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Tue May 15 09:15:20 PDT 2007

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Making BPL Play Nice - ARRL's Ed Hare on interference
progress, Broadband Reports, 5/15/2007 
n the comment section of our piece on DirecTV's BPL
ambitions yesterday, the American Radio Relay League's
Ed Hare stopped by to give the latest on his
organization's effort to eradicate the interference
caused by the technology. "There has been progress
made on the coexistence front," says Hare, who notes
that most BPL vendors have been work...
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/83822
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http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/power.htm

DirecTV to Trial Internet Over Power-Lines This Year,
Wired, 5/15/2007 
As the lines between internet access and content
provision blur, the phone, cable and satellite
operators are getting closer and closer in their
offerings.
http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2007/05/directv_to_tria.html
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/power.htm

Internet Captures Half of Spare Time, Emarketer,
5/15/2007 
Broadband users make online time a priority.
http://www.emarketer.com/Article.aspx?1004916
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/data/

New domain names coming in mid-2008, says ICANN,
America's Network, 5/15/2007 
New Internet addresses for general use could start
appearing in the summer of 2008 under a timeline the
Internet's key oversight agency announced, an
Associated Press report said.
http://www.americasnetwork.com/americasnetwork/article/articleDetail.jsp?id=426489&ref=25
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/dns/icann.htm

E.D.N.Y. holds purchase of competitor's trademark to
trigger sponsored listing not trademark "use" under
Lanham Act, Internet Cases, 5/15/2007 
Site Pro-1 v. Better Metal, LLC, No. 06-6508 (E.D.N.Y.
May 9, 2007) Site Pro-1 sued its competitor Better
Metal, LLC, accusing Better Metal of committing
trademark infringement when it purchased the terms
"site," "pro," and "1" to trigger sponsored links on
Yahoo! The facts of the case were "straightforward and
not in dispute": the mark SITE PR...
http://www.internetcases.com/archives/2007/05/edny_holds_purc_1.html
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/ecom/advertising.htm

Wal-Mart now selling Skype Internet phones, TechWhack,
5/15/2007 
Don Albert, vice president of Skype’s North American
operations said in a statement on this announcement:
“This brings Internet communications to the masses.
This relationship is an acknowledgment that Skype has
arrived in the mainst...
http://news.techwhack.com/5782/skype-internet-phones/
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/industry/skype.htm

CLECs Worry About FiOS 'Copper Retirement' - But would
FiOS customers really want to downgrade?, Broadband
Reports, 5/15/2007 
As we've previously discussed, Verizon either pulls or
just stops supporting last mile copper infrastructure
when they install fiber at your home, making it
"impossible" to switch back to Verizon DSL or
competing services if you ask. That's a big deal to
CLECs, who are concerned that the move strips them of
potential customers as incumbents sn...
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/83801
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/industry/verizon.htm

Senators Throw Support Behind Internet Radio, Media
Channel, 5/15/2007 
Two Senators have introduced legislation that would
overturn a decision that threatens to put Internet
radio broadcasters and stations out of business due to
crippling new royalty payments.
http://www.mediachannel.org/wordpress/2007/05/14/senators-throw-support-behind-internet-radio/
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ip/carp.htm

Music Radio on the Internet Faces Thorny Royalty
Issues, NYT, 5/15/2007 
Since Pandora.com closed its box of digital musical
delights to users outside the United States, the
complaints have been pouring in.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/14/technology/14radio.html?ex=1336795200&en=8bd782925357b8c9&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ip/carp.htm

Gonzales proposes new crime: "Attempted" copyright
infringement, CNET, 5/15/2007 
Attorney General Alberto Gonzales is pressing the U.S.
Congress to enact a sweeping intellectual property
bill that would increase criminal penalties for
copyright infringement.
http://news.com.com/8301-10784_3-9719339-7.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/ip/copyright.htm

RIAA's Rude Awakening for College Pirates, Ecommerce
Times, 5/15/2007 
At first, Sarah Barg thought the e-mail was a scam.
Some group called the Recording Industry Association
of America was accusing the University of
Nebraska-Lincoln sophomore of illegally downloading
381 songs using the school's computer network and a
program called "Ares." The letter said she might be
sued, but offered her the chance to set...
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/rsstory/57366.html
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ip/p2p.htm

The Last of the Global Commons, The Belmont Club,
5/15/2007 
The foundation of American power, wrote Gary Posen in
2003, was far deeper than a mere preponderance in its
current military or economic power. It lay in what he
called the Command of the Commons -- made possible by
"all the difficult and expensive things that the
United States does to create the conditions that
permit it to even consider one, two, or four
campaigns".
http://fallbackbelmont.blogspot.com/2007/05/last-of-global-commons.html
More Info:
http://www.cybertelecom.org/notes/internet.htm

Zippo "sliding scale" approach to personal
jurisdiction rejected, Internet Cases, 5/15/2007 
Howard v. Missouri Bone and Joint Center, Inc., No.
05-476, --- N.E.2d ----, 2007 WL 1217855 (Ill.App. 5th
Dist. April 24, 2007) Plaintiff Howard filed suit in
Illinois against defendant Missouri Bone and Joint
Center, alleging personal injury arising from
"athletic training services" that defendant provided
to plaintiff at its Missouri facility....
http://www.internetcases.com/archives/2007/05/zippo_sliding_s_1.html
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/notes/juris.htm

Pentagon Blocks 13 Web Sites From Military Computers,
Wash Post, 5/15/2007 
Members of the military will not be allowed to use
military computers to access Web sites like YouTube
and MySpace.
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/15/washington/15block.html?ex=1336881600&en=4659b3f90d62f6f7&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/

Lafayette Adds Wi-Fi to FTTH Plan - Citywide wireless
using Tropos gear..., Broadband Reports, 5/15/2007 
Lafayette, Louisiana, fought incumbent providers for
years to be able to build an FTTH network that voters
approved some time ago. Now that they've run the legal
gauntlet, the city is moving ahead with the project,
and has decided to add a Wi-Fi network to the mix. CSG
Data Networks will build out the Wi-Fi system using
Tropos gear, with a lar...
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/83788
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/states/la.htm

USDA Revamps Rural Broadband Program - After
Congressional scolding..., Broadband Reports,
5/15/2007 
The USDA's $1.2 billion Rural Utilities Service
program, which is tasked with funding rural broadband
deployment, was attacked earlier this month by
Congress for not doing anything of the sort. A study
found more than half the funds instead went to urban
broadband deployment, and just one out of sixty-nine
loans went to wiring a region without..
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/83791
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/usf/funding.htm

New rules make Internet fair game for cyber wiretaps,
Newark Star, 5/15/2007 
Cyberspace became more transparent yesterday, as
broadband providers and Internet phone companies were
required to open their networks for lawful intercepts
of e-mails, calls and other electronic communications.
http://www.nj.com/news/ledger/jersey/index.ssf?/base/news-7/1179203352258460.xml&coll=1
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/voip/calea.htm

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