IP: USA v Europe, Germany & COPPA fines

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

> Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2001 16:27:31 +1000 (EST)
> From: David Goldstein <goldstein_david () yahoo com au>
> Subject: USA v Europe, Germany & COPPA fines
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> Hi all
>
> Below are four articles, one the clash of cultures between Europe and
> the USA on how content online is treated by the law, two on Germany
> and how they are dealing with content online, the other on web sites
> being fined for COPPA violations.
>
> What I find quite laughable is Senator Leahy's comments in the first
> article that seem to indicate the rest of the world should abide by
> what the USA wants, and if anyone has any concerns, too bad. Anyway,
> I guess that is nothing new...
>
> Cheers
> David
>
> Continents Clash on Content
> Courts in France, Germany and Italy rocked the cyberspace world in
> recent months with rulings banning content from their borders that
> does not meet their national laws. The ensuing uproar over certain
> cases - most notably the French decision to prohibit the display of
> Nazi insignia and pro-Nazi remarks on Yahoo's auction site -
> highlighted differences between Europe and the United States (and
> even differences within Europe) on the best ways to regulate the
> Internet.
>
> The New York Times asked Erkki Liikanen, a technology expert who is a
> Finnish member of the European Commission (an executive arm of the
> European Union), and Senator Patrick J. Leahy, a Vermont Democrat who
> is a co-chairman of the Congressional Internet Caucus, to discuss the
> issue. Their comments follow.
>  http://www.nytimes.com/2001/04/18/technology/18ZUCK.html
>
> Germany cracks down on Internet Nazi music trade German police
> swooped down on the homes of more than 100 computer buffs in a new
> crackdown on the illegal trade of Nazi songs over the Internet,
> officials said Tuesday.
>
> http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/internet/04/10/germany.nazis.reut/index.html
>
> Germany plots cyberattacks on neo-Nazi sites German Interior minister
> Otto Schily is contemplating the use of spam in his battle against
> neo-Nazi Web sites, a government official confirmed Tuesday.
>  http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/internet/04/10/nazi.spam.idg/index.html
>
> http://asia.cnn.com/2001/TECH/internet/04/10/nazi.spam.idg/index.html
>
> Web sites fined for COPPA violation
>  Girlslife.com, partners cited for collecting info about kids
> Just days before the first anniversary of the Children's Online
> Privacy Protection Act, the Federal Trade Commission brought its
> first action against a Web site for illegal collection of children's
> personal information. Girlslife.com, along with two partner
> companies, agreed to pay a $100,000 fine to settle the charges, the
> FTC said Thursday. A prominent Internet child privacy advocate said
> she now expects a flurry of enforcement actions by the FTC against
> non-compliant kids sites.
>  http://www.msnbc.com/news/561804.asp
>
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