New Net laws reach beyond borders By MICHAEL GEIST The challenge of borders lies at the very heart of cyberlaw. Most observers have long argued that the Internet presents lawmakers with a jurisdictional dilemma: The Internet is viewed as "borderless," but law is best characterized as "bordered" because national laws typically stop at the border. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/printarticle/gam/20020627/TWGEIS VoIP nearing widespread use CISCO has produced figures from analysts IDC showing that IP telephony is now being considered by the majority of medium to large businesses. http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,4590185%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html Email snooping bill knocked down THE (Australian) Senate has rejected a Howard Government plan to allow government agencies to snoop on email, SMS and voice mail messages. http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,4596652%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html ICANN Mulls Squatter Rules The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers is considering proposals that would protect domain owners from cyber squatters. http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,53518,00.html Cybersquatters put on the hot seat The organization that oversees Internet domain names floated two proposals on Thursday to help businesses and individuals fight extortion by speculators, known as cybersquatters. http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1106-939819.html Senators Weigh ICANN's Future A senate subcommittee considers whether the Internet's chief regulatory body has bitten off more power than it can properly chew. http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,53159,00.html http://commerce.senate.gov/hearings/hearings0202.htm http://www.fednet.net/ram/2002/sco061202.ram http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A40540-2002Jun12.html http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/technology/tech-tech-icann.html Public's role in Net governance threatened As the Internet blossomed from a small community of users to a global phenomenon in the mid-1990s, the governance of the domain name system underwent a similarly dramatic change. Once administered by Jon Postel, a computer scientist at the University of California at Los Angeles, the U.S. government handed over the reins to Internet Corp. for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), a California non-profit company, in 1998. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ArticleNews/printarticle/gam/20020613/TWGEIS ISPs under fire SOME Internet companies were threatening to disconnect customers if they filed complaints with the nation's telecommunications watchdog. http://www.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,4057,4593395%255E2,00.html http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,4590098%5e16123%5e%5enbv%5e,00.html ICANN Squeezes Out Regular Folk Out: online voting to elect ICANN's board members. In: a system to fill the spots with suits. Irritated: many users who feel they'll no longer have a voice. http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,53546,00.html Internet Governance Group Approves Massive Reform Plan The body that manages the Internet's addressing system will scrap its existing governance structure and replace it with an entirely new regime. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A60596-2002Jun28.html Some Critics Pass On Landmark ICANN Hearing ICANN, the body that oversees the Internet's worldwide addressing system, is pondering one of the most important decisions it has ever faced at a public meeting this week, but some critics are taking a pass on the gathering, frustrated by the organization's approach to public participation. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A57146-2002Jun27.html Europeans rebel at ICANN http://australianit.news.com.au/articles/0,7204,4595481%5E15342%5E%5Enbv%5E15306-15319,00.html ICANN Mulls Squatter Rules The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers is considering proposals that would protect domain owners from cyber squatters. http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,53518,00.html ===== David Goldstein email: Goldstein_David§yahoo.com.au phone: +49 1505 524 5640 (temporary while in Germany) SMS: to send me free web SMS, go to http://www2.quam.de/sms/ http://www.sold.com.au - SOLD.com.au - Find yourself a bargain!Received on Fri Oct 03 2003 - 00:00:00 UTC
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