[Cybertel-Ann] 3.21.7 :: We're Number 1! :: Utah Backward and Forward on Censorship :: CARP Webcasting Rules Challenged and Reconsidered ::

Wed Mar 21 09:20:57 PST 2007

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"Vague but exciting" – Mike Sendall's (Tim
Berners-Lees' boss) comment in response to Tim
Berners-Lee's proposal for inventing the World Wide
Web http://info.cern.ch/Proposal.html

Only 15% Sign Up For Triple Play - And most of them
are with Comcast..., Broadband Reports, 3/21/2007 
If you listened solely to press releases, you might
think that most customers now get data, voice and
video services all from one provider (aka the "triple
play"). The results of a new survey indicate that 85%
of consumers don't grab the triple...
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/82443
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/

America Has Absolutely No Idea If Citizens Have
Broadband, Broadband Reports, 3/21/2007 
As we recently noted, Maryland lawmakers were working
on a plan that would force ISPs in the state to
present quarterly reports on exactly where they offer
service and at what speeds in order to help the state
solve broadband penetration issues....
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/82403
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/706.htm

Verizon, AT&T Headed For Monopoly Bliss?, Internet
News, 3/21/2007 
Lawsuit contends FCC ignored lack of competition in
commercial broadband market.
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/InternetnewsRealtimeNewsForItManagers/~3/102905154/3666521
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/706.htm

Utah backs calls to boot porn from Port 80, Register,
3/21/2007 
Utah backs calls to boot porn from Port 80Register,UK-
Mar 19, 2007Utah's support for the proposed Internet
Community Ports Act lends support to anti-porn group
CP80, though it has little bearing on whether Congress
will ...
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/03/20/utah_backs_smut_blocking_plan/
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/cda/firsta.htm

Utah Legislature Repeals Part of Internet Censorship
Law, CDT, 3/21/2007 
In response to a constitutional challenge mounted by
CDT and others, the Utah legislature this week passed
a bill that repeals portions of the state's
controversial Internet censorship law. In 2005, CDT,
the American Civil Liberties Union of Utah,...
http://www.cdt.org/headlines/984
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/cda/firsta.htm

Law Firm's Blog Makes It Uninsurable, Techdirt,
3/21/2007 
A New Jersey law firm has been told by its insurance
carrier that publishing a blog on the firm's website
makes it uninsurable. Basically, the concern is that
anything posted on the blog could be construed as
legal advice, and thus open up the...
http://techdirt.com/articles/20070321/072411.shtml
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/cyberlaw.htm

Privacy for Internet names moves forward, Internet
News, 3/21/2007 
Many owners of Internet addresses face this quandary:
Provide your real contact information when you
register a domain name and subject yourself to...
http://www.onelocalnews.com/chandlernews-dispatch/ViewArticle.aspx?id=78840&source=2
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/dns/whois.htm

Public Less Satisfied With Government Web Sites, Wash
Post, 3/21/2007 
E-gov isn't easy in a webscape dotted with YouTube,
Wikipeida, blogs and changing expectations.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/20/AR2007032001338.html?nav=rss_technology
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/egov/

Firefox hit by fewer flaws than IE in 2006, CW,
3/21/2007 
The open-source Firefox browser suffered from 26%
fewer vulnerabilities in the second half of 2006 than
Microsoft Corp.'s Internet Explorer, Symantec said
yesterday.
http://feeds.computerworld.com/~r/Computerworld/News/~3/103111581/article.do
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/industry/browsers.htm

ISP Giants Having Their Way With State Politicos -
Through 'misinformation and outright lying'...,
Broadband Reports, 3/21/2007 
The shift to Democratic control of Congress derailed
many telco initiatives, but they're having good luck
getting what they want on the state level, notes
Telecom Update. Qwest, AT&T, and Verizon are all
seeing great success convincing lawmakers...
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/82445
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/industry/isp.htm

Hope For Internet Radio - Copyright Royalty Board will
have new hearing, Broadband Reports, 3/21/2007 
The U.S. Copyright Royalty Board has granted a series
of requests for a rehearing of their recent royalty
rate decision that threatens the viability of Internet
radio. Arguments are to be submitted to the court by
April 2. The new per user, per.
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/82440
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ip/carp.htm

Copyright Royalty Board Senses Folks Aren't Too Happy
About New Webcaster Rates, Tech Dirt, 3/21/2007 
It appears that the uproar and protests following the
US Copyright Royalty Board's new webcasting royalty
rates has (as many expected) caught the attention of
the Copyright Royalty Board, who will now hold
hearings about the rates, allowing various...
http://techdirt.com/articles/20070320/164750.shtml
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ip/carp.htm

NPR Appeals Internet Streaming Music Rates, Internet
News, 3/21/2007 
Public radio promises to follow Copyright Office
action with federal litigation.
http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/InternetnewsRealtimeNewsForItManagers/~3/102925244/3666546
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ip/carp.htm

NFL Continues To Help Professor Demonstrate How
Copyright Owners Abuse The DMCA, Techdirt, 3/21/2007 
Last month, we had the story of how law professor, and
creator of the Chilling Effects website, Wendy
Seltzer, had received her very first DMCA takedown
notice for posting a short clip on YouTube of the
"copyright message" shown during the Super...
http://techdirt.com/articles/20070319/162906.shtml
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ip/dmca.htm

RIAA University Campaign Sputters: Group Asked To Pay
Up For Wasting School's Time, Techdirt, 3/21/2007 
Lately, the RIAA has been on a high-profile campaign
to get college students that the RIAA believes have
been involved in illegal file trading to settle
lawsuits against them at a "discount". As part of this
strategy, the company has tried to...
http://techdirt.com/articles/20070320/171228.shtml
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ip/p2p.htm

Network2 to FCC: Keep Web Video Regulation-Free, IP
Democracy, 3/21/2007 
On the first full day of Jeff Pulver’s second
Video-on-the-Internet conference, held in San Jose,
CA, Pulver’s online video service Network2 will
petition the FCC asking that the Commission keep
Internet video free of the kinds of...
http://www.ipdemocracy.com/archives/2007/03/20/#002392
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/media/

Federal Regulators Seek Public Comment on Model
Privacy Notice, FTC, 3/21/2007 
Eight federal regulators today released a notice of
proposed rulemaking (NPR) requesting comment on a
model privacy form that financial institutions can use
for their privacy notices to consumers required by the
Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLB Act).
http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2007/03/jointrelease.htm
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/privacy/

FBI: Auction Fraud No. 1 Online Complaint, Ecommerce
Times, 3/21/2007 
nternet auction fraud accounts for close to half of
all the complaints made to the FBI's Internet Crime
Complaint Center, according to a report released
Friday. Of the 207,492 complaint submissions made to
the Internet Crime Complaint Center in...
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/rsstory/56383.html
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/crime.htm

We're Number One! ... For Malicious Internet Activity,
eWeek, 3/21/2007 
The U.S. is also home to 51 percent of the world's
underground economy servers, according to Symantec,
where your credit card is now going for $1-$6 USD and
your identity will fetch $14-$18
http://feeds.ziffdavis.com/~r/ziffdavis/eweek/tech/~3/102858678/0,1759,2105340,00.asp
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/crime.htm

Florida officials warned of e-voting glitch prior to
election, CW, 3/21/2007 
Florida state officials ignored an acknowledgement by
Election Systems and Software of glitches in e-voting
machines that may have affected the results of a
disputed election, the losing candidate said.
http://feeds.computerworld.com/~r/Computerworld/News/~3/103108788/article.do
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/vote/

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