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Filtering coming to Australia in 2010
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| It looks like the Australian blogosphere
| and twitterverse are in an uproar, and the
| media have not been very kind. What
| remains to be seen is how much this issue
| can crossover into the mainstream public
| consciousness. If the policy is seen as a
| vote-loser rather than a crowd pleaser,
| the Government might be a little readier
| to see reason.
|
| So is Australia the new Iran? Should you
| encrypt your hard drive or install a VPN
| before visiting Australia next year? Well,
| itâs not the law of the land yet, but
| unless the political winds change,
| Australia is set to join a club with some
| rather unsavoury members.
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http://www.efa.org.au/2009/12/17/filtering-coming-to-australian-in-2010/
Google accused of scrubbing bloody Berlusconi pics
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| Move over, Facebook. Now Google is caught
| in the middle of Italy's epic row over
| Sunday's violent assault on Prime Minister
| Silvio Berlusconi.
|
| Bloggers, netizens, and at least one news
| organization are claiming that the web
| giant has removed images of a bloodied
| Berlusconi from the Italian incarnation of
| Google Image search. On Wednesday
| afternoon, a blog post from Google Italia
| said it had not removed the pics, pointing
| out that it takes time for newer content
| to appear on Image Search, but many
| continue to insist that the photos
| appeared on the site earlier in the week.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/12/16/google_and_berlusconi/
Rapist ex-lawmaker claims copyright on his name, threatens legal action against anyone who uses it without permission
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| Former South Dakota State Rep. Ted Alvin
| Klaudt -- presently serving time for
| raping his two foster daughters -- is
| sending bizarre "copyright notices" from
| prison to news agencies and outlets that
| use his name in print or online, claiming
| a "common law copyright" on his name and
| demanding $500,000 for any unauthorized
| use.
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http://www.boingboing.net/2009/12/16/rapist-ex-lawmaker-c.html
Ex-Lawmaker Convicted of Rape: Name Is Copyrighted
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2009/12/16/business/AP-US-Inmate-Name-Copyright.html?_r=2
North Face sues South Butt
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| The North Face Apparel Corp. has sued the
| South Butt LLC, seeking to put a stop to
| University of Missouri college freshman
| Jimmy Winkelmannâs parody clothing line.
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http://sanfrancisco.bizjournals.com/sanfrancisco/stories/2009/12/14/daily7.html?ed=2009-12-14&ana=e_du_pub
Hiring Of FCC Scholar Criticized
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| The FCC's hiring this week of Stuart
| Benjamin, a telecommunications law
| professor on leave from Duke University,
| as a "distinguished scholar in residence"
| drew sharp criticism Friday from the
| Parents Television Council, which claims
| that he's called for long-standing
| broadcast indecency law to be found
| unconstitutional, CongressDaily reported.
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http://techdailydose.nationaljournal.com/2009/12/hiring-of-fcc-scholar-criticiz.php
Journalist Fired After Critical Report Published
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| A journalist who wrote for the Summit
| Daily News claims he was fired because his
| publisher was concerned about losing
| advertising dollars after he wrote a
| column that was critical of how ski
| resorts report their daily snow totals.
|
| Bob Berwyn has more than a decade
| reporting the news in Colorado's high
| country. He was terminated at the Daily
| News five days after the column was
| published.
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http://cbs4denver.com/local/summit.county.ski.2.1363449.html
Recent:
Google weighs in to Aussie firewall row
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| Google has criticised the Australian
| government's forthcoming mandatory ISP
| censorship system for targeting a "too wide"
| a range of content.
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/12/16/google_oz_filtering/
Australia introduces web filters
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| Australia intends to introduce filters which
| will ban access to websites containing
| criminal content.
|
| The banned sites will be selected by an
| independent classification body guided by
| complaints from the public, said
| Communications Minister Stephen Conroy.
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8413377.stm
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