From rcannon100 at yahoo.com Fri Jun 5 08:35:07 2009 From: rcannon100 at yahoo.com (Robert Cannon) Date: Fri, 5 Jun 2009 08:35:07 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Cybertel-Ann] 6.4 :: OSTWiG :: BB is Really Competitive :: Verizon on Neutrality :: NTIA & ICANN :: DNSSEC :: Web Will Kill and Save Journalism :: Message-ID: <727145.77867.qm@web37901.mail.mud.yahoo.com> ============================================ CyberTelecom News Federal Internet Law and Policy ============================================ "Private capitalists inevitably control, directly or indirectly, the main sources of information. It is thus extremely difficult, and indeed in most cases quite impossible, for the individual citizen to come to objective conclusions and to make intelligent use of his political rights." - Albert Einstein Obama Team Stumps for Tech Policy, Internet News White House official Susan Crawford kicks off a D.C. conference with an emphatic call for progressive tech policy at home and abroad. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/InternetnewsRealtimeNewsForItManagers/~3/8EL90-4vM7w/3823091 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/ FCC Comment Link Reopened ? Send Yours Now, Save the Internet We know it was frustrating yesterday when our links went haywire and you couldn?t post your comments to the FCC. But look at it this way ? so many people were trying to contact the FCC, our servers were having trouble keeping up with the rush. http://www.savetheinternet.com/blog/09/06/04/fcc-comment-link-reopened-%E2%80%93-send-yours-now More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/ Verizon: US Broadband Is Really Competitive, If You Just Redefine The Market The Way We Want..., Techdirt Almost all of the issues facing broadband in this country (our slow speeds and high prices relative to other countries, questions about "neutrality" and things like customers being forced into broadband tiers) are really symptoms of a lack of significant competition in many markets. Many customers really only have one or two http://techdirt.com/articles/20090603/2307475117.shtml More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/ Stuck In Broadband No Man's Land - Many sold Verizon markets may have a long wait..., dslreports Verizon recently announced they'd be selling a huge swath of rural and under-served markets to Frontier Communications, who'll pay $5.3 billion in common stock and take on $3.3 billion in debt. The Greenville News highlights the 20,000 line communities of Simpsonville and Woodruff -- which Verizon never upgraded with DSL http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Stuck-In-Broadband-No-Mans-Land-102710 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/ Broadband Now: Online Safety, USTelecom In honor of online safety month, this edition of Broadband Now is devoted to sharing important tips on ways parents can keep their kids safe as they explore broadband?s vast opportunities. And, with more than 90% of teens and tweens online, parental awareness is key. http://www.ustelecom.org/Video_Blogs/Blog/index.php/2009/06/03/broadband-now-online-safety/ More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/cda/child.htm Online Safety Technology Working Group (OSTWG) Is Underway, PFF The first meeting of the Online Safety Technology Working Group (OSTWG) took place today and I just wanted to provide interested parties with relevant info and links in case they want to keep track of the task force?s work. As I mentioned back in late April, this new task force was established by the ?Protecting Children in the 21st http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/techliberation/~3/LW4WFHpbCS8/ More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/cda/reports.htm Verizon's Bizarre New Network Neutrality PR Offensive - For the first time in a while, Verizon seems legitimately afraid..., dslreports With a new President who's unequivocally stated he's in favor of network neutrality, Verizon's top lobbying and policy guru Tom Tauke has been putting forth a kinder, gentler face this week in the hopes of keeping new consumer protection guidelines at bay. While the rhetoric is softer, Verizon's logic-distortion field remains as potent http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Verizons-Bizarre-New-Network-Neutrality-PR-Offensive-102774 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutral.htm Will ICANN Drop Its Most Revolutionary Idea?, Ecommerce Times ICANN, the Internet naming authority, is up against the wall. It may simply drop its greatest revolutionary idea of offering a brand new type of designer domain name to accommodate the cyberrealities of the widely expanded Internet of tomorrow. http://www.ecommercetimes.com/rsstory/67245.html More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/dns/icann.htm ICANN to Work With VeriSign, US Government, to Address Core Internet Security Issue, CircleID ICANN announced today that it will work with the U.S. Department of Commerce's National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and VeriSign on the goal of an operationally Signed Root Zone as soon as feasible in 2009. http://www.circleid.com/posts/icann_verisign_us_government_core_internet_security/ More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/dns/ntia.htm NTIA's ICANN Testimony, June 4, NTIA NTIA's testimony before the House Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet on issues concerning the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) http://www.ntia.doc.gov/congress/2009/icannhearing_090604.html More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/dns/ntia.htm NTIA and NIST Announce DNSSEC Initiative, NTIA NTIA and NIST are working with ICANN and VeriSign on an interim approach to deployment, by year?s end, of DNSSEC at the authoritative root zone. http://www.ntia.doc.gov/press/2009/OIA_DNSSEC_090603.html More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/dns/security.htm Sears Settles FTC Charges Regarding Tracking Software, FTC Sears Failed to Disclose Adequately that Software Collected Consumers' Sensitive Personal Information http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2009/06/sears.shtm More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ecom/advertising.htm Wrap-Up of the Open Government Brainstorming: Transparency, OSTP Last week the National Academy of Public Administration (NAPA) hosted the Open Government Brainstorm on behalf of the White House Open Government Initiative ? the first of three phases in an unprecedented process of public engagement. The Brainstorm generated more than 1000 ideas to inform the crafting of recommendations on open government policy. Thank you to all who recognized the importance of this effort and participated thoughtfully. http://blog.ostp.gov/2009/06/02/wrap-up-of-the-open-government-brainstorming-transparency/ More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/egov/ CRTC keeps hands off Internet, Globe and Mail Regulator says regulating online and mobile platforms might prevent new media innovation http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheGlobeAndMail-Technology/~3/pAj95wu1B8U/ More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/intl/ To Shut Off Tiananmen Talk, China Disrupts Sites, NYT As the crackdown?s anniversary nears, censors have blocked access to Twitter, Flickr and Hotmail. http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=9a04ec5b8c6f9addb05f2755c4d1ef5f More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/intl/china.htm New RIAA Plan Going Nowhere Fast - ISPs in no rush to play copyright babysitter, dslreports Late last year, the RIAA boldly announced they would be ditching mass lawsuits in favor of ISPs sending offenders warning letters, while quietly adopting a three strikes system for repeat offenders. At the time, the RIAA stated that their partner ISPs for the plan would be announced "within weeks." Six months later, CNET notes that ISPs don't http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/New-RIAA-Plan-Going-Nowhere-Fast-102767 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ip/copyright.htm Six Months And Still No ISPs Officially Signed Up On The RIAA's Program, Techdirt Six months ago, you may recall, the RIAA announced that it was shifting its strategies away from suing individuals (though, it would and has continued to sue some) towards working with ISPs to kick file sharers off the internet via a three strikes policy (the industry prefers "graduated response"). However, no one could find any ISPs who had http://techdirt.com/articles/20090604/0137485124.shtml More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ip/p2p.htm The Web Will Kill and Save Journalism, Internet News Publishing companies must change or they will end up like GM, and journalists must change with them. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/InternetnewsRealtimeNewsForItManagers/~3/nTjsKN74IBQ/3823406 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/media/news.htm YouTube drives video viewing to record month, CW People in the U.S. viewed a record 16.8 billion videos online in April, a 16 percent increase over March, due in large part to a "surge" in usage at YouTube, according to comScore. http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9133995&source=rss_news More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/media/news.htm Americans Viewed a Record 16.8 Billion Videos Online in April Driven Largely by Surge in Viewership at YouTube, comscore comScore (NASDAQ: SCOR), a leader in measuring the digital world, today released April 2009 data from the comScore Video Metrix service, showing that U.S. Internet users viewed 16.8 billion online videos during the month, representing an increase of 16 percent versus March. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/comscore/~3/pbPaWfq6wvE/Americans_Viewed_a_Record_16.8_Billion_Videos_Online_in_April More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/media/video.htm Hulu Desktop is the future of "TV", Technology Futures I downloaded and installed Hulu Desktop this weekend, and I have seen the future of TV. The folks that designed this paid careful attention to the user interface, and the overall look and feel of this software is terrific. It is easy to browse, and you can drill down quickly into a specific area (e.g. Movie Trailers, TV Shows). I have a feeling the http://www.designnine.com/news/node/1357 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/media/video.htm McDowell Gets Another Term At FCC - Despite history of broadband coverage issue denial..., dslreports As rumors have suggested, Obama has filled one of the Republican positions at the FCC by re-nominating current Commissioner Robert McDowell to another term at the agency. McDowell was appointed to the FCC by Bush in 2006 after spending much of his career working for CLECs and overbuilders for lobbying company Comptel. With http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/McDowell-Gets-Another-Term-At-FCC-102746 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/notes/fcc.htm Internet Mapping Project, IMP Draw a map of the Internet http://www.kk.org/internet-mapping/ More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/notes/internet.htm Sears settles with FTC over online tracking, CW Sears has agreed to settle a complaint from the U.S. Federal Trade Commission that it failed to tell customers about the wide range of their personal information, including bank statements and prescription records, it collected through a downloadable software application, the FTC said. http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9133965&source=rss_news More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/privacy/ Dozens of AT&T/Verzion Wiretap Suits Dismissed - Meet the new boss, same as the old boss..., dslreports Given Obama's support for telecom company immunity for handing over consumer data wholesale to the NSA without a warrant, it wasn't particularly surprising to see the administration perpetuate the Bush Administration's positions on domestic wiretapping and privacy (or the lack thereof). As the new administration repeats the http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Dozens-of-ATTVerzion-Wiretap-Suits-Dismissed-102766 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/bigbrother.htm Lawmakers question whether DHS cybersecurity role will be undercut by White House appointment, CW Just days after President Obama announced his plan to appoint a new White House cybersecurity coordinator, lawmakers are questioning the impact the move might have on the U.S. Department of Homeland Security's role in cybersecurity. http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9133992&source=rss_news More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/security/dhs.htm FTC Shuts Down Notorious Rogue Internet Service Provider, 3FN Service Specializes in Hosting Spam-Spewing Botnets, Phishing Web sites, Child Pornography, and Other Illegal, Malicious Web Content, FTC A rogue Internet Service Provider that recruits, knowingly hosts, and actively participates in the distribution of spam, child pornography, and other harmful electronic content has been shut down by a district court judge at the request of the Federal Trade Commission. http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2009/06/3fn.shtm More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/spam/enforce.htm FTC Nails a Bad Actor Internet Hosting Company, CDT At the Anti-Spyware Coalition workshop two weeks ago, a common theme was how to ensure that law enforcement can work with companies and researchers to share information that could lead to effective enforcement actions. In fact, we launched the Chain of Trust Initiative, to develop avenues of collaboration on protecting the Internet from http://blog.cdt.org/2009/06/04/ftc-nails-a-bad-actor-internet-hosting-company/ More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/spam/enforce.htm Department of Telecommunications and Cable to Hold Verizon Service Quality Hearings in Western Massachusetts, MASS Department of Telecommunications and Cable interim Commissioner Carol Foltz said today that four hearings will be held in Western Massachusetts regarding the state of Verizon Massachusetts? telephone service quality pursuant to G. 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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 Tue Jun 9 10:11:23 2009 From: rcannon100 at yahoo.com (Robert Cannon) Date: Tue, 9 Jun 2009 10:11:23 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Cybertel-Ann] 6.9 :: Natl BB Comments :: EFF on CSVA :: WHOIS Accuracy :: La Russa v Twitter :: Blair Levin :: Spam Drops :: Message-ID: <546388.69234.qm@web37907.mail.mud.yahoo.com> ============================================ CyberTelecom News Federal Internet Law and Policy ============================================ It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity. - Albert Einstein CDT Tells FCC To Include Openness, Privacy in Broadband Plan, CDT In comments submitted to the FCC on Monday, CDT stressed that a national broadband plan should include a commitment to maintain and indeed strengthen the legal and policy framework that has enabled the Internet to become such a dynamic and innovative medium. CDT also recommended that the plan feature further measures to safeguard http://www.cdt.org/headlines/1220 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/boradband/plan.htm Internet access: faster, but not any cheaper, Ars Technica The monthly cost of Internet access has dropped regularly for years, but the big price reductions might now be behind us. New data from Point Topic shows that prices for fiber, cable, and DSL connections have remained essentially flat since September 2007. http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/06/internet-access-gets-faster-but-not-cheaper.ars More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/ WCAI Urges FCC to Make Mobility Cornerstone of America?s Broadband Plan, WCAI WCAI today submitted comments with the FCC in response to the Commission?s Notice of Inquiry on a National Broadband Plan for Our Future. http://wcaupdate.blogspot.com/2009/06/wcai-urges-fcc-to-make-mobility.html More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/plan.htm WISPA Files Response to FCC NOI on National Broadband Strategy, WISPA Today, WISPA filed its response to the FCC Notice of Inquiry titled ?A National Broadband Plan for Our Future? which is GN Docket No. 09-51. In its response, WISPA states that is is uniquely qualified to comment on the challenges of deploying unlicensed wireless broadband service as the representative trade association of the WISP http://www.wispa.org/2009/06/08/wispa-fcc-noi-national-broadband-strategy/ More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/plan.htm NATOA, 17 Other Supporters, File Comprehensive National Broadband Comments with FCC, NATOA NATOA, joined by 17 other forward-thinking partners, has filed expansive and comprehensive comments regarding the creation of a National Broadband Plan with the Federal Communications Commission. These comments represent a vision of what America's broadband future can become by adopting.. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/natoa-news/~3/7NGwuEkhwiQ/natoa-17-other-supporters-file.html More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/plan.htm Media Access Project Asks FCC To Prioritize First Amendment Values in Developing National Broadband Plan, MAP Media Access Project (MAP) called upon the Federal Communications Commission today to give priority to First Amendment values as it establishes its plan for nationwide broadband development. MAP asked the Commission to take an expansive view about the role of government to promote and enhance the marketplace of ideas through http://www.mediaaccess.orghttp//www.mediaaccess.org/press-room/media-access-project-asks-fcc-to-prioritize-first-amendment-values-in-developing-national-broadband-plan More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/plan.htm "It?s The Internet Stupid" ?I Respectfully Disagree, CircleID Today, in response to "It?s The Internet Stupid?, Richard Bennett highlights (on the IP List) something I've noticed even among other advocates of 'Net Neutrality' (and how I've come to detest the term after its widespread and misguided overuse). http://www.circleid.com/posts/its_the_internet_stupid_i_disagree/ More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/plan.htm Tucows CEO tells why It's the Internet Stupid, ISEN Tucows? CEO Elliot Noss explains the "It's the Internet Stupid" initiative to focus the upcoming National Broadband Plan on ?faster, more affordable, more ubiquitous, more reliable connections to the Internet.? http://isen.com/blog/2009/06/tucows-ceo-tells-why-it-internet-stupid.html More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/plan.htm Public Interests Groups Tell FCC Broadband Should Be Treated As ?Essential Utility??New Regulatory Structure, Spectrum Caps, Ope, PK Public Knowledge, Media Access Project, New America Foundation and U.S. PIRG said the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) needs to change how broadband is regulated, because the service is an ?essential utility? and not a luxury. http://feeds.publicknowledge.org/~r/publicknowledge-main/~3/ZLNkh2upn6U/2328 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/plan.htm The problems with BPL, Andrew Cohill I sat through a presentation by an electric utility on their BPL (Broadband Over Powerline) offering. The company is committed to being able to provide broadband connectivity to their rural customer base, which is terrific. They should be commended. But the service starts at 256 kilobits for $30 and ends at 3 megabits for $90. The system requires that http://www.designnine.com/news/node/1360 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/power.htm Net Nanny for Mac 2.0 Released, Filtering Facts Mac users have traditionally had limited choices for parental controls. Fortunately, this situations has improved in the last year or so as more parental control vendors have released versions of their software for the Mac. The latest is Net Nanny: http://filteringfacts.org/2009/06/08/net-nanny-for-mac-2-0-released/ More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/cda/child.htm EFF Comments on Child Safe Viewing Act, EFF Recently, EFF filed comments with the FCC in connection with the Child Safe Viewing Act of 2007, which requires the FCC to conduct a study of V-chip-like blocking technologies that might apply to media other than television ? such as Internet access, perhaps. The law requires the FCC to study these "advanced blocking technologies" and report back to http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2009/06/eff-comments-child-s More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/cda/reports.htm IGP calls for US led international agreement on ICANN, IGP The IGP has filed comments in the Department of Commerce proceeding on the ?Assessment of the Transition of the Technical Coordination and Management of the Internet?s Domain Name and Addressing System? (Docket No. 090420688-9689-01). An excerpt from the summary is below: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/IGPBlog/~3/Qs0dPgEqjU4/4214803.html More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/dns/icann.htm Whois Accuracy Study Launches, ICANN No description http://www.icann.org/en/announcements/announcement-2-05jun09-en.htm More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/dns/whois.htm Online Advertising Suffers First Quarterly Loss Since '02, Ecommerce Times Internet advertising in the United States dropped 5 percent in the first quarter, marking the marketing medium's first downturn since 2002 when the Web was still recovering from the dot-com bust. The data released Friday by the Interactive http://www.ecommercetimes.com/rsstory/67275.html More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ecom/advertising.htm Minnesota Gives Up On ISP Gambling Ban - In response, gambling association drops lawsuit..., dslreports After ISPs essentially ignored them completely, Minnesota regulators have given up on their attempt to force broadband ISPs to block access to gambling websites. In exchange for backing off their filter efforts, The Interactive Media Entertainment and Gaming Association has scrapped a lawsuit against the state filed shortly after the plan was http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Minnesota-Gives-Up-On-ISP-Gambling-Ban-102830 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ecom/gambling.htm Verizon Progressive Mark Keam, Open Left One of the biggest problems facing progressive Democrats right now are candidates willing to spout progressive rhetoric and cozy up to progressives on the campaign trail, but who don't govern as progressives once they are in office. As I believe we are now seeing in Pennsylvania, many Democratic candidates and party leaders seem all to http://www.openleft.com/diary/13682/verizon-progressive-mark-keam More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/industry/verizon.htm A vote for keeping the Internet awesome, Google If you've ever wondered about the power and popularity of user-generated content in Canada, consider this: if all three Canadian television networks began broadcasting Canadian content 24 hours a day, seven days a week, YouTube would still have more Canadian content than those three networks combined. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/GooglePublicPolicyBlog/~3/XMZGSs2Dg30/vote-for-keeping-internet-awesome.html More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/intl/ La Russa & The AP Claims Twitter Settled Lawsuit... Twitter Sets The Record Straight, Techdirt Last week, St. Louis Cardinals manager Tony La Russa sued Twitter over a fake account made in his name. La Russa had no case. Multiple lawyers chimed in, and I've yet to hear from any who thought he had even a remote chance to win this case. However, the AP reported that Twitter settled, deleted the account and agreed to donate an undisclosed http://techdirt.com/articles/20090605/2120045144.shtml More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/media/news.htm On the Web, Everyone Can Hear You Sue..., Citizen's Media Tony La Russa's lawsuit against Twitter, which we first published in the Legal Threats Database back on May 29, seems to have hit the mainstream over the past week. Following the path of the case through the Internet and into the mainstream media provides a fascinating case study in the the possibilities of Twitter and other social media platforms http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CitizenMediaLawProject/~3/f6yyWuuK-Bk/web-everyone-can-hear-you-sue More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/media/news.htm Newspapers' Plan For Survival: Charge Money, Beat Up On Craigslist And Keep Repeating To Ourselves That We're Needed, Techdirt There's been plenty of coverage about the potentially antitrust-violating meeting of newspaper execs in Chicago recently, and late last week reports came out about some of the recommendations put forth by the American Press Institute at that meeting. The API apparently handed out two whitepapers, both of which are amusing, only in that http://techdirt.com/articles/20090608/1724305171.shtml More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/media/news.htm Oy, oy oy! The FCC Web site . . ., ISEN The FCC Web site is a mucking fess. It's a wonder that ANYBODY can find -- or do --ANYTHING! Here's hoping the Obama Administration's transparency initiatives include a complete tear-it-out-to-the-studs re-do of our communications commission's communication platform. http://isen.com/blog/2009/06/oy-oy-oy-fcc-web-site.html More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/notes/fcc.htm Levin To Help Run Government Broadband Plan - Primary architect of 1996 Telecom Reform Act returns..., dslreports Blair Levin, former FCC boss Reed Hundt's chief of staff from 1993 to 1997, has been placed in charge of crafting the nation's broadband policy. His appointment explains some of the reason why Verizon lobbyists have been so nervous of late, since Levin was the spine behind the creation of the 1996 Telecommunications Reform Act. Thanks to the http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Levin-To-Help-Run-Government-Broadband-Plan-102815 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/notes/fcc.htm Spam drops 15 percent after FTC Pricewert takedown, CW The U.S. Federal Trade Commission's recent takedown of an Internet service provider thought to be a safe haven for spammers has reduced spam volumes, but only by a little. http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9134125&source=rss_news More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/spam/enforce.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RSS Feeds : Fed Notices : Blog : Clips : http://www.cybertelecom.org/news.htm Now Extra Delicious! http://del.icio.us/rcannon100/zxc Cytertelecom is now on Twitter & Facebook! 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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We will control the vertical. We can roll the image, make it flutter. We can change the focus to a soft blur or sharpen it to crystal clarity. For the next hour, sit quietly and we will control all that you see and hear. We repeat: there is nothing wrong with your television set. You are about to participate in a great adventure. You are about to experience the awe and mystery which reaches from the inner mind to... The Outer Limits. Public Interest Groups Urge Quick FCC Action on Special Access, PK The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) should act quickly to regulate the market for telecommunications services used by big businesses, competitive carriers and Internet Service Providers, three public interest groups told the Commission. http://feeds.publicknowledge.org/~r/publicknowledge-main/~3/Z8WEgpG9GK0/2353 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/ Study: Internet economy has created 1.2M jobs, CW As the automobile industry sheds jobs, it comes as good news that over the last decade or so the Internet has created 1.2 million jobs, many paying higher salaries than average, a new study finds. http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9134231&source=rss_news More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/ Broadband Mapping, Connectivity, the Five Freedoms, and Prosperity, Cook's Collaborative Edge A Conversation With Sara Wedeman About the Route from ?Here? to ?There? http://gordoncook.net/wp/?p=307 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/ Annual Global IP Traffic Will Exceed Two-Third of a Zettabyte in 4 Years, CircleID Annual global IP traffic will pass two-thirds of a zettabyte in four years according the Cisco's Visual Networking Index report. The economic downturn has only slightly tempered traffic growth and the global IP traffic is expected to quintuple from 2008 to 2013. Cisco predicts IP traffic to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 40%. http://www.circleid.com/posts/global_ip_traffic_exceed_two_third_zettabyte_4_years/ More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/backbone.htm The FCC Gets Bombarded With Broadband Opinions - Everybody, at once, chimes in on new broadband plan..., dslreports Uncle Sam this week opened the door to public comment on the government's new national broadband policy, and has quickly piled up more than three hundred of them from all manner of corporations, consumer advocates, corporate policy front organizations, random ninnies, and consumers. As you might expect, the responses range from a desire to see the United States government deploy a massive wholesale fiber http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/The-FCC-Gets-Bombarded-With-Broadband-Opinions-102861 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/plan.htm Mobile Internet Users to Reach 134 Million by 2013, CircleID The total number of mobile internet users are expected to reach 134 million by 2013 as a result of increasing rise in smartphone popularity according to the research firm, eMerketer. Additionally Piper Jaffray, one of few organizations to project the extent of the growth, estimates that http://www.circleid.com/posts/mobile_internet_users_to_reach_134_million_by_2013/ More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/data/broadband.htm Verizon Mandates IPv6 Support for Next-Gen Cell Phones, CircleID Cell phone carriers have seen a huge growth in wireless data usage. The iPhone is selling like hotcakes, and its users generate large amounts of traffic. Not surprisingly, as cellular providers deploy faster network technologies, users generate even more data. http://www.circleid.com/posts/20090609_verizon_mandates_ipv6_support_for_next_gen_cell_phones/ More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/dns/ipv6.htm Web?s Poker Winners Face Delays in Collecting, NYT About 27,000 players using offshore poker sites will not receive $33 million in winnings until problems with companies that process payments are solved. http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=19d3964247ca1d43c1c864a38a843b86 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ecom/gambling.htm Feds Show Their Cards On Online Poker: Freeze Funds, Techdirt For years, the federal government has insisted that online poker in the US is illegal, and reinforced it by tacking on punishment for payment processors who process gambling payments onto a totally unrelated bill about harbor safety. Poker players, on the other hand, have insisted for years that there are no laws against online poker -- in part because the laws are all against games of chance, whereas poker is a game of skill. http://techdirt.com/articles/20090609/1816315181.shtml More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ecom/gambling.htm Feds Freeze Accounts Holding Online Poker Winnings, Ecommerce Times It looks as though the Southern District of New York has opened a new front in the war on Internet gambling. Federal prosecutors have asked Citibank, Wells Fargo and two smaller banks to freeze funds in accounts belonging to two companies that process payouts on behalf of four offshore poker sites, according to the http://www.ecommercetimes.com/rsstory/67299.html More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ecom/gambling.htm Enhancing Citizen Participation in Decision-Making, OSTP Transparency, a concept we have discussed a lot in the Open Government Initiative, is a means to an end. One of the important roles that transparency plays is to facilitate public participation in government decision-making. As President Obama has said: ?Our commitment to openness means more than simply informing the American people about how decisions are made. It means recognizing that government does not have all the answers and that public officials need to draw on what citizens know. ? http://blog.ostp.gov/2009/06/10/enhancing-citizen-participation-in-decision-making/ More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/egov/ Sprint, Level 3 Consider Joint Venture - To help carriers battle AT&T, Verizon..., dslreports According to Marketwatch, Sprint and Level3 are considering a joint venture that could combine the company's long distance businesses. Level3 posted a net loss of $290 million on revenue of $4.3 billion last quarter, and continues to struggle with $6 billion in debt. Sprint continues http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Sprint-Level-3-Consider-Joint-Venture-102880 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/industry/sprint.htm China Faces Criticism Over Computer Filtering Plan, NYT Manufacturers and ordinary computer users cite concerns about censorship, damage to PCs and state spying. http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=cb123ebcc6eef822d70dfc881df6c4e1 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/intl/china.htm French court savages "three-strikes" law, tosses it out, Ars Technica The French Constitutional Council has ripped into the new Cr?ation et Internet law which would disconnect repeat online copyright infringers, calling the basic premise unconstitutional. "Innocent until proven guilty" remains a central principle of French law, and it cannot be bypassed simply by http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/06/french-court-savages-3-strikes-law-tosses-it-out.ars More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/intl/europe.htm France Declares Three Strikes Unconstitutional, EFF Before legislation becomes law in France, it must pass the muster of the Conseil Constitutionnel: a group of jurists who determine whether each new law is consistent with the principles and rules of France's constitution. http://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2009/06/three-strikes-dead-in-france More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/intl/europe.htm Public Knowledge Pleased With French Decision To Strike Out ?3 Strikes?, PK ?The decision of France?s Constitutional Court striking down the country?s law allowing Internet users to be disconnected on the accusation of a copyright violation is a clear and persuasive signal to media moguls around the world that this type of policy is unacceptable. Coming after New Zealand declined to adopt their version of ?three strikes,? the message is unmistakeable. http://feeds.publicknowledge.org/~r/publicknowledge-main/~3/o9-US6alJNs/2354 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ip/copyright.htm Craigslist on a Tear as Newspaper Classifieds Wither, Ecommerce Times Craigslist, one of the Internet's top sites for classified ads, is thriving while newspapers and other marketing-driven media are reeling from huge revenue losses, according to a report released Wednesday. Launched as an e-mail list in 1995, Craigslist's revenue is on pace to rise 23 percent this year to reach $100 million for the http://www.ecommercetimes.com/rsstory/67296.html More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/media/news.htm Craigslist thrives while newspaper classifieds fade, Globe and Mail Listings site to see revenue bump of 23% to $100-million, study finds http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheGlobeAndMail-Technology/~3/VZuGhMTjZvQ/ More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/media/news.htm Apparently If You Work For The AP, You're Not Allowed To Criticize Newspaper Management, Techdirt Want yet another example of the Associated Press' out-of-date approach to things (as if there weren't enough already)? The organization apparently officially reprimanded a reporter, Richard Richtmyer, who made an offhand comment on his Facebook page, mildly criticizing the management of McClatchy, a large newspaper chain (and, of course, an AP member). On the whole, the comment (about trouble at McClatchy) http://techdirt.com/articles/20090609/1837405183.shtml More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/media/news.htm Online Classifieds, Pew Internet The number of online adults who use classified ads websites, such as Craigslist, more than doubled from 2005 to 2009. http://www.pewinternet.org/Reports/2009/7--Online-Classifieds.aspx More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/media/news.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RSS Feeds : Fed Notices : Blog : Clips : http://www.cybertelecom.org/news.htm Now Extra Delicious! http://del.icio.us/rcannon100/zxc Cytertelecom is now on Twitter & Facebook! 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 Jun 25 08:58:09 2009 From: rcannon100 at yahoo.com (Robert Cannon) Date: Thu, 25 Jun 2009 08:58:09 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Cybertel-Ann] 6.25 :: #iran :: Green Dam :: Sec. 230 Litigation :: Exclusive Handset Deals R Pro-Competitive :: Message-ID: <708899.49178.qm@web37908.mail.mud.yahoo.com> ============================================ CyberTelecom News Federal Internet Law and Policy ============================================ The best weapon of a dictatorship is secrecy; the best weapon of a democracy is openness. - Edvard Teller Internet, Not Broadband, for National Policy, Peer Flow A national broadband policy is what you get when you put bellheads in charge. Fortunately, Scott Bradner has been on the Internet since the beginning, and explains the difference. http://riskman.typepad.com/peerflow/2009/06/internet-not-broadband-for-national-policy.html More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/plan.htm Will Green Dam backfire?, Net Effect It's my lucky day - two columns in 24 hours! Newsweek has just published my column on Green Dam (even though it was written before the Chinese government agreed to relax the rules). I tried to argue that the introduction of Green Dam is actually goi http://neteffect.foreignpolicy.com/posts/2009/06/20/will_green_dam_backfire More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/cda/child.htm Court Corrects Section 230 Opinion on Recommendation of CDT and Others, CDT At the urging of CDT, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued an "amended" decision in the Barnes v. Yahoo! case, correcting two serious errors that had been included in the court's initial decision. CDT and others had filed a "friend of the court" brief urging the court to delete language that limited service providers' ability to be protected by http://www.cdt.org/headlines/1225 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/cda/samaritan.htm 47 USC 230 and Consumer Protection Talk Notes, Tech Marketing Law Last week I made a very short presentation on 47 USC 230 and consumer protection at the... http://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2009/06/47_usc_230_and.htm More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/cda/samaritan.htm Ninth Circuit Amends Barnes v. Yahoo! Decision, Addresses Concerns Raised by Yahoo! and Amici, Citizen's Media Back in May, the CMLP joined Public Citizen, the Center for Democracy and Technology, and the Electronic Frontier Foundation in submitting an amicus curiae brief in support of Yahoo!'s petition for rehearing in the Barnes v. Yahoo! case. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/CitizenMediaLawProject/~3/x_BfhrwVCNY/ninth-circuit-amends-barnes-v-yahoo-decision-addresses-concerns-raised-yahoo-and-amici More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/cda/samaritan.htm Barbara Esbin: Exclusive Handset Deals Are Pro-Competitive, Tech Lib Front Last summer, my PFF colleague Barbara Esbin and I explained that, while many consumers dislike not being able to get popular smartphones like the iPhone on the wireless network of their choice, such exclusive deals actually benefit consumers. Barbara summarizes her testimony (PDF) as follows: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/techliberation/~3/J2njihvufm0/ More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/cpe.htm Comcast, Time Warner Hope To Tame Internet Video - New TV Everywhere trial starts, raises eyebrows..., dslreports Back in March, Time Warner CEO Jeffrey Bewkes announced that Time Warner and Comcast would be taking the traditional TV model and putting it online -- offering TV content for free to existing subscribers. The idea offers two functions: it hopes to differentiate the companies from satellite and telcoTV competitors, while preventing cord cutters http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Comcast-Time-Warner-Hope-To-Tame-Internet-Video-103099 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutral.htm 'New' FCC, Same Regulatory Rubber Stamp For CenturyLink - Embarq/Centurytel merger conditions for show, FCC hopes nobody notices, dslreports When the FCC allowed AT&T to acquire BellSouth in one of the largest telecom deals ever, the agency enacted a series of wimpy conditions (pdf). Not only were most of the conditions simply for show, but the FCC made it very clear they really had no intention of enforcing them. AT&T was supposed to offer naked or 768kbps $10 DSL for two http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/New-FCC-Same-Regulatory-Rubber-Stamp-For-CenturyLink-103109 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/industry/merger.htm Verizon Announces New FiOS Tiers, Promotions - 10/2 and 20/5 tiers upgraded to 25/15, new netbook offer..., dslreports There's confirmation this morning on a slew of changes coming to Verizon's FiOS tier lineup that we were the first to report last week. While there's no official press release yet, one over-eager Verizon employee has posted the new changes to the official Verizon forum. Those changes include the existing 10Mbps/2Mbps tier being upgraded to http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Verizon-Announces-New-FiOS-Tiers-Promotions-103069 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/industry/verizon.htm U.S. Objects to China?s Web Filtering, NYT The Obama administration lodged a formal protest with the Chinese government over its plan to force all computers sold in China to come with software that blocks access to certain Web sites. http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=f04bbf002cf92c4d78b4c48ef3400c78 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/intl/china.htm China accuses Google of spreading pornography, Globe and Mail Chinese users are no longer able to connect to search engine's website http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TheGlobeAndMail-Technology/~3/WGzjj7-FxZM/ More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/intl/china.htm Second thoughts about that Wall St. Journal article on Iran and DPI, IGP The censorship of Internet communications by the Iranian theocracy has been known for years. Months ago, a Freedom House study singled out Iran as one of the four worst enemies of Internet freedom. Yet a 22 June Wall Street Journal article got about 100 times more publicity than the Freedom House report, by making what turns out to http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/IGPBlog/~3/S1vPAp8ZD58/4233828.html More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/intl/me.htm The Conundrum of Internet Filtering, PK All this talk of Internet surveillance is enough to cause intense bafflement. For the last couple of days, stories about the revolution Iran indicated that the government is able to keep track of the Internet doings of protesters by means of deep-packet inspection (DPI), a technology developed in the West that, like most dual-use technologies, has a good http://feeds.publicknowledge.org/~r/publicknowledge-main/~3/Yb-Ovg5CyxQ/2495 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/intl/me.htm An Update On What's Happening in Iran, Youtube It has been one week since Iran's contested presidential election, and YouTube has been flooded with footage from the streets of Tehran and other cities, documenting the civil unrest that is unfolding there. In the past few days, many Iranians have participated in violent demonstrations, held silent rallies to protest the elections, and grieved for those http://www.youtube.com/blog?entry=TeMA8ery6zo More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/intl/me.htm Bahrain/Tunisia: Censors of the Net, Global Voices Sesawe's blog publishes an English translation of an article which appeared in France's Le Monde 2, entitled Censors of the Net, written by Claire Ulrich, which focuses on censorship, including that in Bahrain and Tunisia, to name a few. http://globalvoicesonline.org/2009/06/19/bahraintunisia-censors-of-the-net/ More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/intl/me.htm Questions about WSJ story on Net Management in Iran, Isen The main source for a story in the Wall Street Journal today about Internet monitoring and spying in Iran denies he provided key evidence for the story's main claim. In addition, one of the story's co-reporters has a history of writing stories that his sources disavow. http://isen.com/blog/2009/06/questions-about-wsj-story-on-net.html More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/intl/me.htm Proxy servers pressed into action to keep Web access in Iran, CW An unknown number of proxy servers set up in recent days are being used to help Iranians to maintain access to unfiltered Web content amid a crackdown over protests in the country. http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9134653&source=rss_news More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/intl/me.htm "(Google is) sucking the blood (out of newspapers.)", Lost Remote Dow Jones (Wall Street Journal) CEO Les Hinton not only bashed Google, but he made a little news, explaining that WSJ.com subscribers will soon be able to buy access to other newspapers online. ?Imagine this future,? he http://lostremote.com/post/129644732 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/media/news.htm According To WSJ, Google Not Just A 'Thief' But A 'Digital Vampire', Techdirt There's an absolutely huge business out there of folks trying to get more traffic from Google, called Search Engine Optimization. It's a big deal. Traffic to your website is the lifeblood of most internet business models, and so any way to get more traffic is a good thing. Except if you're in the newspaper business for some reason. Lately we keep seeing http://techdirt.com/articles/20090624/1244475352.shtml More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/media/news.htm Netherlands Considers Internet Tax To Fund Newspapers That Can't Compete, Techdirt A bunch of folks have been sending in various versions of this translated article from Holland, noting a proposal that's been brought forth to tax internet connections in order to give the money to industries that are having trouble competing, such as newspapers. It's not at all clear that this proposal has any chance of going anywhere, and there http://techdirt.com/articles/20090623/1440545332.shtml More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/media/news.htm Link by Link: As Blogs Are Censored, It?s Kittens to the Rescue, NYT Totalitarian governments are unlikely to cut off sites like Blogspot that host innocuous content alongside political speech. http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=d451b1f16aa7937d78b6e2462e60dbf7 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/media/news.htm Twitter a lifeline to Iranian protesters, CW Iranians are using Twitter to keep the world updated about what's going on in their country during the unrest following a disputed election. http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=340349&source=rss_news More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/media/news.htm Iconic Video from Tehran Protests Demands New Skills of Journalists, Online The 40-second video from Tehran is gripping and brutal. It shows a young woman apparently dying in the street, blood suddenly pouring from her mouth and nose as those around her struggle frantically to save her. http://www.poynter.org/content/content_view.asp?id=165524&sid=26 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/media/news.htm Huffington Post's local rollout continues, Lost Remote Huffington Post will launch a New York local aggregation site today, followed soon by Denver and other major markets. ?(We?re) looking to see if we can partner with local sites,? Arianna Huffington said in this interview. HuffPo launched an experimental Chicago vertical last year. http://lostremote.com/post/128202463 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/media/news.htm Big Boost for Online Viewing, Cabletechtalk Time Warner and Comcast held a press briefing this morning to provide some details about the much anticipated ?TV Everywhere? project that Time Warner Chairman and CEO Jeff Bewkes has been discussing for a few months including during a panel at The Cable Show back in early April. Joining Bewkes for today?s briefing was Comcast http://www.cabletechtalk.com/cable-companies/comcast/2009/06/24/big-boost-for-online-viewing-2/ More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/media/video.htm TV Anywhere Gets A Boost: Paging Christine Varney! (and Jon Lebowitz and, eventually, Julius Genachowski), PK Time Warner and Comcast have announced a new pilot program for their TV Anywhere initiative. The 5,000 customers in the pilot will get access to cable programming content not otherwise available online ? as long as they http://feeds.publicknowledge.org/~r/publicknowledge-main/~3/DNRb3YAbLMU/2494 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/media/video.htm On Demand Online and TV Everywhere, Comcast I watch video on the web all the time, but there?s something missing: all those great television shows from cable networks. Our plan is to give our video customers free online access to their favorite cable television that they are http://www.comcastvoices.com/2009/06/on-demand-online-and-tv-everywhere.html More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/media/video.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RSS Feeds : Fed Notices : Blog : Clips : http://www.cybertelecom.org/news.htm Now Extra Delicious! http://del.icio.us/rcannon100/zxc Cytertelecom is now on Twitter & Facebook! 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Cybertelecom Link to us! www.cybertelecom.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From rcannon100 at yahoo.com Tue Jun 30 08:12:13 2009 From: rcannon100 at yahoo.com (Robert Cannon) Date: Tue, 30 Jun 2009 08:12:13 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [Cybertel-Ann] 6.30 :: Bye American! :: Fake News is Great! :: Michael News Crashes Net :: The Chair is in the Building :: Green Dam Delayed :: Message-ID: <866797.89106.qm@web37908.mail.mud.yahoo.com> ============================================ CyberTelecom News Federal Internet Law and Policy ============================================ If computers get too powerful, we can organize them into a committee -- that will do them in. - Bradley's Bromide Internet Society Funds Projects to Expand and Ensure Internet Accessibility, ISOC Grants help build open source software tools and resources to support vocational training and accessibility for people with disabilities http://isoc.org/wp/newsletter/?p=1021 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ada/ The Broadband Stimulus Gets, Uh, Less Patriotic? - NTIA realizes 'buy American' wasn't realistic goal..., dslreports When the first wave of broadband stimulus awards was being hashed out, there were a number of companies that convinced the government to focus broadband stimulus money on carriers who "bought American," despite the fact so many qualified companies (like Cisco) use foreign parts and do extensive global business. In a public statement, the http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/The-Broadband-Stimulus-Gets-Uh-Less-Patriotic-103163 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/stimulus.htm NTIA waives Buy American rules in broadband stimulus package, Muni Not very patriotic, is it, especially during the week of the Fourth of July? The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA), the agency charged with administering the Broadband Technology Opportunities Program (BTOP), known to most people as the broadband stimulus package, has granted a limited exception to the http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Muniwireless/~3/TKMqDfvCl7Q/ More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/stimulus.htm Comcast ready to resell Clearwire?s WiMAX, Muni In news announcements today cable giant Comcast announced that it would start reselling Clearwire?s WiMax services, a business move they promised earlier this year. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Muniwireless/~3/3KFDWuJyhYE/ More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/wimax.htm Online Safety Blogosphere Round Up 6/24/09, Filtering Facts Marian Merritt at Symantec blogs on ?YouTube Is Top Kid Destination; How To Enjoy It Safely? http://filteringfacts.org/2009/06/25/online-safety-blogosphere-round-up-62409/ More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/cda/child.htm Anti-Spyware Company Protected by 47 USC 230(c)(2)--Zango v. Kaspersky, Tech & Marketing Law Zango, Inc. v. Kaspersky Lab, Inc., 2009 WL 1796746 (9th Cir. June 25, 2009) The case involves... http://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2009/06/antispyware_com.htm More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/cda/samaritan.htm Consumer Groups Want Deep Packet Inspection Hearings - Iranian protests used for network neutrality debate..., dslreports As we noted last week, Iranian's use of deep packet inspection hardware to identify and censor Internet content has put the already-controversial technology back into the spotlight. The network sniffing gear has many uses, though its implementation over the last few years in behavioral advertising, P2P throttling, and ISP javascript banner injection has http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Consumer-Groups-Want-Deep-Packet-Inspection-Hearings-103168 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutral.htm Fragmentation Games: Playstation Gets ?Boxeed,? TV Anywhere Gets More Content., Tales from the Sausage Factory In the latest twist in the broadband fragmentation games driven the overlap of MVPDs and broadband access providers, users of PlayStation 3 can no longer access Hulu. As some may recall, Hulu tried a similar trick with http://www.wetmachine.com/item/1581 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutral.htm Rogers Back To Inserting Its Messages Onto Others' Websites, Techdirt Back in 2007, we wrote about how Canadian ISP Rogers was inserting its own content into certain webpages, such as Google's. The company was basically putting messages at the top to let people know they were using up their metered bandwidth limit. While it's nice that they were trying to better inform users, the methods were highly questionable -- http://techdirt.com/articles/20090626/1502255378.shtml More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ci/neutralnot.htm US Broadband Penetration Grows to 63%, Website Optimization Overall broadband penetration in US homes grew to 63% in March 2009, despite an increase in average monthly rates. Thi http://www.websiteoptimization.com/bw/0906/ More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/data/broadband.htm Icann Hires Former Cybersecurity Chief as New C.E.O., NYT The Internet agency with key oversight of the monikers behind every Web site, e-mail address and Twitter post named former U.S. cybersecurity chief Rod Beckstrom as its next chief executive. http://feeds.nytimes.com/click.phdo?i=351d7def2424529a12dbacb1c09a13da More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/dns/icann.htm Sixth Lawsuit Filed Over Google AdWords, Plus an Assault on Google's Organic Search Results--Ascentive v. Google, Tech & Marketing Law Ascentive, LLC v. Google, Inc., 2:09-cv-02871-JS (E.D. Pa. complaint filed June 25, 2009) Guess who got sued... http://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2009/06/sixth_lawsuit_f.htm More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ecom/advertising.htm Amazon positioned to win state tax battle, CNET Amazon.com is in a high-profile tax showdown with states over its Associates referral program and is likely to come out a winner either way. http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10275757-38.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=News-PoliticsandLaw More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ecom/tax.htm Extension of Phase III: Drafting of Open Government Recommendations, OSTP As of Friday morning, June 26th, there are well over 100 drafts of open government recommendations that you, the public, have written in Phase III of the public consultation process. The community of contributors grows by the hour, as word of this collaborative effort spreads. http://blog.ostp.gov/2009/06/26/extension-of-phase-iii-drafting-of-open-government-recommendations/ More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/egov/ FISPA and WISPA Boards Meet in Nashville, WISPA FISPA (Federated Internet Service Providers Association and WISPA (Wireless Internet Service Providers Association) held a joint regional meeting in Nashville last week. This opportunity was arranged by FISPA Executive http://www.wispa.org/2009/06/29/fispa-and-wispa-boards-meet-in-nashville/ More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/industry/isp.htm Green Dam Implementation Delayed in China, Palfrey Xinhua is reporting that the MIIT in China has decided to delay implementation of the Green Dam Youth Escort software program. (HT: Rebecca MacKinnon, who has been doing a terrific job documenting the proposed Green Dam regulation from the start on her blog.) http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/palfrey/2009/06/30/green-dam-implementation-delayed-in-china/ More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/intl/china.htm This Just In: Fake News Sites Are Great!, Wired Scammers use a network of fake newspaper and TV websites to promote wonder drugs and work-at-home opportunities that lead to unexpected credit card charges for consumers. The surprising part is that real news sites are helping them do it. http://feeds.wired.com/~r/wired/politics/~3/4yTybp8edGU/fake_news More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/media/news.htm Unlike The AP, It Looks Like Reuters Recognizes The Future, Techdirt About a year and a half ago, we wrote about a talk given by the CEO of the Associated Press, Tom Curley, supposedly about the future of journalism. It was a very strange speech. It talked about recognizing how times were changing and how the AP could no longer be a "gatekeeper." And... then spent a large portion talking about how the http://techdirt.com/articles/20090626/0145085368.shtml More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/media/news.htm News sites falter as traffic spikes after Jackson's death, CW Michael Jackson's death on Thursday caused a spike in visits to news Web sites that affected the performance and availability of some of the biggest ones, according to Web monitoring company Keynote Systems. http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9134913&source=rss_news More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/media/news.htm Obama Rounds Out FCC With Baker Nomination, Internet News Republican would fill the final spot on the five-person agency; Senate confirms Genachowski as chairman. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/InternetnewsRealtimeNewsForItManagers/~3/dcmsGV_meZ0/3827121 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/notes/fcc.htm Chairman Rockefeller Statement on Nominees Confirmed, Senate Commerce No description http://commerce.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=PressReleases.Detail&PressRelease_id=8e94372a-63bb-42aa-8b79-2992878df984 More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/notes/fcc.htm New FCC Chair Brings Us One Step Closer to Net Neutrality, Save the Internet Julius Genachowski, a strong proponent of Net Neutrality, was confirmed by the Senate late Thursday to be the influential chairman of the Federal Communications Commission. http://www.savetheinternet.com/blog/09/06/26/new-fcc-chair-brings-us-one-step-closer-net-neutrality More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/notes/fcc.htm FCC cracks down on "gamesmanship" of line-sharing rules, Ars Technica Federal Communications Commissioner Michael Copps has been promising to do it for months: clean up the process by which incumbent carriers are allowed to raise the prices they charge smaller telcos for http://arstechnica.com/telecom/news/2009/06/fcc-cracks-down-on-gamesmanship-of-line-sharing-rules.ars More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/notes/une.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ RSS Feeds : Fed Notices : Blog : Clips : http://www.cybertelecom.org/news.htm Now Extra Delicious! http://del.icio.us/rcannon100/zxc Cytertelecom is now on Twitter & Facebook! 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