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uk: In praise of ... W3C - Guardian Leader
http://www.guardian.co.uk/leaders/story/0,,1780080,00.html

Web inventor warns of 'dark' net
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/5009250.stm

Berners-Lee calls for Net neutrality
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-6075472.html

au: Melbourne IT's empire built on clicks and mortar
http://www.theage.com.au/news/business/melbourne-its-empire-built-on-clicks-and-mortar/2006/05/23/1148150256584.html

.eu fast becoming popular domain name
http://www.upi.com/Hi-Tech/view.php?StoryID=20060523-102107-2919r

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uk: In praise of ... W3C - Guardian Leader
It is difficult to believe that the world wide web
could get much better. Since it entered the public
arena barely a decade ago, it has transformed how we
search for information, do business and entertain
ourselves. It has spawned eBay, Amazon and Google and,
through search engines, has enabled anyone to get
knowledge about anything if they are online.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/leaders/story/0,,1780080,00.html

The UN Human Rights Council and the Right to
Development by Alan Brouder 
Advocates of the right to development may have some
cause for optimism following the election of 47 states
to the new UN Human Rights Council on 9 May 2006.
Despite the election of China, Cuba, Pakistan, Saudi
Arabia, and other states with poor human rights
records, cautious optimism is warranted for three
reasons. First, the new body replaces the much
criticized Commission on Human Rights and will occupy
a more prominent place in the UN's hierarchy as a full
subsidiary organ of the General Assembly. The Council
will have a much broader mandate and wider powers than
the Commission, and will have the potential to be more
transparent and less susceptible to political
manipulation. Second, the resolution establishing the
Council explicitly refers to the right to development
both in its preamble and in paragraph 4.
http://www2.jura.uni-halle.de/telc/PolicyPaper22.pdf

IGF, $$$, .XXX and .MOBI
Bret Fausett on the the IGF meeting in Geneva.
http://blog.lextext.com/blog/_archives/2006/5/23/1978814.html

Web inventor warns of 'dark' net
The inventor of the web, Tim Berners-Lee, has warned
of the dangers of introducing a two-tier internet.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/5009250.stm
http://www.out-law.com/page-6946

Next, a 'more revolutionary' Web
Just when the ideas behind "Web 2.0" are starting to
enter into the mainstream, the mass of brains behind
the World Wide Web has started to introduce pieces of
what may end up being called Web 3.0.
http://iht.com/articles/2006/05/23/business/web.php

Berners-Lee calls for Net neutrality
Sir Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the Web, has called
for clear separation between Internet access and
Internet content. Speaking at the World Wide Web
conference in Edinburgh on Tuesday morning,
Berners-Lee gave his views on the growing battle over
Net neutrality.
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9588_22-6075472.html
http://news.com.com/Berners-Lee+calls+for+Net+neutrality/2100-1036_3-6075472.html

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au: Melbourne IT's empire built on clicks and mortar
UNIVERSITY of Melbourne spin-off Melbourne IT, now the
world's fifth-largest domain name registrar, has
reported "stable, sustainable and profitable growth"
across all divisions.
http://www.theage.com.au/news/business/melbourne-its-empire-built-on-clicks-and-mortar/2006/05/23/1148150256584.html

.eu fast becoming popular domain name
Internet domain names ending with .eu are becoming one
of the most popular in the world, according to the
European Registry of Internet Domain Names.
http://www.upi.com/Hi-Tech/view.php?StoryID=20060523-102107-2919r

New .eu decisions published (reg req'd)
The city of Barcelona has won its challenge to the
registration of Barcelona.eu as a domain name
http://www.managingip.com/default.asp?page=9&PubID=198&SID=632034

New top-level domain opens (reg req'd)
Members of the telecoms industry have started to apply
for domain names ending in .mobi ? the latest
top-level domain to be launched
http://www.managingip.com/default.asp?page=9&PubID=198&SID=632029

The rights and wrongs of .xxx
The decision by the the US-based non-profit body that
runs the domain name system to reject proposals for
.xxx could have wide-reaching repercussions for how
the internet is run, writes internet law professor
Michael Geist.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/5003920.stm
http://www.michaelgeist.ca/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1249

uk: Phones4u wins passing off appeal against phone4u
An online seller of mobile phones did not infringe the
trademark of John Caudwell's Phones4u chain when it
used the domain name phone4u.co.uk, according to the
Court of Appeal. But Friday's judgment concluded that
there was passing off.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/05/23/phones4u_appeal_victory/
http://www.out-law.com/page-6942

Domain for mobile devices hits the Web
The domain, .mobi, is designed to spur use of the
Internet on mobile devices ? but some fear it will
have the opposite effect
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1035_22-6075779.html
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/05/22/mobi_domain/
http://www.infomaticsonline.co.uk/vnunet/news/2156716/mobile-firms-act-secure-web
http://www.out-law.com/page-6941
http://news.com.com/Making+the+Web+fit+for+mobile/2100-1039_3-6074944.html

A Survey of DNS Security: Most Vulnerable and Valuable
Assets
The following provides and introduction to a study by
Venugopalan Ramasubramanian and Emin Gun Sirer, called
?Perils of Transitive Trust in the Domain Name System?
[PDF]. The paper presents results from a large scale
survey of DNS, illustrating how complex and subtle
dependencies between names and nameservers lead to a
highly insecure naming system. It is well-known that
nameservers in the Domain Name System are vulnerable
to a wide range of attacks. We recently performed a
large scale survey to answer some basic questions
about the legacy DNS: Which domain names are the most
vulnerable?; Which servers control the largest portion
of the namespace and are thus likely to be attacked?;
Are there any servers with known security holes, and
which domain names do they affect? We present the
results from this survey below in the hope of
identifying problem spots in the Internet and thus
improving the security of our common
cyberinfrastructure. This study is based entirely on
public data - all information available on these pages
is also available to others with less-than-honorable
intentions.
http://www.circleid.com/posts/survey_of_dns_security/

DNSSEC Deployment at the Root
The DNSSEC is a security protocol for providing
cryptographic assurance (i.e. using the public key
cryptography digital signature technology) to the data
retrieved from the DNS distributed database (RFC4033).
DNSSEC deployment at the root is said to be subject to
politics, but there is seldom detailed discussion
about this "DNS root signing" politics. Actually,
DNSSEC deployment requires more than signing the DNS
root zone data; it also involves secure delegations
from the root to the TLDs, and DNSSEC deployment by
TLD administrations (I omit other participants
involvement as my focus is policy around the DNS
root). There is a dose of naivety in the idea of
detailing the political aspects of the DNS root, but I
volunteer! My perspective is an interested observer.
http://www.circleid.com/posts/dnssec_deployment_at_root/

Online 'squatters' might yield big revenue
Interested in comparing video cameras, taking a
vacation in Las Vegas or buying some lawn furniture?
There are sites on the Web -- with names like
videocamera.com, lasvegasvacations.com and
lawnfurniture.com -- that seem tailor-made for your
interests.
http://msnbc.msn.com/id/12911639/

ICANN gets its contract renewed
The Commerce Dept.'s exclusive contract with ICANN to
oversee key technical questions for the Internet will
be renewed as a sole-source contract, the Washington
Post reports.
http://government.zdnet.com/index.php?p=2310
http://www.smh.com.au/news/technology/us-aims-to-maintain-internet-monopoly/2006/05/21/1148150122616.html
http://www.journalstar.com/articles/2006/05/23/business/doc44722ac5382f7217504558.txt

Sex, politics and the Internet
The head of the agency that authorizes Internet
address names insists that its rejection of an address
for pornography sites this month was neither
politically motivated nor unduly influenced by the
U.S. government, despite accusations of meddling from
both the European Commission and the U.S. company
hoping to manage the address.
http://iht.com/articles/2006/05/21/business/net22.php

Internet Registry Fights For .XXX Domain
The Internet domain registry seeking approval for the
.XXX top-level domain won't take no for an answer.
http://www.governmententerprise.com/showArticle.jhtml?articleId=188100694
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/5003852.stm
http://news.com.com/2100-1039_3-6075779.html
http://www.out-law.com/page-6938
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2006/05/23/1148150236099.html

E-Mails Suggest Bush Administration Pressured ICANN to
Nix '.Xxx' Domain
Newly released e-mails allege U.S. government
officials pressured a leading Internet authority into
voting against creating a kind of red-light district
for adult Web sites. The apparent involvement of the
U.S. Department of Commerce, President Bush's chief
political operative Karl Rove and others is
significant.
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,196608,00.html
http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0,1697,1966086,00.asp

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CoE: Childen and young people: well-being and risk
on-line (study)
The Council of Europe gives particular importance to
the protection of children and young people from
online and related offline services, content and
behaviours which may carry a risk of harm. In this
context, as part of its evolving work in the field of
Human Rights in the Information Society, the Council
of Europe has commissioned an independent study to
?elaborate the meaning of 'harmful content'" in order
to promote coherence in the protection of minors in
all media in the Information Society.
http://www.coe.int/T/E/Human_Rights/media/
http://www.coe.int/T/E/Human_Rights/media/MC-S-IS%282006%29002abr_en.pdf

au: Free filters for porn in the pipeline
INTERNET subscribers may be given free filtering
software by the Federal Government to prevent children
accessing pornography.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/technology/free-filters-for-porn-in-the-pipeline/2006/05/23/1148150254709.html

au: Telstra defends stance on Net porn trial
Telstra says it won't take part in a trial to filter
Internet pornography because it would give parents a
false sense of security and slow down access speeds.
http://zdnet.com.au/news/business/soa/Telstra_defends_stance_on_Net_porn_trial/0,39023166,39257196,00.htm
http://www.theage.com.au/news/National/Telstra-shuns-Net-porn-filter-trial/2006/05/22/1148150172458.html
http://www.smh.com.au/news/National/Telstra-shuns-Net-porn-filter-trial/2006/05/22/1148150172458.html

au: Library-based internet access is safe: survey
Internet access through Australia?s public libraries
is safe for children and other uses according to a
survey by the Australian Library and Information
Association which revealed the majority have detailed
guidelines and policies for internet use.
http://www.itwire.com.au/content/view/4384/53/

au: A third of parents concerned over cyberbullying
and Internet safety (news release)
An increasing number of Australian parents are
becoming aware of online dangers as federal government
initiative, NetAlert, enhances community awareness
through the ongoing NetAlert National Expo.
http://www.netalert.net.au/03072-A-third-of-parents-concerned-over-cyberbullying-and-Internet-safety.asp

cn: Great Firewall of China
BEIJING is imposing the toughest media suppression
since the Tiananmen massacre 17 years ago - with the
internet increasingly clogged by "net police",
blocking access to vast numbers of websites and
reviewing millions of personal emails daily.
http://theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,19213793-2703,00.html

us: Threats on the Net: Stopping Cyber Bullies
It's a growing problem for teens, but for the most
part, threats on the internet are going unreported.
More and more school counselors are hearing stories of
online harassment and intimidation.
http://www.9wsyr.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=1ad8f0c6-583b-42ce-8ed6-612eac3bd110

uk: ISPs to be pressured to block child porn
ISPs would be required "to declare publicly whether or
not they have taken, or are taking, appropriate
technical steps to block access to web sites that
contain child pornography" under a new law which has
had its second reading in the House of Commons.
http://www.out-law.com/page-6937

au: Govt accused of inaction over child porn
The federal government has been accused of moving too
slowly to block children's access to internet
pornography.
http://www.theage.com.au/news/National/Govt-accused-of-inaction-over-child-porn/2006/05/23/1148150238560.html
http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200605/s1645260.htm

au: Industry Bodies To Develop National Guidelines For
'Adware' (news release)
The Internet Industry Association (IIA) and the
Australian Direct Marketing Association (ADMA) today
announced that they would spearhead the development of
national guidelines for online marketers and website
operators concerning the appropriate use of ?Adware?
in Australia.
http://iia.net.au/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=473&Itemid=32

au: Industry development welcomed for online best
practice guidelines (news release)
The Minister for Communications, Information
Technology and the Arts, Senator Helen Coonan, today
welcomed the Australian Direct Marketing Association
(ADMA) and the Internet Industry Association's (IIA)
proposed collaboration to develop industry guidelines
for the online marketers and website operators use of
'Adware'.
http://www.minister.dcita.gov.au/media/media_releases/industry_development_welcomed_for_online_best_practice_guidelines

au: Net needs quick fix, PBL boss cautions
The executive chairman of Publishing & Broadcasting
Ltd, James Packer, has labelled Australia's internet
speeds embarrassing.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/technology/net-needs-quick-fix-pbl-boss-cautions/2006/05/22/1148150186482.html
http://zdnet.com.au/news/communications/soa/Packer_calls_for_broadband_certainty/0,2000061791,39257193,00.htm

au: Internet program to cut anxiety in kids
An internet-based program has been developed to help
children and teenagers overcome anxiety. University of
Queensland researchers from the Kids Coping Team has
developed the BRAVE Program for Teenagers to teach
young people the skills needed to reduce anxiety and
cope with stressful situations.
http://www.smh.com.au/news/National/Internet-program-to-cut-anxiety-in-kids/2006/05/23/1148150234285.html
http://www.news.com.au/story/0,10117,19229581-29277,00.html

nz: NZ leads world in sheep searches
In line with the stereotype, New Zealanders lead the
world in Google searches for the word "sheep". They're
also number two for looking up "porn".
http://tvnz.co.nz/view/page/488120/721682
http://www.smh.com.au/news/technology/searching-the-wool-wild-web/2006/05/23/1148150239562.html

Active Home Web Use by Country, April 2006
Active users worldwide dipped by about half a percent
in April, according to data from Nielsen//NetRatings.
The dip occurred after a 2.16 percent increase
reported in March
http://www.clickz.com/stats/sectors/geographics/article.php/3608241

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Sources include Quicklinks <http://qlinks.net/> and
BNA Internet Law News <http://www.bna.com/ilaw/>.

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