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Date: Tuesday, March 13, 2001 9:01 AM
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BNA's Internet Law News (ILN) - 3/13/01
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NO APPROVAL YET FOR ICANN / VERISIGN DEAL Representative members of ICANN's seven constituencies have lashed out at the organization, claiming that they had not had sufficient time to study the revised contract's terms of ICANN"s controversial deal with VeriSign. ICANN's board of directors have been entertaining discussions from members of the seven constituencies at a public forum in Melbourne. http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,42367,00.html http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/17531.html http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/163011.html http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2695608,00.html
BUT THE GENERIC TLD AGREEMENTS SEEM LIKE A DONE DEAL The ICANN board quietly approved a motion in Melbourne authorizing the completion of negotiations on new gTLDs without further board approval. The move effectively grants approval to the yet-to-be completed agreements. http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/163054.html
RIAA READY TO DELIVER ANOTHER HIT LIST TO NAPSTER Just days after handing Napster a list of some 135,000 songs to block, the major record companies are planning to provide Napster shortly with the names of more songs to remove from its service. http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,42389,00.html http://www.siliconvalley.com/docs/news/reuters_wire/951211l.htm
NAPSTER REPORTS SUCCESSFUL FILTERING Napster has reportedly sent documentation to a federalcourt, outlining how it is officially complying with the preliminary injunction issued early last week. The WSJ reports, meanwhile, that Napster is negotiating to use the CDDB database to assist it to comply with the court order. http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-5113165.htm http://interactive.wsj.com/articles/SB984444856870979526.htm http://www.thestandard.com/article/display/0,1151,22802,00.html
EMUSIC ZAPPED WITH A LAWSUIT The widow of the late musician Frank Zappa has filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against EMusic. The suit alleges that eMusic distributed Zappa songs without licensing the underlying publishing rights. http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-5112971.html
BERTELSMANN CHAIR SHOWS FALSE HOPE? Bertelsmann chairman Thomas Middelhoff claimed in a speech to the World Affairs Council that the other major record labels are ready to license their music to a new Napster service when it debuts on July 1. Two music industry executives say, however, that Middelhoff is optimistic about their willingness to work with a legitimate Napster service. http://www.wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,42379,00.html
NET FILTERING FAMILY NAILED FOR FRAUD Internet content filtering company Families On Line was hit with a double whammy on Friday by securities regulators and federal authorities, who charged the South Florida company with wire and bank fraud, and allegedly defrauding investors of nearly $4 million. http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/163038.html
BRITAIN CHANGES TAX POLICY ON GAMBLING Britain has agreed to change its gambling tax policy in an effort to stem the tide of bookmakers moving online and offshore. Starting next year it will drop a 9% tax on all bets to be replaced by a 15% tax on gross revenues. The move is expected to result in UK bookmakers relocating back to Britain. http://www.siliconvalley.com/docs/news/tech/011525.htm
INDUSTRY GROUPS LOBBY AGAINST PRIVACY LEGISLATION Led by the Online Privacy Alliance, a group of organizations and companies are lobbying against new privacy legislation in the U.S. The OPA, whose members include Microsoft, AOL, IBM, and AT&T, argue that privacy legislation would cost business billions and that privacy is better protected using technology, not law. http://interactive.wsj.com/articles/SB984444856870979526.htm
I'LL GIVE YOU TAX INFO FOR SOME HEALTH RECORDS? Privacilla.org, a privacy public-policy group, has released a new report that claims government agencies routinely trade personal user information. According to the report, some prime information swapping agencies include the Internal Revenue Service, the Health Care Financing Administration, the Labor Department and the Social Security Administration. http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/163042.html
UK REJECTS BUSINESS METHOD PATENTS The UK Patent Office has released its report on a public consultation on patents for computer software and business methods. The report concludes that software should only be patentable where there is techological innovation, while it rejects the business method patent approach. Conclusions of the report are at http://www.patent.gov.uk/about/consultations/conclusions.htm
FEBRUARY LEAST FAVOURITE MONTH FOR MUSIC PIRATES The RIAA's Anti-Piracy unit reported a busy month in February. Apparently, search and seizure warrants resulted in the confiscation of large numbers of counterfeiting devices, scores of illegal CD-Rs and the apprehension of a number of alleged music pirates. http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/163014.html
CYBERCRIME REPORTING ON THE RISE According to a report released Monday by the Computer Security Institute and the FBI, more companies are beginning to report cybercrime. A survey revealed that 36 percent of respondents who had experienced computer crimes reported them to law enforcement; up from 16 percent in 1996. http://www.siliconvalley.com/docs/news/depth/secure031201.htm
BIDDING ON NET INSURANCE LiquidPrice.com CEO Piyush Gupta is set to propose at a press conference in California that Web auctioneers carry insurance for all transactions that take place on their sites. http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/163041.html
CARNIVORE CHANGED IN NAME ONLY
While the FBI has changed the name of its surveillance
software program Carnivore to DCS1000, it has yet to change
any of the program's features that caused concern among
privacy advocates.
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