[atlarge-discuss] Re: FC: Three Washington hijinks: Porn domains, DRM labels, .gov secrets

[Jeff Williams <jwkckid1@ix.netcom.com>]

Declan and all,

  Thank for passing this along.  Quite interesting.

Declan McCullagh wrote:

> http://news.com.com/2100-1028-994201.html
>
>     Use misleading domain name, go to jail?
>     By Declan McCullagh
>
>     March 26, 2003, 11:23 AM PT
>     WASHINGTON--The U.S. House of Representatives is scheduled to vote
>     Thursday on a proposal that would criminalize using misleading domain
>     names to lure unsuspecting people to sex sites.
>
>     Under the proposal, a last-minute amendment to an unrelated child
>     abduction bill, people who knowingly use an innocent-sounding domain
>     name to drive traffic to a sexually explicit Web site could be fined
>     and imprisoned for two to four years. An example of an
>     innocuous-sounding domain name with pornographic content is
>     WhiteHouse.com, which is not sponsored by the Bush administration.
>
>     [...]
>
> ---
>
> http://news.com.com/2100-1028-994176.html
>
>     Senator calls for copy-protection tags
>     By Declan McCullagh
>
>     March 26, 2003, 8:45 AM PT
>     WASHINGTON--Software, music and movies that employ copy-protection
>     schemes must be prominently labeled with consumer warnings, according
>     to a bill introduced in Congress this week.
>
>     The measure, sponsored by Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., would grant the
>     Federal Trade Commission the power to establish labeling methods for
>     technology that limits the ability of consumers to freely copy,
>     distribute or back up digital content.
>
>     [...]
>
> ---
>
> http://news.com.com/2100-1028-994216.html
>
>     Bush order covers Internet secrets
>     By Declan McCullagh
>
>     March 26, 2003, 12:11 PM PT
>     President George W. Bush has signed an executive order that explicitly
>     gives the government the power to classify information about critical
>     infrastructures such as the Internet.
>
>     Bush late Tuesday changed the definition of what the government may
>     classify as confidential, secret and top-secret to include details
>     about "infrastructures" and weapons of mass destruction. The new
>     executive order also makes clear that information related to "defense
>     against transnational terrorism" is classifiable.
>
>     [...]
>
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