From rcannon100 at yahoo.com Tue Aug 19 18:18:00 2008 From: rcannon100 at yahoo.com (Robert Cannon) Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:18:00 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Cybertel-Ann] 8.19.8 :: Did Ya Miss Us? :: Verizon Bullsomething on FiOS :: Wont Someone Scare the Children?!?! :: There Is Too Many Ways That People Are Able to Communicate with One Another :: $756 per song Downloads! :: Message-ID: <249370.12024.qm@web37902.mail.mud.yahoo.com> ============================================ CyberTelecom News Federal Internet Law and Policy ============================================ Was FiOS a Good Idea? - Duh. $23 billion worth of future proof, dslreports The New York Times this morning offers up an article exploring whether Verizon's $23 billion investment in running fiber to the home was the right thing to do. The majority say yes; particularly swayed have been investors, some of whom thought the project was "doomed" early on, but have changed their tune as they actually begin to understand the future competitive ramifications. Apparently, even crazy homeless people like the technology: http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Was-FiOS-a-Good-Idea-97076 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/fiber.htm CDT Files Comments Opposing Censorship on Nationwide Wireless Network, CDT CDT filed comments with the Federal Communications Commission -- on behalf of more than twenty public interest and industry groups -- against the FCC's proposal to require censorship of a free nationwide wireless Internet access network. Although CDT supports the broad goal of deploying broadband nationwide, the comments argued that such government-mandated censorship would violate the First http://www.cdt.org/headlines/1152 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/waws.htm Debate rages over free wireless spectrum, CNET Google has upped the ante in its lobbying efforts to get the FCC to approve freeing up new wireless spectrum. http://news.cnet.com/8301-1035_3-10019517-94.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/wireless.htm FCC Weighs Next Steps on Free U.S. Broadband, Internet News Commissioners face a wide controversy over a narrow sliver of the airwaves. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/InternetnewsRealtimeNewsForItManagers/~3/D9aUdntTKTE/3765736 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/wireless.htm Internet Providers Admit to Monitoring Customers' Web Surfing, Consumer Affairs Congress demands more information from companies. http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news04/2008/08/isp_monitoring.html More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutral.htm FCC's McDowell Tries To Scare The Children - Magically ties network neutrality to Fairness Doctrine?, dslreports Former telecom lobbyist turned FCC Commissioner Robert McDowell has been on a bit of a tear the last year. First he declared that America really has no broadband coverage issues, followed by claims that the Internet would collapse if Comcast was held accountable for throttling upstream P2P traffic and lying to customers. His latest gem involves the Commissioner claiming that support for network neutrality will lead to the return of the "fairness doctrine," a highly-criticized former FCC policy that http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/FCCs-McDowell-Tries-To-Scare-The-Children-96996 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutral.htm Lots of Foot-Dragging on IPv6, Internet News Study argues that IPv6 adoption and traffic are not ramping up as they should. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/InternetnewsRealtimeNewsForItManagers/~3/iEj5HB0zPL0/3765966 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/dns/ipv6.htm Largest Study to Date of IPv6 Traffic on the Internet, CircleID Security and network management company, Arbor Networks, in partnership with more than ninety network services and content providers from around the world, has published an extensive study of Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) traffic on the Internet. The results of a year-long research project provide, for the first time according to the report, a global perspective on the amount of IPv6 traffic on the Internet. There are "exactly 900 days remaining until the end of the Internet, or at http://www.circleid.com/posts/88181_largest_study_of_ipv6_traffic/ More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/dns/ipv6.htm Net Radio Royalties Have Pandora Teetering on Brink, Ecommerce Times The future of Internet radio may be in jeopardy. Pandora -- one of the largest online radio services -- is on the verge of shutting down, its founders told the Washington Post. The problem? Royalty hikes put in place last year are costing the company most of its income. And it's not alone. The federally mandated increase, set to take full in effect in 2010, doubles the per-song rate Internet radio stations have to pay for each play. On the flip side, broadcast radio pays nothing and even satellite radio pays a lower rate. http://www.ecommercetimes.com/rsstory/64202.html More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ip/carp.htm Woman Who Claimed RIAA Infringement Damages Were Unconstitutional Settles For $756/Song, Techdirt We were a bit surprised last month when Denise Barker, who had been fighting the RIAA in a file sharing lawsuit decided to take the strategy of admitting guilt but challenging the constitutionality of the Copyright Act. That seemed like a longshot that was unlikely to play well in court -- especially a court that had already decided against her in interpreting the whole "making available" thing. So, it should come as http://techdirt.com/articles/20080818/1936552018.shtml More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ip/p2p.htm NBC Online Olympic Coverage Pumps Up TV Audience, Ecommerce Times Live sports coverage on the Internet, far from threatening TV networks, might let some lucky networks become sports giants bestriding the earth. Amid unprecedented live online Olympic coverage in the U.S., we have the umpteenth example -- following the proliferation of sports radio and TV highlight shows and events appearing live online. When it comes to sports coverage, enough is http://www.ecommercetimes.com/rsstory/64159.html More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/media/ Kids, not Russian government, attacking Georgia's Net, says researcher, CNET Attacks on Georgia's Internet may be the work of "overexcited" youths and not Russian officials, according to the Zero Day Emergency Response Team's founder. http://news.cnet.com/8301-1009_3-10016152-83.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/cyberwar.htm FEC elates strange bedfellows with political blogging ruling, Ars Technica The FEC this week reaffirmed that partisan blogs, even if they "coordinate" with campaigns, are not subject to campaign finance restricitons. http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080815-fec-elates-strange-bedfellows-with-political-blogging-ruling.html More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/vote/ McCain Says, "There is [sic] Too Many Ways...That People are Able to Communicate with One Another.", Sascha I couldn't make this up if I tried. The full McCain quote in its full context is available here. http://saschameinrath.com/2008/aug/18/mccain_says_there_sic_too_many_ways_people_are_able_communicate_one_another More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/vote/2008.htm McCain: How our enemies communicate, ISEN Who says McCain doesn't get the Internet? It's how our enemies communicate. Just ask him http://isen.com/blog/2008/08/mccain-how-our-enemies-communicate.html More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/vote/2008.htm McCain Offers Vague, Unoffensive Technology Policy - Editorial: Let market forces rule, yadda yadda yadda?, dslreports John McCain today published his technology policy, which, as you might expect, relies heavily on keeping regulation to a minimum and letting "market forces" display their total awesomeness without much intervention from Uncle Sam, AK-47 wielding revolutionaries, or dirty hippies. When it comes to both parties, broadband is generally used as pre-election candidate marketing fodder to placate the technology geek contingent, then completely forgotten down the line (which is why we have absolutely no broadband strategy and many pay $50 for 3Mbps DSL). But for what it's worth, here's McCain's careful and completely unoffensive take on network http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/McCain-Offers-Vague-Unoffensive-Technology-Policy-96983 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/vote/2008.htm McCain Prepares to Hand the Internet Over to Comcast, Verizon, AT&T, Open Left Yesterday, if you listened closely, you could hear the sound of John McCain selling off the internet to his campaign backers, the cable and telecom interests. After being shocked by a 3-2 vote punishing Comcast for illegal behavior at the FCC, cable interests are freaking out and using every tool at their disposal to reinstitute discipline among wavering Republicans. http://www.openleft.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=7493 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/vote/2008.htm John McCain: The Hero of John McCain's Tech Policy, Open Left David Weinberger and Harold Feld both dispatch with McCain's tech policy specifics. Basically, it's not a tech policy, it's just handing over the internet to corporate interests along with some tax credits for research. http://www.openleft.com/showDiary.do?diaryId=7518 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/vote/2008.htm McCain's Tech Policy, ISEN I was hoping that McCain's Tech Policy would emphasize and extend the two McCain pro-Internet initiatives -- the McCain Lautenberg Community Broadband Act and Spectrum Re-regulation, neither of which have yet seen the light of day -- but it doesn't. In the first case, it makes a vague nod in the direction of "market failure and other obstacles." In the second, it treats spectrum policy as a done deal; now that we can surf the Web in coffee shops, we're done. http://isen.com/blog/2008/08/mccain-tech-policy.html More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/vote/2008.htm McCain's Tech Plan -- Initial Analyses., Sascha An interesting thing has been happening -- people are actually reading McCain's technology plan. The reviews are coming in (and they're not pretty). http://saschameinrath.com/2008/aug/15/mccains_tech_plan_24_hours_analysis More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/vote/2008.htm PETITION OF QWEST FOR FORBEARANCE UNDER 47 U.S.C. SEC. 160(C) FROM TITLE II AND COMPUTER INQUIRY RULES. Granted (Dkt No. 06-125), FCC Granted forbearance relief to Qwest with regard to its existing packet-switched broadband telecommunications services and its existing optical transmission services and conditionally granted relief of its obligations under the Computer Inquiry rules. (Dkt No. 06-125). Action by: the Commission. Adopted: 07/22/2008 by MO&O. (FCC No. 08-168). WCB http://hraunfoss.fcc.gov/edocs_public/attachmatch/FCC-08-168A1.doc More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/forbearance.htm Why we are Bullish on FiOS, Verizon The Times this morning posted "A Bear Speaks" on its Bits blog, based on one analyst's contrarian view of the wisdom of our FiOS investment. Based on our four years of experience deploying and selling FiOS, I thought I'd offer our own observation about the bear's view: It's near-sighted. Verizon's investment in FiOS was a strategic decision looked at from several perspectives. The Times' bear seems focused only on the short-term economics of the investment. Fair enough. But even at that, som http://policyblog.verizon.com/PolicyBlog/Blogs/policyblog//527/Why-we-are-Bullish-on-FiOS.aspx#When:18:41:48.5000000-04:00EST More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/industry/verizon.htm Lawrence Lessig's Reaction to McCain's Technology Plan, CircleID In reaction to U.S. republican presidential candidate John McCain's release of his technology policy statement on August 14, Lawrence Lessig has released a video presentation criticizing the tech plan for lack of change to important issues such as broadband penetration declines in the country. Early during the video presentation, Lessig has this to say: http://www.circleid.com/posts/88192_lawrence_lessigs_reaction_mccain_technology_plan/ More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/vote/2008.htm Judge Lifts Unconstitutional Gag Order Against MIT Students, EFF Today, a federal judge lifted an unconstitutional gag order that had prevented three Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) students from disclosing academic research regarding vulnerabilities in Boston's transit fare payment system. The court found that the Massachusetts Bay Transportation Agency (MBTA) had no likelihood of success on the merits of its claim under the federal computer intrusion law and denied the transit agency's request for a five-month injunction. In papers filed yesterday, the MBTA acknowledged for the first time that their Charlie Ticket system had vulnerabilities and estimated that it would take five months to fix. http://www.eff.org/press/archives/2008/08/19 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ip/dmca.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RSS Feeds : Fed Notices : Blog : Clips : http://www.cybertelecom.org/news.htm Now Extra Delicious! http://del.icio.us/rcannon100/zxc To [un]subscribe to Cybertelecom-l send mail to LISTSERV at LISTSERV.AOL.COM with the command [un]SUBSCRIBE CYBERTELECOM-L. Announce only list information available at www.lawlists.net/mailman/listinfo AUP :: www.cybertelecom.org/cybert.htm#aup Cybertelecom Link to us! www.cybertelecom.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From rcannon100 at yahoo.com Wed Aug 27 07:00:00 2008 From: rcannon100 at yahoo.com (Robert Cannon) Date: Wed, 27 Aug 2008 07:00:00 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Cybertel-Ann] 8.27.8 :: AT&T's New Slogan - Fewest Dropped Votes! :: "The Promise of Muni Broadband" [Insert Joke about Earthlink Here] :: Stealing Wifi is Like Reading a Book While Getting Soaked By a Neighbors Water Sprinkler - :: Non Discriminatory Network Management - Filter Everything! :: You Didnt Listen during Y2K - And Now Youre Not Listening During IPv6 - doom doom doom :: Message-ID: <472874.86808.qm@web37904.mail.mud.yahoo.com> ============================================ CyberTelecom News Federal Internet Law and Policy ============================================ Bell 1877 Advertisement: "The proprietors of the Telephone . . . are now prepared to furnish Telephones for the transmission of articulate speech through instruments not more than twenty miles apart . . . Conversation can easily be carried on after slight practice and with occasional repetition of a word or sentence. On first listening to the Telephone, though the sound is perfectly audible, the articulation seems to be indistinct; but after a few trials the ear becomes accustomed to the peculiar sound . . ." Google helping expand undersea cable infrastructure, CNET Company is helping build an undersea cable to bring more Internet capacity to Asia as it also looks for partners for an undersea cable to Africa. http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10026037-93.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/backbone.htm Milpitas May Make Use Of Old Earthlink Wi-Fi Network - Google to recreate Mountain View network in Milpitas, dslreports Milpitas, California is one of those small cities that was excited to get a citywide wireless network from Earthlink a couple of years back and then had to agree to a return of the network when Earthlink s plans collapsed earlier this year. When the city accepted the network back, its plan was to use it solely as a municipal network. However, a new agreement is pending which would once again offer free wi-fi to about 7000 users per month. The agreement would allow for the formation of a collaborative group called Silicon Valley Unwired which includes the city, Google and I-Net Solutions (the group that provides Wi-Fi for Mountain View in cooperation with http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Milpitas-May-Make-Use-Of-Old-Earthlink-WiFi-Network-97181 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/muni.htm "The Promise of Municipal Broadband" & white spaces, Google Free Press' Craig Aaron has written an excellent article on the current state of municipal broadband in the United States. With the closing of Philadelphia's city-wide Wi-Fi project and some similar networks started by local governments, municipal broadband has gotten a bad rap publicly. But, as Aaron explains, it's a bum rap: http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/GooglePublicPolicyBlog/~3/371987370/promise-of-municipal-broadband-white.html More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/muni.htm Fauquier County, Virginia issues RFP for countywide broadband network, Muni Fauquier County. Virginia has issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) for the creation of a county-wide broadband network. Note: the network can be wired, wireless or both. Fauquier County (pop. 63,000, largely rural) is in the north central Piedmont region of Virginia, 40 miles southwest of Washington DC. It covers 660 square miles (1710 square kilometers). Although the county is not funding the network, it is not requiring the provider to offer free access. http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/muniwireless/~3/375157976/ More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/muni.htm Stealing WiFi: Just because you can doesn't mean you should, CNET People are finding it increasingly easy to steal WiFi, but the fact that we can doesn't mean that we should. http://news.cnet.com/8301-13505_3-10024193-16.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/wifisecurity.htm New Comcast Throttling System From Sandvine? - New 'protocol agnostic' solution simply software update for existing hardware?, dslreports Sandvine Corporation, whose traffic shaping hardware sits at the heart of the Comcast P2P throttling controversy, was considered one of the tech-sector's hottest companies just last year. But the network neutrality fight, credit crunch and slowed earnings have beaten down the company's stock. With Comcast moving to a "protocol agnostic" solution (aka caps and over-use fees), is Sandvine's future in doubt? Probably not. They've already developed a new "protocol agnostic" software update for the exiting hardware: http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/New-Comcast-Throttling-System-From-Sandvine-97208 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutral.htm Comcast Testing New Network Management, Internet News Cable giant says new system would slow heaviest users, regardless of the applications they're running; still evaluating FCC order. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/InternetnewsRealtimeNewsForItManagers/~3/yX4LeAjqadM/3767076 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutralnm.htm The FCC?s Comcast/Net Neutrality Order & Commissioner McDowell?s Dissent, Tech Liberation Front On Wednesday, the FCC released the decision (PDF, text) it adopted back on August 1 holding that Comcast had violated the FCC?s 2005 net neutrality principles (PDF, text) by ?blocking? peer-to-peer file-sharing traffic on its network using the popular program BitTorrent. Paragraphs 3-11 lay out the FCC?s (still-disputed) finding of facts. http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/techliberation/~3/372885049/ More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutralp2p.htm Former FCC Chairman: Comcast Action Legality ?Murky?, Tech Liberation Front William Kennard, Obama for President Telecommunications Adviser, describes the FCC?s jurisdiction in the Comcast case as ?murky? today on C-SPAN?s ?The Communicators.? Kennard went on to say that enshrining net neutrality into law would be necessary to clear up this authority issue. http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/techliberation/~3/373032212/ More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutralp2p.htm The FCC vs. Comcast: Who's Got the Most Marbles?, Ecommerce Times Some two weeks after the FCC rebuked Comcast for its network management practices, the government agency has spelled out details of the cable provider's marching orders in a 67-page supplement. Within the next 30 days, Comcast must make a full disclosure to the FCC of the behavior that lowered the regulatory oversight boom. That demand is likely to meet resistance from Comcast. "Here is what is going to happen," predicted attorney Jonathan L. Kramer: "[By Monday], I fully expect Comcast will go into federal court to block the FCC's enforcement of its order." http://www.ecommercetimes.com/rsstory/64253.html More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutralp2p.htm IPv6 traffic measurements, Telecom Industry and Regulation This item over at Ars Technica is interesting. With the IPv4 address space nearing exhaustion, there has been increasing interest in and attention to converting to IPv6. This article shows that this transition is barely under way: http://telcom2935.blogspot.com/2008/08/ipv6-traffic-measurements.html More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/dns/ipv6.htm Court Slams Competitive Metatagging and Keyword Advertising--Soilworks v. Midwest Industrial Supply, Tech & Marketing Law Soilworks, LLC v. Midwest Indus. Supply, Inc., 2008 WL 3286975 (D. Ariz. Aug. 7, 2008) All too... http://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2008/08/court_slams_com.htm More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ecom/advertising.htm iTunes blocked in China, Globe and Mail Activists suspect Beijing is trying to prevent access to a new Tibet-themed album http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheGlobeAndMail-Technology/~3/371796501/ More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/intl/china.htm Turns Out Disney Might Not Own The Copyright On Early Mickey Mouse Cartoons, Techdirt Remember the recent story we had where some researchers noted that, despite the conventional wisdom (and claims from Time Warner), it appeared that Time Warner probably did not own the copyright on Happy Birthday? Of course, the company still collects millions for it, because people assume they do, but the historical evidence suggests that this is really incorrect. Now it turns out that the same thing may be true for Disney's copyright on Mickey Mouse. This is rather noteworthy considering both the history of Mickey Mouse, as well as how much effort Disney has always put towards copyright extension just as the supposed copyright on Mickey Mouse was about to expire. http://techdirt.com/articles/20080822/1750312073.shtml More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ip/copyright.htm Woman Sues Mayor For Order Demanding She Remove City Links From Her Website, Techdirt GigaLaw points us to the news of a lawsuit filed by a woman in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, against that city's mayor and other officials for demanding that she remove links to the city's police department from her website. The woman believes that the demand was in response to her own support of an effort to recall the mayor. http://techdirt.com/articles/20080825/2231352090.shtml More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ip/link.htm RIAA v. U: the state of P2P file sharing on campus, Ars Technica As the kids go back to school, Ars takes a look at the state of P2P on campus. Sure, Big Content is still sending out letters and serving up lawsuits, but how some schools are responding to P2P's legal and technical impact on their networks may surprise you. http://arstechnica.com/articles/culture/raa-v-u-on-campus.ars More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ip/p2p.htm Estonia helps Georgia fight hackers, Globe and Mail Georgia transfers key websites to servers in other countries after hackers attacked them following the outbreak of war with Russia http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/TheGlobeAndMail-Technology/~3/375555661/ More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/cyberwar.htm FISA amendment forces appeals court to punt on wiretap case, Ars Technica EFF's long-languishing warrantless wiretap suit booted back to district court for new proceedings under recent immunity law. http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080821-fisa-amendment-forces-appeals-court-to-punt-on-wiretap-case.html More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/fisa.htm AT&T Thanks Democrats For Telecom Immunity - In private party in Denver crashed by Salon.com?, dslreports There's a slew of private corporate-sponsored parties occurring at this week's Democratic National Convention in Denver, one of which was hosted by AT&T. AT&T is surely eager to thank Democrats for recently getting them off the hook for handing over American phone and data records to the NSA without a warrant. The move saved AT&T from billions in legal penalties, as it kills lawsuits from the likes of 22-year AT&T employee turned whistle blower Mark Klein - http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/ATT-Thanks-Democrats-For-Telecom-Immunity-97253 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/fisa.htm Nigerian official: greedy marks as guilty as 419 scammers, Ars Technica Have you, or anyone you know, ever fallen for a Nigerian 419 scam? If so, you deserve to be jailed just as much as the scammers, according to Nigerian high commissioner Sunday Olu Agbi. Just stop being so greedy so Nigeria can restore its reputation. http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080822-nigerian-official-greedy-marks-as-guilty-as-419-scammers.html More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/spam/nigeria.htm Joe Biden's pro-RIAA, pro-FBI tech voting record, CNET Barack Obama's pick for vice president is an ally of the music industry on copyright and the FBI on wiretaps. He also unintentionally spurred the creation of PGP. http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10024163-38.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/vote/2008.htm Kiss net neutrality goodbye: AT&T is a major presence at the Democratic Convention, Muni The conventional wisdom among my friends who are Net Neutrality fanatics is that a change of regime will finally bring about tough net neutrality legislation, ushering in a Golden Age of cutthroat competition in the US market for broadband services, leading to faster speeds, lower monthly costs for Internet access, no throttling, no deep packet inspection, no blocking of applications and so on. http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/muniwireless/~3/375720375/ More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/vote/2008.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RSS Feeds : Fed Notices : Blog : Clips : http://www.cybertelecom.org/news.htm Now Extra Delicious! http://del.icio.us/rcannon100/zxc To [un]subscribe to Cybertelecom-l send mail to LISTSERV at LISTSERV.AOL.COM with the command [un]SUBSCRIBE CYBERTELECOM-L. Announce only list information available at www.lawlists.net/mailman/listinfo AUP :: www.cybertelecom.org/cybert.htm#aup Cybertelecom Link to us! www.cybertelecom.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From rcannon100 at yahoo.com Thu Aug 28 14:24:18 2008 From: rcannon100 at yahoo.com (Robert Cannon) Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2008 14:24:18 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Cybertel-Ann] 8.28.8 :: The Law is Whatever Nobles Do :: New Movie: Worms On a Space Station! :: There Needs to be a Reasonable Balance Between the First Amendment and the Unfettered Technological Frontier - Its Called Port Blocking :: Message-ID: <347584.79952.qm@web37903.mail.mud.yahoo.com> ============================================ CyberTelecom News Federal Internet Law and Policy ============================================ Target settles with blind patrons over site accessibility, CNET Retail giant will pay $6 million to plaintiffs and promises to embed Target.com with code that makes it fully usable by blind visitors, ending a class action suit. http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10028109-93.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ada/ Some Still Struggling To Get Naked DSL - Sign up procedure apparently borked for some?, dslreports As part of their merger agreement with BellSouth, AT&T was forced to offer "naked" DSL, or DSL without a mandatory bundled landline phone service component. Unfortunately, the FCC didn't require they advertise the offer or make it easy to get, nor did they make any effort whatsoever to ensure AT&T was holding up merger condition promises. The Consumerist indicates that some users are still having problems signing up for service. When some users try to sign up for naked service, AT&T's systems inform them their address doesn't exist. No such problem occurs when http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Some-Still-Struggling-To-Get-Naked-DSL-97292 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/dsl.htm FCC Concedes to Testing on Free Internet Plan, Internet News Amid pressure from T-Mobile and other carriers, commission agrees to conduct interference testing ahead of new spectrum auction. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/InternetnewsRealtimeNewsForItManagers/~3/WxCCZjQuQKY/3768191 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/wireless.htm Do We Need An Internet Zoning Law?, Techdirt Want to know when someone is preparing to take away your First Amendment rights? It's when they claim that they have a proposal that involves "balancing" those rights with other events (sent to us by Eric Goldman). In this case, the proposal comes from a professor from Brigham Young University, Cheryl B. Preston, who's proposing the idea for an Internet Community Ports Act (ICPA), which would create special "zones" online where it would be okay for "adult" material to reside, and other zones that would be kid friendly. Apparently, this is needed to: http://techdirt.com/articles/20080822/1902492075.shtml More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/cda/firsta.htm Legal and Procedural Flaws May Doom FCC's Comcast Ruling, PFF http://www.pff.org/news/news/2008/081508comcastFCCprocedures.html More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutralp2p.htm Podcast Downloading 2008, Pew As gadgets with digital audio capability proliferate, podcast downloading continues to increase. Currently, 19% of all internet users say they have downloaded a podcast so they could listen to it or view it later. http://www.pewinternet.org/PPF/r/261/source/rss/report_display.asp More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/data/ Malaysia - Authorities order ISPs to block access to Malaysia Today news website - 28.08.2008, RSF http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=28347 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/intl/asia.htm CDT Submits Comments in Music Licensing Rulemaking, CDT In comments submitted today to the Copyright Office, CDT, EFF, Public Knowledge, and four other groups expressed support for the goal of providing greater licensing clarity to digital music services. That clarity could assist in the continued growth of the lawful online music market. The comments warned, however, that this goal could be undermined by rules that unnecessarily address controversial questions with important implications outside the music licensing http://www.cdt.org/headlines/1155 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ip/carp.htm Veoh Safe Harbor ruling could help YouTube in Viacom battle, Ars Technica A federal judge ruled yesterday that video-sharing site Veoh qualifies for a DMCA safe harbor, freeing the company from the responsibility of playing the copyright cops. What does this mean for the billion dollar lawsuit against YouTube? According to Viacom, it means nothing. http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20080828-veoh-safe-harbor-ruling-could-help-youtube-in-viacom-battle.html More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ip/copyright.htm Veoh wins copyright infringement lawsuit, CNET Video-sharing site is found to have complied with the DMCA, potentially bolstering Google's YouTube defense against Viacom's $1 billion copyright infringement lawsuit. http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-10027926-93.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ip/copyright.htm Barbara Esbin, "The Law is Whatever the Nobles Do: Undue Process at the FCC", PFF http://www.pff.org/issues-pubs/pops/2008/pop15.12undueprocess.pdf More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/notes/fcc.htm Judges Question Whether National Security Letters Need To Come With Gag Orders, Techdirt The Patriot Act allows the FBI to issue "National Security Letters" to ISPs and other organizations, seeking information on users of those service providers -- with an automatic gag order forbidding the service provider from telling anyone that they have received an NSL. Not surprisingly, this resulted in the NSLs being widely abused, with the FBI issuing them in many, many cases when they were not appropriate. But, of course, since no one could complain, there was no incentive for the FBI to http://techdirt.com/articles/20080827/2133292114.shtml More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/patriot.htm Password Stealing Worm Catches NASA Napping, Internet News Houston, we have a virus. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/InternetnewsRealtimeNewsForItManagers/~3/kO84bjtcdq4/3768196 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/worms.htm Be safer than NASA: Disable autorun, CNET A worm has infected machines on the International Space Station. But a few simple precautions likely could have prevented it. http://news.cnet.com/8301-13554_3-10027754-33.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/worms.htm McCain grabs top Google ad spot for searches on Joe Biden, CNET Obama usually outshines McCain on the Web, but McCain campaign manages to outbid Obama campaign for top ad spot on Google linked to searches for Joe Biden. http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10028203-38.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/vote/2008.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RSS Feeds : Fed Notices : Blog : Clips : http://www.cybertelecom.org/news.htm Now Extra Delicious! http://del.icio.us/rcannon100/zxc To [un]subscribe to Cybertelecom-l send mail to LISTSERV at LISTSERV.AOL.COM with the command [un]SUBSCRIBE CYBERTELECOM-L. 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