ATO seeks to stop web of confusion
The Australia Taxation Office is looking at ways to minimise the
confusion caused by a web site which could mislead the public into
thinking it is the official ATO site. 
 http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2002/07/26/1027497405339.html

VeriSign Posts Q2 Net Loss After Charges 
VeriSign Inc., the largest provider of Web addresses and network
security services, Thursday posted a second-quarter net loss dragged
down by a $4.6 billion charge related to the write-down of
acquisitions.
 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A2548-2002Jul25.html

ICANN Delays Naming .org Successor 
The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)
published a revised schedule for the migration of .org to its new
owner Thursday evening, a delay that poses problems with the
registry's current and succeeding operators. 
 http://www.internetnews.com/isp-news/article.php/1433501
 http://www.icann.org/announcements/update-25jul02.htm

Caught in the Seamless Web: Does the Internet’s Global Reach Justify
Less Freedom of Speech?
A federal appellate court will decide this year whether French
anti-discrimination law can restrict freedom of speech on U.S.-based
websites that are accessible in France. A Paris court ruled in 2000
that the Yahoo! website violated French law because its users offered
for sale certain Nazi artifacts. However, to force compliance with
the order, French plaintiffs must seek enforcement from a U.S. court.
In response, Yahoo! sought a declaratory ruling and a federal
district court held that enforcing the French order would violate the
First Amendment. The matter is now on appeal.
The Yahoo! case presents the question of whether the Internet should
be governed by myriad local censorship laws from around the world.
U.S. courts have held uniformly that the Internet should receive the
highest degree of First Amendment protection. They have been
influenced profoundly by the medium's global reach and have
invalidated most restrictions so as not to interrupt the
"never-ending worldwide conversation" that the Internet makes
possible. A contrary result in the Yahoo! case would embrace a very
different philosophy-that Internet speakers must "show their papers"
at each nation's borders to ensure that their speech is acceptable to
local authorities.
Other nations may treat their citizens as fragile children if they
wish, or worse, as enemies of the state. But U.S. courts should not
permit the seeds of foreign censorship to be planted on U.S. soil by
finding that such restrictions are enforceable here.
 http://www.cato.org/pubs/briefs/bp-071es.html



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