yahoo_abominati.html March 29, 2006 Yahoo! Abomination. (YHOO) RConversation Freechinesevistimsofyahoo2 Yahoo! founder Jerry Yang continues to spew excrement, echoing his shoulder-shrugging of earlier this month, which essentially amounts to saying: So sorry we assisted in human rights violations, but there's nothing we can do if we're going to bring the Internet to the ==========> 06-03-30-AP-UnauthorizedSaleOfVideoGamesToChildrenDecline.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/14225538.htm Posted on Thu, Mar. 30, 2006 Unauthorized sales of video games to children decline in 2005 WASHINGTON (AP) - Unauthorized sales of video games deemed too mature for children declined last year due to stronger enforcement efforts, the Federal Trade Commission said Thursday. An undercover investigation of 406 electronic and video games stores around the ==========> 06-04-02-NYT-PolicticsFacesBigChangesViaInternet.txt========== http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/02/washington/02campaign.html?_r=1&oref=slogin April 2, 2006 Politics Faces Sweeping Change via the Web By ADAM NAGOURNEY The New York Times WASHINGTON, March 31 — The transformation of American politics by the Internet is accelerating with the approach of the 2006 Congressional and 2008 White House elections, prompting the rewriting of rules on advertising, fund-raising, ==========> 06-04-03-CNETNews-FederalJudgeRulesMichVideoGameLawUnconstitutional.txt========== http://news.com.com/Judge+nixes+Michigan+law+aimed+at+violent+games/2100-1043_3- 6057287.html Judge nixes Michigan law aimed at 'violent' games By Declan McCullagh CNET Networks Story last modified Mon Apr 03 20:30:37 PDT 2006 A federal judge has overturned a Michigan law restricting the sale of violent video games, the most recent in a series of decisions that have gutted similar ==========> 06-04-04-AP-FederalJudgeRulesMichVideoGameLawUnconstitutional.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/14260306.htm Posted on Tue, Apr. 04, 2006 Judge rules Michigan video game law is unconstitutional DETROIT (AP) - A federal judge has ruled that a Michigan law that bars retailers from selling or renting violent video games to minors is unconstitutional. The Entertainment Software Association, Video Software Dealers Association and ==========> 06-04-05-AP-NarusGetsOrderForSystemToBlockVoIPCallsInChina.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/14269287.htm Posted on Wed, Apr. 05, 2006 Valley firm lands order for system to block Internet calls in China NEW YORK (AP) - A U.S. maker of network management systems said Wednesday it had received an order from Shanghai Telecom Co. for a system that can detect and block telephone calls placed over the Internet. Shanghai Telecom, which has 6.2 million landlines, plans to use Mountain View, ==========> 06-04-07-AP-ReportersGroupConcernedAboutWebCensoringBeforeSingaporeElections.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/14289678.htm Posted on Fri, Apr. 07, 2006 Reporters group concerned about Web censorship ahead of Singapore elections PARIS (AP) - Reporters Without Borders has expressed concern about Singapore's moves to control political debate on the Internet ahead of parliamentary elections. ``Once again the Singapore authorities are showing their determination to ==========> 06-04-12-AP-GoogleCEODefendsCooperationWithChineseCensors.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/14325981.htm Posted on Wed, Apr. 12, 2006 Google debuts Chinese-language brand name, defends cooperation with censors BEIJING (AP) - Google Inc. CEO Eric Schmidt on Wednesday defended the search engine's cooperation with Chinese censorship as he announced the creation of a Beijing research center and unveiled a Chinese-language brand name. Google is trying to raise its profile in China after waiting until January to ==========> 06-04-12-AP-SECAdoptsNewPolicyInOnlineJournalistsSubpoenas.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/14327057.htm Posted on Wed, Apr. 12, 2006 SEC adopts new policy on media subpoenas following controversy WASHINGTON (AP) - The Securities and Exchange Commission announced a new policy on subpoenaing journalists Wednesday, responding to controversy over the agency's demands for records from three online columnists. The policy adopted by Chairman Christopher Cox and the other four SEC ==========> 06-04-13-AP-ChinaInternetIndustryGroupSupportsCensorship.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/14334823.htm Posted on Thu, Apr. 13, 2006 China's Internet industry group tells members to help censorship BEIJING (AP) - China's official Internet industry association is calling on its members to help the government suppress material deemed subversive or immoral. ``Unhealthy information'' online has harmed Chinese children and threatens social stability, the Internet Society of China said in a statement. The ==========> 06-04-13-DearAOL-AOLBlocksCriticalEmail.txt========== http://www2.dearaol.com/node/view/51814#comment Posted by Adam on Thu, 04/13/2006 - 20:51 AOL Censors Email Tax Opponents--Won't Deliver Emails Mentioning www.DearAOL.com Proves DearAOL.com Coalition Correct: AOL Cannot Be Trusted To Put The Free and Open Internet Above Its Own Self-Interest AOL is blocking delivery to AOL customers of all emails that include a link to ==========> 06-04-13-EFF-AOLQuitsBlockingSiteCriticalOfAOL.txt========== http://www.eff.org/news/archives/2006_04.php#004556 AOL Censors Email Tax Opponents Won’t Deliver Emails Mentioning www.DearAOL.com EFF, April 13, 2006 UPDATE After this press release was sent out Thursday afternoon, AOL stopped blocking email with links to www.DearAOL.com. Officials at the company stated that problems of this nature generally take three to five working days to fix. However, this was fixed after 24 hours of undeliverability - and approximately ==========> 06-04-17-ChicTrib-NetSavyUsersEasilyAvoidChinaCensorship.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/14362237.htm Posted on Mon, Apr. 17, 2006 Net-savvy easily evade China's censors BLOGS, FILE-SHARING, FILM DOWNLOADS ALL PROVIDE ALTERNATIVE CHANNELS By Evan Osnos Chicago Tribune BEIJING - When ``Brokeback Mountain'' came to China, government censors balked at a gay-cowboy romance and refused to approve the film. ==========> 06-04-17-CNETNews-USSupremeCourtRefusesToHearFalwellSuit.txt========== http://news.com.com/High+court+skips+Falwell+Web+site+case/2100-1030_3-6061976.h tml High court skips Falwell Web site case By Anne Broache CNET Networks Story last modified Mon Apr 17 17:03:14 PDT 2006 A legal spat over a Web site criticizing the Rev. Jerry Falwell for his antigay views won't ascend to the U.S. Supreme Court. ==========> 06-04-17-SJMerc-CalifCourtToRuleOnBloggerLegalProtections.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/14361350.htm Posted on Mon, Apr. 17, 2006 S.J. court to weigh blogger's rights By Howard Mintz Mercury News At PowerPage.org, a Pennsylvania blogger offers up a daily menu of passionate online dish about all things Apple Computer. It looks like just another run-of-the-mill site in the vast and exploding blogosphere -- advertisements, ==========> 06-04-18-FinTimes-SkypeChinaPartnerCensorsTextMessages.txt========== http://news.moneycentral.msn.com/provider/providerarticle.asp?feed=FT&Date=20060 418&ID=5650823 April 18, 2006 11:40 PM ET Skype says texts are censored by China Financial Times Skype, the fast-growing internet communications company that belongs to Ebay, has admitted that its partner in China has filtered text messages, defending this compliance with censorship laws as the only way to do business in the ==========> 06-04-19-AP-YahooAllegedlyGaveChinaInfoOnJailedUser.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/14378865.htm Posted on Wed, Apr. 19, 2006 Yahoo allegedly gave China information used to jail third user BEIJING (AP) - Yahoo Inc. turned over a draft e-mail from one of its users to Chinese authorities, who used the information to jail the man on subversion charges, according to the verdict from his 2003 trial released Wednesday by a rights group. ==========> 06-04-19-EFF-BloggerAppealsRulingRequiringTurnoverOfRecords.txt========== http://www.eff.org/Censorship/Apple_v_Does/ Apple v. Does (O'Grady v. Superior Court) Update: Hearing Set for Appeal in Key Bloggers' Rights Case » Frequently Asked Questions about this case In December 2004, Apple filed a lawsuit in Santa Clara county against unnamed individuals who allegedly leaked information about new Apple products to ==========> 06-04-19-MacObs-BloggerAppealsRulingRequiringTurnoverOfRecords.txt========== http://www.macobserver.com/article/2006/04/19.9.shtml Apple's News Stance May Impact all Journalists MacObserver by , 1:05 PM EDT, April 19th, 2006 Jason O'Grady, publisher of the O'Grady's PowerPage Web site, is heading to court on Thursday to appeal a ruling requiring him to turn over email records to Apple Computer. Apple sued, demanding information about who leaked unannounced product specifications, which later appeared on his site. Mr. ==========> 06-04-19-RepsWOBorders-YahooAllegedlyGaveChinaInfoOnJailedUser.txt========== http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=17180 China 19 April 2006 Yahoo implicated in third cyberdissident trial US company’s collaboration with Chinese courts highlighted in Jiang Lijun case Reporters Without Borders Reporters Without Borders has obtained a copy of the verdict in the case of Jiang Lijun, sentenced to four years in prison in November 2003 for his online pro-democracy articles, showing that Yahoo ! helped Chinese police to identify ==========> 06-04-19-SJMerc-AppealsCourtToWeighBloggersRights.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/14376226.htm Posted on Wed, Apr. 19, 2006 Court to weigh bloggers' rights By HOWARD MINTZ San Jose Mercury News SAN JOSE - At PowerPage.org, a Pennsylvania blogger offers up a daily menu of passionate online dish about all things Apple Computer. It looks like just another run-of-the-mill site in the vast and exploding blogosphere -- ==========> 06-04-20-SJMerc-AppealsCourtTakesSwipesAtApplesArguments.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/14390324.htm Posted on Thu, Apr. 20, 2006 Appeals panel grills Apple in leak and rumor case SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - A case that could jeopardize the right of journalists to protect the confidentiality of sources and give companies more legal leeway to track down supposed leaks of trade secrets is now in the hands of a state appeals court. ==========> 06-04-20-SJMerc-USAGGetsGraphicInOnlineChildPornWarning.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/14389740.htm Posted on Thu, Apr. 20, 2006 Attorney general gets graphic in warning about online child porn WASHINGTON (AP) - Attorney General Alberto Gonzales used strikingly graphic language Thursday to focus attention on online child pornography and said Internet services companies are not doing enough to combat the problem. ``It is graphic, but if we do not talk candidly, then it is easy for people to ==========> 06-04-21-CNETNews-USAttyGenCallsForMandatoryWebsiteLabeling.txt========== http://news.com.com/Gonzales+calls+for+mandatory+Web+labeling+law/2100-1028_3-60 63554.html Gonzales calls for mandatory Web labeling law By Declan McCullagh CNET Networks Story last modified Fri Apr 21 12:04:38 PDT 2006 Web site operators posting sexually explicit information must place official government warning labels on their pages or risk being imprisoned for up to ==========> 06-04-21-CNN-USAttyGenWarnsOfChildPornEpidemic.txt========== http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/04/20/gonzales.porn/index.html?isp Gonzales gives child porn 'wake-up call' Attorney general issues graphic warning of online 'epidemic' From Terry Frieden CNN [Accessed April 21, 2006] WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Attorney General Alberto Gonzales on Thursday issued what he termed a "wake-up call" to the growing problems of pedophiles prowling the ==========> 06-04-21-SJMerc-AppealsCourtTakesSwipesAtApplesArguments.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/14397022.htm Posted on Fri, Apr. 21, 2006 Judges take a few swipes at Apple's arguments APPEAL UP AGAINST FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS IN BID TO FIND WHO LEAKED CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION By Howard Mintz Mercury News A state appeals court in San Jose on Thursday appeared openly hostile to Apple ==========> 06-04-21-SJMerc-MiroFamilyAsksGoogleToTakeDownCurrentLogo.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/14397034.htm Posted on Fri, Apr. 21, 2006 Google asked to remove Miro logo By Elise Ackerman Mercury News How surreal was Google's home page logo Thursday? So much so that the company removed it midday -- at the request of Spanish ==========> 06-04-23-LWeinstein-USAGProposesMajorNewInternetControls.txt========== http://lists.elistx.com/archives/interesting-people/200604/msg00134.html DoJ to Propose Major New Internet Controls April 23, 2006 Lauren Weinstein In a speech a few days ago, Attorney General Gonzales announced DoJ plans to send Congress new legislation to control "pornography" and (apparently) ultimately to require activity log and other data retention by Internet Services (in follow-up interviews, Google and ==========> 06-04-28-AP-PoliticalOperativesUseWkipedia.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/14454525.htm Posted on Fri, Apr. 28, 2006 Political dirty-tricksters are using Wikipedia ATLANTA (AP) - Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia that can be altered by anyone with a computer, has proved remarkably useful for pulling political dirty tricks. Political operatives are covertly rewriting -- or defacing -- candidates' ==========> 06-04-28-AP-UndercoverCiviliansLurePotentialChildPredators.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/14454513.htm Posted on Fri, Apr. 28, 2006 Undercover civilians luring potential child predators online BOSTON (AP) - This was Stacey DeLuca's plan: Chat online with child predators while pretending to be a young girl. Just a few hours. ``I'd rather have them talk to me than a real 13-year-old,'' the 21-year-old said. ==========> 06-04-28-AP-YahooAccusedOfProvidingEvidenceAgainstChineseDissident.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/14452186.htm Posted on Fri, Apr. 28, 2006 Yahoo accused of providing evidence against fourth Chinese dissident SHANGHAI, China (AP) - Evidence provided by Yahoo Inc. was entered in a court case against an online writer sentenced to 10 years in prison over pro-democracy essays posted online, a human rights group said Friday. Human Rights in China said Wang Xiaoning was sentenced in September 2003 on the ==========> 06-05-04-AP-NYLawmakerClaimsGoogleProfitsFromChildPorn.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/14505114.htm Posted on Thu, May. 04, 2006 N.Y. lawmaker claims Google profits from child porn NEW YORK (AP) - A Long Island politician sued Google Inc. on Thursday claiming the search engine leader is profiting from illegal child pornography. Jeffrey Toback, a member of the Nassau County Legislature, said Google has paid links to Web sites containing pornography involving minors. ==========> 06-05-04-AP-WorldwideHateGroupsFavorUSBasedServers.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/14505133.htm Posted on Thu, May. 04, 2006 Report: Hate groups favor U.S. Internet servers NEW YORK (AP) - Hate groups around the world, including Islamic militants, often use Internet servers based in the United States to send propaganda and instructions to followers, according to a report released Thursday by the Simon Wiesenthal Center. ==========> 06-05-04-NYCountySuesGoogleOverChildPorn.txt========== http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/conws/3840910.html May 4, 2006, 1:30PM (PZ) Nassau County Legislator Sues Google for Promoting and Profiting from Child Pornography Suit Charges Google as World's Largest Facilitator and Distributor of Child Pornography Houston Chronicle © 2006 PRIMEZONE ==========> 06-05-06-TidBITS-ReviewOfCFP2006.txt========== http://db.tidbits.com/getbits.acgi?tbart=08519 Originally published in TidBITS#828/08-May-06; see for more information. CFP 2006: Life, Liberty and Digital Rights by Jeff Porten Does it bother you that someone at the National Security Agency might be listening in on your phone call to your great aunt in Manchester? Does it matter if that's Manchester, New Hampshire as well as Manchester, England? Ever ==========> 06-05-17-AP-ColumbineVideoGameUpsetsParentsOfThoseKilled.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/14601535.htm Posted on Wed, May. 17, 2006 Columbine video game upsets relatives of those killed DENVER (AP) - An online game based on the Columbine High School massacre is drawing criticism from relatives of those who died in the 1999 attack, including a father who says it trivializes the actions of the two teen killers. The game, Super Columbine Massacre RPG, was posted on a Web site last year, but ==========> 06-05-18-SJMerc-ATTDealtSetbackInSnoopCase.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/14609974.htm Posted on Thu, May. 18, 2006 AT&T dealt a setback in snoop case By Pete Carey Mercury News A federal judge in San Francisco on Wednesday rejected AT&T's efforts to take back documents that allegedly reveal its participation in a massive federal phone snooping scheme -- allowing a high-profile lawsuit challenging the ==========> 06-05-24-AP-GoogleAgreesToBrazilGovtDemandToShutDownOrkut.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/14658299.htm Posted on Wed, May. 24, 2006 Google agrees to shut down Orkut communities at Brazil's request RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AP) - Google Inc. said Wednesday that it has agreed to shut down some communities on its popular Orkut social networking site because the Brazilian government says they advocate violence and human rights violations. ==========> 06-05-25-AP-GoogleToShutDownWebsitesAtRequestOfBrazilGovt.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/14663611.htm Posted on Thu, May. 25, 2006 Google to shut down Web sites at request of Brazil government By Michael Astor Associated Press RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil - Google said Wednesday that it has agreed to shut down some communities on its popular Orkut social networking site because the Brazilian government says they advocate violence and human rights violations. ==========> 06-05-26-SJMerc-CourtProtectsBloggersInAppleLeakCase.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/14677330.htm Posted on Fri, May. 26, 2006 Court protects bloggers, rebuffs Apple in leak case By Howard Mintz Mercury News Applying strong First Amendment protections to bloggers and Web site operators, a San Jose-based appeals court today rejected Apple Computer's bid for the identities of individuals who leaked confidential information on one of its new ==========> 06-05-30-AP-USSupremeCourtRefusesToRuleOnYahooForeignFreeSpeechIssue.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/14699653.htm Posted on Tue, May. 30, 2006 Supreme Court sidesteps international Yahoo case WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court passed up a chance Tuesday to consider whether Yahoo Inc. could use American courts to resolve an overseas dispute over the Internet company's display of Nazi memorabilia. A French judge had ordered the Sunnyvale, Calif.-based company to take Nazi ==========> 06-05-31-WSJ-YahooDefendsChinaCooperation.txt========== http://blogs.wsj.com/dnotebook/2006/05/31/yahoo-defends-china-cooperation/ May 31, 2006, 3:43 pm Yahoo Defends China Cooperation Wall Street Journal Yahoo’s Terry Semel faced tough questions from Walt Mossberg — and the audience — over the search company’s decision to comply with requests for user data from the Chinese government, which has used the information to pursue dissidents. ==========> 06-06-06-AP-BrinSaysGoogleCompromisedPrinciplesWithChinaCensorship.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/14755604.htm Posted on Tue, Jun. 06, 2006 Brin says Google compromised principles TED BRIDIS Associated Press WASHINGTON - Google Inc. co-founder Sergey Brin acknowledged Tuesday the dominant Internet company has compromised its principles by accommodating Chinese censorship demands. He said Google is wrestling to make the deal work ==========> 06-06-07-Reuters-ChinaNetUsersUpsetAtGoogleAccessIssues.txt========== http://today.reuters.com/stocks/QuoteCompanyNewsArticle.aspx?view=CN&storyID=200 6-06-07T085435Z_01_PEK199183_RTRIDST_0_CHINA-GOOGLE.XML&rpc=66 China net users miffed at Google access issues Wed Jun 7, 2006 4:55 AM ET BEIJING, June 7 (Reuters) - China's Web surfers have complained of problems opening Google Inc.'s main search engine Web site in the latest bout of Internet access problems afflicting foreign Internet sites. ==========> 06-06-08-AP-GrandThetftAutoGamePublishersSettleOverSexContent.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/14772941.htm Posted on Thu, Jun. 08, 2006 Maker of 'Grand Theft Auto' game settles with feds over sex content SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Take-Two Interactive Software Inc., publishers of the popular video game ``Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas,'' agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges for failing to disclose animated sex scenes were hidden on game discs. ==========> 06-06-08-FTC--GrandThetftAutoGamePublishersSettleOverSexContent.txt========== http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2006/06/grandtheftauto.htm For Release: June 8, 2006 Makers of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas Settle FTC Charges FTC Alleged Companies’ Game Content Claims Deceptive The companies behind the popular Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas video game have agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that they failed to disclose important information about the game’s content to consumers. According to the FTC, the companies, in advertising the Entertainment Software Rating Board ==========> 06-06-08-ITWorldCan-ActivistsDevelopCircumventionInternetCensorshipSoftware.txt========== http://www.itworldcanada.com/a/News/62db6fb4-29eb-4565-ab28-720096253e2e.html Hacktivists mount counter-offensive to Internet censorship By: Nestor E. Arellano ITWorld Canada (08 Jun 2006) The arms race over Internet censorship is escalating. A new weapon is being developed to help dissidents gain free access to the Web. A team of Toronto-based "hacktivists" – hackers with a commitment to social responsibility – is beta-testing software that can circumvent Internet ==========> 06-06-09-Reuters-GoogleSaysItWillStayInChina.txt========== http://news.com.com/Google+co-founder+says+company+staying+in+China/2100-1028_3- 6081929.html?tag=nefd.top Google co-founder says company staying in China By Reuters Story last modified Fri Jun 09 05:10:55 PDT 2006 CNET Networks Google is committed to doing business in China despite criticism the company has faced for abiding by Chinese government censorship restrictions, co-founder ==========> 06-06-23-AP-ItalianBloggerConvictionProtested.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/14888331.htm Posted on Fri, Jun. 23, 2006 Watchdog protests blogger conviction MARTA FALCONI, Associated Press ROME - A media watchdog group protested the conviction of an Italian blogger for defamation, warning Friday that such a verdict could lead to censorship of blogs in Italy. ==========> 06-06-23-AP-KentuckyBlocksStateWorkersAxxessToPoliticalBlog.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/14886321.htm Posted on Fri, Jun. 23, 2006 Ky. blocks state workers' access to blog JOE BIESK, Associated Press FRANKFORT, Ky. - Kentucky officials are blocking state employees' Internet access to a political blog that has been critical of Gov. Ernie Fletcher, who was indicted earlier this year in connection with a state hiring scandal. ==========> 06-06-26-AP-ISPsCreateDatabaseToCombatChildPorn.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/14910586.htm Posted on Mon, Jun. 26, 2006 Internet providers to create database to combat child porn NEW YORK (AP) - Five leading online service providers will jointly build a database of child-pornography images and develop other tools to help network operators and law enforcement better prevent distribution of the images. The companies pledged $1 million among them Tuesday to set up a technology ==========> 06-06-27-AP-TakeTwoReceivesSubpoenasOverGameContent.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/14910703.htm Posted on Tue, Jun. 27, 2006 Take-Two receives subpoenas over game content NEW YORK (AP) - Video game maker Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. said Monday it has received two subpoenas from the Manhattan District Attorney related to hidden scenes in the popular video game ``Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas.'' The documents subpoenaed date back to October 2001, and are connected to ==========> 06-06-29-AP-ChinaIncreasesControlsOnBlogsAndSerchEngines.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/14936243.htm Posted on Thu, Jun. 29, 2006 China increases controls on blogs, search engines BEIJING (AP) - China's Internet regulators are stepping up controls on blogs and search engines to block material it considers unlawful or immoral, the government said Friday. ``As more and more illegal and unhealthy information spreads through the blog ==========> 06-07-06-SJMerc-ChineseGraveFreeIdeasButLeadersCensorThem.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/14978624.htm Posted on Thu, Jul. 06, 2006 China craves free ideas; its leaders seek to censor them By Bill Xia, Mercury News My cyber war with the Chinese Communist censors began in 2002. We had another battle last month when Beijing launched a massive campaign aimed at blocking access to banned Internet Web sites, around the anniversary of the June 4, 1989, Tiananmen Square massacre. Users in China suddenly could no longer get ==========> 06-07-12-PCWOrld-CongressWantsToLegislateHowCompaniesWorkWithRestrictiveRegimes.txt========== http://www.pcworld.com/columnist/id,27/columnist.html?findid=46936 Tech.gov: Censorship, Human Rights, and Capitalism Congress wants to protect freedom of information on the Internet by legislating how companies work with restrictive regimes overseas. Anush Yegyazarian, PC World, July 12, 2006 12:00 AM PDT Tech companies from Silicon Valley to Singapore helped make the Internet happen. But the very technologies that facilitate and direct Net communications in the United States--routers, packet tracking technologies, filtering ==========> 06-07-13-SJMerc-AppleQuitsTryingToForceBloggerToRevealSources.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/15029206.htm Posted on Thu, Jul. 13, 2006 Apple gives up blogger fight LEGAL BATTLE TO REVEAL SOURCES ENDS FOR SILICON VALLEY GIANT By John Boudreau, Mercury News Apple Computer will not pursue its legal fight to force bloggers to divulge the names of those who leaked company documents about a yet-to-be-released digital music device. ==========> 06-07-20-AP-YahooMSGoogleAccusedOfViolatingHumanRightsInChina.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/15083226.htm Posted on Thu, Jul. 20, 2006 Amnesty: Yahoo, Microsoft, Google turn blind eye to Chinese oppression BEIJING (AP) - Amnesty International accused Yahoo, Microsoft and Google on Thursday of violating human rights principles by cooperating with China's efforts to censor the Web and called on them to lobby for the release of jailed cyber-dissidents. ==========> 06-07-23-AP-SocialWebsitesAgeVerificationIsImperfect.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/15104869.htm Posted on Sun, Jul. 23, 2006 Social sites' age verification imperfect MySpace and the like still seek effective safety tools that aren't too strict By Anick Jesdanun, ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK - At MySpace.com and many other popular online hangouts, a 30-something woman can celebrate her Sweet 16 over and over with just a click of the mouse. ==========> 06-07-24-SJMerc-WikipediaAlternative-InformationYouCanTrust.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/15111209.htm Posted on Mon, Jul. 24, 2006 Digital Universe's goal: 'Information you can trust' By John Boudreau, Mercury News It's Wiki-PBS. More than three years ago, Joe Firmage began work on Digital Universe, what could be called the anti-Wikipedia, the community-edited and controversial ==========> 06-07-24-SJMerc-WikiWebSitesAidCollaboration.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/15110403.htm Posted on Mon, Jul. 24, 2006 Under-the-radar wiki Web sites aid collaboration SITES IMPROVE EFFICIENCY AND CUT DOWN ON E-MAIL By Elise Ackerman, Mercury News Imagine if someone quietly came by and cleaned out your e-mail, making all the threads of mind-numbing corporate blather disappear before you even had to read them. ==========> 06-07-25-ALA-UrgeRepresentativesToOpposeDeletingOnLinePredatorsAct.txt========== ALAWON: American Library Association Washington Office Newsline Volume 15, Number 73, July 25, 2006 URGENT ACTION ALERT: Call Representatives TODAY and ask them to oppose DOPA The Washington Office has learned that the House may try to expedite passage of H.R. 5319, the Deleting Online Predators Act (DOPA), TOMORROW, July 26th.=20 PLEASE CALL YOUR REPRESENTATIVES TODAY and ask that they oppose HR ==========> 06-07-26-ALA-ALADisappointedInPassageOfDeletingOnlinePredatorsAct.txt========== http://www.ala.org/Template.cfm?Section=presscenter&template=/ContentManagement/ ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=133666 July 26, 2006 ALA disappointed by House passage of bill that will block key web applications (WASHINGTON) The following is a statement from ALA President Leslie Burger: “ALA is disappointed by the House’s passage (410-15) today of H.R. 5319, the ==========> 06-07-27-CNET-USHouseOKsBillToRestrciAccessToChatRoomsAndSocialNetworkingSites.txt========== http://news.com.com/Chat+rooms+could+face+expulsion/2100-1028_3-6099414.html?tag =nefd.top Chat rooms could face expulsion The House overwhelmingly OKs a bill that could shut MySpace, Amazon and other Web giants out of schools and libraries. By Declan McCullagh, Staff Writer, CNET News.com, Published: July 27, 2006, 3:27 PM PDT Web sites like Amazon.com and MySpace.com may soon be inaccessible for many ==========> 06-08-13-AP-IranClampsDownOnBloggers.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/15267735.htm Posted on Sun, Aug. 13, 2006 Iranian censors clamp down on bloggers BRIAN MURPHY, Associated Press TEHRAN, Iran - Sayeed Habibi considers himself a marked man. The reason: his Internet blog that challenges some of the policies of Iran's theocracy. He predicts that someday - perhaps soon - he'll be taken to prison and his site ==========> 06-08-21-AP-USAGAnnoucesAdCamaignOnInternetSafety.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/15326831.htm Posted on Mon, Aug. 21, 2006 U.S. attorney general announces ad campaign on Internet safety DALLAS (AP) - Attorney General Alberto Gonzales announced a new public service campaign Monday that will warn teenage girls against posting information on the Internet that could put them at risk of attack by child predators. ``Every day, these predators are looking for someone to hurt,'' Gonzales said ==========> 06-08-22-Joystiq-FlawedResearchAtHearingOnVideoGameViolence.txt========== http://www.joystiq.com/2006/08/22/beware-the-ultra-violent-pac-man/ Beware the ultra-violent Pac-Man [update 1] Posted Aug 22nd 2006 7:55PM by Ross Miller Filed under: Culture, Retro Aaron Stanton of About.com has written a horrid piece trying to defame a poor woman. In July 2006, Dr. Kimberly Thompson testified before the U.S. House of Representatives against the ESRB rating system. Dr. Thompson had conducted a study in 2001 where she found ample amounts of violence in games rated E for ==========> 06-08-25-AP-JudgeBlocksLouisianaLawBanningViolentVideoGameSalesToMinors.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/15361903.htm Posted on Fri, Aug. 25, 2006 Judge blocks Louisiana law banning sale of violent video games to minors BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) - A state law that would ban sales of violent video games to minors violates free speech rights and cannot be enforced, a judge ruled. U.S. District Judge James Brady said the state had no right to bar distribution of materials simply because they show violent behavior. ==========> 06-08-25-KidsRisk-GuideToMediaAndKids.txt========== http://www.kidsrisk.harvard.edu/ Check out the NEW KidsRisk Guide on Media and Kids [Accessed Aug. 25, 2006] Have you heard news about a new risk to children? Maybe a dangerous toy? Make sure that you appreciate The Power of Attention, stay attracted to the kids in your life, put the risks in perspective, and take action! Check out KidsRisk Project research making news and learn more about the ==========> 06-08-25-Nintendo-FlawedResearchAtHearingOnVideoGameViolence.txt========== http://nintendo.about.com/od/gamingpolitics/a/pacmanvszelda_2.htm Understanding the 62% Violent Pac-Man From Aaron Stanton [Accessed Aug. 25, 2006] How the Government is Hearing Flawed Research Editor's Note: This research was cited during a hearing in June of 2006. Originally, this article incorrectly stated that it was in July. 2nd Editor's Note: Dr. Thompson has respond to this article on Joystiq.com. To ==========> 06-08-29-AP-NYTBlocksAricleOnWebsiteToComplyWithUKLaw.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/15390924.htm Posted on Tue, Aug. 29, 2006 Citing U.K. laws, New York Times selectively blocks article online NEW YORK (AP) - The New York Times' Web site is blocking British readers from a news article detailing the investigation into the recent airline terror plot, turning its Internet ad-targeting technology into a means of complying with U.K. laws. ==========> 06-09-08-Waxy-SexBaitingSpoofOnCraigslistAffectsHundreds.txt========== http://www.waxy.org/archive/2006/09/08/sex_bait.shtml Sex Baiting Prank on Craigslist Affects Hundreds September 08, 2006 Recently, a blogger named Simon Owens ran a social experiment on Craigslist. He wandered into the "Casual Encounters" section of the personal ads where countless men and women were soliticing for no-strings-attached sex and wondered, Is it really that easy? As a test, he composed several ads with different permutations of assumed identity and sexual orientation: straight/bi ==========> 06-09-11-AP-SexBaitingSpoofOnCraigslistAffectsHundreds.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/business/technology/15495252.htm Posted on Mon, Sep. 11, 2006 Concerns raised over Web sex ad replies ANICK JESDANUN, Associated Press NEW YORK - At first glance, the posting looked like any number of Internet classified ads explicitly seeking sex. But instead of the 27-year-old woman with long brown hair advertised, a male, Seattle-area graphic designer collected the replies and posted them online - with photos, names and contact ==========> 06-10-11-SJMerc-WillGoogleRuinYouTube.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/15729649.htm Posted on Wed, Oct. 11, 2006 YouTube: Can Google run it without ruining it? COPYRIGHT, ADVERTISING ISSUES MAY CLASH WITH VIDEO SITE'S FREEWHEELING DNA By Ryan Blitstein and Elise Ackerman, Mercury News Just hours after they announced their 20-month-old company, YouTube, had been sold to Google for $1.65 billion, Chad Hurley and Steve Chen stood outside a San Bruno TGI Friday's and recorded a video to thank their users. ==========> 06-10-12-AP-FloridaJudgeToReviewUnreleasedBUllyVideoGame.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/15743130.htm Associated Press, Posted on Thu, Oct. 12, 2006 Florida judge to review age-appropriateness of upcoming 'Bully' video game A circuit court judge in Florida said he would review the unreleased video game ``Bully'' on Thursday to determine if it should be sold to consumers under age 18. The review was ordered after a complaint filed in the 11th Judicial Circuit ==========> 06-10-13-AP-ManyComplaintsAboutNewBullyVideogame.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/15753360.htm Posted on Fri, Oct. 13, 2006 'Grand Theft Auto' maker gets new heat for 'Bully' NEW YORK (AP) - The creators of the popular, but oft-criticized ``Grand Theft Auto'' games are set to release a new title in which players assume the role of a 15-year-old wannabe tough guy, a premise that drew outcry almost as soon as it was announced last year. ==========> 06-10-24-AP-OnlinePublishersAndAdvocatesArgueAgainstChildInternetAct.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/15836159.htm Posted on Tue, Oct. 24, 2006 Online publishers, advocates argue against child Internet act PLAINTIFFS SAY HOME FILTERS CAN BETTER PROTECT KIDS FROM PORN By Maryclaire Dale, Associated Press PHILADELPHIA - Eight years after Congress passed a law aimed at protecting children from online pornography, free-speech advocates and Web-site publishers argued in federal court Monday that the never-enforced measure is fatally ==========> 06-10-24-AP-VietnamCracksDownOnOffshorePoliticalActivists.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/15837095.htm Posted on Tue, Oct. 24, 2006 Vietnam tightens grip on Internet CAFES CLOSED FOR NOT REPORTING DISSENTERS By John Boudreau, Mercury News A climate of fear exists in Vietnam as the government clamps down on political activists -- many of them in the Bay Area -- who use the Internet to challenge the country's one-party system, according to a new report by Amnesty ==========> 06-10-30-MacLeans-InternetOffersPoorQualityContent.txt========== http://www.macleans.ca/topstories/life/article.jsp?content=20061030_135406_13540 6 October 30, 2006 Pornography, gambling, lies, theft and terrorism: The Internet sucks Where did we go wrong?, STEVE MAICH, MacLeans They're all still down there, out of sight and all but out of mind -- hundreds of millions of miles of hair-thin strands of glass, strung beneath the streets of every city, under farm fields, suburbs, deserts, and strewn across the ocean ==========> 06-10-31-CNET-ChineseOfficialClaimsInternetNotFiltered.txt========== http://news.com.com/2100-1028_3-6130970.html China: We don't censor the Internet. Really By Declan McCullagh CNET Networks, Tue Oct 31 06:12:36 PST 2006 ATHENS, Greece--While many countries block off some Web sites, China has long drawn heightened scrutiny because of the breadth and sophistication of its Internet censorship. ==========> 06-10-31-PRNews-DieboldWantsPreButtalAndDisclaimerForHBODocumentary.txt========== http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/10-31-200 6/0004463570&EDATE= HBO Documentary Riddled With Errors and Slipshod Reporting Diebold Election Systems Asks HBO for Pre-Buttal and Disclaimer ALLEN, Texas, Oct. 31 /PRNewswire/ -- In a letter to HBO chairman and CEO Chris Albrecht, Diebold Election System President David Byrd says that the documentary Hacking Democracy "contains significant factual errors and does not meet HBO standards for accuracy and fairness." ==========> 06-11-01-Bloomberg-DieboldDemandsHBOCancelEVotingMachineDocumentary.txt========== http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/290653_diebold01.html Wednesday, November 1, 2006 Diebold demands that HBO cancel documentary on voting machines Film saying they can be manipulated 'inaccurate' By MICHAEL JANOFSKY, BLOOMBERG NEWS Diebold Inc. insisted that cable network HBO cancel a documentary that questions the integrity of its voting machines, calling the program inaccurate and unfair. ==========> 06-11-01-HollywoodRep-HBORejectsDieboldRequestsOnEVotingDocumentary.txt========== http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3iu1kJn0r6mbsE3T+LOOIm OQ== The Hollywood Reporter HBO vetoes Diebold's docu request By Brooks Boliek, Nov 1, 2006 WASHINGTON -- HBO rejected a call by Diebold Election Systems to pull the documentary "Hacking Democracy" from its schedule or air company disclaimers questioning the accuracy of film. ==========> 06-11-02-SJMerc-HBORejectsDieboldRequestsOnEVotingDocumentary.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/15904527.htm Posted on Thu, Nov. 02, 2006 HBO docu irks voting company, San Jose Mercury News HBO rejected a call by Diebold Election Systems to pull the documentary "Hacking Democracy" from its schedule or air company disclaimers questioning the accuracy of the film. In a letter to HBO chairman and CEO Chris Albrecht, Diebold seeks to have ==========> 06-11-03-AP-MySpaceInvestorSuesCompanyForBlockingLinksToHisNewVenture.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/15918706.htm Posted on Fri, Nov. 03, 2006 MySpace investor sues, claims site unfairly blocked links SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - An early investor in MySpace sued the popular social networking Web site on Thursday, claiming the company violated antitrust laws by blocking links to his new online video-sharing venture. Brad Greenspan, chief executive of Los Angeles-based LiveUniverse Inc., claims ==========> 06-11-08-AP-ChineseGovernmentSaysWebCensoringReportGroundless.txt========== http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/business/1700AP_China_Online_Protest.html Wednesday, November 8, 2006 · Last updated 7:43 a.m. PT China: Web censorship report groundless By GILLIAN WONG, ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER BEIJING -- The Chinese government said Wednesday accusations by a press freedom group it was one of the worst culprits of systematic online censorship were "groundless" and that its citizens could freely access the Internet. ==========> 06-11-08-AP-ReportersWithoutBordersDenounces13NationsForWebCensorship.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/15955567.htm Posted on Wed, Nov. 08, 2006 13 nations denounced for Web censorship VERENA DOBNIK, Associated Press NEW YORK - The Internet enemies list numbers 13: Belarus, China, Cuba, Egypt, Iran, Myanmar, North Korea, Saudi Arabia, Syria, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan and Vietnam. ==========> 06-11-0-ReportersWithoutBorders-13NationsDenouncedForWebCensorship.txt========== http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=19603 List of the 13 Internet enemies in 2006 published Reporters Without Borders, 7 November 2006 The online demo is also accessible on a miror Web site, for those who cannot access www.rsf.org The list of 13 Internet enemies ==========> 06-11-13-USACM-OutlookFortechPolicyInTheNextCongress.txt========== http://www.acm.org/usacm/weblog/index.php?p=435 USACM, November 13, 2006 Meet the New Boss: Outlook for Technology Policy in the Next Congress The outcome of last week’s election is now clear with the Democrats taking over the legislative branch. The dust, however, is far from settled. Democrats have the opportunity to make a profound and lasting impact on technology policy. What shape this will take is unclear, because much of it will be dictated by the new House and Senate Chairpersons who have not organized or set any agendas ==========> 06-11-13-Wired-StudyLooksAWebsiteBlockingInEachNation.txt========== http://www.wired.com/news/technology/1,72104-0.html A Sneak Peek at a Fractured Web By Mark Anderson, Wired 02:00 AM Nov, 13, 2006 CAMBRIDGE, Massachusetts -- Internet censorship is spreading and becoming more sophisticated across the planet, even as users develop savvier ways around it, according to early results in the first-ever comprehensive global survey of internet censorship. ==========> 06-11-14-SJMerc-StudyShows1PercentOfWebPagesHaveAdultMaterial.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/16009270.htm Posted on Tue, Nov. 14, 2006 Study finds Web isn't teeming with sex ANALYSIS SHOWS ABOUT 1 PERCENT OF ALL PAGES HAVE ADULT CONTENT By Elise Ackerman, Mercury News A confidential analysis of Internet search queries and a random sample of Web pages taken from Google and Micrsoft's giant Internet indexes showed that only about 1 percent of all Web pages contain sexually explicit material. ==========> 06-11-17-AP-ChinaNetUsersSaysWikipediaMayBeBlockedAgain.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/16038770.htm Posted on Fri, Nov. 17, 2006 China Net users say Wikipedia may be blocked again BEIJING (AP) - China's easing of a ban on the popular online encyclopedia Wikipedia appears to have been short-lived. Users reported Friday that the site was unavailable in several parts of China, barely a week after it suddenly became accessible. ==========> 06-11-20-AP-ACLUAndUSDOJArgue1998ChildOnlineProtectionActInDistrictCourt.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/16061406.htm Posted on Mon, Nov. 20, 2006 Justice, ACLU argue 1998 online porn law before U.S. judge PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Justice Department attorneys, defending a law aimed at keeping online pornography from minors, argued that software filters often block valid sites -- on gay rights or sexual health, for example -- that teens might seek out. ==========> 06-11-20-AP-WebrootIncBringsBackChildSafeInternetFilteringProgram.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/16057602.htm Posted on Mon, Nov. 20, 2006 Webroot tries again with parental-control software BOULDER, Colo. (AP) - Webroot Software Inc., known for its anti-spyware program Spy Sweeper, is bringing back a product to help parents limit where and how long their children go online. Child Safe joins Web filtering programs like Net Nanny, CYBERsitter and ==========> 06-11-20-SJMerc-CalifJudgeRulesWebsitesCantBeSuedForLibelousPostsByOthers.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/16061022.htm Posted on Mon, Nov. 20, 2006 Court: Web sites not liable for libel in third-party postings SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - Web sites that publish inflammatory information written by other parties cannot be sued for libel, the California Supreme Court ruled Monday. The ruling in favor of free online expression was a victory for a San Diego ==========> 06-11-21-SJMerc-CalifJudgeRulesWebsitesCantBeSuedForLibelousPostsByOthers.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/16066608.htm Posted on Tue, Nov. 21, 2006 Justices hand victory to free speech online WEB SITE CAN'T BE SUED FOR POSTINGS BY OTHERS By Howard Mintz, Mercury News Legions of Web users and Google, Yahoo, Microsoft and other major Internet providers dodged a legal morass Monday when the California Supreme Court ruled they cannot be sued for posting or distributing libelous material written by ==========> 06-11-28-AP-ItalianAuthoritiesInvestingatingVideosOnGoogleShowingAbuse.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/16116297.htm Posted on Tue, Nov. 28, 2006 Prosecutors investigate 2 Google execs over videos showing abuse COLLEEN BARRY, Associated Press MILAN, Italy - Italian authorities are targeting two Google executives over videos the site displayed showing a disabled youth being abused. Although users post items on Google Inc.'s video service without the company's ==========> 06-11-28-Reuters-CanadianResearchersFindPathAroundGovernmentFirewalls.txt========== http://today.reuters.com/news/articlenews.aspx?type=internetNews&storyID=2006-11 -28T211732Z_01_N28258808_RTRUKOC_0_US-INTERNET-CENSORSHIP.xml&WTmodLoc=InternetN ewsHome_C1_%5BFeed%5D-1 Canada experts find path round Internet firewalls Nov 28, 2006 4:17pm ET20, By Wojtek Dabrowski TORONTO (Reuters) - Canadian university researchers have developed software that will let users hop over governments' Internet firewalls, raising the prospect of unfettered Internet access in countries that have long tried to ==========> 06-11-29-AP-MediaAndFamilyGroupCites10VideoGamesForViolence.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/16125851.htm Posted on Wed, Nov. 29, 2006 Group cites video games for violence, ANDREW MIGA, Associated Press WASHINGTON - A chainsaw-wielding killer and blood-splattered shooting rampages are featured in some of the 10 video games that a media watchdog group says should be avoided by kids and teens. With the holiday shopping season under way, the National Institute on Media and ==========> 06-12-05-AP-IranBlocksAccessToYouTube.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/16170708.htm Posted on Tue, Dec. 05, 2006 Iran blocks access to YouTube TEHRAN, Iran (AP) - Iran has blocked access to the popular video-sharing Web site YouTube.com, and a media rights group warned Tuesday that Internet censorship in the Islamic state is on the rise. Internet users who tried to call up the YouTube site Tuesday were met with the ==========> 06-12-12-AP-ChinaOrdersDistributorsOfOnlineProductsToGetApprovalForProducts.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/16223497.htm Posted on Tue, Dec. 12, 2006 China tightens control over online music, JOE McDONALD, Associated Press BEIJING - China is tightening control over its online music and game industries, ordering distributors to submit all imported products for approval by official censors, the government said Tuesday. The moves come amid official efforts to step up control over the Internet and ==========> 06-12-12-AP-ChinaTightensControlOnlineGames.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/16220980.htm Posted on Tue, Dec. 12, 2006 China tightening control of online games, Associated Press BEIJING - China is tightening controls on its booming online game industry, requiring distributors to closely monitor game contents after some were found that included forbidden religious or political material, a state news agency said Tuesday. ==========> 06-12-28-SJMerc-NewstrustAndDiggTakeDifferentApproachesToReviewingNews.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/16336593.htm Posted on Thu, Dec. 28, 2006 Web news opposites NEWSTRUST AND DIGG: TWO VISIONS OF WHAT ONLINE READERS WANT By Elise Ackerman, Mercury News Two years ago, the inspiration for creating a Web site for news junkies hit two men with vastly different ambitions. One hoped to make boat-loads of money. The other dreamed of enriching American democracy by identifying trusted news ==========> 07-01-04-AP-BrazillianJudgeOrdersYouTubeToBlockSteamyVideo.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/16384389.htm Posted on Thu, Jan. 04, 2007 YouTube ordered to block steamy video in Brazil SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) - A Brazilian judge has ordered YouTube to find a way to stop Brazilians from viewing steamy footage of supermodel Daniela Cicarelli and her boyfriend on the highly trafficked video-sharing site, court officials said Thursday. ==========> 07-01-04-Reuters-BrazillianJudgeOrdersYouTubeToBlockSteamyVideo.txt========== http://today.reuters.com/news/articleinvesting.aspx?view=CN&storyID=2007-01-04T1 33143Z_01_N04473895_RTRIDST_0_GOOGLE-BRAZIL.XML&rpc=66&type=qcna Brazil court orders YouTube shut on celeb sex video Thu Jan 4, 2007 8:31am ET25 SAO PAULO, Brazil, Jan 4 (Reuters) - A Brazilian court ordered the popular video sharing service YouTube, a unit of Internet search provider Google Inc. (GOOG.O: Quote, Profile , Research), to be shut down until it removes a celebrity sex video from its site, a judicial clerk said on Thursday. ==========> 07-01-08-AP-YouTubeBlockedInBrazilByTelecomCompanyInResponseToJudicialOrder.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/16412145.htm Posted on Mon, Jan. 08, 2007 YouTube blocked in much of Brazil by telecom company SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) - YouTube is being blocked by Brazil's second-largest fixed-line telephone operator in response to a judicial order banning a steamy video of supermodel Daniela Cicarelli, the telephone company said Monday. Brasil Telecom SA said it prohibited access to YouTube across a wide swath of ==========> 07-01-09-AP-JudgeLiftsOrderThatLedToYouTubeBanInBrazil.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/16419211.htm Posted on Tue, Jan. 09, 2007 Judge lifts order that led to YouTube ban in Brazil SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) - A Brazilian judge reversed course Tuesday and lifted an order that led to a ban of YouTube across much of the country because a sexy video of supermodel Daniela Cicarelli and her boyfriend kept circulating against the boyfriend's wishes. ==========> 07-01-10-AP-BrazilianSupermodelSaysSheDidNotWantYouTubeBlocked-FriendFiledLegalCase.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/16427974.htm Posted on Wed, Jan. 10, 2007 Brazilian supermodel says she didn't want YouTube blocked, just video SAO PAULO, Brazil (AP) - Brazilian supermodel Daniela Cicarelli said she disagreed with a judge's now-reversed order to ban YouTube in an attempt to stop steamy footage of her from being viewed. But she stopped short of offering an apology. ==========> 07-01-16-AP-EUToStudyWaysToKeepViolentVideoGamesFromKids.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/16473029.htm Posted on Tue, Jan. 16, 2007 EU to study ways to keep violent video games from kids DRESDEN, Germany (AP) - European justice and interior ministers agreed Tuesday to look at ways to prevent the sale of violent video games to children across Europe amid worries that national controls are too lax. EU Justice and Home Affairs Commissioner Franco Frattini told reporters at the ==========> 07-01-18-AP-EgyptianBloggerOnTrialForInsultingIslam.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/16491266.htm Posted on Thu, Jan. 18, 2007 Egyptian blogger stands trial, accused of insulting Islam, inciting strife CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - An Egyptian blogger went on trial Thursday on charges of insulting Islam and causing sectarian strife with his Internet writings. Egypt's first prosecution of a blogger came as Washington has backed away from pressuring its Mideast ally to improve its human rights record and bring democratic reform. ==========> 07-01-24-AP-BloggerRevealsMSWantedToPayHimForCorrectingWikipediaArticles.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/16536170.htm Posted on Wed, Jan. 24, 2007 Microsoft flap raises question: What's wrong with paying for Wikipedia content? By Brian Bergstein, AP Technology Writer BOSTON (AP) - When a blogger revealed this week that Microsoft Corp. wanted to pay him to fix purported inaccuracies in technical articles on Wikipedia, the software company endured online slams and a rebuke from the Web encyclopedia's founder for behaving unethically. ==========> 07-01-30-AP-TechFirmsUrgeUSGovtToConfrontChinaOnInternetCensorship.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/16582624.htm Posted on Tue, Jan. 30, 2007 Tech firms urge Washington to confront China on Net censorship WASHINGTON (AP) - American technology giants urged the U.S. government Tuesday to do more to confront China and other countries about Internet censorship. Microsoft Corp., Yahoo Inc. and Google Inc. also defended themselves against accusations that they have helped governments such as China's crush dissent in ==========> 07-02-06-AP-GoogleCEODiscussesChildSafetyPrivacyAndNetNeutralityWithLawmakers.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/16637184.htm Posted on Tue, Feb. 06, 2007 Google CEO meets with lawmakers about online child safety WASHINGTON (AP) - Google Chief Executive Eric Schmidt met with lawmakers on Capitol Hill Tuesday afternoon to discuss online child safety, consumer privacy online, so-called ``net neutrality'' and innovation, a company spokesman said. The spokesman, Adam Kovacevich, declined to specify who he met with, saying the ==========> 07-02-07-AP-AmazonKeepsCockfightingMagsDespiteLawsuitThreats.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/16648822.htm Posted on Wed, Feb. 07, 2007 Amazon keeping cockfight magazines despite lawsuit threat SEATTLE (AP) - Amazon.com says it will keep selling two magazines about cockfighting, despite plans by the Humane Society of the United States to file a lawsuit Thursday accusing the company of operating an illegal ``animal-fighting paraphernalia sale and distribution scheme.'' ==========> 07-02-07-AP-BigOnlineChildPornRingBustedButOthersDifficultToTrack.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/16645308.htm Posted on Wed, Feb. 07, 2007 Despite bust, experts say online child porn rings remain difficult to track By Brian Bergstein, AP Technology Writer The numbers behind an international child pornography bust Wednesday were themselves disturbing: Nearly 2,400 suspects from 77 countries allegedly paid to view videos depicting sexual abuse online. But the nature of Internet traffic makes it sadly unsurprising that people would figure they could hide so ==========> 07-02-09-AP-MideasternBloggersTransformingPoliticalDialogButFearAuthorities.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/16664860.htm Posted on Fri, Feb. 09, 2007 Bloggers in Mideast transforming political, social dialogue but fear authorities CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - Wael Abbas hasn't been arrested by Egyptian police, but the blogger fears it could happen any day. A democracy activist who never leaves home without a camera, he has drawn the attention of state security by posting videos that show what many Egyptians ==========> 07-02-22-AP-EgyptianCourtSentencesBloggerToFourYearsInPrison.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/16760332.htm Posted on Thu, Feb. 22, 2007 Egyptian court sentences blogger to 4 years in prison ALEXANDRIA, Egypt (AP) - An Egyptian blogger was convicted Thursday and sentenced to four years in prison for insulting Islam and Egypt's president, sending a chill through fellow Internet writers who fear a government crackdown. Abdel Kareem Nabil, a 22-year-old former student at Egypt's Al-Azhar ==========> 07-03-07-AP-FranceMakesItACrimeForNonJournalistsToDistributeVideosOfViolenceOnInternet.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/16853953.htm Associated Press, Posted on Wed, Mar. 07, 2007 France bars non-journalists from recording videos of violence PARIS - A new law in France makes it a crime for anyone who is not a professional journalist to film real-world violence and distribute the images on the Internet. Critics call it a clumsy effort by authorities to battle ``happy slapping,'' ==========> 07-03-07-AP-TurkeyBansYouTubeCitingInsultToAtaturk.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/16852296.htm Posted on Wed, Mar. 07, 2007 Turkey bans YouTube, citing insult to Ataturk ISTANBUL, Turkey (AP) - A court ordered access to YouTube's Web site blocked Wednesday after a prosecutor recommended the ban because of videos allegedly insulting the founder of modern Turkey, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk. Paul Doany, head of Turk Telekom, Turkey's largest telecommunications provider, ==========> 07-03-07-AP-WikipediaPlansToAskContributorsForIdentification.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/16854013.htm Associated Press, Posted on Wed, Mar. 07, 2007 After flap, Wikipedia wants ID from self-proclaimed experts Following revelations that a high-ranking member of Wikipedia's bureaucracy used his cloak of anonymity to lie about being a professor of religion, the free Internet encyclopedia plans to ask contributors who claim such credentials to identify themselves. ==========> 07-03-07-OuterCourtBlog-TurkeyBansYouTubeCitingInsultToAtaturk.txt========== http://blog.outer-court.com/archive/2007-03-07-n60.html Wednesday, March 7, 2007 YouTube Reportedly Blocked in Turkey Reader Mert Mavis sends in the following alert (HTML’ified): I wanted to inform you about the bad news from Turkey. YouTube will be censored in Turkey (...) as a result of the disagreeable videos about Atatürk (the founder of Turkey). ==========> 07-03-09-AP-TurkishBanOnYouTubeLifted.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/16869709.htm Associated Press, Posted on Fri, Mar. 09, 2007 Turkish ban on YouTube lifted ISTANBUL, Turkey - Turkey lifted its ban on YouTube Friday, an official for the country's largest telecommunications firm said, two days after a court ordered the Web site blocked because of videos that allegedly insulted the founder of modern Turkey. ==========> 07-03-14-AP-HongKongPrivacyLawsNotViolatedByYahooInJailedChineseJournalistCase.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/16901967.htm Associated Press, Posted on Wed, Mar. 14, 2007 Official: Yahoo didn't violate Hong Kong privacy laws in case of jailed Chinese journalist HONG KONG - Investigators said Wednesday there was not enough evidence to show that Yahoo Inc.'s Hong Kong branch provided private information that helped convict a Chinese reporter accused of leaking state secrets. ==========> 07-03-16-MediaNews-WhatShouldSearchEnginesDoAboutInformationAuthenticity.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/16915608.htm Posted on Fri, Mar. 16, 2007 Authenticity issues cloud prospects for online politics By Frank Davies, MediaNews Washington Bureau WASHINGTON - The explosion of Internet use coupled with new online tools has been a boon to politics, but for Google, it has created a paradox: As a global platform for free expression, how do you handle a flood of vicious and false content? ==========> 07-03-22-AP-USJudgeStrikesDown1998ChildOnlineProtectionAct-COPA.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/16953243.htm Associated Press, Posted on Thu, Mar. 22, 2007 Judge strikes down '98 law aimed at online porn PHILADELPHIA - A 1998 law designed to keep pornography away from children on the Internet infringes on free-speech rights and is easily sidestepped, a federal judge ruled Thursday. The judge blocked enforcement of the Child Online Protection Act, Congress' ==========> 07-03-22-EFF-BackgroundOn1998ChildOnlineProtectionAct-COPA.txt========== http://www.eff.org/legal/cases/ACLU_v_Reno_II/ COPA ("CDA II") Legal Challenge Page Ashcroft v. ACLU (formerly Reno v. ACLU II, ACLU v. Reno II) Background [Accessed March 22, 2007] In Oct., 1998, Congress passed and President Clinton signed into law a new "sequel" to the unconstitutional Communications Decency Act. This new Internet censorship bill, the Child Online Protect Act (COPA, a.k.a. "CDA II") would establish criminal penalties for any "commercial" distribution of material ==========> 07-03-22-NewsFactor-USJudgeStrikesDown1998ChildOnlineProtectionAct-COPA.txt========== http://www.newsfactor.com/news/Judge-Blocks-Child-Online-Protection-Act/story.xh tml?story_id=11200AAJS0KW Judge Strikes Down Child Online Protection Act By Frederick Lane, NewsFactor, March 22, 2007 11:08AM In his ruling on the Child Online Protection Act, or COPA, Judge Reed acknowledged that Congress has a compelling interest in protecting children from sexually explicit material on the Web, but concluded that COPA is overly broad. "Due to the broad definitions and provisions of COPA," Judge Reed wrote, ==========> 07-03-23-AP-JudgeDismissesSuitAttackingGoogleSearchRankingsPolicies.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/16962389.htm Associated Press, Posted on Fri, Mar. 23, 2007 Federal judge dismisses suit attacking Google's search rankings SAN JOSE - A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit alleging that Google Inc. abused its position as the Internet's leading search engine by wrongfully banishing dozens of Web sites from its index. In a March 16 ruling, U.S. District Judge Jeremy Fogel concluded there were ==========> 07-03-26-CitizendiumToOfferwkipediaLikeFunctionalityWithoutVandalismAndInconsistency.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/mld/siliconvalley/news/editorial/16974403.htm Associated Press, Posted on Mon, Mar. 26, 2007 Wikipedia co-founder seeks to start fresh -- with accountability In just six years, Wikipedia has mushroomed into one of the Web's most astonishing successes, with 1.7 million articles in English alone. The downside is that the free encyclopedia has its share of errors and juvenile vandalism, and sometimes the writing is incomprehensibly arcane. ==========> 07-04-05-AP-ThailandContinuesToBlockYouTubeForMaterialCriticalOfRoyalFamily.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/latestheadlines/ci_5600782 Thai government keeps YouTube ban despite removal of controversial clip Associated Press, San Jose Mercury News, 04/05/2007 09:03:33 AM PDT BANGKOK, Thailand - The Thai government retained a ban on YouTube on Thursday despite the removal from the video-sharing site of a short clip deemed insulting to the country's beloved monarch. The site still featured at least one still frame from the contentious 44-second ==========> 07-04-05-NYT-ThailandBlocksYouTubeForMaterialCriticalOfRoyalFamily.txt========== http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/05/business/worldbusiness/05tube.html?ei=5088&en= d4c3824714b7b322&ex=1333425600&adxnnl=1&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss&adxnnlx=117579098 3-O/SQYQdrB3p8w51HaF4c/A The New York Times, April 5, 2007 Thailand Bans YouTube, By THOMAS FULLER BANGKOK, April 4 — Thailand’s military-appointed government blocked access to YouTube and several other Internet sites on Wednesday in a crackdown on material that denigrates the country’s monarch. ==========> 07-04-06-Reuters-YouTubeToHelpThailandBlockOffendingPages.txt========== http://in.today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=technologyNews&storyID=20 07-04-06T161548Z_01_NOOTR_RTRJONC_0_India-293347-2.xml YouTube offers to help Thais block offending pages Reuters, Fri Apr 6, 2007 4:22 PM IST, Nopporn Wong-Anan BANGKOK (Reuters) - Video-sharing Web site YouTube will help Thailand block access to pages that contain clips offensive to its revered monarch instead of blacking out the whole site, a cabinet minister said on Friday. ==========> 07-04-06-SJMerc-SantaCruzPornBustShowsImpactOfElectronicStorage.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/news/ci_5607062 Santa Cruz porn bust forecasts impact of tech ELECTRONIC STORAGE ENABLES COLLECTORS By Leslie Griffy, San Jose Mercury News, 04/06/2007 01:34:49 AM PDT As electronic storage becomes cheaper and more powerful, law enforcement officials expect to seize more large stashes of child pornography - like the 750,000 illicit photos discovered in the Santa Cruz Mountains. ==========> 07-04-06-WebProNews-GoogleFacesShareholderPressureOverCensorship.txt========== http://www.webpronews.com/insiderreports/2007/04/06/google-faces-pressure-over-c ensorship Google Faces Pressure Over Censorship WebProNews, Submitted by David A. Utter on Fri, 04/06/2007 - 06:33. Shareholders will have the opportunity to vote on a proposal during the upcoming annual meeting that would call on Google to take a strong stance against censorship and abusive regimes. Who Can Compete with Google? ==========> 07-04-10-AP-IndianaCourtReversesCourtDecisionOnJuvenilesMYSpacePostings.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/news/ci_5633951 Indiana court reverses juvenile's penalty over MySpace postings Associated Press, 04/10/2007 08:19:24 AM PDT INDIANAPOLIS - A judge violated a juvenile's free-speech rights when he placed her on probation for posting an expletive-laden entry on MySpace criticizing a school principal, the Indiana Court of Appeals ruled. The three-judge panel on Monday ordered the Putnam Circuit Court to set aside ==========> 07-04-11-SJMerc-CourtRulesSameSexCoupleProfilePostingOKForTrial.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/news/ci_5639992 San Jose gay couple's adoption site suit OK'd for trial By Patrick May, Mercury News, 04/11/2007 01:44:08 AM PDT In a court ruling that could have major implications for how Internet business is conducted between states, a federal judge has ruled that a San Jose gay couple may go to trial against an Arizona adoption Web site that refused to let them post their profile in their search for a birth mother. ==========> 07-04-26-AP-NewspaperWebsitesStruggleWithOnlineRants.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/news/ci_5756134 Newspaper sites struggle with Web's rowdy conversation Associated Press, 04/26/2007 08:08:47 AM PDT NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Faced with declining circulation, many U.S. newspapers are trying to engage readers by allowing them to respond to news stories online. But the anonymity of the Internet lets readers post obscenities and racist hate speech that would never be allowed in the printed paper. ==========> 07-05-01-CFP2007-ComputersFreedomAndPrivacyConference.txt========== http://www.cfp2007.org/live/index.html The Computers, Freedom & Privacy Conference has been a leading venue for public debate on the future of computing, privacy and freedom in the online world for the past 16 years. Join us for our 17th year with key representatives from government, business, education, and non-profits; including the legal, law enforcement, security, media, consumer, and hacker communities. We will gather together to discuss policy trends, security issues and to help map the future of society and new technologies. ==========> 07-05-01-Digg-DiggToFightCensorshipOnHD-DVDCopyProtectionStories.txt========== http://blog.digg.com/?p=74 Digg This: 09-f9-11-02-9d-74-e3-5b-d8-41-56-c5-63-56-88-c0 by Kevin Rose at 9pm, May 1st, 2007 in Digg Website Today was an insane day. And as the founder of Digg, I just wanted to post my thoughts… In building and shaping the site I’ve always tried to stay as hands on as possible. We’ve always given site moderation (digging/burying) power to the ==========> 07-05-01-Digg-IPLawRequiresDiggToStopHD-DVDCopyProtectionStory.txt========== http://blog.digg.com/?p=73 What’s Happening with HD-DVD Stories? by Jay Adelson at 1pm, May 1st, 2007 in Digg Website Hey all, I just wanted to explain what some of you have been noticing around some stories that have been submitted to Digg on the HD DVD encryption key being cracked. ==========> 07-05-01-Mashable-FundsSolicitedForDiggFightOnHD-DVDCopyProtectionStoires.txt========== http://mashable.com/2007/05/01/digg-lawsuit/ Fundraising for the Digg Lawsuit Mashable, May 1, 2007 — by Pete Cashmore Kevin Rose just posted on the Digg blog to say that they can no longer stem the tide - the community just can’t survive if all the members are at odds with the site’s staff: But now, after seeing hundreds of stories and reading thousands of comments, ==========> 07-05-02-Bloomberg-NYCComptrollerSaysGoogleAndYahooShouldDoMoreToProtectPrivacyRights.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/news/ci_5798720 Google, Yahoo urged to boost rights policies in restrictive nations By Jonathan Thaw, Bloomberg News, 05/02/2007 01:37:45 AM PDT Google and Yahoo should adopt policies to protect privacy and human rights in countries with authoritarian governments, New York City's comptroller said. William C. Thompson plans to urge the Internet companies to adopt such rules at their annual meetings over the next two months, according to a statement ==========> 07-05-02-StartupSupreme-DiggCensorsHD-DVDCopyProtectionKeyStory.txt========== http://startupmeme.com/2007/05/02/anatomy-of-the-digg-crisis/ Anatomy of the Digg Crisis 2 May, 2007 - (08:43), Startup Meme It all started with a story titled Spread this number. Now 09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C0. It’s the HD-DVD processing key you can use to decrypt and play most HD-DVD movies in Linux. Movie studios are going ballistic over this leak, so Digg the story up and make it reach the ==========> 07-05-03-AP-ObamaTakesControlOfMySpacePageFromFormerSupporter.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/news/ci_5809496?nclick_check=1 Obama takes control of MySpace page from former supporter Associated Press, 05/03/2007 08:56:40 AM PDT WASHINGTON - Is MySpace always mine or can it belong to someone else? At the cost of losing 160,000 friends, Democrat Barack Obama's presidential campaign has taken over control of the MySpace page listed under his name on the popular social networking site. ==========> 07-05-07-SJMerc-HatefulDiscourseInBlogsScaresSomeUsersAway.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/ci_5836414 Flame on: Hateful discourse in blogs scare some users away IN THE ANYTHING-GOES CULTURE OF THE INTERNET, HATE-FILLED RETORTS SCARE SOME BLOGGERS AWAY By Mark Boslet, Mercury News, 05/07/2007 01:34:38 AM PDT When disagreements flare up, Nick Wilson isn't afraid to hurl insults at his fellow bloggers. ==========> 07-05-09-CNET-CountersuitsOverUriGellerYouTubeDMCATakedownAttempt.txt========== http://news.com.com/8301-10784_3-9717464-7.html CNET News, May 9, 2007 12:57 AM PDT, Posted by Declan McCullagh "Psychic" Uri Geller sued after trying to remove critical YouTube clip Update on 3:40pm PT Wednesday: It turns out that Geller has filed his own lawsuit. Here's our followup story. We've all heard about wacky attempts to misuse the Digital Millennium Copyright Act's "takedown" sections recently. There's been the Digg.com flap over a ==========> 07-05-11-AP-ThailandDropsGoogleLawsuitPlansOverOffensiveVideoClips.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/news/ci_5872086 Thailand drops plan to sue Google over video clips offensive to king Associated Press, 05/11/2007 06:52:36 AM PDT BANGKOK, Thailand - The Thai government abruptly scrapped plans to sue Google after the U.S. company agreed to remove from a Web site video clips deemed insulting to the country's revered king, an official said Friday. The government blocked access to YouTube - a popular video-sharing site owned ==========> 07-05-11-EFF-CountersuitsOverUriGellerYouTubeDMCATakedownAttempt.txt========== http://www.eff.org/legal/cases/sapient_v_geller/ Sapient v. Geller EFF [Accessed May, 11, 2007 EFF filed suit against Uri Geller -- the "paranormalist" famous for seemingly bending spoons with his mind -- on behalf of a YouTube critic who was silenced by Geller's baseless copyright claims. Legal Documents ==========> 07-05-18-BBC-GovernmentLedInternetCensorshipGrowingWorldwide.txt========== http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6665945.stm Global net censorship 'growing' BBC, Published: 2007/05/18 01:02:53 GMT The level of state-led censorship of the net is growing around the world, a study of so-called internet filtering by the Open Net Initiative suggests. The study of thousands of websites across 120 Internet Service Providers found 25 of 41 countries surveyed showed evidence of content filtering. ==========> 07-05-18-MediaNews-WorldwideInternetCensorshipGrowsMorePervasive.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/news/ci_5925661 Internet censorship growing globally REPORT IDENTIFIES COUNTRIES THAT FILTER WEB CONTENT By Frank Davies, MediaNews Washington Bureau, 05/18/2007 WASHINGTON - Internet censorship around the world is becoming more pervasive and sophisticated, with government-directed content filtering documented in at least 25 countries, according to a comprehensive report to be released today. ==========> 07-05-18-OpenNetInitiative-IndentifyingInternetCensorshipAndSurveillance.txt========== http://opennet.net/ OpenNet Initiative [Accessed May18, 2007] Internet censorship and surveillance are growing global phenomena. ONI’s mission is to identify and document Internet filtering and surveillance, and to promote and inform wider public dialogue about such practices. URL Search ==========> 07-05-23-AP-ProposedChineseRulesWouldContinueRequiredBlogRegistration.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/news/ci_5967177?nclick_check=1 Proposed Chinese Internet rules would continue blog registration requirement Associated Press, 05/23/2007 08:13:16 AM PDT BEIJING - New rules by a Chinese government-backed Internet group maintain strict controls over the country's bloggers, requiring them to register with their real names and identification cards. The guidelines from the Internet Society of China, a group made up of China's ==========> 07-05-29-AP-MoroccanRestrictionOnYouTubeAccessIndicatesMediaRestrictionsIncreased.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/news/ci_6013626 Moroccans cut off from YouTube fear erosion of media freedom Associated Press, 05/29/2007 02:06:20 PM PDT RABAT, Morocco - Internet users in Morocco unable to access the video-sharing Web site YouTube since last week expressed fears Tuesday that the government has stepped up its campaign to restrict independent media. Moroccan bloggers were surprised to discover they could no longer open YouTube ==========> 07-06-04-AP-ChinaBarsNewInternetCafes.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/news/ci_6057098 China bars new Internet cafes Associated Press, 06/04/2007 07:10:21 AM PDT BEIJING - China will license no new Internet cafes this year while regulators carry out an industry-wide inspection, the government says, amid official concern that online material is harming young people. Investigators will look into whether Internet cafes are improperly renting out ==========> 07-06-11-AP-YahooCondemnsChineseFreeSpeechLackButMustFollowLocalLaws.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/news/ci_6113550 Yahoo condemns lack of free speech in China, but says it must follow nation's law Associated Press, 06/11/2007 07:08:14 AM PDT HONG KONG - China should not punish people for expressing their political views on the Internet, Yahoo said Monday, a day after the mother of a Chinese reporter announced she was suing the U.S. company for helping officials imprison her son. ==========> 07-06-15-Weinstein-SearchEngineWebpageDisputeNotifications.txt========== http://lauren.vortex.com/archive/000253.html Lauren Weinstein's Blog, June 15, 2007 Search Engine Dispute Notifications: Request For Comments Greetings. I'd appreciate feedback from the Internet community regarding the following issue. Search engines have of course become the primary means by which vast numbers of people find all manner of information. For many firms, if you don't have a high ==========> 07-06-20-AP-BritishDistributorWithdrawsLawAndOrderVideoGameWithImageOfSlainToddler.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/news/ci_6186379 Distributor withdraws video game featuring picture of slain British toddler Associated Press, Article Launched: 06/20/2007 10:05:43 AM PDT LONDON - A video game based on the "Law and Order" TV series has been pulled off British shelves after the mother of a murdered toddler spotted an image of her son in the game, the British Broadcasting Corp. reported Wednesday. The picture featured in "Law and Order: Double or Nothing" was a still from ==========> 07-06-20-AP-IrelandJoinsBritainBanningManhunt2VideoGame.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/news/ci_6186390 Ireland joins Britain in banning violent 'Manhunt 2' game Associated Press, Article Launched: 06/20/2007 10:23:44 AM PDT DUBLIN, Ireland - Ireland imposed its first ban Wednesday on a video game, citing what it called "gross, unrelenting and gratuitous violence" in the latest offering from Rockstar Games. Irish film censor John Kelleher said "Manhunt 2," which has already been banned ==========> 07-06-21-AP-SwissTrialStartsForAccusedSupportersOfTerrorism.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/news/ci_6194904 Swiss trial opens for 2 accused of supporting terror on Internet Associated Press, Article Launched: 06/21/2007 08:07:54 AM PDT BELLINZONA, Switzerland - A North African man and his wife went on trial Wednesday on charges they ran Web sites that supported al-Qaida-linked groups with videos of people killed by terrorists and information on how to make bombs. Moez Garsallaoui, a Tunisian who is based in Switzerland, and Malika El Aroud, ==========> 07-06-22-AP-GoogleSeeksUSGovernmentSupportInFightingInternetCensorship.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/news/ci_6204278?nclick_check=1 Google seeks U.S. government support in fighting Internet censorship abroad Associated Press, Article Launched: 06/22/2007 11:27:09 AM PDT WASHINGTON - Once relatively indifferent to government affairs, Google Inc. is seeking help inside the Beltway to fight the rise of Web censorship worldwide. The online search giant is taking a novel approach to the problem by asking U.S. trade officials to treat Internet restrictions as international trade ==========> 07-07-06-AP-GoogleApologizesForBlogCriticizingMovieSicko.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/news/ci_6310943 Google apologizes for blog criticizing `Sicko' Associated Press, Article Launched: 07/06/2007 01:34:25 AM PDT Search engine Google apologized after an employee criticized Michael Moore's new documentary "Sicko" in a corporate blog. Google account planner Lauren Turner wrote on the company's health care advertising blog last week that Moore's expose` of the health care industry was ==========> 07-07-06-AP-SonyApologizesForGameFeaturingShootoutInManchesterCathredral.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/news/ci_6313148 Sony apologizes for game featuring shootout in Manchester Cathedral Associated Press, Article Launched: 07/06/2007 07:09:23 AM PDT LONDON - Sony issued a public apology Friday for a violent video game that features a bloody shootout inside an Anglican cathedral, but it did not address the Church of England's demands that the company withdraw the game. The church has demanded that Sony Corp. stop selling the game "Resistance: Fall ==========> 07-07-26-AllThingsDigital-USSenatorsArgueInternetThreatsBestSolvedWithFilteringSoftware.txt========== http://digitaldaily.allthingsd.com/20070726/no-internet-filter-left-behind/ AllThingsDigital: Digital Daily U.S. Senators Announce ‘No Internet Filter Left Behind’ Campaign Published on July 26, 2007, by John Paczkowski Is government ever a good substitute for parenting? If you’re at a loss for an answer to that question, consider some of the statements coming out of this week’s “Protecting Children on the Internet” hearing in Congress. In testimony given at the hearing, Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee ==========> 07-07-27-AP-ReportCriticizesInternetRestrictionsInSomeCountries.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/news/ci_6479491 Report criticizes Net restrictions in some nations Associated Press, Article Launched: 07/27/2007 08:31:26 AM PDT VIENNA, Austria - Kazakhstan and Georgia are among countries imposing excessive restrictions on how people use the Internet, a new report says, warning that regulations are having a chilling effect on freedom of expression. "Governing the Internet," issued Thursday by the 56-nation Organization for ==========> 07-08-00-CACM-ChinaEasingRestrictionsOnBloggers.txt========== Communications of the ACM Volume 50, Number 8 (2007), Pages 7-8 China Eases Up on Bloggers The Chinese government, having spent a year bent on finding ways to crack down on bloggers, is now letting go of the reins somewhat. It's a development, says the Wall Street Journal, illustrating the difficulty China faces as it tries to control the use of technology. Since last September, Beijing officials have been looking to enforce a real-name registration system that would require almost 20 million Chinese bloggers to register their real identities on the Web ==========> 07-08-03-AP-USCongressToInvestigateYahooRoleInChineseJournalistProsceution.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/news/ci_6537733 Congress to investigate Yahoo's role in Chinese rights case The Associated Press, Article Launched: 08/03/2007 02:58:45 PM PDT WASHINGTON (AP) - Congressional investigators plan to look into whether Yahoo officials misrepresented the Internet company's role in the arrest of a Chinese journalist sentenced to a decade in jail. House Foreign Affairs Chairman Tom Lantos ordered the investigation after a ==========> 07-08-07-CompWord-USAppealsCourtRulesVoteSwappingSitesHaveFirstAmmendmentProtection.txt========== http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleI d=9029421&intsrc=news_ts_head Vote-swapping over the Internet is legal, court finds California illegally threatened to prosecute owners of vote-swapping Web sites during the 2000 presidential election, Linda Rosencrance August 07, 2007 (Computerworld) -- A federal appeals court in California has ruled that vote-swapping Web sites are legal and are protected by the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. ==========> 07-08-07-MediaNews-FederalJudgeRulesCalifVideoGameRestrictionLawUnconstitional.txt========== http://www.siliconvalley.com/news/ci_6562044 California video game law blocked by judge STATE BAN ON SALES TO MINORS CALLED UNCONSTITUTIONAL By Edwin Garciaand Howard Mintz, MediaNews, 08/07/2007 01:31:49 AM PDT SACRAMENTO - A state law intended to bar California retailers from selling or renting violent video games to minors was declared unconstitutional Monday by a federal judge in San Jose who concluded that the legislation violates the First Amendment. ==========> 91-06-00-CACM-FirstAmmendmentRightsForInformationProviders.txt========== Legally speaking: First Amendment rights for information providers? Pamela Samuelson June 1991 Communications of the ACM, Volume 34 Issue 6 ABSTRACT Applying the First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution to computerized communication of information is raising many interesting questions. While the general principle of this amendment can be simply stated—it forbids the