- ES - Se multiplican las denuncias por webs de pornografía infantil en servidores españoles +/-
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(Delitosinformáticos) El número de webs con contenidos de pornografía infantil alojados en servidores españoles se ha multiplicado por siete en el presente año respecto a 2001, mientras que en el ámbito internacional se han duplicado, procedentes en su mayoría de servidores de Estados Unidos y Europa del Este, según datos facilitados por el presidente de la entidad de denuncia "Protégeles", Guillermo Cánovas, en base a las denuncias registradas por su línea abierta en Internet para avisar de estos delitos.
- IRE - Judge charged over child porn +/-
(UTV) An Irish circuit judge has been charged with possession of child pornography at a court in County Kerry.
- NZ - International efforts help combat child porn +/-
(NZCity) The New Zealand Internal Affairs Department is crediting its strong links with overseas enforcement agencies as a major reason behind its success in combating Internet child pornography. see also Penalties for child porn traders paltry - lawyer (Stuff). Censorship and the Internet. The Department of Internal Affairs' Inspectors have the role of investigating New Zealand Internet websites and newsgroups and enforcing censorship legislation. Combatting Internet Child Pornography: New Zealand's Successes (Department of Internal Affairs Press Release).
- UK - Child pornography - Britain's police overwhelmed +/-
(Economist) The hunt for consumers of child pornography following the FBI investigation of Candyman and a Texas-based subscription website called Landslide has overwhelmed Britain's police. More than a year ago, the Americans provided them with credit-card details of the 7,272 Britons who paid a monthly subscription to join Landslide, which provided an entry point to child porn websites all over the world. But though 1,300 search warrants have been issued and 1,200 arrests made, only a handful of cases have so far been brought. Police forces are reluctant to disclose how many they have charged: Thames Valley police say that doing so could jeopardise future inquiries. But the real reason why police are not giving out a number is the embarrassing likelihood that most of those on the list will be let off with a caution. UK - Operation Ore: Can the UK cope? (BBC). The UK's largest ever police hunt against internet paedophiles - Operation Ore - has resulted in about 1,300 arrests out of a list of 6,000 suspects, but could be putting a strain on the criminal justice system. see also Prison chief arrested in porn inquiry (BBC). A deputy prison governor has been arrested as part of an investigation into child pornography on the Internet. UK - Teacher resigns after child porn arrest (BBC). A teacher at an independent prep school in West Sussex has resigned after being arrested as part of an international crackdown on internet child porn.
- UK - Who star freed after porn arrest +/-
(CNN) Pete Townshend, the legendary guitarist of The Who, has been released from police custody after his arrest on suspicion of possessing indecent images of children. see also UK- Rock star Townshend 'wrong' over child porn (BBC) . Who star Pete Townshend has admitted he had paid to see a child porn website, but insisted he had done so for research and was emphatically not a paedophile. But the Internet Watch Foundation - whose aim is to eliminate child porn on the net - said Mr Townshend had been "incredibly foolhardy, naive and misguided" to enter such a website. "It is wrong-headed, misguided and illegal to look at, or download, or even to pay to download paedophiliac material and if you do so, you are likely to go to prison," said vice chairman Mark Stephens. see also Who star in child porn riddle (Observer) John Carr, internet adviser to children's charity NCH, said: "This is a much bigger problem than people were previously prepared to admit. This will force us all to rethink our attitudes. We are no longer talking about the dirty old man in the raincoat in the local park. We are talking about our neighbours and trusted professionals" and see In his own words.
- US - Supreme Court rejects copyright challenge +/-
(CNET News.com) The U.S. Supreme Court said Congress had the power to extend the duration of copyrights, a decision that dealt a grave blow to a growing movement against more expansive legal protections of artistic works. Eldred v Ashcroft Majority opinion by Justice Ginsburg. Dissenting opinions of Justice Stevens and Justice Breyer. Commentary: The silent five and losing by Lawrence Lessig, transcript of chat with Jonathan Zittrain (Washington Post), Mickey in Chains, Part II, or Why the Court Got It Wrong in Eldred v. Ashcroft (Jack Balkin). see also view in favour of the majority opinion from How Appealing by Howard Bashman and an article on the origins of US copyright and the successive extensions of copyright terms Constructing Copyright’s Mythology (Green Bag) by Thomas B. Nachbar. Further resources in Copyfight by Donna Wentworth and in Siva Vaidhyanathan's blog.
- NO - 'DVD Jon' scores huge legal victory +/-
(Aftenposten) A Norwegian teenager who helped crack a code meant to protect the content of DVDs won full backing from an Oslo court. The court acquitted him on all charges, a ruling that comes as a crushing blow to public prosecutors and entertainment giants. see also Teenage hacker beats Hollywood clamp on DVDs (Guardian). Hollywood's biggest film studios were defeated yesterday in their effort to punish a Norwegian teenage computer hacker for DVD piracy. The case has made a cult figure of Jon Lech Johansen, who is now 19.
- US - Entertainment, Tech Firms Reach Truce on Digital Piracy +/-
(Washington Post) Major players in the entertainment and technology industries announce a measure of detente in what are increasingly contentious battles over the best way to prevent digital piracy of music and video. Recording, Technology Industries Reach Groundbreaking Agreement on Approach to Digital Content Issues (Press Release) Technology And Record Company Policy Principles issued jointly by Business Software Alliance, Computer Systems Policy Project, Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). see also Music Industry Won't Seek Government Aid on Piracy (New York Times), RIAA, BSA Say They'll Drop Legislative Push (Extreme Tech). Music Biz: Compromise Is Key (Wired). As digital file sharing, webcasting and other new technologies proliferate, artists and industry officials said the music business is in jeopardy unless artists, record companies and consumers stop fighting and start compromising. see also Illegal music sites 'here to stay' (BBC). Illegal music download sites will never be eradicated, the president of the RIAA has admitted. Music would always be available for free somewhere on the net despite costly court battles to shut down illegal music sites. Commentary: Some "Truce" (LawMeme) by Ernest Miller.
- US- EFF: DMCA is choking innovation +/-
(ZDNet News) A controversial digital copyright law is quashing free speech and choking innovation, according to a new study by longtime critics of the measure. In its new Unintended Consequences report, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) lists a variety of cases triggered by the Digital Millennium Copyright Act where aggressive applications of the law have reached beyond the intention of the measure. The EFF said the DMCA has had a threefold effect: chilling free expression and scientific research; jeopardizing fair use; and impeding competition.
- 2003-03-23 BR, Rio de Janeiro - ICANN Meetings +/-
(ICANN) ICANN's next round of meetings will be held 23-27 March 2003 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The meetings are free to attend and open to any interested person. ICANN encourages broad participation in its bottom-up consensus-development process. The meetings will be hosted by the Brazilian Internet Steering Committee (CGIBR) in representation of the Brazilian Internet Community.
- 2003-05-22 EU, Brussels - eHealth 2003 Conference +/-
(European Commission) The Commission, in collaboration with the Greek Presidency, will organise a high level conference on eHealth on the 22nd and 23rd May 2003 in Brussels. This event will include a two-day exhibition of 30 eHealth applications, selected through a call, and an award ceremony for the eEurope Awards in eHealth. While the conference is aimed at ministers and senior representatives of stakeholder groups such as professional and user organisations, developers along with current users of eHealth applications can submit a proposal for the chance to exhibit. The first eEurope Awards: eEurope Awards in eHealth will be attributed to the best demonstrations of the conference.
- 2003-09-17 LU, Luxembourg - International congress on trustmarks in electronic commerce +/-
(eLuxembourg) The Ministry of Economy of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg is organising from 17 to 19 September 2003 an international congress on trustmarks in electronic commerce. Surveys have shown that the development of electronic commerce, more than any other service, is based mainly on consumer confidence. Full information at the time of purchase, security of the transactions, respect of delivery lead-times, confidentiality, etc.: these are the pillars of confidence which can turn site visitors into loyal customers. All players concerned by trust in electronic commerce will attend this congress, to be held at the Congress Center of the "Foires Internationales" at Luxembourg-Kirchberg. see Le certificat qualité des sites de e-commerce du Grand-Duché du Luxembourg (with a useful comparative survey of existing trustmarks). Call for papers deadline 15 March 2003.
- 2003-09-21 AU, Sydney - International Rating Conference: Classification in a Convergent World +/-
(OFLC) 21-24 September 2003, Sydney, Australia. The Office of Film and Literature Classification (Australia) is presenting an international conference in 2003. The conference is an opportunity to find out about the latest challenges and dilemmas facing classification and ratings systems from around the world in our fast changing entertainment and technology environment. The conference will be attended by local and international classifiers and regulators, film and computer games producers, distributors and designers, producers and distributors of new technologies, media representatives, academics, as well as professional bodies and community groups.