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California Senate Approves Ban on Unsolicited E-mail Ads
The California State Senate approved a bill that would make it illegal to send unsolicited e-mail advertising and allows people to sue so-called spammers for $500 per unwanted message. If the bill, which now goes to the California Assembly, becomes law, it would be one of the strictest anti-spam measures in the country. House Subcommittee Approves Permanent Ban on Internet Taxes
A U.S. House of Representatives subcommittee voted to make permanent a ban on Internet-specific taxes, shrugging off attempts to link it with a more controversial effort to allow online sales taxes. The Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law passed a measure by voice vote that would make permanent a ban on "multiple and discriminatory" taxes on Internet access fees and online traffic due to expire in November. Colorado Governor Vetoes Digital Piracy Legislation
Colorado Gov. Bill Owens vetoed a state law backed by the Motion Picture Association of America to broaden that state's communication piracy laws, the Durango Herald reported. In his veto message, Owens said that while the bill may be required, it wasn't defined clearly enough, the paper says. Online Merchants Sue Credit Card Companies in Fraud Cases
A small group of online merchants sued four major credit card companies, charging that they failed to inform online and other direct merchants whether goods were being purchased with stolen credit cards or by customers with a history of fraud. The lawsuit was filed in federal court in Raleigh, North Carolina, against Visa U.S.A. Inc., MasterCard International Inc., American Express Co. and Discover Financial Services Inc., said attorney Mark Ishman. Study Shows How Gator's Pop-Up Ads Target Websites
A Harvard University researcher has completed an investigation of the Gator advertising utility, offering a glimpse into the workings of one of the Web's most controversial pop-up networks. Gator is a utility, sometimes derided as "spyware," that monitors a user's Web browsing activity and displays relevant advertisements. ReplayTV May Eliminate Some Controversial Features
ReplayTV said it would likely leave some controversial features on its home television recording machines for now but may strip them from new models. ReplayTV, the digital video recorder maker purchased last month by Japan's D&M Holdings from bankrupt Sonicblue, said it is mulling the fate of ReplayTV's features that skip commercials and send saved programs over the Internet. Spammer, Other Witnesses Testify Before Senate Committee
As a Senate committee sought answers on how to curb the overwhelming surge of junk e-mail, one of the nation's most notorious spammers told members just how hard their job would be. Ronald Scelson, an eighth-grade dropout and self-taught computer programmer from Louisiana, riveted the Commerce Committee hearing room as he explained that he sends between 120 million and 180 million e-mails every 12 hours. Ex-Student Ordered to Pay $500,000 for False Stock Postings
A judge ordered a former university student to pay regulators more than $500,000 for allegedly posting false messages about stocks on the Internet so he could profit from ensuing buying or selling sprees, federal regulators said. The Securities and Exchange Commission contends that Refael Shaoulian, 26, sought to manipulate the price of five stocks while he was a student at University of California, Los Angeles. Oregon Bill on Library Internet Filters Called Unconstitutional
An Oregon bill that would pressure public libraries to filter sexually explicit Internet sites has stalled in committee after legislative counsel said it is unconstitutional. Proponents say the libraries risk exposing children to pornography and similar material without the filters. Ukranian Man Wanted for Software Piracy Arrested in Thailand
A Ukrainian man sought by California investigators since 2000 for allegedly selling pirated software titles has been arrested in Bangkok, Thailand, federal prosecutors said. Maksym Kovalchuk, 25, of Ternopil, Ukraine, is charged with trafficking in counterfeit goods, copyright infringement, money laundering and possession of unauthorized credit card information. Web Consortium Finalizes "Royalty-Free Patent Policy"
The Web's leading standards body finalized a patent policy banning the use of most royalty-bearing technology in its technical recommendations, an issue that sparked a clash between open-source advocates and software makers. The Royalty-Free Patent Policy, announced by the Patent Policy Working Group of the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), has changed little from a draft released eight weeks ago. SCO Group Resigns Membership in German Linux Association
The SCO Group Inc. has resigned its membership in a German Linux association after the group asked the company to provide more information about its recent claims that some of its Unix code has illegally made its way into Linux. SCO said it resigned from LIVE Linux-Verband eV, a Dusseldorf-based association that promotes the interests of Linux users and software developers in Germany, after the group notified the company in a recent letter that it might revoke the membership of SCO's German subsidiary, SCO Group GmbH. Judge Rejects InfoSpace's Request to Shut Down Intelius
A judge has rejected a move by InfoSpace to shut down a business started by its ousted founder. Refusing to issue a preliminary injunction, Superior Court Judge Douglas D. McBroom ruled that InfoSpace, an Internet and wireless services company badly battered in the dot-com bust, had not offered evidence of competition from Intelius. |
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