http://importance.corante.com/ en-us ernest.miller@aya.yale.edu 2005-06-30T12:01:02-08:00 hourly 1 2000-01-01T12:00+00:00 http://importance.corante.com/archives/2005/06/30/felten_on_gaos_p2p_filtering_and_porn_report.php Ed Felten does a great job analyzing a recent GAO report on filtering, porn and P2P systems (GAO Data: Porn Rare on P2P; Filters Ineffective). Note that the title of his post is "GAO Data" not "GAO Report". Read the... 6252@http://importance.corante.com/ Blink › 2005-06-30T12:01:02-08:00 http://importance.corante.com/archives/2005/06/22/uk_parents_ignore_videogame_ratings.php The BBC News reports on a study in the UK that found parents ignored videogame ratings when purchasing games for their children (Parents 'Ignore Game Age Ratings').A study commissioned by the UK games industry found that parents let children play... 6171@http://importance.corante.com/ Blink › 2005-06-22T17:45:42-08:00 http://importance.corante.com/archives/2005/06/21/report_extensive_internet_censorship_in_iran.php John Palfrey announces that the multinational Open Net Initiative has released its report on internet filtering in Iran (Iran Internet Filtering Report).We at the OpenNet Initiative released our study on Iran today. Of the states that we have studied, Iran... 6150@http://importance.corante.com/ Blink › 2005-06-21T16:57:18-08:00 http://importance.corante.com/archives/2005/06/17/microsoft_on_chinese_censorship_we_censor_in_the_us_too.php The LA Times has a very good article on Microsoft's censorship of blogs in China, the background and the controversy (As China Censors the Internet, Money Talks). For more about this issue, I highly recommend Rebecca MacKinnon's My Response to... 6086@http://importance.corante.com/ Freedom of Expression 2005-06-17T02:31:26-08:00 http://importance.corante.com/archives/2005/06/14/podcasting_and_profanity.php Last Sunday, on Corante's Podcasting Jeff De Cagna asked, what the role of profanity in podcasting was (Profanity in Podcasting: What is its Role?).But there is an even more fundamental inquiry I'd like to pose here: what is the role... 6051@http://importance.corante.com/ Freedom of Expression 2005-06-14T15:35:00-08:00 http://importance.corante.com/archives/2005/06/14/korea_to_require_all_video_be_rated_before_distribution_via_internet.php South Korea is going to require video distributed via the internet to be rated before it can be distributed, according to a report in the Korea Times (Online Video Clips to Receive Ratings). The purpose of the law is to... 6041@http://importance.corante.com/ Blink › 2005-06-14T07:20:12-08:00 http://importance.corante.com/archives/2005/06/14/french_isps_ordered_to_block_holocaust_denying_website.php 6040@http://importance.corante.com/ Blink › 2005-06-14T06:58:12-08:00 http://importance.corante.com/archives/2005/06/09/crawford_on_utah_anticensorship_lawsuit.php After a brief hiatus, Prof. Susan Crawford is back blogging with praise for the complaint in the lawsuit that the Utah ACLU and CDT are bringing against a state censorship law (Step Away From the Censorship Button). Though she thinks... 5992@http://importance.corante.com/ Blink › 2005-06-09T23:35:21-08:00 http://importance.corante.com/archives/2005/06/09/utah_aclu_takes_on_yet_another_antiporn_law.php C|Net News that the American Civil Liberties Union of Utah is challenging a state law that would require internet service providers (defined as everyone providing access to the net, such as WiFi access points and cellphones) to give customers a... 5979@http://importance.corante.com/ Blink › 2005-06-09T09:20:07-08:00 http://importance.corante.com/archives/2005/06/07/why_not_a_politically_incorrect_top_level_domain.php Brad Templeton reports that ICANN will soon launch a new top level domain, ".polinc", for politically incorrect websites (ICANN Announces ".polinc" TLD for Politically Incorrect and Dangerous-Opinion Sites).The .POLINC top level domain will be a voluntary arena for sites that... 5950@http://importance.corante.com/ Blink › 2005-06-07T23:32:24-08:00 http://importance.corante.com/archives/2005/06/07/no_surprise_censorship_groups_not_happy_with_xxx.php Seth Finkelstein continues his commentary on ICANN's new ".xxx" top level domain by pointing out the condemnation from various censorship organizations (Censors Against Dot-XXX Domain).When notable censors are saying very loudly, essentially, "THIS WON'T HELP US CENSOR", so they don't... 5940@http://importance.corante.com/ Blink › 2005-06-07T16:41:28-08:00 http://importance.corante.com/archives/2005/06/05/why_xxx_when_icann_continues_tld_scarcity.php ICANNWatch.org has posted a defense of ICANN's approval of the ".xxx" top-level domain (.xxx Approval a Positive Sign). However, I agree with the dissenting comments from Michael Froomkin:I think if we had a world where every reasonable proposal got a... 5915@http://importance.corante.com/ Blink › 2005-06-05T22:19:10-08:00 http://importance.corante.com/archives/2005/06/03/icann_doesnt_censor_governments_do.php Everyone has commented on the initial reports concerning the new ".xxx" top level domain approved by ICANN. For example, see my initial post (ICANN Approves '.xxx' Top Level Domain). However, there is more to learn as the decision is analyzed.... 5902@http://importance.corante.com/ Freedom of Expression 2005-06-03T12:32:01-08:00 http://importance.corante.com/archives/2005/06/01/icann_approves_xxx_top_level_domain.php The Associated Press reports that ICANN has approved a new top-level domain ".xxx" (Internet Group OKs 'xxx' Web Addresses). Read ICANN's brief announcement here: ICANN Moves Forward in First Phase Commercial & Technical Negotiations with an Additional sTLD Applicant. ICM... 5881@http://importance.corante.com/ Internet 2005-06-01T20:54:06-08:00 http://importance.corante.com/archives/2005/06/01/hollywood_could_help_fight_child_porn_but_they_dont.php The Dallas Morning News (reg. req.) runs a story that insinuates that P2P companies could stop child porn on their networks but are reluctant to do so because then they would also be able to stop copyright infringement (Child Porn... 5880@http://importance.corante.com/ File Sharing 2005-06-01T20:34:02-08:00