[Cybertel-Ann] 3.24 :: Child Safety before Congress and ICANN :: You Can Do a DMCA Takedown :: ENUM? :: RIAA in P2P Suit :: Understanding the Internet ::

Tue Mar 24 06:02:02 PST 2009

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FOSI Hosts ‘Online on Wednesday’ Hill Panels to Promote a New Culture of Responsibility, FOSI
The Family Online Safety Institute today hosted the first of a series of online safety panels on Capitol Hill to educate policy makers, legislators, educators and Industry representatives on pressing online safety issues. The panels, titled 'Online on
http://www.fosi.org/cms/index.php/news/43-pr-2009/347-fosi-host-online-on-wednesday.html
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/cda/child.htm

Just Because You Can Do A DMCA Takedown Doesn't Mean You Should...
, Techdirt
Many lawyers are taught (or learn from experience) to approach any legal issue by going to an extreme position, on the assumption that eventually there will be a negotiation with opposing counsel and a settlement will get worked out somewhere in the middle. That often made the most
http://techdirt.com/articles/20090319/2239464192.shtml
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ip/dmca.htm

Big Network Providers Throw FUD at Broadband Stimulus Roundtable, PK
There weren’t any great surprises at today’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration roundtable discussion of the non-discrimination and interconnection requirements of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (better known as the stimulus bill). The
http://feeds.publicknowledge.org/~r/publicknowledge-main/~3/tyN3r2IZw2s/2046
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/stimulus.htm

A Closer Look At How The Takedown Process Is Widely Abused, Techdirt
Last week, we wrote about how, in a filing over the proposed three strikes rule in New Zealand, Google had filed a report pointing to widespread abuse of the DMCA takedown process. Plenty of others have noted the same thing, but some of the entertainment industry's lawyers are
http://techdirt.com/articles/20090321/1321414205.shtml
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ip/dmca.htm

Will ENUM Deliver?, CircleID
ENUM (E.164 NUmber Mapping) is a technology that has been around for a little while that has promised much and, so far, delivered little to the average user. As Nominet has recently been awarded the contract to administer the UK 4.4.e164.arpa delegation, I thought it was time that I
http://www.circleid.com/posts/20090323_will_enum_deliver/
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/dns/enum.htm

Hulu a Big Gainer in Latest comScore Stats, Internet News
February stats show tax prep and Valentine's Day a key driver for some sites.
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/InternetnewsRealtimeNewsForItManagers/~3/q1XDAqVT1JQ/3811516
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/media/

Obama administration sides with RIAA in P2P suit, CNET
The Obama administration has sided with the recording industry in a copyright lawsuit against an alleged peer-to-peer pirate, a move that echoes arguments previously made by the Bush administration.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10201831-38.html?part=rss&tag=feed&subj=News-PoliticsandLaw
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/ip/p2p.htm

Skype to run beta of VoIP service for business over SIP, IP switches, CW
Skype Technologies announced a beta version of its popular voice-over-IP service for businesses that have IP-based switches running on the Session Initiation Protocol.
http://feeds.computerworld.com/click.phdo?i=805609b1f015ec479e7a4982bf50f4ad
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/voip/

Holdren Confirmed as Director of OSTP, OSTP
No description
http://www.ostp.gov/galleries/press_release_files/holdren_confirmation_release_3-20-09.pdf
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/egov/

Save the children? ICANN opens debate on CyberSafety charter, Ars Technica
ICANN has been soliciting a lot of comments on its governance and future of late, including one petition to form a CyberSafety Constituency (CSC) within the Non-Commercial Stakeholders Group. (NCSG).
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2009/03/save-the-children-icann-opens-debate-on-cybersafety-charter.ars
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/cda/child.htm

Buggy Whip Newsprint Maker Looks To Avoid Bankruptcy, Techdirt
It's common to point to "buggy whip" makers as an example of a business that was eventually (mostly) destroyed by a new technology -- though, to be fair, the buggy whip makers were secondary victims. It was the horse-carriage industry that was knocked out by automobiles. The
http://techdirt.com/articles/20090320/1139014197.shtml
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/media/

Realistic Topology Modeling for the Internet BGP Infrastructure, CAIDA
Presented at the IEEE International Symposium on Modeling, Analysis and Simulation of Computers and Telecommunication Systems (MASCOTS 2008).
http://www.caida.org/publications/papers/2008/realistic_topology_modeling/
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/notes/internet.htm

IPv6 Topology Dataset, CAIDA
The IPv6 Topology Dataset contains information useful for studying the IP- and AS-topology of the IPv6 Internet. The focus of this measurement is on discovering topology and not on finding responding destinations. A globally distributed set of Archipelago (Ark) monitors has continuously collected this data since December 12, 2008.
http://www.caida.org/data/active/ipv6_allpref_topology_dataset.xml
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/dns/ipv6.htm

Tales of the Sausage Factory: Adelstein To Go To RUS, But When?, Tales from the Sausage Factory
In a not entirely unexpected move, FCC Commissioner Jonathon Adelstein will shift over to the RUS program. One would be hard put to think of anyone better qualified to oversee spending to stimulate rural broadband deployment (granted, as regular ...
http://www.wetmachine.com/item/1491
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/notes/fcc.htm

Mapping Broadband and Understanding the Internet, Pew Internet
John Horrigan will participate in a roundtable on "Mapping Broadband" at the National Telecommunications & Information Administration. This is part public outreach for the Commerce Department's Broadband Technology Opportunities Program.
http://www.pewinternet.org/Presentations/2009/9--Mapping--Broadband-and-Understanding-the-Internet.aspx
More Info: http://www.cybertelecom.org/broadband/

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